Rory O’Connor, of Stafford, was recently awarded the Elsie Spissman Mills Scholarship the 2012 Conservatory Honors Celebration.
This scholarship has been established by Frederick S. Mills to honor the memory of his mother, Elsie Spissman Mills. Mrs. Mills studied the organ while attending Baldwin-Wallace College and it is the donor’s wish that this scholarship be used to provide financial assistance to organ students in the Conservatory of Music.
O’Connor is a senior at Baldwin-Wallace College majoring in music history. A 2008 graduate of LeRoy Junior/Senior High School, O’Connor is the child of Chris and Colleen O’Connor.
The Conservatory of Music at Baldwin-Wallace is an artistic community within a liberal arts college, in which the lives of students of all ages are transformed in pursuit of personal and professional excellence through the humanizing discipline of music study, creation, performance and pedagogy.
Baldwin-Wallace College, founded in 1845, was one of the first colleges to admit students without regard to race or gender. An independent, coeducational college of 4,500 students, B-W offers coursework in the liberal arts tradition in more than 50 academic areas. Located in Berea, 12 miles from downtown Cleveland, B-W offers students the cultural, educational and business advantages of a major metropolitan area. For more information, visit www.bw.edu
