Carson fund to profit U of Nebraska students

And here's Johnny's scholarship The John W. Carson Foundation, named for that "Tonight Show" host and U of Nebraska alum, has gifted $a million towards the U of Nebraska Foundation to produce the Johnny Carson Chance Scholarship Fund. Gold coin aims to aid students who graduated from the Nebraska senior high school and therefore are presently signed up for UN's Hixson-Lied College of proper and Carrying out Arts. Preference will be presented to students within the School of Theater and Film, that was re-named for Carson after his dying in 2005. In 2004, Carson themself contributed a lot more than $5 million to aid film and theater programs in the college, and also to renovate and expand the Temple Building that houses Hixson-Lied's theater program. Carson's estate gave one more $5 million in 2005, following a TV icon's dying. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com