India, June 12 -- The family of James "Weston" Higginbotham has announced an endowed scholarship at Auburn University in Alabama to honor the 20-year-old student's commitment to environmental causes following his death in Japan.

The announcement comes days after authorities located his body during a search operation after he went missing while traveling abroad.

According to his family, the James "Weston" Higginbotham Endowed Scholarship Fund will support Auburn University students pursuing ecological engineering. Family members have asked mourners to donate to the scholarship in lieu of sending flowers, saying the fund will help preserve Weston's lifelong environmental mission.

Weston's mother, Nancy Higginbotham, also released details...