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The fund also provides funding for projects
and travel to academic conferences for students
majoring in religion; programming at Butler’s
Center for Faith and Vocation in pre-theological
advising for students who go on to seminary
or to other graduate programs in theology; and
bringing guest speakers to campus from those
graduate programs.
Raymond R. and Margaret E. Miller
Scholarship. This fund was established by
annuities that Mr. and Mrs. Miller had with
the University. Raymond Miller earned a
master’s degree in education and theology
from Butler in 1920. He was a teacher,
principal, superintendent, pastor and professor
— always with the support of his wife Margaret
Threlkeld Miller. This scholarship provides
tuition support to deserving students pursuing
studies in the ministry or education.
William L. and Ella P. Powell Scholarship.
Ella Powell of Lebanon, Ind., established this
scholarship through a bequest in 1952. Butler’s
share of her bequest was to be kept in a permanent
fund to be called the William L. Powell
and Ella P. Powell Scholarship Fund, with the
income awarded annually to a worthy student
in the College of Religion. When Mrs. Powell
prepared her will in 1947, the College of
Religion was still at Butler; today, this
scholarship is awarded to students majoring
in religion and religious studies.
Science
D. J. Angus Scientech Educational
Foundation Scholarship. This scholarship is
for a pharmacy and/or science student in his or
her sophomore or junior year and is intended
to serve both as an award and as an impetus for
continued excellence. The primary criterion for
this award is the greatest improvement in grade
point average from the previous year by a
science and/or a pharmacy student. The
recipient is to be an undergraduate who has
displayed good citizenship. The D.J. Angus
Scientech Education Foundation and the scholarships
they award were established by Robert
B. Annis, in whose name two other endowed
scholarships have been established at Butler.
Robert B. Annis Student Improvement
Endowed Scholarship. This fund benefits
students who improve their cumulative grade
point average during their sophomore or junior
years studying science, mathematics or other
closely related subjects. The Office of Financial
Aid selects the recipient based solely on the
student’s scholastic improvement.
Robert B. Annis Endowed Scholarship.
As the founder (in 1928) and owner of R.B.
Annis Co., a precision instruments and
magnetic devices firm, Mr. Annis was recognized
worldwide as an expert in his field. This
fund provides support to students in science,
mathematics or other closely related subjects.
Paul Church Memorial Scholarship. Juanita
Bechtold Church, Class of 1939, established
this scholarship in memory of her husband
Paul V. Church, who completed graduate work
at Butler. Preference is given to recipients who
major in science and have at least a 3.0 grade
point average.
James D. Esamann Scholarship in Science.
Mr. Esamann created this fund through a
generous gift from his estate. A member of
the Class of 1950, he worked for Eli Lilly and
Company for 30 years. This scholarship is to be
awarded to students pursuing studies in science.
G. Cullen and Margaret Lomax Thomas
Scholarship. This fund provides scholarship
support to students with a keen interest in the
sciences, especially chemistry. It was established
by Margaret Lomax Thomas, Class of 1918, in
honor of her husband G. Cullen Thomas, Class
of 1913. Mr. Thomas was a legendary collegiate
athlete and former athletic director at Butler.
He built a successful career as a food chemist,
served on Butler’s Board of Directors and was
awarded the Butler Medal in 1960.
Sociology and/or Criminology
Dr. Richard E. Martin Memorial Scholarship.
The family and friends of Dr. Richard E.
Martin endowed a scholarship in memory of
Martin, a sociologist, professor and administrator
at Butler for 31 years. This scholarship
will benefit students studying sociology or
criminology in their senior year. It is awarded
based on academic performance and service
to the community.
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