South Dakota Retailers Association creates Tom Morrison Scholarship

The South Dakota Retailers Association (SDRA) Board of Directors created a new scholarship honoring a past president of the organization recently at their annual board retreat.

Tom Morrison, a former SDRA board member from 2002-2009, serving as Board President in 2007, was general manager of the JC Penney store in Rapid City and passed earlier this month. “Tom was a firm believer in the Scholarship Program and the opportunities it creates for young people studying careers in retail,” said SDRA executive director Shawn Lyons.  o ignored

The scholarship, which will come from the overall Jerry Wheeler Scholarship program, will be an additional $500 annually for SDRA’s top scholarship recipient.

SDRA’s Jerry Wheeler Scholarship program is designed to encourage and support students studying for a career in retailing. Since 1992, SDRA has awarded 215 scholarships totaling over $137,900. The scholarship program is named in honor of former SDRA executive director, Jerry Wheeler, who started the program. To learn more about the Jerry Wheeler Scholarship program or the Tom Morrison Scholarship, please visit http://sdra.org and click on training and click on “Scholarship Program.”