APSU’s Reagan Giving Circle honors late professor/Stewart County native with 2018 Women in Philanthropy Award
May 13, 2018
Austin Peay State University
Clarksville, TN – Whenever people describe the late Betty Joe Wallace, the often use words like “scholar,” “trailblazer,” “mentor” and “friend.” In the four years since the Austin Peay State University history professor passed away, another word frequently comes up—“philanthropist.”
Before she died, Wallace told her husband, John Chapman, that she wanted to help students from her home in Stewart County earn a college education at Austin Peay State University.
Late Austin Peay professor Betty Joe Wallace honored with 2018 Women in Philanthropy Award.
Colleagues and former students looking to honor APSU pioneer Betty Joe Wallace
February 27, 2017
Clarksville, TN – The late Betty Joe Wallace taught history at Austin Peay State University for almost 40 years, and many of her former students and colleagues praise her as a pioneer who helped create a more progressive campus.
“She was the first cigar-smoking feminist I ever met,” Dr. Carlette Hardin, dean of the APSU Martha Dickerson Eriksson College of Education, said.
Betty Joe Wallace
