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Rasmussen Williams, a Butler alumna who
endowed scholarships at the University in
honor of several members of her family. This
scholarship provides an award to a top piano
student.
Paul Duckwall Memorial Scholarship. Mr.
Duckwall served as a clerk on post office mail
cars for 43 years. He was the husband of Iva
Eidson Duckwall and father of Ruth Duckwall
Rasmussen Williams, a Butler alumna who
endowed scholarships in memory of several
members of her family. This scholarship
provides an award to a top violin student
in the Jordan College of Fine Arts.
Francis E. Fitzgerald Flutist Scholarship.
Francis Fitzgerald, a former flute instructor at
Butler, endowed this scholarship in 2000 for
a performing arts major whose primary instrument
is the flute and who intends to pursue a
career as a performing artist. The scholarship is
to be administered by the office of the dean of
the Jordan College of Fine Arts. Mr. Fitzgerald
also funded the Alma Meyer Fitzgerald Memorial
Theatre Award in memory of his wife.
Spencer Fox Memorial Scholarship. A group
of close friends and family of Spencer Fox,
Class of 1987, began this fund in his honor and
memory. A source of inspiration to all around
him as he fought cystic fibrosis, Spencer was
a saxophonist with the Butler marching and
concert bands as well as historian of the
honorary band fraternity, Kappa Kappa Psi.
The scholarship is awarded annually to a
member of the Butler University Marching
Band.
Jeanice Gartin Memorial Scholarship.
Established by family and friends in memory
of Jeanice Gartin, Class of 1978, this award
is made annually to a member of the Butler
University Marching Band who shows qualities
of service, spirit and comradeship.
Charles Geyer Music Scholarship. According
to Mr. Geyer’s will, this scholarship is to be
used to “help deserving Hoosier students
majoring in public school music in the school
of music” (JCFA). It appears that he wanted
to assist students who intended to teach music
in the Indianapolis Public Schools, as he did.
Mr. Geyer, Class of 1930 and master of music
1943, was a charter member of Phi Mu Alpha
Sinfonia at Butler. He was still giving private
Butler University
music lessons “on all instruments” into his
mid-80s, according to his wife Leone Hankins
Geyer, who received a bachelor’s degree in 1939
and master’s degree in 1947, both from the
Butler College of Education. Charles Geyer
died in Oct. 1990; Leone died in Oct. 2002.
Richard C. Gigax Memorial Scholarship.
Family and friends established this scholarship
in memory of Richard Gigax, the owner of
Meridian Music, a piano dealership in Indianapolis.
He also sponsored many Jordan
College of Fine Arts events. The recipient
should be an undergraduate piano student
of merit who demonstrates financial need.
Alice Young Holsclaw Vocal Scholarship.
This scholarship endowed by Alice Holsclaw is
designated for talented and deserving students
of voice in the Jordan College of Fine Arts.
Mrs. Holsclaw, Class of 1926, was a member
of Sigma Alpha Iota, an international music
fraternity, and a founding member of the Delta
Gamma sorority chapter at Butler. She was also
active in community service and performed as
a singer throughout her life. Sophomore, junior
and senior applicants must have a cumulative
grade point average of 2.5.
Nilo Hovey Endowed Book Fund. Nilo
Hovey was a concert band conductor, music
educator and clarinet instructor at Jordan Conservatory
from 1944-1957 (then Jordan College
of Music) and enjoyed a career that spanned
nearly six decades. He had a profound influence
on hundreds of future band directors under his
tutelage and therefore, had an indirect influence
on thousands of future students. Hovey was a
much sought-after guest conductor and clinician
for high school, college, professional and festival
concert bands, as well as the U.S. Navy and
U.S. Army Bands in Washington, D.C. He was
inducted into the National Band Association’s
Hall Of Fame of Distinguished Band conductors
at Troy, Alabama on Feb. 8, 1986. The
need based stipend will be awarded to an outstanding
instrumentalist with preference given
to a student performing in a University band.
Lucile Jones Scholarship. Lucile Jones had
been a distinguished member of the Jordan
College of Fine Arts faculty for 23 years when
she retired in 1976. In her honor, friends and
associates established the Lucile Jones Fund to
provide scholarships for Butler music students.
Jones died at age 74 in 1985.