Walter N. Lutz and Karen McCullah

Karen McCullah graduated from James Madison University in 1988. Karen was an Alpha Gamma Delta and a Little Sister at Alpha Chi Rho. She still keeps in touch with many of her James Madison University friends, despite the fact that she now lives in California. In fact, she was in Harrisonburg in July 2006 for an Alpha Chi Rho reunion, which she helped plan. She values the friendships she made here and the many good times she had and that is why she started this scholarship fund, so that someone who wouldn’t otherwise be able to go to James Madison University could attend and have all the fun that she had. (She did study this profession at James Madison University, but did work in the fields of her major – Marketing, after graduation.) Karen McCullah is an American screenwriter and novelist. She was born in the Philippines, where her father had been assigned with the United States Navy performing counterespionage duties. She grew up in Bergen County, New Jersey, and graduated from Indian Hills High School in her hometown of Oakland, New Jersey. As a high school student, she maintained in her diary 10 Things I Hate About Anthony, her boyfriend at the time, which ultimately led to the title of her 1999 film, 10 Things I Hate About You. Karen wrote most of the published screenplays with her screenwriting partner, Kirsten Smith. In 2006, she wrote her first novel, The Bachelorette Party.