Diverse Issues in Higher Education September 15, 2011 Hank Aaron Establishes Scholarship at Clark Atlanta ATLANTA - Baseball legend Hank Aaron has established a $100,000 endowed scholarship through his foundation at Clark Atlanta University. The scholarship, from The Hank Aaron Chasing the Dream Foundation, will support Clark Atlanta students pursuing careers in public service, teaching, social work, humanities, science and medicine. The first recipient of the scholarship is Elise Barnes, a senior early childhood education major from Naperville, Ill., who received a $4,000 award last spring. The scholarship supports, in perpetuity, one student per year at Clark Atlanta until more students can be supported through additional contributions or growth of the fund. The foundation hopes to fund 12 such scholarships at colleges and universities across the country. The scholarship name, "4 for 4," references the 12 times in his baseball career that Aaron went 4-for-4 at bat SANDRA M. PHOENIX Program Director HBCU Library Alliance sphoenix@hbculibraries.org<mailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org> www.hbculibraries.org<http://www.hbculibraries.org/> 404.592.4820 Skype:sandra.phoenix1 1438 West Peachtree Street NW Suite 200 Atlanta, GA 30309 Toll Free: 1.800.999.8558 (Lyrasis) Fax: 404.892.7879 www.lyrasis.org<http://www.lyrasis.org/> Honor the ancestors, honor the children.