Oramay Cluthe Eades was a graduate of Combs Conservatory in Philadelphia with majors in harp and piano. She was the originator of the Cluthe School of Music in Cluthe Hall in 1924.

The Cluthe School became affiliated with Evansville College in 1940. All advanced students matriculated into Evansville College and the young students remained at Cluthe Hall, which later became known as the EC Preparatory School of Music. The Cluthe School was donated to Evansville College by Mrs. Cluthe Eades in 1942. The prep school moved onto campus in 1962 when the Krannert Hall of Fine Arts was completed.

Mrs. Cluthe Eades presented a memo to the Evansville College Board of Trustees with the recommendation to create an Evansville School of Music. She offered to serve as director of the school free of charge for three years until the school became self-sufficient. Her reasoning for transitioning her private school into a civic one was:

• A civic school should be more permanent
• A civic school would gain the support of more people and make possible a larger, more complete school, including all instruments and possibly some day, dramatic art and dancing
• By making this school known as a non-profit educational institution in the future some public spirited citizens may make bequests to the school
• Our government encourages schools of this kind by granting tax exemption
• One of the first steps of the new school should be membership in the National Association of Schools of Music
• The present faculty has been selected with that end in view and is acceptable to the National Association

The Oramay Cluthe Eades Distinguished Professorship in Music was established through a generous gift to the University of Evansville from the Eades Foundation. Mrs. Eades and her husband, Alvin Q. Eades, were longtime supporters of the University of Evansville and benefactors of its Department of Music.

The Igleheart Chair in Political Science is the culmination of a long relationship between the Igleheart family and the University of Evansville. John L. Igleheart was one of the citizens who supported bringing Moore’s Hill College to Evansville in 1919. Some years later, in 1928, John L. and Belle S. Igleheart constructed, furnished and donated the president’s house on the corner of Lincoln and Rotherwood Avenues. That house is now the home of the Offices of Alumni Relations and Development.

In the late 1950s, the Iglehearts' son, Austin S. Igleheart, approached President Melvin Hyde about establishing a chair in government at Evansville College. Igleheart had just retired as chair of General Foods Corporation. Having been active in New York City life, he was turning his attention to his native Evansville.

The result was the establishment of the Igleheart Chair in Political Science, which was created to promote the study of government, particularly local government and political science. The chair is to be awarded to a faculty member who has demonstrated an understanding of the importance of teaching excellence and research in the field of political science. The chair is also responsible for promoting student internships and forums of interest to political science majors and the community.

Ms. Linda E. White retired as president and CEO of Deaconess Health System in 2017 and assumed the position as director of Deaconess Foundation. She joined Deaconess in 1974 and held numerous positions during her tenure.

White received a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics from Indiana State University and completed the Deaconess School of Nursing diploma program earning a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing from the University of Evansville. She also received an MBA from UE. White is chairman of the University of Evansville Board of Trustees.

White’s civic and community involvement includes an extensive list of local organizations. White is a director for Old National Bancorp and has served as a board member of Leadership Evansville, Operation City Beautiful, Ark Crisis Nursery, and Junior League. She is a fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives. In 2001, White was recognized as Evansville’s Athena Award recipient, and in 2004, was named the University of Evansville’s Delta Sigma Pi Business Leader of the Year. In 2014, she was inducted into the Evansville Business Hall of Fame. She also serves on the Indiana Economic Development Committee.

The White Family Endowed Professorship in Nursing was established to promote undergraduate teaching excellence in nursing.