Hardin-Simmons gets $1 million gift
___ABILENE--A retired educator who taught in both New York and California has bequeathed Hardin-Simmons University more than $l million.
___Through her will, Talma Buster Hupfield, a 1927 Hardin-Simmons graduate, gave the funds to be used for scholarships.
___After retiring from California State University at Long Beach in 1970, she moved to Merkel and later to Sears Methodist Center in Abilene prior to her recent death.
___"This very generous Hupfield bequest will provide much-needed financial assistance to students for all the years to come," said President Lanny Hall. "It is obvious that Professor Hupfield understood the needs of university students. Her gift will have a tremendously positive impact on her alma mater."
___Hupfield taught at the elementary and high school levels before moving to New York, where she received a master's degree in home economics from Columbia University in 1934.
___From 1936 to 1947, she was a home demonstration agent and a member of the extension service faculty of the College of Home Economics at Cornell University in New York.
___She taught at Long Beach City College in California in 1947 before a Fulbright Grant took her to the Netherlands in 1953 and 1954.
___In 1959, she joined the faculty of then California State College at Long Beach. As an associate professor, she created and taught the course "Personal and Family Finances," which became a requirement for students majoring in home economics, and it also became a popular elective for non-major students.
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