Claflin University News June 1, 2012 Local Couple Begins Scholarship Fund at Claflin University in Memory of Late Son Robert R. and Annie Janet Jackson have established an endowed scholarship fund at Claflin University in memory of their late son, Casey R. Jackson, '08. The Casey Robert Jackson Memorial Endowed Scholarship will annually award scholarships to freshmen who graduated from Orangeburg-Wilkinson High school that enroll at Claflin University. "Casey was an exceptional student. This is a great memorial to an outstanding person and student," said President Dr. Henry N. Tisdale. Tisdale met with the Jackson family on May 30, which would have been Casey's birthday. As a student, Jackson was a power forward on the Panthers basketball team and a member of the Alice Carson Tisdale Honors College. Jackson was also a member of 315th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron in the U.S. Air Force Reserves. He passed away after a valiant fight against leukemia on May 15, 2011. Panthers Head Basketball Coach Ron Woodard fondly remembered Jackson as "a true scholar athlete." Woodard said Jackson never had NBA dreams like many college basketball players. Instead, Woodard recalled all Jackson wanted to do was own a business and give back to the community. "He loved Claflin and O-W," Woodard said. "He was what I call my 'look out guy' because he was also so dependable. He was a first-class guy," Woodard said. Memorials may be made in Jackson's memory to the Casey Robert Jackson Memorial Endowed Scholarship fund at Claflin University. SANDRA M. PHOENIX Executive Director HBCU Library Alliance sphoenix@hbculibraries.org<mailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org> www.hbculibraries.org<http://www.hbculibraries.org/> 800-999-8558, ext. 4820 404-520-0593 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. Register now http://www.hbculibraries.org/html/2012meeting-form.html for the October 21-23, 2012 HBCU Library Alliance 5th Membership Meeting and the Photographic Preservation Pre-Conference in New Orleans, LA. The Pre-Conference and Membership meeting are open to directors and other librarians.