Aderholt scholarship

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ADERHOLT SCHOLARSHIP

SUPPORTS EDUCATION MAJORS

Belief in the power of education and a desire to support future educators are the inspirations behind the Harry C. “Heinie” Aderholt Memorial Endowed Scholarship benefiting Troy University students. Anne Aderholt established the scholarship in honor of her late husband, Harry C. “Heinie” Aderholt, and sister, Rebecca Langford. Aderholt said she was motivated to create the scholarship because of her parents’ determination that she and her siblings get a college education. “The goal is that every student who has a strong desire to get an education has the opportunity without it being a financial strain on their parents,” Aderholt said. Aderholt, born Anne Scarbrough, grew up in Troy, Alabama, with her sisters, Rebecca (’51) and Peggy (’60, ’69), and brother, Robert. All three sisters attended TROY, with Rebecca and Peggy pursuing education degrees, while Robert went to Auburn University on a football scholarship. Aderholt says she hopes the new scholarship will help future teachers earn their degrees with less financial strain. The new scholarship supports any student pursuing a degree in education, with priority given to students from Pike County. It’s a move that Aderholt believes her late husband would have supported because he believed in the power of education. “He knew how important education was, mainly because he did not have one,” Aderholt said. “He dropped out of high school to support his family and was not able to attend college. Later in life, he helped to educate some of his nieces and nephews. It meant a lot to him that people have the opportunities that he did not have to get a college education.”