At his retirement from Volunteer State Community College in
December 1988, a JOSEPH C. WATLINGTON ENDOWMENT was established
in his honor at the request of his fellow teachers at the school. The
income from this fund will be used to provide scholarships to
promising student in the areas of mathematics and science at the
college. Although this was inititated by his colleagues at the college,
donations are welcomed from those who would like to thus honor Joe
with a personal gift
.
The Science Field Station on the grounds at Volunteer State was
dedicated Dec. 7, 1990 as the JOSEPH C. WATLINGTON SCIENCE FIELD STATION. This is a project which Joe worked to develop and includes
facilities for a seismograph and telescopes.