Hemphill-Burns Scholarship

In July of 2010, COL Claude W. Burns, III, ‘80, announced to The Citadel Foundation his intention to establish the Hemphill-Burns Scholarship, a named scholarship for $50,000 after Paul Hemphill, ’51; Paul Hemphill, Jr., ’79, Claude W. Burns, III, ’80, Charles Samuel Burns, ’81, Roy Robinson Hemphill, ’87, James Roy Burns, ’05, and Albert Evans Hemphill, ’13, and Paul Hardin Hemphill, ’20. Scholarship awards will be given to cadets or cadet recruits with demonstrated financial need who graduated from a high school in one of the following South Carolina counties: York, Chester, Lancaster, Fairfield, Cherokee, Greenwood, Abbeville. Scholarship candidates who have not yet attended The Citadel must have demonstrated prior leadership traits or charitable community service during high school to receive this scholarship’s consideration. Also, existing scholarship recipients, or current cadets under consideration for this scholarship, must exhibit leadership traits while attending The Citadel with annual reviews by the Director of Financial Aid for scholarship continuation. Examples of leadership would include, but are not limited to captains/co-captains of athletic teams, leaders in social or religious organizations (on or off campus), Honor Court representatives, rank holders, and class officers. The expectation of scholarship funds received being repaid during the recipient’s lifetime should be impressed upon the recipient. This repayment should be made to this scholarship or The Citadel Fund. The scholarship will be awarded up to four academic years (to include Citadel Maymester and Citadel summer school tuition, or their equivalent) if the recipient maintains a cumulative 2.5 GPA while taking a minimum of twelve credit hours.