Former American Studies leader pulls scholarship funding due to consolidation

Patterson, Devore, and the American Studies class GHS graduates still talk about 50 years later

ormer GHS students reflect on the lasting impact of teachers Joe Patterson and Hal Devore, whose team-taught American Studies class shaped critical thinkers for generations.

Former American Studies leader pulls scholarship funding due to consolidation

Editor’s Note: The faculty member quoted in the article is speaking independently and not on behalf of the University or the Department of American Studies. With the help of his parents, former American Studies professor and chair William Stott donated $25,000 to establish the Stott Family Scholarship in the 1990s. The scholarship, which has since doubled in value, has supported the professional endeavours of several American Studies graduate st…