In Wilson Rings article he informs of Jane emily Clymer, a student of Vermont University, who was killed by a drunken driver in 1985, and how Janes unfortunate event has helped some women in college.
Jane Clymer "died a day after she was hit by a drunken driver while she was walking with her bike along a highway in rural Chittenden County." Since her death, scholarships have been made women who have lost loved ones from a drunk driver or from any driver.
After Janes death, the Clymer family "were eligible to collect punitive damages under the state's dram shop law, which holds bar owners and employees responsible if they serve a customer too much liquor. A year later, the bars agreed to the $250,000 settlement." The settlement issued more concern for bar owners and bar employees over dealing with intoxicated drivers.
The Jane emily Clymer Scholarship "is for junior women in the College of Arts and Sciences who have documented financial need, shown academic promise and demonstrated service to others." The Jane Clymer scholarship will help women who have lost loved ones like the Clymber family to move farther in life in college after their loss.
The Jane Emily Clymber Scholarship has influenced many women in college though; if the time had not been for Jane Clymber's unfortunate event, these woman would not had been influenced by the Jane Scholarship.
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