Internship The Ernest O. Melby Internship at Florida Atlantic University makes funds available to a student enrolled in the Department of Educational Leadership who is interested in the field of community education/community schools. Ernest O. and Aurora H. Melby Endowed Fellowship The Ernest O. and Aurora H. Melby Endowed Fellowship was established through the estates of Ernest and Aurora Melby in 1994 following the death of Aurora Melby at 102. The fellowship is designated for students in the Department of Educational Administration at Michigan State University. Ernest O. Melby Community Education Center The Ernest O. Melby Community Education Center at Florida Atlantic University was founded in 1967 with a grant from the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation. On February 12, 1988, the center was formally named in honor of Ernest O. Melby. References External links 1891 births 1987 deaths St. Olaf College alumni University of Minnesota alumni Michigan State University faculty Northwestern University faculty New York University faculty American people of Norwegian descent Presidents of the University of Montana Education school deans People from Lake Park, Minnesota 20th-century American academics