Kendall & Ruhe Memorial Scholarships to Honor Former KU English Faculty, Support Current Humanities Students

The Paul Murray Kendall Memorial Scholarship has been established in honor of Dr. Paul Murray Kendall (1911-1973).

A playwright, author, and professor at both Ohio University and KU, Dr. Kendall’s academic work focused primarily on Renaissance writing and Shakespeare. During his time at KU, Dr. Kendall served as the head of the Shakespeare Institute.

This fund will provide scholarships to undergraduate students with financial need and majors or minors in the Departments of English, History, or for Theatre Performance majors or minors in the Department of Theatre & Dance at the University of Kansas beginning this fall.

The Edward L. Ruhe Memorial Scholarship was founded in honors of its namesake, Dr. Edward L. Ruhe (1923-1989), a KU professor of English Literature, WWII Navy veteran, and collector of Aboriginal art. https://www.nytimes.com/1989/07/03/obituaries/edward-ruhe-collector-of-aboriginal-art. https://kluge-ruhe.org/about/history-of-kluge-ruhe/.

According to his New York Times obituary, Dr. Ruhe’s literary scholarship specialized in John Milton, Samuel Johnson, James Agee and film. He also served as the editor of KU’s Humanities Studies Monograph Series between 1972 and 1981.

Established as a collaboration between KU Endowment and an alum, the Edward L. Ruhe Memorial Scholarship will provide financial assistance to KU undergraduate students with financial need in the majors or minors of Anthropology, Art, Art History, English, and Film beginning this fall.