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| LLOYD E. WORNER AWARD RECIPIENT
1993 |
Margaret Tyson Barnes '27
"If you can help anybody in this world, I think you should.
And I can't think of doing anything better for my country than trying
to see that people are educated."
Margaret Tyson Barnes has been a vital force in the life of Colorado
College for more than five decades, but the role that means the most to
her is that of assuring a college education for scores of young men and
women. She has been a good friend of faculty and students and has been
the enabling force behind seeing that countless numbers benefit from an
excellent science education at Colorado College. Margaret, along with
her late husband Otis A. Barnes (a chemistry professor at CC from 1925-1962),
is unquestionably one of the College's most generous benefactors.
Otis perceived a need for the College to attract good science students;
Margaret proposed the solution. It was Margaret's inspiration to establish
a trust fund to provide tuition for chemistry majors. She and her husband
worked hard to fashion the Otis A. Barnes Chemistry Scholarship Fund to
best meet the College's needs as well as the personal requirements of
students. This led to their initial gift to the College in the mid-fifties,
which has grown significantly in subsequent years.
The Trust provides not only four-year, full-tuition scholarships for chemistry
majors, but also summer stipends for Barnes scholars to conduct research,
and funds for distinguished-scholar lectures, as well as special equipment
and publications for the chemistry department.
Until recent years, Mrs. Barnes was closely involved in the administration
of the Trust and evaluation and selection of the scholars. Often referred
to as the Barnes' "adopted children," many Barnes Chemistry
Scholars have enjoyed a close personal relationship with their sponsors,
even after leaving the College. Otis Barnes passed away in 1985, and Mrs.
Barnes still resides in Colorado Springs.
Not only these scholars but the entire Colorado College community owe
a debt of gratitude to Margaret Tyson Barnes, truly a woman who has lived
by her words.
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