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IUAA awards Jerry Foster Memorial Scholarship
August 9, 2005
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — The Indiana University Alumni Association has awarded the 2005–06 Jerry Foster Memorial Scholarship to Michelle E. Myers, of Lebanon, Ind.
A graduate of Lebanon High School, Myers is a junior studying accounting at IU Bloomington. She is a member of IU College Republicans, Phi Mu women’s fraternity, the IU Student Association, and the Herman B Wells Library Advisory Board. She belongs to three academic honorary societies: Alpha Lambda Delta, Phi Eta Sigma, and the National Society of Collegiate Scholars.
Awarded based on academic achievement and financial need, the $1,500 Jerry Foster Memorial Scholarship is granted to a full-time undergraduate student on any IU campus who is the son or daughter of an IUAA alumni chapter officer or board member.
Jerry Foster, BS’74, was a devoted alumnus of Indiana University. He died in December 1992 after serving as a director of alumni chapters for the IU Alumni Association for more than six years. The Jerry Foster Memorial Scholarship was established in 1994.
The Indiana University Alumni Association serves the university and its more than 470,000 living graduates through programs, services, and communications. One of the nation’s largest alumni organizations, the IUAA strives daily to connect alumni and serve IU. For more information, visit www.alumni.indiana.edu or call (800) 824-3044.