The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-01
PYLE MEMORIAL
FUND ANNOUNCED

For years to come journalism stu
dents at Indiana University will be
the beneticiaries of a memorial
fund in honor of Ernie Pyle, war
correspondent VINO was killed by
Jap machine gunner on lie Shi-na.
Veterans of this war will be
given preference in scholarship
awards under the memorial fund,
Herman B. Wells, president of the
University, said.
Mrs. Ernie Pyle has accepted
the honorary Craftsmanship of the
fund. James S. Adams, president
of Standard Brands. New York, as
national chairman, has organized
a committee representing all Sec
lions of the nation to gather gifts
for the memorial through the In
diana University Foundation, a
non-profit corporation with Offices
here. Gifts may be sent direct 10
the Ernie Pyle Memorial Fund, in
care of Indiana University Foun-
dalton, Bloomington, Ind.
Ernie Pyle attended school here
from 1919 to 1923 but left a few
weeks before his graduation to ac-
cept a newspaper job in Laporte,
Ind. Last November he returned
to Bloomington to receive an hon
orary degree as doctor of humane
letters. While he was here, Ernie
endorsed the plan for a Pyle schol-
arship, primarily to train students
in the basic work of newspapers.
After his death that scholarship
was expanded to a memorial so
that many students might be aid
ed. Gifts which have been received
range from 81 to $500 and the don
ors include many persons who
knew Ernie Pyle only through his
writings.
No goal has been set for the
memorial fund, but it is hoped that
gifts will make possible a number
of scholarships each year. A por-
ton of the fund will be used to
bring working newspaper men md
women to the campus to give the
journalism students practical ad-
vice. A memorial room will pre-
serve manuscripts. letters, pictures
and objects associated with Mr.
Pyle.
Members of the national COM
mittee. in addition to Mrs. Pyle
and Mr.. Adams, are: Howard Al
len, Johns Manville Co., New York;
George A. Ball, Muncie, Ind;
Charles A. Beal, the Laporte Her
ald-Argus; Ward G. Biddle, Bloom
ington, Ind; Joseph Breeze, The
indianapolis News; Claude Brod-
hecker, American Press Assn. !;
William Lowe Bryan, Bloomington,
Ind; Hoagy Carmichael, Beverly
Hills, Cal; Wilbur B. Cogshall,
The Louisville Courier journal;
Lester Cowan, producer Of the
Ernie Pyle movie; Dale Cox, In
ternational Harvester Co., Chicago.
Byron K. Elliott, John Hancock
Mutual Life Insurance Co., Boston;
Richard Finnegan, The Chicago
Times; Wray Fleming, Hoosier
State Press Assn, Gov. Ralph
Gates, indianapolis; w. Steel Gil
more, The Detroit News; Stuart
Gorrell, Chase National Bank, New
York; John S. Hastings, Washing
ton, Ind; Will H. Hays, New York;
George Healy, Times Picayune,
New Orleans; George F. HIGHWAY
Bloomington, Ind; Don Herold,
Now York. Mai Gen. Lewis B.
Hershey; Palmer Hoyt, Portland
Oregonian; Adm. Jonas Ingram;
Roy B. Keehn, Chicago; John S.
Knight, Chicago Daily News; Hugh
Mex. Landon, Fletcher Trust Co..
Indianapolis. Harlan Logan, Look
Magazine; John T. McCutcheon,
Chicago; w McMurtrie, 1ndianap-
oils; Paul V. McNutt, Washington.
Victory L. Mays, New York; Lii
wood Noyes, Ironwood, Mich; j.
Dwight Peterson, Indianapolis;
Gene Pulliam, The Indianapolis
Star; George J. Schaefer, Chair
man, War Activities Committee for
the Motion Picture Industry, New
York: Henry Schricker, The
Fletcher Trust Co., Indianapolis;
John E. Stempel, Bloomington,
Ind; James A. Stuart, The 1ndi-
annapolis Star; Booth Harrington,
Indianapolis; Donald W. Thorn
burgh, Columbia Broadcastlng Co.,
Los Angeles; Mark Trueblood, Los
Angeles; Basil Walters, Chicago
Daily News; Herman B. Wells
Bloomington, Ind; Roy B. White,
Baltimore Ohio Railroad; Ora
l. L. Wildermuth, Gary. Ind: and H.
Frederick Willkie, Louisville, Ky.