Tyson Minority Scholarship Now Endowed

The University of Tennessee School of Information Sciences is pleased to announce that the John Tyson Minority Scholarship is now a fully endowed scholarship fund that will begin offering a qualified student a partial scholarship starting fall 2009.

Last month, an anonymous donor made good on a promise to match $10,000 that has been raised by school supporters since last summer. Our school would like to thank the many graduates and donors who stepped forward to make this matching program a success. The school has had a vibrant response from our graduates and friends since the matching proposal appeared in the fall 2007 newsletter, and we could not have endowed this important scholarship without this support.

The John Tyson Minority Scholarship was established after the death of Dr. John C. Tyson, an associate professor at SIS during the 1990s. He died unexpectedly at only 44 years old. His distinguished career included four years as State Librarian of Virginia and five years as University Librarian at the University of Richmond. He was a founding member of the Black Caucus of the American Library Association, which awarded him its 1992 Distinguished Service Award, and which carries on his good works.