INDIANAPOLIS — At Scholarship Night, Thursday, June 13, Thomas Carr Howe Alumni Association announced six winners in the association’s 16th annual scholarship competition.
Two senior winners from Thomas Carr Howe Community High School and four graduating seniors from other Marion County high schools — students with Howe ties (parents or grandparents who are graduates of Howe) — were awarded $1,000 scholarships.
The Association Scholarship Committee, Shannon (Comstock) Durham,’88 and Errol Spears, ‘60; Tomm Staley, ‘55–announced the winners and presented the $1,000 awards to the following 2013 graduates:
• Sarah Rose Hood, Franklin Central High School, granddaughter of Eleanor (VanDyke) Hood, ‘52
• Cassi Hunter, Thomas Carr Howe Community High School, daughter of Theresa Hunter and Sheldon Hunter
• Morgan Kimmel, Cathedral High School, daughter of Jason Kimmel, ‘86; and granddaughter of Nancy (Cox) Kimmel, ‘58
• Lucy Knorr, Arsenal Technical High School, daughter of Kent Knorr, ‘85; granddaughter of Sue (Turner) Knorr, ‘59
• Dayvon Ordean, Thomas Carr Howe Community High School, son of Patricia Ordean Lamb and William Lamb
• Raymond Riley, Scecina Memorial High School, grandson of Barbara (Gallagher) Riley, ‘53
The first awards in1997 were $500 and, with the continued support of Howe graduates, friends of Howe, and the Tom Russell Charitable Foundation, have been increased to the present level of $1,000.
With this year’s awards the Alumni Association has made grants totaling $118,000 to 168 students. The number and the amount of the awards are determined each year by the funds available. The scholarship program relies on the support of alumni members and friends of Howe. The Board of Directors determines eligibility requirements for applicants and publishes scholarship information in February’s Howe Now which is the Alumni newsletter.
