Rachel Mary Prather Allen Family and Consumer Sciences Endowed Scholarship

Rachel Mary Prather Allen was the oldest of three daughters of Ira Nelson and Jewett Curry Baxter Prather. She attended Sam Houston State Teachers College and graduated with a B.S. in Student Teaching. She became a teacher and taught 1945-1948. She continued her education and got her M.Ed. at SHSTC in 1958. She then went on to become an assistant Superintendent from 1948-1978. In 1978 she retired to enjoy her family. This scholarship was established by the donors in memory of Rachel M. Prather Allen.