By Andrew Vogler
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has received a gift from the estate of E. Lee Ronnel to create the Ronnel Family Endowed Chancellor’s Scholarship in the UAMS College of Medicine.
Members of the Ronnel family joined UAMS leadership at an Aug. 24 ceremony to announce the creation of the scholarship. UAMS also announced that Edward Morris of Little Rock will be the inaugural Ronnel Scholar.
The scholarship is the largest gift received by the College of Medicine’s scholarship program. It is the first four-year, full-ride scholarship in the 150-year history of the College of Medicine, covering tuition, fees, housing and meals for the duration of medical school. Recipients of the scholarship will be known as Ronnel Scholars.
From left: Mike Ronnel, Stacey Ronnel, Karen Ronnel Pear, Cam Patterson, Dale Ronnel, G. Richard Smith, Jennifer Ronnel and Steve Ronnel. Image by Bryan Clifton