Pease Family Endowed Scholarship

Pease Family Endowed Scholarship Fund was established by Ralph and Linda Pease to assist students with educational costs. Ralph W. Pease Ill earned a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Texas before serving his country for four years in the United States Marine Corps. Pease joined Sam Houston Stale University in 1972, where he began a 45-year teaching journey that only partially drew to a close in 2017 when he announced his retirement. Throughout his career, Pease especially enjoyed teaching Twain and Shakespeare and he taught his beloved “Literature and Film” class for more than three decades earning excellent teaching evaluations and spawning two generations of film lovers. Pease won SHSU’s, “Excellence in Teaching Award” in 1983 and the Minnie Stevens Piper Professor Award in 1987, the latter award honoring ten professors statewide for ‘outstanding academic, scientific, and scholarly achievement and for dedication to the teaching profession.’ He was elected to the SHSU College of Humanities and Socials Sciences “Humanities Wall of Honor” in 2018. Even in his retirement. Pease ‘s teaching and civic engagement continues. He teaches regular film classes at the Wynne Home Aris Center where he also volunteers under the supervision of his wife, Linda Pease, the city’s Cultural Services Coordinator.

Linda Pease currently serves as the City of Huntsville’s Cultural Services Coordinator. Through this position she helps direct and manage the Wynne Home Arts Center, an adapted historic mansion that includes an art gallery for rotating exhibits. Linda was responsible for the rehabilitation and for the on-going operation of the Center. She has served as an advisor to the Huntsville Arts Commission and has managed programming for the City’s library, for the City’s award winning recreation program, and for downtown revitalization. Linda has served on several Sam Houston State University committees and the COME Center Organization Board. Linda has been married to Dr. Ralph Pease, retired SHSU Professor of English for 57 years. They have two sons, John, an attorney in Dallas, and Jim, a photographer in Los Angeles, and two grandchildren.