This award is made possible through a perpetual trust established within the College Heights Foundation by members of the Hines family who are direct descendants of John Porter Hines and Margaret Nicholls Hines. In July, 1988, this fund was established by Mrs. Jane...

Hubert Craddock was born October 24, 1924. Following high school graduation, Hubert pursued his bachelor’s degree on the Hill. As a student, he majored in business and minored in accounting and secretarial science. He graduated from WKU in 1953. He then went on to a...

Ida Mae Eans Crafton was born on June 18, 1929. Although she was born in Pueblo, Colorado, Ida spent most of her life in Owensboro, Kentucky. As a young child, she learned the value of hard work. She spent most every day on the family’s farm in Daviess County,...

This fund was established by Dr. Ken Dennison. This fund honors the memory of Mrs. Inez J. Dennison, Ken Dennison’s grandmother. As the mother of four sons and one daughter, Mrs. Inez Dennison has been described by the unique statement, “She was different and made a...

John Felton “Jack” Corn was born on January 14, 1929. A Nashville, Tennessee, native, Jack has had a prolific career as an educator, author, air force photographer, and renowned photojournalist. He spent many years at WKU as a professor of journalism. While on the...

James Ausie Carpenter was born on August 22, 1917, to Ausie Lycurgus and Laura Kent Carpenter. A Colbert County, Alabama native, James was a graduate of WKU and Peabody-Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. He was also a veteran of both World War II and the...

James Driscoll Ausenbaugh was born on December 17, 1926. James was a native of Dawson Springs, Kentucky and earned his degree in journalism from the University of Kentucky in 1952. He started his career at weekly newspapers in Princeton and Russellville, Kentucky. He...

James “Jim” Mefford came to WKU in 1977, to pursue a degree in computer science and mathematics. After graduating with his Bachelors of Science in 1981, Jim earned his Master of Divinity from Southwestern Theological Seminary. He used both degrees at various times...

Mr. James “Jimmy” Griffith Hines was born April 23, 1925 to James Richard Hines and Clarice Griffith Crow of Morgantown, Kentucky. He was a WWII veteran of the United States Army, a member and deacon of The Presbyterian Church, a member of the Bowling Green Masonic...

Dr. James K. “Jim” Phillips, Jr. was born in August of 1947. Jim graduated with honors from the University of Kentucky College of Medicine in 1974. He also completed an internship at Savannah Memorial Medical Center before coming to Bowling Green, Kentucky. Over the...

James (Jimbo) Stuart DeVries was born July 23, 1965 in Irving, KY, out of Estill County. After graduating high school in 1985, Jimbo came to WKU. While attending WKU, Jimbo walked onto the WKU Football team and played two successful years before pursuing a spot on...

Janice “Jan” A. Insko Porter was born January 7, 1932 in Buechel, Kentucky. She attended and graduated WKU, where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in home economics and met her husband, Don. They met in 1950 while working in the campus cafeteria. After two...

Jeff Key started his education in Glendale, KY where he was born and raised. He found his interest for business when he was a student at East Hardin High School, where he was very active in FBLA. Jeff was awarded “National Mr. Future Business Leader of America” in...

Jennie Stonecipher Ewald was born in Lake City, Tennessee, to Jennie Mae Settles Stonecipher and Harry Sheldon Stonecipher. She is the youngest of their five children following Harry, Ron, Joe, and Janet. Jennie attended school in Oneida, Tennessee, and graduated...

Jennifer Davis-Young was born August 18, 1949, to Paul and Geneva Davis in Barren County, Kentucky. Upon graduating from Caverna High School, she attended WKU to pursue her undergraduate degree. During her time on the Hill, she was a member of Sigma Kappa sorority....

Mr. Jerry Baker was born on March 18, 1931, and has been one of the most influential members of the Western Kentucky University family. Mr. Baker graduated from the Bowling Green Business University in 1951 with a bachelor’s degree in accounting. While a student...

Jerry B. Branstetter was a proud WKU graduate, earning his degree in agriculture in 1973. While a student, Jerry was an outstanding member of the 1972 Livestock Judging and Evaluation teams. He tragically passed away in an automobile accident in 1976. To honor his...

Jewell Drummond was born February 1, 1921. Jewell worked as the cafeteria manager at L.C. Curry Elementary school and ran concessions for Bowling Green’s Park and Recreation Department. She was always very involved in the Parent Teacher Organization, as well as the...

James “Jim” Duncan Coursey was born on March 13, 1962, to David and Wanda Lou Coursey. A native of Logan County, Kentucky, Jim was a self-employed real estate investor. He was also active in his community as the executive director of the Kentucky Republican Party and...

Jo Ann Verner, or “Ms. V” as she was often called, was a recreation professor at WKU from 1972 to 1997. Her specialization was adaptive recreation, an area dear to her because of her own experience living with a disability. She is most remembered for her volunteer...

Joe Glasser attended University High School (“College High”) and WKU. At WKU, Joe played on the varsity tennis team, pledged Sigma Nu, worked in student government, and captained the business team. It was on the business team that he met his future wife, Patricia...

This fund was established by Dr. Wanda Weidemann and Ms. Joyce Weidemann in honor of their parents, Joe Henry Weidemann and Martha Evelyn Arney. The Weidemanns were high school sweethearts and were married in 1950. Joe was born in Simpson County, KY and Martha moved...

Mr. John Charles Desmarais was a New Jersey native. After graduating from Don Bosco Preparatory High School, John pursued degrees at Farleigh Dickinson University and The Medical College of Virginia, where he earned his Master’s degree in Hospital...

John Douglas was a longtime resident of Bowling Green, Kentucky. John was married to Bernice King Douglas until his passing in 1978, and hers in 1982. They had one son, Johnny Wayne Douglas. To honor his memory, Johnny established the John Douglas Scholarship Fund in...

John E. and Betty A. Capito were married for many years. Betty was a talented nurse who was admired and respected throughout the Bowling Green, Kentucky area. John gave encouragement and support to her career, and together they raised their son, John W. Capito. To...

John E. Anderson II was born November 12, 1925, in Memphis, Tennessee to Lucille Morgan and John Raymond Anderson. He grew up in Holly Springs, Mississippi and graduated from Holly Springs High School. After serving in World War II as a radioman in the U.S. Navy...

John E. Mayfield of Ashland City, Tennessee, grew up in Cleveland, TN. He graduated from Baylor School in Chattanooga, TN in 1970 and attended the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. Through his own foundation, which he founded in 1996, John supports many local...

Leslie and John Paul established this fund in 1997 to celebrate the five year anniversaries of their marriage and WKU graduation and to pay forward the generous scholarship support and mentoring they received from the College Heights Foundation (CHF). Both Leslie’s...

Joseph Aldridge Burks, Sr., was born on September 23, 1934, to Joseph G. Burks and Elizabeth Downing Burks in Horse Cave, Kentucky. Joseph was a talented basketball player and played in both high school and college. During his senior year of high school in 1953, he...

Dr. Joseph Bilotta was born in 1955, to Frank and Helen Pizzutti Bilotta in Niagara Falls, New York. Joseph earned a bachelor’s degree from Buffalo State College before pursuing a master’s degree from the State University of Brockport, New York, and a Ph.D. from the...