June Issacs Shipp

This fund was established by Dr. Jann Aaron in memory of her sister, June Issacs Shipp. Mrs. Shipp was a fantastic woman, who loved Western Kentucky University. This scholarship is designated for a female student from a rural county who is pursuing a nursing degree. This action demonstrates Mrs. Shipp’s and Dr. Aaron’s belief in the importance of education.

June Frances Issacs Shipp was born August 18, 1938 in Campbellsville, Kentucky and died December 16, 2010 at the age of 72. She graduated from Campbellsville High School and later from St. Joseph Infirmary School of Nursing in Lexington, KY in 1959. She also attended Campbellsville University.

June was employed by Rosary Hospital and Taylor County Regional Hospital in Campbellsville. Later, she was the Operating Room Director at the St. Anthony Regional Hospital in Louisville; Lee Moffet Cancer Center in Tampa, Florida; and Palm Beach Regional Hospital in Wellington, Florida. She spent three years as O.R. Director at Prestonsburg Regional Hospital in Prestonsburg, Kentucky.

Dr. Jannice Aaron is also a native of Campbellsville. Jann earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Biology at Western Kentucky University and her M.D. from the University of Louisville in 1978. She completed an internal medicine internship at University of Louisville; a radiology residency at Yale University School of Medicine; and a fellowship in neuroradiology at the Harvard Medical School. She has enjoyed a very successful career and was inducted in the WKU Hall of Distinguished Alumni is 1999.