The first woman in Lehigh University’s history to become a full professor and department chair, Anna Herz taught Slavic and Eastern European languages for decades and welcomed any opportunity to share her passion about foreign cultures with others.

A strong advocate of higher education, Herz, who died in 2013, provided many student scholarships through Lehigh’s life income program. Through the endowed funds she created, she provided many student scholarships through a planned gift to Lehigh.

Her eventual scholarship will be known as the Professor Anna P. Herz Scholarship, which will support undergraduate students with a concentration in either Russian studies, Hungarian, or Austrian international relations, government, political science, or history.