Legacy Giving

Legacy gift provides new scholarship

Maryellen Batt, Class of 1947, earned an associate degree in Design Merchandising at Christian College and a bachelor’s degree in Education from Marymount College in Salina, Kansas.

Legacy gift provides new scholarship» Christian College alumna Maryellen Batt ’47 passed away on May 17, 2022, in Salina, Kansas, at the age of 94. Maryellen taught English and Art in the seventh and eighth grades in Hays, Kansas, for two years before moving back to her hometown of Salina to marry Robert Alan Batt. Robert graduated from Kansas State University with a degree in Architecture and worked for Wilson and Company Engineers and Architects. They were married at the First Presbyterian Church in Salina on July 7, 1951. Maryellen spent many more years as an educator, including teaching the fourth and fifth grades, junior high Art, and Business English at Brown-Mackie School of Business.

Members of the St. Clair Society, the Batts included the college in their estate plan. Her legacy and affinity for CC will live on through the Robert and Maryellen Batt ’47 Scholarship, which was established with a $202,000 gift through the Estate of Robert and Maryellen Batt. This endowed scholarship will be awarded annually and is intended to support students attending CC as incoming freshmen. –CP

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Maryellen Batt, Class of 1947, earned an associate degree in Design Merchandising at Christian College and a bachelor’s degree in Education from Marymount College in Salina, Kansas.