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TOP STORY OF THE DAY, brought to you free by WICU: ISU grads establish scholarships, one for Brazil natives
Thursday, May 13, 2021
ISU graduates Robert and Marjorie Jerry, who received Masters degrees in 1951, are pictured on the steps of Normal Hall. Both would later become ISU faculty members.
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TERRE HAUTE - Indiana State University has received a $580,000 gift to create two endowed scholarships, one for students from Brazil, Indiana, and another for students whose parents dont have a college degree.
Bob and Lisa Jerry have created the Roy M. and Dorothy R. Jerry Scholarship and the Jerry Family Scholarship as part of their estate plans. Bob Jerry, who had a 38-year career as a law school professor and dean, received ISUs Distinguished Alumni Award in 1992.
By Web Desk
May 12, 2021 | 5:26 PM
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (WTWO/WAWV) – Indiana State University has received a $580,000 gift to create two endowed scholarships. One will be for students from Brazil, Indiana, and another for students whose parents don’t have a college degree.
Bob and Lisa Jerry created the Roy M. and Dorothy R. Jerry Scholarship and the Jerry Family Scholarship as part of their estate plans. Bob Jerry had a 38-year career as a law school professor and dean. He received ISU’s Distinguished Alumni Award in 1992.
“ISU is my family’s university,” Bob Jerry said. “Most of my relatives who attended college graduated there, and my parents and a great-aunt were faculty. But more than that, Lisa and I believe it is very important to lend a hand to young people who can’t afford to attend college or who are denied opportunities because of barriers society throws at them. The first-generation scholarship concept is one of the best ways to address th