This scholarship, established to honor Amos and Geraldine Lynch, is available to graduating African-American high school seniors within the Columbus City School system.

To provide funds for pledges to the fraternity based upon criteria for membership.

The scholarship was established by the Buehler family to assist students who have graduated from a high school in Franklin County to pursue a nursing degree.

Dorothy Wirth Holden was a graduate of the University of Montana and member of Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority. She was a social activist, strong proponent of women obtaining a college degree, and mother of seven. Examples of her many achievements include roles as the chairperson of the Social Action Committee of the National Council of Catholic Women and State Democratic Committee Representative from Franklin County. She was the first woman from Franklin County to be a member of the electoral college, worked to promote racial equality before it became the law, and with her husband John, founded the Bexley Democratic Club in 1961. In 1967, Dorothy was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis and passed away.

The scholarship honors George “Robert” Beattey, who was born and raised on a Mt. Ephraim dairy farm. He graduated from Mt. Ephraim high School in 1934 at the age of 16. After graduation, he worked with local road construction crews and on the family farm before being drafted into the Army in 1941. He served honorably as a lieutenant with the Seventh Armored Division in Europe during WWII, including participation in a critical stand at St. Vith, Belgium during the Battle of the Bulge. After the war, he lived for a short time in Sarahsville, attended The Ohio State University on the GI Bill, and worked for the then-Soil Conservation Service of the United State Department of Agriculture in Meigs, Noble, Licking, Clark, and Franklin counties. In the classroom, on the farm, on the battlefield, and in the workplace, he was known for his determination to do his best. To honor that, this scholarship is to go to a student who displays an outstanding work ethic.

The fund grants to qualified students who are deaf or hard of hearing and have demonstrated a strong academic record; financial need; good character; and plan to pursue a full-time, post-secondary education at Gallaudet University, National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID) at Rochester Institute of Technology, or Columbus State Community College.

This scholarship was established to benefit graduating seniors from Middletown High School in Middletown, Ohio.

The scholarship was created by the Fisher family in memory of Dorothy Neal Fisher, who came from a line of strong, educated women. Her mother, Elizabeth Lloyd Neal, lived in Marengo when there was no high school. Her family knew the importance of an education, so they rented a room in Cardington so Elizabeth and her two sisters could attend the high school. Although travel was difficult in the early 1900’s, their father would make the trip twice a week so they could be home on weekends. The Neal sisters graduated from Cardington High School, and then from Otterbein College. Elizabeth felt that Cardington helped her become the woman she aspired to be, so she returned after college to raise her family. Dorothy inherited her mother’s tenacity, and was one of the few women who played basketball for Cardington High School and was known for her strong swimming. Dorothy and her husband, Merle, both graduates of Cardington, continued a family legacy that includes graduating all five of their children, four grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren from the school. Dorothy was an active supporter of the school and the Cardington Alumni Association. She loved to play the piano, and played at most of Cardington’s community events and played the school song on the piano at the annual alumni banquet.   Dorothy passed away in 2005, and is remembered for her love of the piano, ballroom dancing, and being a fast driver. The Dorothy Neal Fisher Scholarship was established to continue the family’s dedication to Cardington High School and to help its students as they pursue their dreams.

The scholarship encourages women to acquire a degree in a science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM) field. The donor’s bachelor’s degree is in mathematics, followed 15 years later with a master’s degree in business administration. Her degree in mathematics provided opportunities for jobs in software development and application, medical research, technical documentation, organizational education and training, scientific research, and business. Her career was challenging, dynamic, encouraged creativity, never boring, offered schedule flexibility that allowed her to parent her four children, provided career choice independence, and was lucrative. Go STEM Girls!

The purpose of the fund is to provide scholarship awards to deserving high school students who plan to attend an accredited college or university and undertake studies in marketing, communications, journalism, or advertising.