Russian
Amalia D. Baylor Foreign Language Scholarship
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Average Award: |
$500.00 |
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Criteria: |
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Need: |
No |
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Minimum GPA: |
No |
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Class Year: |
No |
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Other: |
No |
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Contact: |
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Department: |
Foreign Languages, Department Head |
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Phone: |
568-6128 |
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Scholarship History: |
The Baylor Foreign Language Scholarship was established by Dr. Elizabeth Joy ('Betty Joy') Baylor Neatrour '60, in September 1988, in honor of her mother, Amalia D. Baylor. Elizabeth graduated from Mary Washington College with a B.A. in 1954. She received an M.A. from Madison College in 1960. She received a Fulbright award to study and teach in France and earned a certificate in French studies from the University of Paris. She completed an M.A. degree in 1966 and a Ph.D. in 1973 in Russian language and literature from Indiana University. She joined the faculty of Madison College in 1961 as a professor of Russian and French, and in 1974 was named chair of the department of Foreign Language & Literature. She was known internationally for her research, scholarship and writings on Nadezhda Teffi and was considered the leading expert, even in Russia, on the pre-Russian Revolution author and playwright. She founded JMU's Governor's Russian Studies Academy, and helped established a sister city program between Harrisonburg and Peterhof, Russia. Dr. Neatrour died in January 2002. |