The following members of Elon’s community of donors have made generous gifts to endow scholarships to make an Elon education possible for additional deserving students. Their gifts will be counted toward the university’s upcoming fundraising campaign, which will focus on increasing the endowment to secure Elon’s future.
Parents Roy E. and Sharon L. Keeny of Dayton, Md., endowed a scholarship in their names to enable additional students to study abroad during their Elon careers. The scholarship will assist students with financial need who plan to study in London for a semester.
The couple are members of The Elon Society, the university’s premier annual giving recognition society. Their daughter, Shannon ’01, was an elementary education major at Elon. After five years teaching in the classroom, Shannon was named a resource teacher in the Professional and Organizational Development Office of the Howard County (Md.) Public School System.
The family of Mamie M. Brannock has made a gift to establish the Mamie M. Brannock Endowed Scholarship Fund in her memory. The scholarship will assist student athletes participating in any sport at Elon.
Brannock was a lifelong resident of Alamance County. Her family members have been longtime donors to Elon athletics, making generous gifts toward construction of Rhodes Stadium as well as gifts to existing athletics scholarships. The family is a member of the IMPACT (I Make Phoenix Athletics Competitive Today) Circle, the top giving society of the Phoenix Club.
The Honorable Horace R. Kornegay Elon Experiences Scholarship will enable one or more students each year to participate in one of the university’s signature hands-on learning programs, including internships, service, leadership or research. The need-based scholarship will help defray the cost of participating in the Elon Experiences.
Kornegay of Greensboro, N.C., made the gift because he realizes that learning at Elon occurs inside and outside the classroom. His gift honors Jo Watts Williams ’55, a former Elon faculty member who currently serves as special assistant to the president.
Kornegay earned his undergraduate and law degrees at Wake Forest University. The former prosecutor served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1961 to 1969 and went on to serve the Tobacco Institute in many capacities, including as counsel, president and chair, before returning to Greensboro to practice law.