J. Herbert Williams Foundation

The following scholarships are awarded by the Foundation:

Viola Faust Shepard Williams Award

Viola and J. Herbert Williams were the parents of Edward and six other adult children. They were able to obtain little formal education during the 1920's, but they valued education, sacrificed and were in a position to send all of their children to college.

Alberto Simpkins Miller Miles Award

Alberta and the late George Miles are the parents of Febere Miles Williams. They were deprived of advanced education because of the Depression and segregation. However, they provided a healthy educational environment so that all of their children could go to college.

Elizabeth McMillen Rose Award

Elizabeth, a niece of J. Herbert Williams, was the first in her immediate family tree to get a college degree. She spent her entire career at Claflin College, the alma mater of her and her husband, where she directed and re-designed the department of physical education. She is the wife of the late Arthur Rose, a professor of art. They balanced family, church and career activities and became role models. They spent many summers and all of their sabbaticals pursuing advanced degrees at New York University and Indiana University.

Febere Miles Williams Award

Febere spent 31 years as a teacher-librarian in the Chester-Upland school district. She was known to be a disciplinarian and a master teacher who knew how to motivate most students. She is known as an excellent mother and manager of her home. These qualities enabled her husband to return to school and to go into a medical practice.

Walter C. and Elizabeth Bowser Ferguson Award

Selitha Meacham Menefee Award

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