Joan (March) Piazza's $10,000 Gift Increases Endowment for David & Lois March/Phi Alpha Theta Scholarship
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The late Dr. David March |
February 2008―The Truman State University Foundation announced that Joan (March) Piazza, a 1959 Truman alumna, has made a $10,000 gift in support of the David and Lois Marie March/Phi Alpha Theta Scholarship. The endowed scholarship fund, which honors Piazza's late parents, as well as the passion her father had for history, is awarded to Truman students majoring in history.
Piazza's parents established the scholarship at Truman shortly before her mother, Lois Marie March, died in 1993. Piazza's father, Dr. David March, who passed away in 2005, had taught at Truman for 22 years before retiring in 1977 as professor emeritus of history. He founded the Nu Chi Chapter of Phi Alpha Theta at Truman in 1968 and served as sponsor of the history honor society for many years.
Dr. March served for many years as a member of the Advisory Committee on Historic Sites and was frequently called upon to serve as a consultant for the historic aspects of environmental studies for major projects such as the Long Branch Dam and Reservoir. In addition to numerous articles on Missouri history, he authored a multi-volume "History of Missouri" published in 1967 and compiled and edited "A Book of Adair County History" published in 1976.
His interest in historic preservation led to his service for a number of years on the Missouri Advisory Council of Historic Preservation, and he helped initiate a successful movement to resuscitate and incorporate the Adair County Historical Society. Dr. March was also a member of the State Historical Society of Missouri and Preservation Missouri and received many honors for his contributions.
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