MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Peter Anderton, of Pendleton, recently received the SCO Honors Endowed Scholarship at Southern College of Optometry. The scholarship recognizes a student with a competitive GPA, Optometry Admission Test score and demonstrated leadership and service. It comes with a $10,000 per year monetary award.

Anderton is the son of Amy and George Anderton and is married to MarKaye Hassan Anderton. He is a graduate of Pendleton High School and Brigham Young University.

Each year, Southern College of Optometry recognizes its most outstanding first-year students with scholarships to help defray the costs of their optometric education. This year, the college awarded 74 students approximately $650,000 for the pursuit of their Doctor of Optometry degrees.