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Stone Family Scholarships in the College of Sciences and Mathematics and the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering

Stone Family Scholarships in the College of Sciences and Mathematics and the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering

A conversation with Linda J. Stone and Jeffrey I. Stone. Why did you choose to create a scholarship at Auburn University? We received an excellent education at Auburn, and have been successful in our respective careers, in large part because of that strong...

Terry and Christy Tucker Endowed Scholarship in Engineering

Terry and Christy Tucker Endowed Scholarship in Engineering

A conversation with Terry Tucker. Why did you choose to create a scholarship at Auburn University? I love Auburn. My experience and education at Auburn were catalysts to the benefits that I would receive later in life, and I wanted to ensure that other students have...

The Grandchildren of Willie and George Clark

The Grandchildren of Willie and George Clark

The following is the story of Willie Little and George Samuel Clark. George Samuel Clark, born April 8, 1868, in Americus, Georgia, was the son of Circuit Court Judge James McIntosh Clark and his wife, Mary Williams Clark. George Samuel Clark received a bachelor of...

Thomas and Ernestine Moody Scholarship

Thomas and Ernestine Moody Scholarship

A conversation with Mike Moody. Why did you choose to create a scholarship at Auburn University? This scholarship was created for love of Auburn and love of my parents. What would you want the recipients of this scholarship to know about the person for whom it is...

Thomas W. and Patricia M. Tripp Endowed Scholarship

Thomas W. and Patricia M. Tripp Endowed Scholarship

A conversation with Tom Tripp. Why did you choose to create a scholarship at Auburn University? This scholarship is for the students, present and future. Auburn is simply the vehicle to use to pay it forward. What would you want the recipients of this scholarship to...

Tim and Ginger Singleton Endowed Scholarship in the Harbert College of Business

Tim and Ginger Singleton Endowed Scholarship in the Harbert College of Business

A conversation with Ginger Singleton. Why did you choose to create a scholarship at Auburn University? We wanted to attempt to leave a legacy. We also wanted that legacy to benefit Auburn University because we love Auburn. What would you want the recipients of this...

Trent Williams Scholarship

Trent Williams Scholarship

A conversation with Trent Williams. Why did you choose to create a scholarship at Auburn University? As a student, I benefited from a series of much-needed and greatly appreciated scholarships. I chose to create a scholarship to support recruitment of the highest...

Walker Herring Taylor Scholarship

Walker Herring Taylor Scholarship

A conversation with Lisa Herring Mende. Why did you choose to create a scholarship at Auburn University? My son, Walker, was a senior at Auburn University when he experienced a fatal kayaking accident on the Tallapoosa River. This scholarship, which was created by...

Walter K. Vollberg Family Scholarship

Walter K. Vollberg Family Scholarship

A conversation with Walter K. Vollberg. What would you want the recipients of this scholarship to know about the person for whom it is named? I’m very happy they chose Auburn and hope their experience there is as rewarding as mine and both of my sons’. Regardless of...

Whitford Family Scholarship

Whitford Family Scholarship

A conversation with Betty Lou Whitford. Why did you choose to create a scholarship at Auburn University? As the new dean of Auburn University’s College of Education in August 2010, I was inspired by both the donors and the recipients of scholarships at the college’s...

William Robert Killingsworth, Sr., and Frances Smith Killingsworth Endowed English Scholarship

William Robert Killingsworth, Sr., and Frances Smith Killingsworth Endowed English Scholarship

A conversation with Kay Killingsworth Bains. Why did you choose to create a scholarship at Auburn University? My parents, both now deceased, grew up in Alabama during the Depression. Both were able to attend college in Birmingham for only one semester before having...