Virginia Irvin Endowed Scholarship

The Virginia Irvin Endowed Scholarship was established in honor of Virginia R. Irvin in 1985 to provide financial assistance to deserving music students at Sam Houston State University. Ms. Irvin entered Sam Houston State Teachers College in the fall of 1941, she received her Bachelor of Art degree in 1945 and her Masters of Art degree in 1947. She began her teaching career at Sam Houston in 1943 as a teaching assistant, where she directed the music department choir in the absence of Charles Lindsay, who was on leave with the wartime USO. She was appointed as Instructor in 1946 and taught at Sam Houston until her retirement. During Ms. Irvin lifetime, she received many honors and awards from around the world.