John M Lester Scholarship Fund

To honor the contributions and legacy of John Lester, the Indiana Parks and Recreation Foundation has established the John M. Lester Scholarship Fund.

Mr. John Martin Lester, of Franklin Indiana, passed away in August of 2019. John earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Recreation from Indiana University and then graduated from IUPUI with a Master's in Public Administration. He was the owner of Lester Recreation Design LLC for 18 years and prior to that had been employed with the Carmel-Clay Parks and Recreation Department in Carmel, Indiana as well as the Department of Parks and Recreation for the City of Indianapolis.

John was an advocate of leisure services and was an active member and past president of IPRA. He always led by example and displayed a true passion for parks and recreation. The John M. Lester Scholarship Fund will be used to provide continuing education for recreation professionals, scholarships for students, and to support new research in the field of parks and recreation.

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