DePauw creates endowed professorships, scholarships with $5M gift
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DePauw University will create two endowed professorships and a new needs-based scholarship fund using a recent $5 million gift.
Alumni Albert Edwin Crandall and his wife, Bertha Louise Woods Crandall, left the estate gift to the university as well as a collection of portraits, bronze sculptures and Civil War memorabilia.
The university’s two new professorships include the Albert E Crandall ’56 Endowed Professorship in History and the B. Louis Woods Crandall ’50 Endowed Professorship in Global Health.
Both Al and Louise Woods Crandall studied at DePauw. Al, the son of a DePauw history professor, studied history at the university before serving in the Korean War as a U.S. Army radio maintenance worker. Louise studied chemistry at DePauw and went on to serve as one of the first female scientists at Eli Lilly and Co.. Louise died in 2018 and Al died in 2021, both leaving money to the university.
Julia Bruggeman will serve in the endowed history professor role. Bruggeman has been with DePauw since 1999 and teaches courses on modern German and European history.
The global health role will be filled by Sharon Crary, a professor who studies enzyme mutations and was influential in the creation of DePauw’s global health major, the university said.
“The Crandalls belief in DePauw’s important mission is evidenced in their extraordinary generosity which will have a tremendously positive impact on the student experience,” DePauw University President Lori White said in a news release.
The student scholarship piece, called Crandall Scholars, will begin this year. University officials say they expect to begin selecting their first class of scholars in the fall.