Type of Fund
Scholarship
Designation Use
Student Aid
Unit
Provost & VC Acad Affairs
This memorial scholarship honors three notable Illinois residents. Anna May Smith, Charles C. Smith, Sr. and Charles C. Smith, Jr.
Charles C. Smith served as the executive director of the Catholic Youth organization of Chicago, as a consultant to Secretary of State Edward J. Barrett, as an aide to Secretary of State Charles F. Carpenter, and as an assistant to the sanitary district president. He was then appointed aide to Secretary of State Paul Powell, after which he was named director of development at Barat College of the Sacred Heart, Lake Forest. Mr. Smith met his wife of 29 years, Anna May Hawekotte Smith, while at Barat College. Upon completing her degree at Barat and her master's degree in Speech from Columbia University in New York, Mrs. Smith began a teaching career at Barat College, where she also served as chair of the Speech and Drama department and director of the continuing education program for adult women. In 1973, Mrs. Smith took a teaching position at Sangamon State University, now the University of Illinois Springfield, and later worked for the Northern Illinois National Multiple Sclerosis Society. During her life, Mrs. Smith received many acknowledgements and awards from the Illinois Seniors Hall of Fame, the Department on Aging and Disability's Hall of Fame, the Leadership and Margaret Burke Awards form Barat College. She was one of the founding members of the Illinois Women Administrators and an honorary member of the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.
Charles C. Smith, Jr. walked in the footprints of his mother and father but also charted his own path. He received his undergraduate degree in political science from Loyola University in Chicago and his masters in Business and Public Administration from Sangamon State University in Springfield Illinois. He began his professional career in the military service achieving the rank of major in the U.S. Army before retiring. He was a Vietnam veteran. Charles spent the majority of his professional career as a public servant. He began in the office of Illinois State Treasurer Alan Dixon and then became Deputy Secretary of State for Secretary of State Dixon. After Dixon was elected to the U.S. Senate, Charles served as his legislative director and national security advisor. When Dixon left Washington, Charles became the chief of staff for Kentucky Senator Wendell Ford. Charles also served as the Executive Director of the 1995 Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission. He closed out his career as a lobbyist in private practice and represented Illinois firms in Washington, D.C.
Recipients selected for the Anna May Smith, Charles C. Smith, Sr. and Charles C. Smith, Jr. Scholarship must be undergraduate students with preference to female students in good academic standing, enrolled a minimum of four credit hours, and have demonstrated an ability to incorporate their life experiences into their academic work.
Charles C. Smith served as the executive director of the Catholic Youth organization of Chicago, as a consultant to Secretary of State Edward J. Barrett, as an aide to Secretary of State Charles F. Carpenter, and as an assistant to the sanitary district president. He was then appointed aide to Secretary of State Paul Powell, after which he was named director of development at Barat College of the Sacred Heart, Lake Forest. Mr. Smith met his wife of 29 years, Anna May Hawekotte Smith, while at Barat College. Upon completing her degree at Barat and her master's degree in Speech from Columbia University in New York, Mrs. Smith began a teaching career at Barat College, where she also served as chair of the Speech and Drama department and director of the continuing education program for adult women. In 1973, Mrs. Smith took a teaching position at Sangamon State University, now the University of Illinois Springfield, and later worked for the Northern Illinois National Multiple Sclerosis Society. During her life, Mrs. Smith received many acknowledgements and awards from the Illinois Seniors Hall of Fame, the Department on Aging and Disability's Hall of Fame, the Leadership and Margaret Burke Awards form Barat College. She was one of the founding members of the Illinois Women Administrators and an honorary member of the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.
Charles C. Smith, Jr. walked in the footprints of his mother and father but also charted his own path. He received his undergraduate degree in political science from Loyola University in Chicago and his masters in Business and Public Administration from Sangamon State University in Springfield Illinois. He began his professional career in the military service achieving the rank of major in the U.S. Army before retiring. He was a Vietnam veteran. Charles spent the majority of his professional career as a public servant. He began in the office of Illinois State Treasurer Alan Dixon and then became Deputy Secretary of State for Secretary of State Dixon. After Dixon was elected to the U.S. Senate, Charles served as his legislative director and national security advisor. When Dixon left Washington, Charles became the chief of staff for Kentucky Senator Wendell Ford. Charles also served as the Executive Director of the 1995 Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission. He closed out his career as a lobbyist in private practice and represented Illinois firms in Washington, D.C.
Recipients selected for the Anna May Smith, Charles C. Smith, Sr. and Charles C. Smith, Jr. Scholarship must be undergraduate students with preference to female students in good academic standing, enrolled a minimum of four credit hours, and have demonstrated an ability to incorporate their life experiences into their academic work.