{"id":26238,"date":"2018-09-04T19:55:04","date_gmt":"2018-09-05T00:55:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/?p=26238"},"modified":"2018-09-04T19:55:04","modified_gmt":"2018-09-05T00:55:04","slug":"hageman-estate-gives-more-than-600000-to-apsu-programs-in-biology-department","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/2018\/09\/04\/hageman-estate-gives-more-than-600000-to-apsu-programs-in-biology-department\/","title":{"rendered":"Hageman Estate gives more than $600,000 to APSU programs in Biology Department"},"content":{"rendered":"

Austin Peay State University (APSU)<\/h2>\n

\"AustinClarksville, TN<\/strong> – Dr. Ben Stone, Austin Peay State University emeritus professor, grew up the second youngest of seven children, so his interests in biology and education didn\u2019t often make it into the family\u2019s crowded, dinner table conversations.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn 1953, there wasn\u2019t much encouragement from my family to go to college,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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The late John and Hilda Hageman believed in education and the mission of Austin Peay State University.<\/p><\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

Luckily, two people at those Sunday dinners \u2013 his sister, Hilda Stone Hageman, and her husband, John Andrew Hageman \u2014 saw Stone\u2019s potential. Hilda practically raised the young Stone, and John, an Ivy League graduate (Cornell University\u2019s Class of 1940), encouraged the boy to enroll at Vanderbilt University, and subsequently Austin Peay State College.<\/p>\n

After earning his degrees at Austin Peay (\u201959) and a program in radiation biology at Cornell (\u201966), Stone went on to a distinguished, 42-year career as an APSU professor, chair of the Department of Biology and founding director of the Center of Excellence for Field Biology.<\/p>\n

His love for the University\u2019s biology programs nearly matched his love for John and Hilda, so he seemed pleased on a recent afternoon when he presented a $664,112 check from his sister\u2019s estate to the Austin Peay Foundation.<\/p>\n

That gift formally established the Hilda Stone Hageman and John Andrew Hageman Endowed Scholarships. Beginning in the fall of 2020, the biology department will award four Hageman scholarships annually, each worth $6,641.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>

The late Hilda Hageman was known as a “culinary artiste” by her younger brother.<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cThanks to the encouragement of Hilda and John Hageman, Dr. Ben Stone went on to make several lasting contributions to Austin Peay State University and its students,\u201d APSU President Alisa White said. \u201cNow, through this incredibly generous gift, their legacy of encouragement will allow generations of future students to fulfill the dream of earning a college education.\u201d<\/p>\n

The idea of the gift occurred in the early years of the 21st century, when Hilda was setting up her estate plans. Her little brother, recently retired, mentioned investing in his alma mater and institution of professional development.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had endowed a scholarship in my name when I retired, and I suggested she might want to use her funds in that way,\u201d he said. \u201cShe\u2019d be extremely pleased.\u201d<\/p>\n

[320left]Stone is also pleased because the scholarships will preserve the memory of his beloved sister, a woman he described as a generous \u201cculinary artiste\u201d who hosted many \u201celegant dinners\u201d for friends, family and members of the Franklin Road Presbyterian Church. The scholarships will also honor his brother-in-law, who\u2019s father was the designing engineer of Norris Dam \u2014 the first dam constructed by the Tennessee Valley Authority. John went on to become the principal founding partner of Geologic Associates.<\/p>\n

But their legacy also thrives within Austin Peay\u2019s College of STEM, where Stone developed programs in medical technology and the nuclear medicine technology, and he was instrumental in securing the funding and the design for the Sundquist Science Complex.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Stones and the Hagemans have given so much to this University, and this recent gift will ensure that we always remember their legacy,\u201d Kris Phillips, assistant vice president of University Advancement, said. \u201cThese endowed scholarships, named in their honor, will remain part of Austin Peay for the life of this institution.\u201d<\/p>\n

For more information on this or other scholarships, contact the APSU Office of Advancement at www.apsu.edu\/advancement<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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