REBECCA KITE ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP ESTABLISHED AT
CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT UNIVERSITY

News Release - May 9, 2003
contact:
Denise Waters
dwaters@cnu.edu
757-594-7331

(NEWPORT NEWS, VA)—Wylie C. Kirkpatrick of Newport News, Virginia, recently provided funds to establish at his death the Rebecca Kite Endowed Scholarship at Christopher Newport University (CNU) in memory of his wife. The purpose of the fund is to provide scholarship assistance for undergraduate students at CNU, a public comprehensive liberal arts university in Newport News.


The criteria for the selection of the Rebecca Kite Scholar provide that the student be full-time, have demonstrated financial need and qualify as a merit scholar. Preference will be given to a student from Madison or Albemarle Counties, Virginia.
Mr. Kirkpatrick met his wife Rebecca, a native of Madison County, in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia when he worked for a plant that manufactured penicillin in Elkton.


Both Mr. and Mrs. Kirkpatrick were active members of CNU’s LifeLong Learning Society, a group of over 600 retired individuals. Mrs. Kirkpatrick died in 2002 and Mr. Kirkpatrick continues to be actively involved, currently serving on the Society’s board of directors.


For more information, please contact Norma Brown, Director of Gift Planning at 757-594-7508 or nbrown@cnu.edu.