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espected dancer performed with the San
Francisco Opera Ballet and the Chicago Opera
Ballet before joining the faculty of the Jordan
Conservatory (later College) of Music, where
she developed a course of instruction in dance.
Margaret Sear Rosenblith Memorial Scholarship.
This award was established in memory
of Margaret Sear Rosenblith, a distinguished
Butler University ballet faculty member in both
the collegiate Department of Dance and the
Jordan College Special Instruction Division
in Dance (known as the Jordan Academy of
Dance). Margaret was killed in a tragic car
accident in 1956. Funds for the awards were
generated by donations from former students,
friends and proceeds from an annual benefit
concert presented by her husband Eric Rosenblith
and friends. Eric Rosenblith passed away
December 2010 at the age of 90. The award is
intended to support further studies in dance.
Lynnette Jordan Schisla Scholarship in
Dance. This scholarship honors Lynnette
Jordan Schisla, Class of 1960 M.A. ’72. She
taught in her own studio for 25 years before
joining the faculty at Ball State University,
where she had great impact on the dance
program. Recipients are dance majors in the
Jordan College of Fine Arts, with preference
given to upperclass students with wide-ranging
interests in the performing arts, rather than a
particular discipline within dance.
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Mildred Allen Memorial Endowed Piano
Scholarship. Mildred Allen established this
scholarship through a gift from her estate. The
dean of the Jordan College of Fine Arts will
select recipients based on merit and financial
need. Recipients must be music majors whose
principal instrument is the piano. The recipient
or recipients will be asked to perform at a
meeting of the Irvington Music Study Club
as arranged by the dean.
encourage students who have demonstrated the
capacity to achieve educational and professional
goals. The award is based on financial need and
academic ability.
Frances Brockman Music Scholarship. This
fund was established by a bequest from Frances
Brockman, Class of 1951. While majoring in
chemistry at Butler, she played the trumpet in
the Butler Marching Band. This scholarship
benefits music majors in the Jordan College of
Fine Arts. The same bequest also established the
Frances A. Brockman Chemistry scholarship in
the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
Eddy and Beth Brown Music Fund. A
bequest from the estate of Beth Lydy Brown,
opera singer and wife of Eddy Brown, along
with gifts in memory of Eddy Brown, provides
financial assistance to young violinists and
singers. Mr. Brown became the Jordan College
of Fine Arts’ first artist-in-residence in 1971
and was known as one of America’s greatest
violinists. He made his first concert appearance
at age 5. Awards are to be made to artists of
exceptional ability, merit and need.
Sylvia Feibelman Budd and Clarence Budd
Scholarship Fund. The estates of Sylvia and
Clarence Budd endowed this scholarship in
memory of his brother, Lester, Class of 1972.
Scholarships are awarded to Jordan College of
Fine Arts undergraduates in the Department of
Music. Recipients must be academically gifted
and show financial need.
Ruth E. Comer Music Scholarship. This
scholarship was established by a bequest from
the estate of Ruth E. Comer, a 1932 graduate
of Butler University’s School of Music. She
went on to a career as a professional musician
with several national orchestras. The fund was
established to assist deserving and qualified
music students.
May Dorsey Music Scholarship. This music
scholarship was established in 1989 through a
bequest from the estate of May Dorsey, a music
performance major at Butler who received her
master’s degree in 1937.
Matthew D. Boughton Memorial Music
Scholarship Fund. Family and friends of
Matthew D. Boughton endowed a scholarship
to honor his memory. Matt Boughton was a
1979 alumnus of the music program in the
Iva Eidson Duckwall Memorial Scholarship.
Jordan College of Fine Arts and successfully
Iva Duckwall was a faculty member of the
pursued his music and his dreams with verve
Jordan Conservatory of Music, which later
and commitment. This award, to benefit
became part of Butler’s Jordan College of Fine
worthy and capable music students during
Arts. She was also the mother of Ruth Duckwall
their junior and senior years, is intended to
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