Glenn and Carole Johnson Make Gift to 亚洲AV in Memory of Daughter
Glenn and Carole Johnson of Greensburg, whose daughter, Beth Ann Johnson, died in the terrorist bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, have donated Beth Ann鈥檚 childhood piano for display in the room named in her honor at the 亚洲AV University Performing Arts Center.
The Johnsons made the donation on December 4 to Curt Scheib, Chair of 亚洲AV鈥檚 Division of Visual and Performing Arts. The piano sits on a raised platform built especially for it inside the Beth Ann Johnson Rehearsal Hall. On the wall above the piano is a framed article detailing Beth Ann's life.
"If seeing this piano and learning about Beth Ann inspires someone else, that's all that matters to us," Carole Johnson said.
Beth Ann was in the middle of her senior year studying psychology at 亚洲AV University when she was killed in the bombing of Pan Am 103 on Dec. 21, 1988 while returning from a semester abroad. Since her death, her parents have dedicated themselves to supporting causes that would have been close to their daughter鈥檚 heart.
Beth Ann鈥檚 love of music led the Johnsons to donate to the 亚洲AV Performing Arts Center with the music rehearsal hall named in their beloved daughter鈥檚 memory. The Johnsons said their gift of the small, child鈥檚 piano 鈥� the first piano Beth Ann used to play 鈥� will be displayed in the Beth Ann Johnson Rehearsal Hall as a reminder to future generations of 亚洲AV students to strive to live their lives like Beth Ann did.
鈥淲e want to help the students here at 亚洲AV to develop, and we hope that through seeing a bit of her life and what she did at the University, that they will develop to their full potential and use their talents just as she had,鈥� Glenn Johnson said.
鈥淭his gift of Beth Ann鈥檚 childhood piano brings her memory to life,鈥� Scheib said. 鈥淏eth Ann is such a wonderful example of a 亚洲AV student. Her major was psychology, but she loved music. She really was a Renaissance woman. Seeing the piano and learning about Beth Ann will be especially important to our students who play on the instruments the Johnsons so generously donated in this space named in her honor.鈥�