Carolyn Thackham Endowment

Eligibility: Junior/Senior
Area of Interest: Visual Arts/Music/Speech/Theatre

Criteria:

The recipient shall be studying Fine Arts.

Carolyn Thackham was born Oct. 14, 1902 in Lena, Wis. After graduating from high school in 1919, she attended Milwaukee State Normal School where she attained a three year teaching certificate. In 1922, she began teaching English and history in junior high in Kenosha, Wis., where she taught for eight years. In the summer months she worked toward a degree at the University of Colorado.  Carolyn came to work at Chadron State College in 1961 where she organized the curriculum library and established a system for a placement bureau. She operated the Placement Bureau until retirement in 1969. She passed away in March of 2006 at the age of 103. She held education as the single most important force in one's life.