The Judd Hill Scholarship was established in 2016 by Mike Gibson of Heber Springs, trustee of the Judd Hill Foundation, former member and chairman of the ASU Board of Trustees, and who currently serves on the ASU-Beebe Heber Springs Development Council. This scholarship is for an ASU-Beebe student majoring in a health profession or agriculture, that is attending the ASU-Beebe Heber Springs campus. The Judd Hill Foundation was created in 1985 by Esther Chapin, who passed in 1991 leaving her entire estate including a 4,000 acre farming operation, to Judd Hill Foundation. The foundation has made numerous contributions for the improvement of agriculture and healthcare in Arkansas since its inception. The foundation was created for the purpose of research, experimentation and the dissemination of information to the public on progressive techniques in farming. Today, the farm produces 3,800 acres of cotton annually