BILL BRADSHAW MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP

The Bill Bradshaw Memorial Scholarship was established in the fall of 1985 by the Exchange Club of Quincy in honor of former Exchange Club member and journalist Bill Bradshaw. Bill Bradshaw was a former Quincy Herald Whig reporter and columnist from 1966 to 1981. Previously, he was the editor of The Quill, his family’s weekly newspaper in LaHarpe, for 32 years. Bill Bradshaw began working at The Quill full-time in the summer of 1936 and was named editor one week later. After his father’s death in 1950, Bradshaw jointly operated The Quill with his brother until 1966. After Bill Bradshaw moved to Quincy, his brother, H. Byers Bradshaw, operated The Quill until 1972 when it was sold.
Bill Bradshaw was well known for his two weekly columns: “Quincy and Her People,” which featured local personalities and “People, Places and Things,” in which he related his views on life, both serious and humorous. Bill Bradshaw retired and moved back to his hometown of LaHarpe, IL.

CRITERIA:
 Junior class level with at least 60 semester hours completed at WIU
 Minimum 3.0 GPA
 Broadcasting & Journalism major with first preference to Multimedia Journalism majors
 Demonstrated activity in print journalism
 Illinois resident with second preference to circulation area. Preference given to applicants who reside in the circulation area of either the Quincy Herald Whig or the LaHarpe Quill. These areas include the Illinois Counties of Adams, Pike, Hancock, Schuyler, McDonough, Brown, Calhoun, Henderson, and Warren; the Iowa counties of Lee and Des Moines; and the Missouri counties of Marion, Clark, Lewis, Pike, Schuyler, Morgan, Ralls, Adair, Macon, Scotland, Monroe, Shelby, and Knox.
 Evidence of extra-curricular activities including departmental student organizations and leadership qualities in the department and/or college activities will be considered