Henry de Fiebre and Karen Rothe

Henry de Fiebre and Karen Rothe

Henry de Fiebre joined the Northern Star as a reporter in 1970. He transferred to NIU with the intent to pursue a career in newspapers. While he was at the Northern Star, Roy Campbell,advisor, passed away. Campbell was loved by all of the staff. Henry graduated from NIU in 1972. He and his wife, Karen, established the Northern Star Alumni Scholarship and funded it annually for six years before donating the money to permanently endow the scholarship and rename it the Campbell-Thompson Scholarship.