Eovaldi Family Accounting Scholarship
George Eovaldi graduated as valedictorian from high school in Buckner in 1948. He enrolled at Southern Illinois University that fall with a scholarship and graduated there in 1955 after two years in the U.S. Army. He met Carol (Monteggia) when he returned to SIU. She and a friend were looking for rides from their town (near Buckner) to SIU and back. George began his 39-year career at State Farm Mutual Auto Insurance Company upon graduation and worked in Bloomington; Dallas; and Lincoln, Nebraska; retiring as vice president of accounting. While in Lincoln, they had six children, five of whom earned degrees in business areas at ISU: Stephen M.S. '81; Linda; Debra '83; Donna M.S. '86; Bryan '86, M.B.A. '87; and Terry '89. George has volunteered for many community organizations. He was inducted into the College of Business Hall of Fame in 2010.