APPLYING FOR NEED-BASED SCHOLARSHIPS
All new and returning students must annually apply for need-based aid by completing both a FASFA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) and the University's own need-based aid application. Details on both forms are available through the Office of Financial Aid and on the University's website.
Raymond Alvin Adams Scholarship. Established by the bequest of Mr. Adams to provide scholarships for deserving students in need of financial aid. Preference is given to students from Tullahoma, Tennessee; Coffee County, Tennessee; and Middle Tennessee, in that order.
Alfred Thomas Airth Scholarship. Established by the bequest of Mr. Airth to provide scholarships to students with financial need.
Alden Trust Fund Scholarship. Established by a gift of the George I. Alden Trust of Worcester, Massachusetts. Awarded to students with financial need.
Rosa C. Allen Scholarship. Established for students with demonstrated financial need from the Diocese of Texas and nominated by the dean of Christ Church Cathedral, Houston.
William T. Allen Memorial Scholarship. Established in memory of Dr. Allen, a former faculty member in the Department of Physics, to assist a physics major nominated by the department. Awarded to a student with demonstrated need with preference to those considering teaching as a career.
Robert H. Anderson Memorial Scholarship. Established by Mrs. John C. Turner for students with demonstrated need from Mr. Anderson’s home parish, the Church of the Advent, Birmingham, Alabama; nominated by the rector.
David Chappell Audibert Scholarship. Established in 1998 by a bequest from Mrs. Blanche Audibert in honor of her husband, David C. Audibert, Class of 1930. Award is made on the basis of financial need.
Robert Moss Ayres Jr. Scholarship. Established in honor of Robert M. Ayres, Jr., Class of 1949, Honorary Degree 1974, by a gift from his children: Robert A. Ayres, Class of 1980, and Vera Ayres Bowen, Class of 1983, and their respective spouses, Margaret Bowers Ayres, Class of 1980, and Stuart W. Bowen Jr., Class of 1982. Awards are made on the basis of financial need to students from the Diocese of Texas or the Diocese of West Texas.
Baggenstoss Family Scholarship. Established by family and friends in honor of the six Baggenstoss brothers — John, Robert, Herman, Fritz, Charles, and Albert. Preference is given to natives of Grundy County, Tennessee, with demonstrated financial need.
Bailey-Harper Scholarship. Established by family and friends in memory of Sarah Harper Bailey and in honor of Mary LeNora Harper, members of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Andrews, South Carolina. Awards are need-based with preference given to students from South Carolina.
Baker-Bransford Memorial Scholarships. Established by a bequest from Mrs. Lizzie Baker Bransford for students with demonstrated financial need.
Grace Mahl Baker Loan Fund. Initiated by the Class of 1927 as a tribute to the wife of a former dean of the college. The fund is to enable students, in case of financial emergency, to remain in the college.
Abel Seymour and Eliza Scott Baldwin Scholarship. Established by a bequest of Mrs. Eliza Scott Baldwin with preference given to students from Jacksonville, Florida, on the basis of financial need.
William O. Baldwin Scholarship. Established by Captain William O. Baldwin, Class of 1916, to benefit children of naval personnel. Award is made on the basis of financial need.
Captain William O. Baldwin Memorial Scholarship. Established by Ewin Baldwin Yung in honor of William O. Baldwin. Preference is given to students with demonstrated need from Montgomery, Alabama.
Bank of Sewanee Scholarship. Established for an outstanding entering freshman from Franklin, Grundy or Marion counties in Tennessee. Awards made on the basis of demonstrated financial need.
J. Edgeworth Beattie Memorial Scholarship. Established by the Beattie Foundation in memory of J. Edgeworth Beattie. Awards are made on the basis of financial need.
Elizabeth and George Bedell Scholarship. Established by the Bedells to assist female students from the State of Florida, then to assist any female student. Award is given on the basis of need.
Lawrence W. Bell Scholarship. Given by Mrs. Bell in memory of her husband for forestry students interested in the conservation of natural resources. Award is made on the basis of financial need.
The Beloved Physician Scholarship. Established by the vestry of St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Beaumont, Texas, in honor of Lamar Clay Bevill, M.D. Award is made on the basis of demonstrated financial need with first preference going to premed students from Beaumont, Texas; secondly, to assist premed students from the state of Texas; thirdly, to assist premed students with the most financial need.
Maurice M. Benitez Scholarship. Established by the Episcopal Foundation of Texas and friends to honor Bishop Benitez, an alumnus of the School of Theology and a former trustee of the University of the South. Award is made on the basis of need to students from the Diocese of Texas.
Charles M. Binnicker Classical Studies Foreign Study Endowment Fund. Established in honor of Charles M. Binnicker by a grateful student. Awarded to worthy students in classical languages to assist with educational costs associated with foreign study. The Department of Classical Languages will select the most deserving student.
Robert V. Bodfish Memorial Scholarship. Established in memory of Mr. Bodfish, Class of 1941, with nominations made by the bishops of Tennessee. Award is made on the basis of financial need.
Harvey G. and Varina Webb Booth Memorial Scholarship. Established by Varina Webb Booth in memory of her husband, Harvey G. Booth, Honorary degree 1959; Preference is given to students from Florida with demonstrated financial need.
Leslie G. Boxwell Scholarship. Established by a bequest from Mr. Boxwell and awarded to students on the basis of financial need.
James Aubrey Bradford Jr. Memorial Scholarship. Established by James and Lynn Bradford in memory of their son. Awarding of the scholarship is based on demonstrated financial need.
Margaret E. Bridgers Scholarship. Nominated by the rector of St. James’ Church in Wilmington, North Carolina. Awarded to deserving students with demonstrated financial need.
Jacob F. Bryan III Scholarship. Established by Jacob F. Bryan IV, Class of 1965, of Jacksonville, Florida, in memory of his father. Awarded to students on the basis of demonstrated financial need.
Elizabeth T. Burgess Scholarship. Established by a bequest from Mrs. Burgess and awarded based on financial need.
William Carl Cartinhour Scholarship. Established by a grant from the Cartinhour Foundation, Incorporated, to be awarded to a student based on financial need.
Francis and Miranda Childress Scholarship. Established for students with a demonstrated financial need with preference given to children of clergy in the University’s owning dioceses.
Chisholm Foundation Scholarship. Established by the Chisholm Foundation of Laurel, Mississippi. Awarded to students from the state of Mississippi who demonstrate financial need and who will, subsequently, perform community service in their home state.
Arthur Ben Chitty and Elizabeth Nickinson Chitty Scholarship. Established by University historians, Arthur Ben Chitty, Class of 1935, Honorary degree 1988, and his wife, Elizabeth Nickinson Chitty, Honorary degree 1988, and their family and friends. Awarded to students who have demonstrated financial need.
Gordon M. Clark Memorial Scholarship. Established by Mrs. Martha Neal Dugan in memory of her late husband, Class of 1927. Awarded to students in recognition of excellence in academic and extracurricular pursuits and who have demonstrated financial need.
Robert C. and Deborah R. Clark Scholarship. Established in 1998 by a gift from Robert C. Clark, Class of 1976, and Deborah R. Clark, Class of 1988. Awards are made on the basis of financial need.
Class of 1939 Scholarship. Established by gifts from the Class of 1939. Awarding of the scholarship is based on demonstrated financial need.
Anne Wingfield Claybrooke Scholarship. Established by Misses Elvina, Eliza and Virginia Claybrooke in memory of their sister. Award is based on demonstrated financial need and awarded to a student from a southern state.
John Hamner Cobbs, Class of 1931, Scholarship. Established anonymously in memory of Mr. Cobbs. Award is based on demonstrated financial need.
Columbus, Georgia Scholarship. Established by Mrs. George Foster Peabody. Award is based on demonstrated financial need.
Tom Costen Memorial Scholarship. Established in honor of Lt. William Thompson Costen, Class of 1985, who was killed in action during Operation Desert Storm. Awarding of the scholarship is based on academic promise and demonstrated financial need.
Mary Lou Flournoy Crockett Scholarship. Established by the bequest of Nathan A. Crockett with preference to students from Giles County and Middle Tennessee with demonstrated financial need. This fund is used for both scholarships and loans.
Clarita F. Crosby Scholarship. Established by a bequest by Clarita F. Crosby for “deserving young men and women of good character and intellectual promise.” Award is made on the basis of financial need with at least one-half of the funds awarded to women.
Jackson Cross, Class of 1930, European Study-Abroad Scholarship. Established by a gift from Anne Meyer Cross in memory of her husband, Jackson Cross, Class of 1930. Awards are made on the basis of financial need for study in Europe under the University’s study-abroad program, with preference to students who study in Germany.
Myra Adelia Craigmiles Cross Scholarship. Established by a bequest from Mrs. Cross for students with demonstrated financial need.
James Robert Crumrine Memorial Scholarship. Established through gifts from family and friends in memory of James Crumrine, Class of 1987. Awards are made on the basis of financial need to a rising junior or senior majoring in classics or religion with preference to members of the Episcopal Church.
Joseph D. Cushman Scholarship. This merit-based scholarship was established by Joseph D. Cushman, Class of 1949, to be awarded to a rising senior history major who exemplifies the characteristics of academic achievement, high character and a sense of responsibility. Applicable to the senior year.
Mary Susan Cushman Scholarship. Initiated in 1994 by a group of alumnae to commemorate 25 years of women at Sewanee and in honor of Mary Susan Cushman, longtime dean of women and dean of students who retired in 1994.
Carolyn Turner Dabney Memorial Scholarship. Established as a living memorial by her parents, brother, and husband. Award is given to students with financial need and academic promise. Nominations for the award are made by the rector of the Church of the Redeemer in Sarasota, Florida.
Suzanne E. Dansby College Scholarship. Established by the gifts of Miss Dansby for students with demonstrated financial need.
Ellen Davies-Rodgers History Scholarship. Given by Mrs. Ellen Davies-Rodgers, D.C.L. of 1986. The scholarship is awarded to a deserving history major at the end of the junior year, applicable to the senior year, and based on financial need.
Davis Family Scholarship for Leadership and Community Service. Established by Anne Bradbury Davis and William Booth Davis, Class of 1969, of Naples, Florida. Awards are made to incoming students who have demonstrated solid academic promise and leadership, have an active interest in community service and have demonstrated financial need. The scholarship is renewable for four years and awarded on the basis of demonstrated need.
Lavan B. Davis Scholarship. Established to honor the Rev. Lavan Davis on the twenty-fifth anniversary of his ordination. Awarded with preference to students from St. Christopher’s Episcopal Church in Pensacola, Florida, the city of Pensacola or the Central Gulf Coast with financial need.
Dean’s Scholarship. Established by the Wright-Bentley Foundation of Chattanooga, Tennessee. The recipients should be conscientious students who participate in programs such as music, sports or other University sponsored activities. Preference will be given to those students who are active contributors in civic and/or religious causes and have a demonstrated financial need.
Katherine Woodruff Sanford Deutsch Scholarship. Established by R. Woodruff Deutsch, Class of 1972, Judith A. Deutsch and Davis S. Deutsch in memory of their mother, Katherine Woodruff Sanford Deutsch. Preference is given to women students in the College of Arts and Sciences with demonstrated need.
John R. and Bessie G. Dibrell Scholarship. Established by the bequest of Mrs. Dibrell for students with demonstrated financial need. Nominations for the award are made by the rector of Christ Episcopal Church in Little Rock, Arkansas.
Hildreth Varnum Tucker and Kenneth H. Dieter Memorial Scholarship. Established by Hildreth Varnum Tucker and Kenneth H. Dieter to aid promising students with demonstrated financial need.
Lenora Swift Dismukes Memorial Scholarship. Established by John H. Swift of Columbus, Georgia, in memory of his sister, Lenora. Awards are made on the basis of financial need.
Ezzell Dobson Memorial Scholarship. Established by his parents following his death in 1947 while a senior in the college. Award is made based on financial need.
Hilda Andrews Dodge Scholarship. Established by the bequest of Mrs. Dodge with preference to members of the Church of the Advent in Birmingham, Alabama, who have a demonstrated financial need.
Byrd Douglas Scholarship. Bequeathed by Miss Mary Miller to benefit Tennessee students with financial need.
Bishop Dudley Memorial Scholarship. Established by Mrs. Herman Aldrich in memory of her son-in-law, former bishop of Kentucky and chancellor of the University. Awards are made on the basis of financial need.
Arthur B. Dugan and Martha N. Dugan Scholarship. Awarded to undergraduate students at the University who demonstrate the qualities of academic excellence and leadership and have a demonstrated financial need.
Rosalie Quitman Duncan Scholarship. Bequeathed by Eva A. and Alice Quitman Lovell. Awarded on the basis of financial need to entering freshmen from Nashville area schools.
duPont & Juhan College Scholarship. Established in honor of Jessie Ball duPont and Charles Juhan to assist students with demonstrated financial need.
duPont Minority Summer Scholarship. Established by the Jessie Ball duPont Fund to assist minority students with summer school expenses.
Jessie Ball duPont Scholarship. Established by Mrs. duPont in honor of her husband. Awarded to students with demonstrated financial need.
Thomas P. Dupree Sr. Scholarship. Established by the University Board of Regents to honor Mr. Dupree’s dedication during the Campaign for Sewanee. Award is given on the basis of financial need.
Dr. William Egleston Scholarship. Bequeathed by an alumnus of the Class of 1898. Awards are made on the basis of financial need and renewable for four years based on academic standing. Nominations for this scholarship are made by the bishop of South Carolina or the bishop of Upper South Carolina.
D.A. Elliott Memorial Scholarship. Given in memory of former trustee D.A. Elliott and his wife, Mary, the University’s first woman trustee. Awards are based on financial need and are given to undergraduate students from the Diocese of Mississippi. Nominations are made by the rector and wardens of St. Paul’s Church of Meridian, Mississippi.
Herbert Eustis and Orville B. Eustis Memorial Scholarship. Established by the Sewanee Club of the Mississippi Delta in memory of alumni of the classes of 1928 and 1935, respectively. Award is based on financial need and renewable for up to four years. Nominations are made by the Sewanee Club of the Delta or by the bishop of Mississippi.
Robert Frierson Evans Scholarship. Award given annually to a junior student who has demonstrated a high degree of interest and academic achievement in American history, literature or political science. Awards are made on the basis of financial need.
Elizabeth and Sumner Finch Scholarship. Established by Elizabeth Finch, Class of 1977, and Sumner Finch. Awards are made on the basis of financial need.
Fooshee Scholarship for Freshman. Established in memory of his parents and brother by Malcolm Fooshee, Class of 1918, to assist outstanding incoming freshmen from Tennessee, New Mexico and Kentucky public high schools and New York public and private high schools. Awards are made based on demonstrated financial need.
Combs Lawson Fort Jr. Memorial Scholarship. Established in 1983, the year of his graduation, by his family and friends. Award is made to a student of high moral character on the basis of financial need.
Dudley and Pearl Fort Scholarship. Established by Dudley C. Fort. Awarding of the need-based scholarship is first, to students from Davidson and/or Robertson counties in Tennessee; second, to students from the State of Tennessee; and third to students from the southern United States.
James M. Fourmy Jr. Scholarship. Bequeathed by an alumnus of the Class of 1946 with preference given to students from the state of Louisiana with demonstrated financial need.
James Voorhees Freeman and Leslie Butts Freeman Memorial Scholarship. Established in memory of Dr. and Mrs. Freeman by their sons, with preference to premedical students with demonstrated financial need.
O.A. Gane and Vida F. Gane Memorial Scholarship. Established under the will of Mrs. Vida F. Gane to assist deserving students from Florida with first preference given to residents of Palm Beach County, Florida who have demonstrated financial need.
Peter J. Garland, Katie Flynn Garland and Thomas Payne Govan Memorial Scholarship. Established by Thomas J. Tucker, Mary Ann Garland Tucker, and Peter J. Garland Jr. The income from the fund is to provide financial aid to students in Franklin and surrounding counties in Tennessee, with preference given to students who reside within the University Domain but whose parents are not employed by the University.
Margaret and James Gentry Scholarship. Established by James W. Gentry Jr., Class of 1950, and his wife, Margaret Gentry. Awarded to undergraduates on the basis of need, this scholarship is given with preference to deserving young students from Bledsoe, Grundy, Marion and Warren counties in the Cumberland Plateau or Highland Rim areas of Tennessee.
George William Gillespie Scholarship. Established by members of St. Mark’s Church of San Antonio, Texas, in memory of a member of the Class of 1946 who was killed in France in 1944. Nominations are made by the rector, and awards are based on financial need.
The Rt. Rev. Romualdo Gonzalez Memorial Scholarship. This need-based scholarship was established by a group of his fellow bishops, clergy, family and friends in memory of this Spanish-born bishop of Cuba to aid Hispanic students enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences or the School of Theology. Nominations are invited from any sources and especially from the Hispanic Scholarship Trust Fund Committee of the Episcopal Church.
The C.S. and Sidney Gooch Scholarship. Established by Anthony C. Gooch, Class of 1959, and Robert S. Gooch in loving memory of their parents and generously allowed to be awarded at the complete discretion of the University of the South.
William A. and Harriet Goodwyn Scholarship. This scholarship, established by Judge and Mrs. Goodwyn and first awarded in 1899, is based on demonstrated financial need.
Bishop Harold Gosnell Scholarship. Established by friends as an expression of their appreciation of Bishop Gosnell’s long and dedicated service to his church, country and community. Award based on demonstrated financial need.
Grant Foundation Scholarship. Established in recognition of Mrs. Mary D. Grant of Nashville, Tennessee, by the Grant Foundation of New York. Awarded to students on the basis of demonstrated financial need.
Kenneth R. Gregg Scholarship. Established by Mr. Gregg to be awarded to history majors at the University who have demonstrated financial need.
Charlotte Patten Guerry Scholarship. Established by Z. Cartter Patten and his mother, Sarah Key Patten, for forestry students with demonstrated financial need. Given in honor of Mrs. Alexander Guerry, wife of the ninth vice chancellor and president.
Ella Guerry Scholarship. Bequeathed by Mrs. Guerry and awarded with preference to male students who show a demonstrated financial need.
Hall Family Scholarship. Established by an alumnus of the college to assist worthy students in the college who have demonstrated financial need.
William Bonnell Hall and Irene Ellerbe Hall Memorial Scholarship. Established by their daughter, Landon Hall Barker, first for premedical students and then for students majoring in chemistry or biology. Awarded on the basis of demonstrated financial need.
The Rev. Alfred Hamer Memorial Scholarship. Established in Rev. Hamer’s honor by his son to assist students of the organ and liturgical music who have a demonstrated financial need.
Alfred Hardman Memorial Scholarship. Established by Mr. James B. Godwin in memory of the Very Rev. Alfred Hardman, Class of 1946. Award made on the basis of financial need.
Zadok Daniel and George Hendree Harrison Memorial Scholarship. Established by Edward Hendree Harrison, Class of 1935, in memory of his grandfather, Zadok Daniel Harrison, and his father, George Hendree Harrison. Awards are made on the basis of demonstrated financial need.
James Edward Harton Scholarship. Established by Mrs. Anne Harton Vinton in memory of her brother, Class of 1921. Awards are made to students of character and intellectual promise with first consideration to those from Dyer County, Tennessee, then the Diocese of Tennessee. Awards are made on the basis of demonstrated financial need.
Coleman A. Harwell Scholarship. Bequeathed by Mr. Harwell to assist students in their junior or senior year with a career interest in journalism. Awards are made on the basis of financial need.
Hearst Foundation Minority Scholarship. Established by the William Randolph Hearst Foundation to assist minority students in the college. Awarding of the scholarship is based on demonstrated financial need.
James Hill Scholarship. Established by a bequest from Mr. Hill for educating promising students with marked ability. Established in 1872, this is the earliest scholarship endowment in the college. Awards are made based on demonstrated financial need.
Telfair Hodgson and Alice Cheatham Hodgson Parker Scholarship. Established by Mrs. Medora C. Hodgson in memory of her late husband and expanded by a gift from the Parker family in memory of Telfair and Medora Hodgson’s daughter, Alice Cheatham Hodgson Parker. Awards are made to students with demonstrated financial need.
Franklin Eugene Hogwood Memorial Scholarship. Established by Mr. Hogwood to thank the University for its contributions toward the development of his son, Stephen Franklin Hogwood, Class of 1974. Awards are earmarked for a “worthy student” and given on the basis of financial need.
George W. Hopper Scholarship. Established by the bequest of George W. Hopper and the gifts of his wife, Sally H. Hopper, to provide need-based scholarships for the sons and daughters of Episcopal clergy.
Marshall Hotchkiss Memorial Scholarship. Bequeathed by Mrs. Venie Shute Hotchkiss in memory of her husband and intended for “worthy and deserving students” with demonstrated financial need.
Elmer L. and Catherine N. Ingram. Established through a bequest from the Ingrams and awarded on the basis of financial need.
Norman and Ruth K. Jetmundsen Scholarship. Established as a tribute to their parents by a gift from their sons, Norman Jetmundsen Jr., Class of 1976, and Howard Walker Jetmundsen, Class of 1985. Awards are made on the basis of financial need with a preference to students from Alabama.
Charles H. and Albert Brevard Jetton Memorial Scholarship. Established by a bequest from Rebekah J. Jetton and awarded to students with demonstrated financial need.
Elise Moore Johnstone-Henry Fraser Johnstone Scholarship. Established for deserving college students by Mrs. Mary Lee Johnstone DeWald and the Hon. Edward H. Johnstone to honor Elise Moore Johnson, dedicated supporter of the University, and her son, Henry Fraser Johnstone, who graduated with distinction from the college in 1923. Awards are made to students on the basis of demonstrated financial need.
Caldwell C. Jones Memorial Scholarship. Established by Mr. and Mrs. Frank C. Jones, Class of 1962, in memory of their son, Caldwell, Class of 1995. Awards are made on the basis of demonstrated financial need to a junior or senior student with preference to “someone who loves the outdoors and the woods, as Caldwell did.”
Thomas Sublette Jordan Scholarship. Bequeathed by Mr. Jordan, Class of 1941, for students from West Virginia and given on the basis of financial need.
Charles James Juhan Memorial Scholarship. Established by Mrs. Alfred I. duPont in memory of Lieutenant Juhan, Class of 1945, who died in Normandy in World War II. Award is given on the basis of demonstrated financial need.
Jupiter Island Garden Club Scholarship. Given by the Jupiter Island Garden Club of Hobe Sound, Florida, to benefit students of forestry, ecology or botany and given on the basis of financial need.
George Shall Kausler Scholarship. Established by Mrs. Kausler in memory of her husband, Class of 1881, with preference to a New Orleans or Louisiana resident with a demonstrated financial need.
Dora Maunevich Kayden Scholarship. Established by Dr. Eugene M. Kayden, professor of economics, in memory of his mother. This need-based scholarship may be used for undergraduate or graduate study in economics, and the recipient is designated by the Department of Economics.
Frank H. and Mabyn G. Kean, and Frank H. Kean Jr. Memorial Scholarship. Established by Frank Hugh Kean Jr., Class of 1936, and his sister, Mrs. Edward Duer Reeves, in memory of their parents. The fund was later increased regularly by Mrs. Frank Hugh Kean Jr. in memory of her husband. Awards are made on the basis of financial need.
Estes Kefauver-William L. Clayton Scholarship. Established by the Hon. William L. Clayton in honor of Senator Kefauver. Preference is given to students in political science with a demonstrated financial need.
Estes Kefauver-Edmund Orgill Scholarship. Established by the family of Mr. Orgill in honor of Senator Kefauver with preference to students in political science. Awards are made based on a demonstrated financial need.
William and Elizabeth Kershner College Scholarship. Established by a gift from Mr. and Mrs. William Kershner. Awards are made on the basis of financial need.
Dr. and Mrs. Ferris F. Ketcham Scholarship. Established by Dr. and Mrs. Ketcham for academically outstanding graduates of Sewanee-area high schools within a 30-mile radius of the college. Awards are made on the basis of demonstrated financial need.
Minnie Ketchum Memorial Scholarship. Established by the Convocation of Scranton of the Diocese of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Award is made on the basis of financial need to a student from the mountain region around Sewanee.
Carlton Kimberly Memorial Scholarship. Established through a generous bequest to assist students in the College of Arts and Sciences. Award is made on the basis of financial need.
Kimbrough Family Scholarship. Established by Mr. and Mrs. Arch Kimbrough and awarded on the basis of demonstrated financial need.
George Frederick and Ellen Constance Kinzie Memorial Scholarship. Established by their son, Dr. Norman F. Kinzie, to be awarded annually on the basis of need to deserving college students.
Sara Taylor Kitchens Memorial Scholarship. Established by Mr. William J. Kitchens, with preference to a student from South Carolina coming from a family with three or more children either attending or yet to attend college.
Klein Family Scholarship. Established by a bequest of Linda B. Klein with preference given to students from Hungary and other countries in central and eastern Europe.
Albert and Veronica Kretsch Scholarship Fund. Established by Elizabeth Marie Kretsch, Steven Scott Kretsch, Class of 1986, and family in honor of his parents. Preference will be given to talented minority students.
Overton Lea Jr. Memorial Scholarship. Bequeathed by Mr. Lea in memory of his son, Class of 1900. Award is made on the basis of financial need.
James Coates Lear Memorial Scholarship. Established in memory of Mr. Lear, Class of 1936. Award is made on the basis of financial need.
Diocese of Lexington Scholarship. Established by alumni and friends in the diocese in recognition of the occasion of the Rt. Rev. Don Wimberly’s election as chancellor of the University — the first bishop of the Diocese of Lexington to be so named. Recipients are selected based on financial need from the students enrolled at the College of Arts and Sciences from the geographical boundaries of the Diocese of Lexington.
Stiles B. Lines Memorial Outreach Scholarship. Established through gifts from friends of the Reverend Stiles B. Lines honoring his interest in the development of a University outreach program. This scholarship is awarded to a deserving student to enable him or her to participate in the University’s outreach trips.
Edward H. Little Loan Fund. Established by a bequest of Mr. Little and awarded on the basis of financial need.
Hinton Fort Longino Scholarship. Established by Mr. Longino, Trustee, Regent and honorary alumnus, with the hope that recipients would later contribute an equal amount for the benefit of other students. Awards are made on the basis of demonstrated financial need.
Antonia Quitman Lovell Scholarship. Established through a bequest from Rosalie Duncan Lovell in honor of her mother. Awards are made on the basis of demonstrated financial need.
Elizabeth and Shirley Majors Memorial Scholarship. Established by the family, friends and former athletes in memory of the head football coach from 1957–1977, and his wife, a longtime teacher at the elementary school. Preference is given to students from small, rural high schools who show academic promise and financial need.
Charles S. Martin Scholarship. Bequeathed by Mrs. Marian H. Hollowell in memory of her father, an alumnus and trustee. Awarded on the basis of financial need.
Grover Maxwell Endowed Scholarship. Established in 1998 by a gift from Grover C. Maxwell III, Class of 1977. Awards are made on the basis of academic promise and financial need.
McDonald Family Scholarship. Established by Annette McDonald of Birmingham, Alabama, in memory of her husband, Allan J. McDonald, and in honor of her children who attended the University of the South: Kathryn Annette McDonald, Class of 1992, and John Leslie McDonald, Class of 1996. Awarding of the scholarship is based on demonstrated financial need and can cover up to one-half of the cost to attend Sewanee for each academic year.
John Maxwell Stowell McDonald Scholarship. Established by the bequest of Mrs. Louise S. McDonald for students of academic promise. These need-based awards are made to sophomores, juniors, and seniors who possess “excellent character and good morals.”
Rewella McGee Scholarship. Established by Rewella McGee in memory of James W. and Josephine Wheeler McGee, Oliver McGee and Rewella McGee for students from Kentucky and Tennessee with demonstrated financial need.
Lee McGriff Jr. Scholarship. Established by employees of McGriff, Seibels and Williams, Inc., in honor of Mr. McGriff. Awarded to outstanding rising sophomores from the State of Alabama. Scholarship is renewable each year with the attainment of a 3.0 grade point average.
Mighell Memorial Scholarship. Established by Mabel Mighell Moffat as a memorial to her father and great-nephew. Preference is given to students from Christ Church Parish in Mobile, Alabama, and from Mobile County, or to a student from Alabama. Nominations for the need-based scholarship are made by the bishop of the Diocese of the Central Gulf Coast.
Norma Patteson Mills Scholarship. Established by the University Board of Regents to honor her dedication during the Campaign for Sewanee. Awards are made on the basis of demonstrated financial need.
Mitchell Scholarship. Established as a memorial to their parents by the sons of George J. and Annie G. Mitchell and awarded to students on the basis of demonstrated financial need.
Montana-Sewanee Scholarship. Established by the Rev. Dr. H.N. Tragitt, Class of 1916, for students with financial need from the state of Montana.
Monteagle Rotary Club Scholarship. Established by the Monteagle Rotary Club to assist incoming freshmen with financial need from Grundy County High School in Tennessee. Should such candidates not be available, the award will continue with prior recipients.
Novella and Horace Moore Scholarship. Established in honor of Coach Horace Moore to benefit students with demonstrated financial need at the college.
Thomas Rowan Moore Family Scholarship. Established by William W. Moore, Class of 1959, in memory of his mother and father. This need-based award is given with preference to students from the state of Mississippi.
Morris and Charles Moorman Scholarship. Established by Mrs. Charles H. Moorman in memory of her twin sons, Morris and Charles, who died in World War II. Awards are made on the basis of demonstrated financial need.
Katherine L. Morningstar Memorial Scholarship. Established by John M. and Leslie H. Morningstar with preference given to students from the western mountain states. Awards are made on the basis of demonstrated financial need.
Joseph R. Murphy Scholarship. Established by Mr. Murphy’s wife and friends in memory of J.R. Murphy of San Antonio, Texas. Awards are made on the basis of financial need, and nominations are made by the rector of Christ Church of San Antonio or the bishop of the Diocese of West Texas.
Nabit Family Scholarship. Established by Charles J. Nabit, Class of 1977, in honor of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Merwin James Nabit, for the purpose of providing financial assistance to deserving young people whose prior academic achievements portend intellectual promise and leadership ability but who need financial assistance in order to attend the University.
Frank Chadwick Nelms Scholarship. Established by the William A. and Madeline Welder Smith Foundation to benefit students from Houston and, when that is not possible, any student from the state of Texas. Awards are made on the basis of demonstrated financial need.
A. Langston Nelson Scholarship. Established by Virginia P. Nelson in memory of her husband, Class of 1923, to aid students in premedical studies. Awards are made on the basis of demonstrated financial need.
Stanford J. Newman Scholarship. Established by his sons, Eric M. Newman, Class of 1970, and Robert C. Newman, Class of 1973, in honor of their father. Awards are based on financial need with preference given to well-rounded, outstanding students, preferably student athletes, first from the Tampa Bay area, and then from the State of Florida.
Harold Scott Newton, Class of 1968, Memorial Scholarship. Established by his family as a memorial to Mr. Newton and graciously extended by the family in 1993 to honor the memory of all members of the Class of 1968. Awards are made on the basis of demonstrated financial need.
Crawford Merritt Noble Memorial Scholarship. Established through a bequest from Sibyl Noble Murray. Awards are made on the basis of demonstrated financial need.
Northern Students Scholarship. Established by the Sigma Phi Fraternity for students from the North. Awards are made on the basis of demonstrated financial need.
James and Florence Oates Memorial Scholarship. Established by family and friends in memory of Mr. Oates and his wife, both long time employees of the University. Awards are made on the basis of demonstrated financial need.
Oehmig Scholarship. Established by the Westend Foundation to assist students of financial need from the Chattanooga, Tennessee, area.
Charles Joseph Orr Jr. Memorial Scholarship. Established by many whose lives were richly touched by Charlie, a cum laude graduate, Class of 1979. Scholarship is to assist, here and elsewhere, serious students pursuing the goal of the “unveiling of life through literature.” Nominations are invited from anyone, particularly from members of the faculty of the Department of English. Awards are made on the basis of demonstrated financial need.
William T. Palfrey Scholarship. Established by his bequest as a memorial to his parents with preference given to a student from Franklin, Louisiana, with demonstrated financial need. Nominations are made by Lodge No. 57 of the Free and Accepted Masons or by the Vestry of St. Mary’s Episcopal Church in Franklin, Louisiana.
Douglas Paschall Scholarship. Established in memory of Dr. Douglas Paschall in honor of his many achievements and contributions to the University. Awarding of the scholarship is based on demonstrated financial need.
George V. Peak Memorial Scholarship. Established by his sister, Florence C. Peak, and cousin, Ruth May Rydell. Awards are made to deserving students on the basis of demonstrated financial need.
William P. Perrin Memorial Scholarship. Bequeathed by Mrs. Adele Landry Perrin in memory of her son. Awarding of the scholarship is based on demonstrated financial need with preference given to male students from Tennessee, Mississippi, or Louisiana.
Dr. Lance C. Price Memorial Scholarship. Established by family and friends in memory of Dr. Price, Class of 1930, of Florence, Alabama. Awards are made on the basis of demonstrated financial need.
Probasco Scholarship. Provided by the Scott Probasco Charitable Lead Trust to assist students with a demonstrated financial need from the Chattanooga, Tennessee, area.
Stephen Elliott Puckette III Memorial Scholarship. Established by family and friends the year following his graduation to honor this scholar and athlete. Awards are made on the basis of demonstrated financial need.
Curtis Blakeman Quarles and Ella Blaffer Quarles Memorial Scholarship. Established by the bequest of Curtis Blaffer Quarles, Class of 1926, in memory of his parents. Awards are made on the basis of demonstrated financial need.
Burr James Ramage Scholarship. Bequeathed by Mrs. Harriet Page Ramage in memory of her husband. Awards are made on the basis of demonstrated financial need.
Edward Randolph Scholarship. Established by a bequest from Julia Balbach Randolph in memory of an alumnus, Class of 1989. Awards are made on the basis of demonstrated financial need.
Reader’s Digest Foundation Scholarship. Established through a gift from Reader’s Digest. Awards are made on the basis of demonstrated financial need.
Edwin Hagan Reeves Scholarship. Established by a bequest from Tabitha Johnson Reeves. It is to be given to other than first-year students who are in need of financial assistance to continue attending Sewanee.
Merrill Dale Reich Scholarship. Given by the Sewanee Club of Atlanta, friends, classmates and teammates in memory of Lieutenant Reich, Class of 1966, killed in Vietnam. The recipient is selected by the Sewanee Club from nominations of the Committee on Scholarships. Awards are made on the basis of demonstrated financial need.
Robert Peterkin Rhoads Scholarship. Bequeathed by Mr. Rhoads in memory of Lyle Irvine Burbank, Kyle Trimble Burbank, Lt. Samuel McKee Burbank and Alice Irvine Burbank. Awarding of the scholarship is based on demonstrated financial need.
Roberts Scholarship. Established in memory of the Rev. Leland Hyle Roberts, Mrs. Ellen M. Roberts and Mr. William E. Roberts, Class of 1954. Preference is given to students from the Diocese of West Texas with demonstrated financial need.
Brian Wayne Rushton Scholarship. Established by his family in memory of Mr. Rushton, Class of 1963, for forestry students. Awards are made on the basis of demonstrated financial need.
Charles H. Russell Jr. Memorial Scholarship for Children of Clergy. Established by a bequest from the estate of Charles H. Russell Jr., Class of 1945, and gifts by Isabel Russell McCarty and Emily Russell Clark, his sisters, in memory of their brother. Awards are made based on demonstrated financial need and given to children of Episcopal clergy enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences.
Ernst Rust Jr. Scholarship. Established by Antoinette and Ernst Rust in memory of their son, Class of 1946. Awards are made to upperclassmen on the basis of demonstrated financial need.
John Adams Sallee Scholarship. Established by a bequest from Mr. Sallee. Awarded to a rising senior with demonstrated financial need to help complete his or her studies.
Drs. Arthur M. and Jacqueline T. Schaefer Scholarship. Established in honor of Dr. Arthur M. Schaefer, professor of economics and former provost of the University, and Dr. Jacqueline T. Schaefer, professor of French at the University. Awards are made on the basis of demonstrated financial need.
Conley J. and Margaret D. Scott Scholarship. Established by John B. Scott, Class of 1966, and C. Jay Scott II, Class of 1965, in honor of their parents and designated to provide financial assistance to the son and daughters of Episcopal clergy attending the college.
Armistead Inge Selden Jr. Scholarship. Established by family and friends in loving memory of Armistead Inge Selden Jr., Class of 1942. Awarded based on demonstrated financial need with preference given to Episcopalians from Alabama.
Bettye Hunt Selden Scholarship. Established by G. Selden Henry, Class of 1950, in memory of his grandmother. Awards are made on the basis of financial need to descendants of Sewanee graduates.
Margaret Walker Weber and Eva Dora Weber Simms Scholarship. Established through a bequest of Margaret Weber Simms for premedical students who have a demonstrated financial need.
Adair Skipwith Scholarship. Bequeathed by his sister, Miss Kate Skipwith, in memory of one of the first nine students who entered the University of the South at its opening in 1868. Awards are made on the basis of demonstrated financial need.
J. Bayard Snowden Memorial Scholarship. Bequeathed by Mr. Snowden, Class of 1903, former trustee and regent, for forestry students from Shelby County, Tennessee. Awards are made on the basis of demonstrated financial need.
South Kent School Scholarship. Established by a dutiful alumnus of the South Kent School and the University of the South in appreciation of the fine education received at both institutions and to ensure that a similar opportunity is available to other deserving students who might wish to partake of this enlightening experience. Awards are made on the basis of demonstrated financial need.
Monroe and Betty Spears Scholarship. Established by Monroe and Betty Spears of Sewanee, Tennessee. Awarding of the scholarship is based on demonstrated financial need. Preference is given to juniors or seniors majoring in either music or English.
St. Matthew’s Scholarship. Established by a gift from St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church in Kosciusko, Mississippi, in memory of Wade Harvey Moore and Henryce Armstrong Moore. Award is made on the basis of financial need to either undergraduate or theological school scholars from Attala County, Mississippi, or adjoining counties. Nominations are made by the rector and wardens.
C.V. Starr Scholarship. Provided by the Starr Foundation for need-based undergraduate scholarships.
Ted Stirling Scholarship. Established in memory of Dr. Edwin M. “Ted” Stirling, a former faculty member at the college. Awarding of the scholarship is made to an English major based on demonstrated financial need.
Thomas Bates Stovall Memorial Scholarship. Established by friends of Mr. Stovall to be awarded each year to a student who best exemplifies the attitudes and quality of character for which he was noted while a student at Sewanee. Awards are made on the basis of demonstrated financial need.
Benjamin Strother Memorial Scholarship. Established by his mother with preference given to students from Edgefield County, South Carolina, and the Diocese of Upper South Carolina who have a demonstrated financial need. Nominations are made by the bishop.
Algernon Sydney Sullivan Foundation Scholarship. A need-based award given on the basis of demonstrated aid eligibility and academic promise. Preference is given to students who demonstrate high personal character and a commitment to public service.
Templeton-Franklin County Scholarship. Established by Sir John M. Templeton to benefit students from Franklin County, Tennessee, who have a demonstrated financial need.
Charles Edward Thomas Scholarship. Established by Mr. Thomas, Class of 1927, a former employee of the University of the South, for the benefit of undergraduate students from the state of South Carolina with first preference to students from Fairfield or Greenville Counties. Awards are made on the basis of demonstrated financial need.
Will Trahan Scholarship. Established by William D. Trahan, Class of 1963, and supported by William D. and Carol J. Trahan, in loving memory of William Dorsett Trahan Jr. and in remembrance of all the sons and daughters of Sewanee who died in their youth. Selection is based upon demonstrated financial need of declared majors in economics, forestry or natural resources who are entering their junior or senior years.
Vernon Southall Tupper Scholarship. Established as a tribute to an alumnus of the Class of 1902, former trustee and chairman of the Board of Regents. Awards are made on the basis of demonstrated financial need.
Bayly Turlington Scholarship. Established in grateful memory of this professor and mentor. The Department of Classical Languages will select the most deserving student with preference given to those majoring in the Department of Classical Languages who show a demonstrated financial need.
Herbert Tutwiler Memorial Scholarship. Established by his wife with first consideration to students from his home parish, the Church of the Advent in Birmingham, Alabama, and then to candidates from Jefferson County, Alabama. Awards are made on the basis of demonstrated financial need, and nominations are made by the bishop of Alabama.
University of the South Scholarship. Established by two anonymous donors to be used by the College of Arts and Sciences for students with demonstrated financial need.
Lon S. Varnell Scholarship. Established by former basketball players in honor of their head basketball coach at the University from 1948-70. Awarded to competent students active in University life who have a demonstrated financial need.
John Waddill Scholarship. Established by the 1887 bequest of Anastasia Howard of Baltimore, Maryland. Awards are made on the basis of demonstrated financial need.
Morgan W. Walker Scholarship. Established by Mr. Walker for students from the Diocese of Louisiana and nominated by the bishop. Awards are made on the basis of demonstrated financial need.
Johnson Bransford Wallace Scholarship. Established by a gift from the Louise Bullard Wallace Foundation in honor of J. Bransford Wallace, Class of 1952. Gifts are made on the basis of financial need with the first preference to students from Montgomery Bell Academy or Harpeth Hall School, with second preference to students from Middle Tennessee.
Thomas Richard Waring and Anita Rose Waring Memorial Scholarship. Established by Mr. and Mrs. Edmund B. Stewart in memory of Mr. Waring, Class of 1925, head of the Foreign Language Department at Sewanee Academy, and Mrs. Waring, matron of Tuckaway. Preference is given to a Spanish-speaking student with demonstrated financial need.
Watkins Scholarship. Given by Patricia Finley Watkins in memory of Dr. Miles Abernathy Watkins Sr., Miles Abernathy Watkins Jr., and in honor of Miles Abernathy Watkins III. This scholarship is intended to benefit students with demonstrated financial need.
Faye and Edwin Welteck Scholarship. Bequeathed in memory of Faye and Edwin Welteck. Awarding of this scholarship is based on demonstrated financial need with preference given to female students.
Carolyn and Charles Wentz Scholarship. Established in 1977 by their family. Awards are made on the basis of demonstrated financial need.
Diocese of West Texas Scholarship. Established by the Episcopal Diocese of West Texas to assist students with demonstrated financial need from that diocese.
Linda Wheat Grant for French Graduate Study in France. Bequeathed by Marjorie Warner Wheat in honor of her daughter, to help defray the cost of graduate study in France for up to three consecutive years. The recipient shall be chosen by the Department of French on the basis of academic performance in the French or French Studies major. Selection is made at the end of the first semester of the senior year to allow the grantee adequate time to plan the following year.
Lettie Pate Whitehead Scholarship. Awarded annually by the Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation to Christian women who have a demonstrated financial need and are from the Southeastern United States.
James L. and Marjorie Williams Scholarship. Established in memory of James L. Williams, Class of 1943, and in honor of his wife, Marjorie Williams of Kansas City, Missouri. Awarding of the scholarship is based on demonstrated financial need with preference given to students enrolled in the 3/2 Engineering Program.
Laurence Moore Williams Scholarship. Established by the wife, son and daughter of Mr. Williams, a native of New Orleans, Louisiana, and a devoted alumnus of the University, Class of 1901. Awards are made on the basis of demonstrated financial need.
Tennessee Williams Scholarship. Established by the estate of the playwright Tennessee Williams. Funds are awarded to rising junior and senior English majors as chosen by the department.
B. Franklin Williamson Scholarship. Established by Edwin D. Williamson, Class of 1961, in honor of his father, Mr. B. Franklin Williamson, for the purpose of providing financial assistance to deserving young people from the Pee Dee area of South Carolina who have a demonstrated financial need.
Joan and Samuel Williamson International Scholarship. Established by the University Board of Regents to honor the vice chancellor and his wife for their leadership and dedication during The Campaign for Sewanee, and to honor their commitment to Sewanee’s international students.
Woods Leadership Award. Established by Granville Cecil and James Albert Woods, to recognize and encourage students, with respect to need, who make the most significant contributions to the quality of life in the University.
Eben A. and Melinda H. Wortham Scholarship. Established by Mrs. Wortham, wife of Eben A. Wortham, Class of 1918. Awards are made on the basis of demonstrated financial need.
Georgia Roberds Williams Wrenn Scholarship. Established by the bequest of Beverly Wellford Wrenn, Class of 1891, in memory of his mother to assist students from the state of Georgia. Awards are made on the basis of demonstrated financial need.
Jerry Edwin Yates Memorial Scholarship. Established in memory of Jerry E. Yates by his family. Awarding of the scholarship is based on demonstrated financial need.
