Blanche Dean Scholarship Fund

The Blanche E. Dean Scholarship program sponsored by the Alabama Wildflower Society (AWS) honors the late Blanche Evans Dean (1892-1974), co-founder of the AWS. Her contributions to the knowledge and appreciation of the natural history of Alabama are legendary. The program is designed to encourage and support students whose academic pursuits are aligned with the purposes of the AWS, including (a) collecting, exchanging, and recording information on native plants, (b) preserving and propagating rare native plants and preserving areas of significant interest because of their native flora, and (c) promoting knowledge, appreciation and use of native plants. The comprehensive purpose of this scholarship program is to encourage scholarly contributions pertaining to Alabama’s natural history like those made by Blanche E. Dean.