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Family Legacy The Laura Moore Cunningham Foundation
Harry Bettis
Laura Moore Cunningham
Every year, the C.W. Moore Scholarship program, funded by the Laura Moore Cunningham Foundation, provides a total of $100,000 in financial assistance to deserving students in the College of Business and Economics. To date, 929 scholarships have been awarded to business students. Established in 1963, the foundation is named in honor of Laura Moore Cunningham, a Boise native and daughter of C.W. Moore, founding partner of the Idaho First National Bank, now U.S. Bank. Cunningham was a dedicated community member who served on several volunteer boards. Today, members of the family continue to volunteer their time leading the foundation. The board of directors includes Harry L. Bettis and his daughters, University of Idaho alumnae Laura MacGregor Bettis ’03, and Janelle A. Wise ’04, ’05. “Like Laura Moore Cunningham, the current directors of the Foundation believe that educating promising Idaho youth will not only benefit those students, but all of Idaho,” states the Laura Moore Cunningham Foundation’s website. “The students of today are the entrepreneurs, educators, innovators, care providers and leaders of tomorrow.”
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