Average Award:

$2000.00

Criteria:

   Minimum GPA:

3.25

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Scholarship History:

Established by Delta Sigma Pi in memory of Michael Matthew Brown.  Michael attended JMU from 1987 to 1991 and majored in Accounting Information Systems.  He was initiated into Delta Sigma Pi Professional Business Fraternity in the spring of 1989 and held the positions of Senior Vice President and Vice President for Professional Activities.  He died of cancer in January 1992.

Average Award:

$500.00

Criteria:

   Minimum GPA:

3.00

Contact:

Scholarship History:

Established by Dr. Alexander and Dr. Joanne Gabbin for students in the Honor Program majoring in business.

Average Award:

$1500.00

Criteria:

   Minimum GPA:

3.00

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Scholarship History:

Established by Thelma Eiland in honor of her brother, Zane Showker.  Mr. Showker has been generous to and very involved with the university and the local community.  His son and daughter-in-law are JMU alumni.

Average Award:

$500.00

Criteria:

   Minimum GPA:

2.50

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Scholarship History:

Established by Carol Eldridge Coburn '62 in October, 1988 to recognize the positive influence, encouragement, and support given her while she was a student at Madison College by her parents, Elizabeth and Melvin Coburn.  Carol graduated with a degree in Business Administration.  Her son, William, graduated from James Madison University in 1988.

Average Award:

$1000.00

Criteria:

   Minimum GPA:

2.50

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Scholarship History:

The Alexander B. Berry Jr./Linwood G. Parrish Memorial Endowed Scholarship was established by Jane "Gibbie" Parrish Berry '61 and her husband, Alexander "Sandy" B. Berry III in April, 1989 in honor of her father, Linwood G. Parrish, and his father, the Rev. Alexander B. Berry Jr.  Mr. Parrish was from Portsmouth, VA. He joined Virginia Power as a clerk in 1928, became a bookkeeper in 1937, and was appointed assistant secretary and eventually became the chief financial officer for the company in 1973. He retired in 1976.  He died at age 80 in May 1992. Alexander B. Berry Jr. was born in 1912 in Swan Quarter, NC.  He studied engineering but couldn't complete his degree because of the depression. He died in 1954. Sandy Berry applied to college in 1956, and because of his father's early death and the realities of a rural minister's finances, he needed financial assistance. A scholarship fund at his alma mater, the University of Virginia, made it possible for him to complete his education. Gibbie Berry graduated from Madison College with a degree in Secretarial Administration. The Berrys have two children, both of whom are JMU alumni.

Average Award:

$1000.00

Criteria:

   Minimum GPA:

3.00

Contact:

Scholarship History:

Established in May 1995 by the friends and family of Dr. Robert E. Holmes in honor of his 12 years with James Madison University.  Dr. Holmes received his bachelor's degree from the University of Texas at Austin and an M.B.A. at North Texas State University.  He then worded for the American Hospital Supply Corporation.  After teaching part time at North Texas State University, he completed his Ph.D. at the University of Arkansas in 1971.  He has taught at East Texas State University and for the University of Arkansas' European program based in Germany and Turkey. Dr. Holmes was appointed assistant dean and director of graduate programs at East Texas State University in 1972.  Dr. Holmes became the dean of the College of Business here in 1983.  He is currently the Dean of the Graduate School of Management at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.  His sons, Robert and Todd, graduated from JMU in 1992 and 1995.

Average Award:

$5000.00

Criteria:

   Minimum GPA:

No

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Scholarship History:

Established by Rich Masterson '82.  The scholarship recipient will be a College of Business junior or senior who has completed COB 300 - Integrated Functional Systems.  The scholarship recipient will be selected annually based on a student essay competition.

Average Award:

$760.00

Criteria:

   Minimum GPA:

No

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Scholarship History:

Established by the Adolph Coors Foundation for business students.

Average Award:

$1000.00

Criteria:

   Minimum GPA:

No

Contact:

Scholarship History:

Established by James and Doris Hall in memory of their son, Philip, who would have graduated from JMU in 1986.  Philip was born in England in 1964.  He loved sports and was involved with them, starting in 4th grade.  He graduated from First Colonial High School in Virginia Beach, Virginia.  He was a starting linebacker all 3 years in high school and wrestled on the wrestling team.  Philip was killed in a car wreck in 1985 on his way to military training at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.  He had said that his three years at JMU were the best of his life.  The whole family misses him so much, and he was loved very much.

Average Award:

$500.00

Criteria:

   Minimum GPA:

No

Contact:

Scholarship History:

Established by Adolph Coors Brewing in memory of Norm Kuhl, former plant manager for the Coors Brewery Shenandoah, who succeeded in life despite significant hardships.

Average Award:

$2000.00

Criteria:

   Minimum GPA:

No

Contact:

Scholarship History:

Established to honor the memory of John "Jack" McNelis, a member of the College of Business faculty.

Average Award:

$3,000.00

Criteria:

   Minimum GPA:

2.80

Contact:

Scholarship History:

Established by Geoffrey Black '96, Timothy Miller '96, Andrew Norton '95, William Roche '96, and Jason Sfaelos '96 in October 2001 in memory of their friend, Craig M. Blass '96, who died in the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.  Craig Blass was from Greenlawn, NY.  He pledged Theta Chi fraternity and was later voted to two consecutive terms as vice president.  He was active in intramural sports and loved working at the rec center.  He majored in finance and after graduation moved back to New York to begin his Wall Street career.  Craig is survived by his parents, Neil and Barbara Blass, and his brother, Keith.