The Martha and Spencer Love Foundation Endowed Scholarship for Excellence in the School of Dance

Scholarship benefitting students in the School of Dance. Funds may also be used for expenses other than tuition and fees, such as travel to auditions or performances by exceptional companies.

J. Spencer Love (1896-1962) founded Burlington Mills, Inc., in 1924, and the company later became Burlington Industries which for more than a generation was the largest, most profitable textile corporation in the world. Spencer Love invested heavily in new technology and production methods to make his company more efficient and productive. A 191 7 Harvard graduate who served in the Army during World War I, Love began his career in textile manufacturing in 1919 as the paymaster at his uncle’s Gastonia Cotton Manufacturing Co. Martha Love (1911-1980) graduated from Agnes Scott College and Simmons College. She worked in personnel management with J.B. Ivey Co., in Charlotte and also served as a Captain in the Women’s Army Corps during World War II.