Alex and Alma Wilkie Scholarship

The Alex and Alma Wilkie Scholarship is being established by Dr. Diana J. Wilkie and Mr. Davis B. Lawrence in recognition of Alexander Hamilton and Alma Ruth Wilkie.

Diana J. Wilkie, PhD, RN, FAAN, granddaughter of Alex and Alma Wilkie, daughter of Archie E. Wilkie and Vesta Jean Howard, and her husband Davis B. Lawrence, BA, son of Drew and Gypsy Lawrence, established this endowed scholarship fund to honor Alex and Alma in perpetuity.
Both Diana, a 1982 graduate of Mesa State College’s baccalaureate nursing program and recipient of the 2004 Distinguished Alumni Award, and Davis have a strong commitment to college education as a means to improve the human condition for people from disadvantaged backgrounds and for nursing students to pursue their professional education. Davis and Diana have no children and wish that their Financial advantage, which was made possible by their education, be used to help others gain a similar advantage through a college education.

Alex (1908-1991) and Alma (1912-2002) were Mesa County residents for more than 60 years, contributing to the Fruita area farm and dairy economies. Four of their six children, who lived until adulthood—Alex, Archie, Agnes, and James, had 16 grandchildren, 24 great-grandchildren and 2 great-great-grandchildren when this scholarship was established.