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Linsmith Scholarship recipients named
May 26, 2006
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Two Indiana University students will receive the Charles and Jo Ann Linsmith Scholarship from the IU Alumni Association on June 16. The students, Kristen King and Loralee Reed, will each receive a $1,500 scholarship.
King, a sophomore at IU Bloomington from Castle Rock, Colo., serves as director of philanthropy for the IUB Student Alumni Association. She is studying human development and family studies and criminal justice/psychology.
Reed, a junior at IU South Bend from Osceola, Ind., is president of the IUSB Student Alumni Association and works as a secretary in the Office of Alumni Relations. She is majoring in general studies.
The Linsmith Scholarship is open to the children and grandchildren of IUAA staff members, to student leaders of IUAA-sponsored organizations, or to IUAA student employees. Selection is based on outstanding character, financial need, and academic achievement.
The Linsmith Scholarship was established by Jo Ann Linsmith, of Bradenton, Fla. She and her husband, the late Charles Linsmith, served Indiana University as devoted alumni. Jo Ann helped found and served as president of the former IU Alumni Club of Sarasota and Manatee Counties (Fla.), which is now the Florida Suncoast Chapter of the IUAA. She served on the IUAA Executive Council and received the IUAA President’s Award in 2000. Through the Linsmith Scholarships, she wishes to recognize the service and devotion of the association’s staff members and students.
King and Reed will receive their awards at the President’s Awards reception and dinner on June 16 in the Indiana Memorial Union in Bloomington.
The Indiana University Alumni Association is dedicated to serving the university and its diverse alumni, students, and friends. As one of the nation’s largest alumni organizations, serving more than 481,000 graduates worldwide, the IUAA provides many programs and services to its members, non-member alumni, and the university. For information, visit www.alumni.indiana.edu or call (800) 824-3044.