Gift News SPEA The School of Public and Environmental Affairs Board of Visitors established The A. James Barnes Scholarship in honor of former Dean A. James Barnes for his twelve years of leadership and loyal service to the School. Continuing Studies Professor James Hertling retired from the Bloomington Division of Continuing Studies in December 1999. To mark the occasion and recognize Professor Hertling's outstanding contribution to continuing studies, the School established the James Hertling Scholarship. We'll be announcing the first recipient of the scholarship in Spring 2001. When Jack Bennett retired as dean of the IU School of Optometry in 1998, his colleagues established the Jack W. Bennett Endowed Scholarship as a way to honor him.
Donations continue to arrive.
The IU School of Optometry Class of '59 has established an endowed scholarship, with each of its 13 members contributing. To date, participation among classmates they have contacted is one hundred percent. The Class of '60 is working on its own endowed scholarship now, and more are expected to follow. Her doctorate allowed her to go on to an assistant principalship. Now she and her husband have established the Mary Margaret and Denzil Webb Fellowship.