Bill Payne Excellence in Lab Science Scholarship

This award will be given annually to a student in the Clinical Lab Sciences degree program who best exemplifies the commitment to academic and clinical excellence that marked the personal and professional career of Mr. Payne.
Mr. William Carter (Bill) Payne, emeritus associate professor of clinical lab sciences, died July 21, 2020.
Payne, a faculty member for 31 years before his retirement in 2019, taught classes in microbiology, immunology, parasitology, and blood banking. He participated in collaborative research and published widely in wound healing. Payne co-authored a widely used textbook on clinical microbiology.
He served on various university, college and departmental committees, including Faculty Senate. Payne was honored with a faculty teaching award.
A scholarship fund has been donated by lifelong friends Dr. Stephen & Marsha Guffey in his honor and memory.