Homer and Carrie Bolen

This scholarship was established in the name of Dr. Homer Bolen and his wife, Carrie Bolen. Dr. Bolen began teaching at Southeast Missouri State University in 1925. After returning from the University of Texas with his Ph.D., he continued to teach until his retirement in 1970. Mrs. Bolen was a science teacher at both Cape Central High School and the now departed “Campus School.” She was known to many because of her dynamic personality. The Bolens touched the lives of many students and steered them into careers in science.