Muncie, IN 47306. Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action . Ind. - Two scholarships have been established at Ball State University to honor Larry and Mary Lou Conrad, a couple who contributed leadership to Indiana politics and education. The Mary Lou and Larry A. Conrad Scholarship provides renewable scholarships to incoming freshman students with demonstrated leadership skills. The Mary Lou Hoover Conrad Music Scholarship provides renewable awards to incoming freshmen entering the School of Music.
Preference is given to students majoring in keyboard and voice.
Friends of the Conrads have contributed to both funds. Both scholarships represent the influence of the Conrads on the state and university. The Conrads, both 1957 graduates of Ball State, were civic leaders. Larry, a native of Laconia in Harrison County, earned his J.D. in 1961 from Indiana University, where he was a classmate of Birch Bayh. Conrad practiced law with a Muncie firm and became campaign manager for Bayh and later legislative assistant.