January 14, 2000

Bowling Green, Ky. -- A new scholarship at Western Kentucky University will honor a Dawson Springs woman and benefit students from the Hopkins County town.

The Flora Lanham Ford Berry Scholarship Fund has been established by her sons William Ford, a 1952 WKU graduate, Norman H. Ford and Bobby Joe Ford. The fund will be used for two scholarships awarded yearly to full-time students at Western.

One scholarship will be awarded to a senior at Dawson Springs High School or a WKU student who graduated from the school. The second scholarship will be awarded to a high school senior or a returning WKU student who is a direct descendant of Flora Lanham Ford Berry. If no descendants apply, the scholarship will be awarded to a Dawson Springs student.

The initial $550 scholarships will be awarded for the academic year beginning with the summer or fall semester 2001. For information about the scholarship, contact Andy Wagoner, assistant director of admissions, at (270) 745-2551.