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SmallerMUNCIE, Ind. - The Ball State University political science department has created a student scholarship program to honor a former educator.
The A. Michael Corbett Scholarship will provide financial assistance to outstanding undergraduate students majoring in political science at Ball State.
The scholarship was established in memory of Corbett, who succumbed to cancer in 2001 at age 58.
During his 31 years at Ball State, Corbett taught undergraduate and graduate courses in political methodology and public opinion. He published extensively in the sub-field of public opinion and produced award-winning software for the American Political Science Association.
Corbett was born in 1943 in North Carolina to Bill and Midge Sutton Corbett. He received his undergraduate degree from Florida Atlantic University in 1967 and his Ph.D. from the University of Iowa in 1972.
He is survived by his wife, Julia; a stepdaughter Hinda Arbogast; stepsons Mikel and Troy Dugger; and three grandchildren.
By Marc Ransford, Media Relations ManagerThe A. Michael Corbett Scholarship will provide financial assistance to outstanding undergraduate students majoring in political science at Ball State.
The scholarship was established in memory of Corbett, who succumbed to cancer in 2001 at age 58.
During his 31 years at Ball State, Corbett taught undergraduate and graduate courses in political methodology and public opinion. He published extensively in the sub-field of public opinion and produced award-winning software for the American Political Science Association.
Corbett was born in 1943 in North Carolina to Bill and Midge Sutton Corbett. He received his undergraduate degree from Florida Atlantic University in 1967 and his Ph.D. from the University of Iowa in 1972.
He is survived by his wife, Julia; a stepdaughter Hinda Arbogast; stepsons Mikel and Troy Dugger; and three grandchildren.
