Phillip and Lee Ann (Baker) Clary Endowed Scholarship
As far as they can remember, Phil and Lee Ann never met while students at Illinois State University, even though they were pursuing the same major, had the same professors, and were both initial inductees into the Beta Gamma Sigma academic society. They both graduated from the University in the spring of 1983 with B.S. degrees in accounting, but they didn't meet until Lee Ann began her career as an auditor at Laventhol-Horwath's Chicago office and Phil accepted an internship at Laventhol for the 1984 audit season. Phil received his M.S. in May 1985 and passed the C.P.A. exam that same year. Lee Ann had passed the exam in 1984. The purpose of this scholarship is to offer financial assistance to students pursuing a career in business with special preference given to non-traditional students, including married students and students with children.