Joyce Scholarship Benefits Ohio State and Notre Dame

NOTRE DAME GAME HOLDS SPECIAL MEANING FOR CENTRAL OHIO NATIVES

     COLUMBUS -- Ohio State or Notre Dame?  That question will be 
asked innumerable times between now and Sept. 30 when the two 
institutions meet each other on the football field for the first 
time since 1936.  But to more than 500 Glenna Joyce Scholars, the 
question goes deeper than football loyalty.  Some of central 
Ohio's most outstanding students have chosen Ohio State or Notre 
Dame as part of a unique scholarship program.  

     The Glenna R. Joyce Trust Fund provides an equal number of 
four-year, full-ride scholarships to Ohio State and Notre Dame to 
outstanding students who live in Franklin and the contiguous 
counties and who have financial need.  Students from 115 central 
Ohio high schools are eligible for the prestigious scholarship.

     Established in 1961, the Joyce Trust has funded 536 Glenna 
Joyce Scholars, including six new scholars at each university 
this year.  Currently, there are 32 Joyce Scholars receiving the 
scholarship at Ohio State, and 31 at Notre Dame.  Scholars 
receive funding for four years (but may postpone their education 
and the financial assistance and return to complete their 
program).

     Many current and former Joyce Scholars -- with loyalties to 
either Ohio State or Notre Dame -- will gather for a pre-game 
reception at the Kuhn Honors House, 220 W. 12th Ave.  The 
scholars will also be recognized during the game.  Next year, 
Notre Dame will reciprocate with a special acknowledgment at 
their campus when Ohio State visits South Bend on Sept. 28, 1996.

     "We're looking forward to this event as an affirmation of 
the remarkable scholarship program that bonds our two 
universities."  said Mabel Freeman, associate director of the 
University Honors Center.  "I imagine there will be some good 
natured rivalry between the scholars.  We're eager to highlight 
the impressive academic connection between the two schools, and 
to acknowledge these fine scholars and the memory and generosity 
of Glenna Joyce."

     Glenna Stengel was a seamstress before her marriage to 
William Joyce.  Her husband came to Columbus in 1910 from 
Shawnee, Ohio, and started the Wyandotte Pop Company and the 
Milbrook Distillery at West Second Avenue and Perry Street.  
Joyce later started the Joyce Products Co. and Beverage 
Management Inc.  One of the company's products was a carbonated 
lemon soda that later became the popular soft drink 7-Up.

     After Mr. Joyce's death in 1933, Glenna Joyce moved from the 
Ohio State area to Upper Arlington, where she was a member of St. 
Agatha Roman Catholic Church.  Glenna Joyce was vice president 
and a major shareholder of Joyce Products Co. when she died in 
1960.

     The Joyces had no children and had no formal ties to either 
institution.  "We don't know why she chose Ohio State and Notre 
Dame or why she stipulated that there be an equal number of 
scholarships given each year," admitted John Sauter, senior vice 
president of the Personal Trust Division of National City Bank, 
which holds the Joyce Trust   The Joyce Trust is administered by 
National City and is an affiliated organization of the Columbus 
Foundation.

     Initially, one Joyce Scholar was selected for each 
institution annually.  The number of scholarships awarded each 
year began to grow as the assets funding much of the trust 
increased in value.

     For an entering Joyce Scholar enrolling this autumn at Ohio 
State, the Joyce Scholarship has a four-year value of more than 
$45,000.  For a Joyce Scholar beginning this year at Notre Dame, 
the scholarship has a four-year value of more than $100,000.

     "The Joyce Scholarship has allowed me to be more involved 
in campus activities and less concerned about having to work and 
make money while attending school."  said Brad Savage, a 21-
year-old senior attending Ohio State as a Joyce Scholar.  "It's 
given me the freedom to explore and grow."  Savage, a 1992 
graduate of St. Francis DeSales High School in Columbus, is 
majoring in classics and hopes someday to teach at the college 
level.

     Another scholarship recipient says the award gave him the 
incentive to excel in school.  "I am a first generation Italian 
from single parent household," said Peter Coccia, a 1972 
graduate of Notre Dame.  "I knew college was possible, but once 
I learned about the Joyce, it gave me a goal to work toward.  
Twenty-three years after graduation, I can still say attending 
Notre Dame on the Joyce has been one of the most profound 
influences in my life."  Coccia is a past president of the 
Columbus Notre Dame Alumni Club and a past vice president of the 
National Alumni Association.  He says there are about 800 Notre 
Dame alumni living in central Ohio.

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Contact: Mabel Freeman, University Honors Center, 292-3135, 
         Brad Savage, Ohio State Joyce Scholar, 292-3135,
         or Peter Coccia, Notre Dame '72/Joyce Scholar, 644-9653.


[Submitted by: Von Reid-Vargas (ereid@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu)
               
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