Last modified: Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Fifth class of Cox Scholars selected at IU
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Sept. 16, 2008
EDITORS: Links to print-quality photos of Cox Scholars are located next to their names.
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Twenty-one undergraduates at Indiana University's Bloomington and Indianapolis campuses have been selected as recipients of the prestigious Cox Scholarship for 2009-10.
2009 Cox Scholars at IU Bloomington, left to right, front row: Megan Prather, Eunice Ntiamoah, Julie Singer and Julia Politowicz. Left to right, back row: Christopher Ayers, Caleb Kurowski, Marcus Lamaster, Shabrelle Pollock, Christina Seib, Casey Seizys and Sara Dalke. Not pictured: Kyle Brasher, Katelyn Clayton and Saxon Stiller.
Now in its fifth year, the Cox Scholarship program was started with a $15 million contribution from IU alumnus Jesse Cox and his wife, Beulah. The Coxes initiated the scholarship fund to reward students who balance both work and school in the pursuit of an IU degree, just as Jesse Cox did during the 1930s.
"Because of the foresight and generosity of Jesse and Beulah Cox, these 21 bright and industrious students are assured of being able to finance their education, even in these tough economic times," said Gene Tempel, president of the Indiana University Foundation.
"Because of their hard work and the education Jesse received at Indiana University, the Coxes successfully made their way despite the challenges of the Great Depression. They left the best legacy possible, by providing scholarships for the next generation of dedicated students. No doubt they would be very proud of these scholars," Tempel added.
The Jesse H. and Beulah Chanely Cox Scholarship fund is IU's most charitable merit-based scholarship for working students who are in-state residents. The renewable scholarship provides 75 percent of the estimated cost of attendance at IU Bloomington and Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis.
2009 IUPUI Cox Scholars are, left to right, Randy Marsh, Katherine Biehl, Kasey Houchin, Annie Skinner, Anne Listerman, Evangeline Hodgson and Jeremy Moor.
Always determined and enterprising, Jesse Cox began his entrepreneurial career with a transit and mimeograph service while in college at IU Bloomington. Following his graduation, he and Beulah started the J.H. Cox Manufacturing Co., a wholesale venetian blind company. They then purchased a small bankrupt company and started the Aero Blind and Drapery Co. They turned the company into the leading window treatment company in the upper Midwest.
After selling this company in 1982, they next went on to develop businesses in both agriculture and commercial real estate in Monroe, Boone, Hamilton and Putnam counties.
The members of the 2009-10 class of Cox Scholars are:
- Christopher Ayers, Columbus, sophomore, IU Bloomington (Link to photo)
- Katherine Biehl, Indianapolis, junior, IUPUI (Link to photo)
- Kyle Brasher, Evansville, junior, IU Bloomington (Link to photo)
- Katelyn Clayton, Evansville, senior, IU Bloomington (Link to photo)
- Sara Dalke, Osceola, junior, IU Bloomington (Link to photo)
- Evangeline Hodgson, Indianapolis, junior, IUPUI (Link to photo)
- Kasey Houchin, Greenwood, sophomore, IUPUI (Link to photo)
- Caleb Kurowski, Munster, sophomore, IU Bloomington (Link to photo)
- Marcus Lamaster, Lapel, senior, IU Bloomington (Link to photo)
- Anne Listerman, Milan, freshman, IUPUI (Link to photo)
- Randy Marsh, Indianapolis, junior, IUPUI (Link to photo)
- Jeremy Moor, Indianapolis, senior, IUPUI (Link to photo)
- Eunice Ntiamoah, Munster, sophomore, IU Bloomington (Link to photo)
- Julia Politowicz, Elkhart, sophomore, IU Bloomington (Link to photo)
- Shabrelle Pollock, Jeffersonville, sophomore, IU Bloomington (Link to photo)
- Megan Prather, Fairland, junior, IU Bloomington (Link to photo)
- Christina Seib, Indianapolis, sophomore, IU Bloomington (Link to photo)
- Casey Seizys, Michigan City, sophomore, IU Bloomington (Link to photo)
- Julie Singer, Indianapolis, senior, IU Bloomington (Link to photo)
- Annie Skinner, Indianapolis, sophomore, IUPUI (Link to photo)
- Saxon Stiller, LaPorte, junior, IU Bloomington (Link to photo)
To learn more about the program and how to apply, go to https://coxscholars.indiana.edu/.
