Joppa Beebe Scott & Minnie Virginia Hutton Scott Memorial Scholarship

Scholarship Information

Dr. Anne McConnell Scott Daughtrey `41, of Norfolk, Virginia made a gift honoring the memory of her parents, Joppa Beebe Scott and Minnie Virginia Scott, who made great, but loving sacrifices, to send her to Radford College. She began her teaching career in 1941 at South Norfolk High School, in 1946 she moved to Maury High School where she worked for 13 years. She joined the ODU faculty in 1959 where she taught business administration for 29 years. She obtained her master’s in business administration from University of South Dakota in 1966. She authored more than 75 publications.

In 1995 Dr. Daughtrey endowed the Joppa Beebe Scott and Minnie Virginia Hutton Scott Memorial Scholarship at Radford University in memory of her parents. She is cited in Who’s Who (WW) of American Women, WW in the South and Southwest, WW in American Education, World WW of Women-Cambridge, England, 200 Women of Achievement, The Writer’s Dictionary of International Biography, Contemporary Authors and Outstanding Educators of America. She served on the boards of the Epworth Church Foundation and the College of William and Mary Foundation. She was a member of the World Affair Council of Greater Hampton Roads, Norfolk Sister City Assn., Norfolk-Virginia Beach Executives Club, Town-N-Gown, Starbase Atlantis of Hampton Roads and the VA Council of Economics Education. She was a board member for the Virginia Symphony, Virginia Opera Guild, Chrylser Museum of Arts Masterpiece, Mowbray Arch Societies, N.Y.C.C. Board of Governors, The Harbor Club, Lakewood Garden Club and the Friends of ODU Library Assn.

The purpose of this gift is to provide scholarship assistance to needy and deserving students at Radford University. Dr. Daughtrey passed away in December of 2007.

Scholarship Criteria

• Must be a full-time student.
• Must maintain a minimum 3.25 GPA overall and a minimum 3.5 GPA in the applicant’s major.
• Must be a resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
• Must participate in approved campus/community extracurricular activities.
• Must demonstrate financial need. FAFSA required.
• May be awarded in any academic discipline offered at Radford University, but no part may be used in any way for intercollegiate athletic participants or programs.
• May only be awarded to one scholar per year.
• May be renewable, if student continues to meet eligibility requirements.
• Must be an upper-class student.
• Must reapply to be considered.