Harris Awarded the Louise P. Kidwell Accounting Scholarship

Greenville resident, Jennifer Harris, has earned the 2012 Louise P. Kidwell Accounting Scholarship at BCCC. The scholarship is provided by Keith Kidwell, owner of the H & R Block franchise located at 1550 W 15^th Street in Washington and his sister Mary Lou Woolard, Real Estate agent for Coldwell Banker Coastal Rivers Realty at the same address.

Harris, now in her second year at BCCC, is a graduate of D.H. Conley High School and hopes to become a tax preparer after completing her studies at BCCC. While in school, Harris is also working as a manicurist for Co. B Salon.

“Thank you very much to the Kidwell family. As a working parent and full time student, this scholarship is a true blessing,” stated Harris when asked about receiving the scholarship.

Louise Kidwell was born in Aberdeen, Maryland. She lived and worked during a time that did not look favorably upon women in higher education or the workplace. Yet, while raising her family, she worked as an accountant for Van Riper Schmitt & Co. in NYC and later for H & R Block in Rutherford, N.J. After passing the IRS Enrolled Agent exam, she bought the local H & R Block franchise, established what would become LPK Accounting Service Inc., and relocated to Washington, NC.

The Louise P. Kidwell endowment was established by her children - Ronald M. Kidwell Jr., Mark E. Kidwell, Mary Lou Woolard, Keith D. Kidwell, and Proctor Kidwell, as well as several memorials from Mrs. Kidwell’s friends.

For more information about establishing an endowed scholarship at BCCC, please contact Judy Jennette at 252-940-6326 or judyj@beaufortccc.edu.

Pictured above are Keith Kidwell (left) and his sister Mary Lou Woolard (third from left) presenting a scholarship to BCCC accounting student Jennifer Harris and BCCC Foundation Director, Judy Jennette.