A Professor’s Inspiration
Published on September 28, 2015"I attribute 80 percent of my success, financially and personally, to the two courses I took from O.B. Hardison."
"I attribute 80 percent of my success, financially and personally, to the two courses I took from O.B. Hardison."
“[O.B. Hardison’s course on John Milton] changed my whole life. I attribute 80 percent of my success, financially and personally, to the two courses I took from O.B. Hardison.
“He wasn’t merely a good professor. He inspired a love of learning. He made me want to learn. I went from cramming for exams the night before to basically living in the carrels at the library. I made nothing but As and Bs during my last two years. I did everything I could to become a scholar.”
Now, Stephen Israel ’66 wants to honor his life-changing English professor. He created the O.B. Hardison, Jr. Scholarship Fund for the Humanities in the UNC College of Arts and Sciences to provide a scholarship for an undergraduate student who wants to study the humanities. He hopes to raise $1 million to endow the scholarship.
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This is story number 196 in the Carolina Stories 225th Anniversary Edition magazine.
