The Reva Dickinson Learn and Dana Lee Learn Endowed Scholarship Fund

This endowment was established through a generous bequest from Dana Lee Learn and Reva Dickinson Learn. Both Learns were students at Mansfield when it was Mansfield State Normal School. Mr. Learn earned a diploma in 1920 and went on to earn his bachelor’s degree from Franklin and Marshall College. Mrs. Learn earned her teaching certificate in 1923. Both were teachers in their professional careers. Mrs. Learn stated that Dr. William Straughn, who was Mansfield’s president while they were students, has a significant impact on their lives and they have a strong desire to help others as they were helped in school. Mr. Learn retired in 1963 after teaching history for 38 years at Palmerton High School in Palmerton, PA. He served as president of the Lehigh Valley Interscholastic Athletic Association, serving for twenty years. He was born in Westfield, PA and passed away in 1991. Mrs. Learn was born in Lake Carey, PA and after graduating from Mansfield taught mathematics at schools in Westfield, Palmerton and Allentown, PA. Mrs. Learn passed away in 1998. The couple met at Mansfield and were married here in 1924.