Frank V. & Bula A. Carney Memorial Scholarship Fund
Dr. Frank V. Carney was born in LaGrange, Indiana on October 24, 1885. He attended LaGrange High School graduating in 1905 and after teaching five years in elementary school in LaGrange he entered the Detroit College of Medicine, graduating in 2015.
Dr. Carney came to St. Clair in 1915 to practice medicine. Then duty called and he spent 13 months in the Medical Corps during World War I. He returned to St. Clair where he remained the rest of his life.
At the time of his death he was completing his 15th term as Mayor of St. Clair. He died of a heart attack during lung surgery. 
Dr. Carney was a quiet but very active man dedicated to his town ‘St. Clair’. Not only was he Mayor for 15 terms, but also served four years as alderman. In addition, he was a member of the school board for 24 years, active in three hospitals- St. Clair, Mercy, and Port Huron-. He actively worked for better schools, roads, hospitals, city hall, fire hall, park improvements and the rebuilding of the Methodist Church and other city improvements too numerous to mention.
Dr. Carney rests in LaGrange, Indiana, the home of his birth. Funeral services were held in St. Clair and LaGrange. The city of St. Clair was so proud of their beloved Mayor that a plaque was commissioned and placed on his grave-site in honor of all he had done for his town, St. Clair.
To be eligible for the Frank V. & Bula A. Carney Memorial Scholarship, students must:
- be a resident of the City of St. Clair
- be pursuing a degree in the medical field
Scholarship Applications will be available in January, 2010.
