A retired Kansas State University history professor who died in 2012 has provided more than $400,000 to the university through his will.

The bequest from former Manhattan resident George Dent Wilcoxon will create two undergraduate scholarships in history and a fellowship for a graduate student in history. Both funds are named in honor of Wilcoxon’s mother, Cora Stewart Wilcoxon.

In 1946, Wilcoxon became a member of the history department at Kansas State Universitye he spent the rest of his career, earning the rank of full professor in 1948.  After 38 years of service, he retired in 1984, but he continued to teach part time for an additional 12 years.