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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)      June 14, 2004

                         Kewaunee Scientific Corporation
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

          Delaware                       0-5286                 38-0715562
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(State or other jurisdiction        (Commission File           (IRS Employer
     of incorporation)                   Number)            Identification No.)

2700 West Front Street
Statesville, North Carolina                                       28677
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(Address of principal executive offices)                        (Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code     704-873-7202

                                       N/A
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          (Former name or former address if changed since last report)

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Item 7.           Financial Statements and Exhibits

(c)               Exhibits.

Exhibit No.       Subject Matter

99.1              Press  Release  dated June 14,  2004,  of Kewaunee  Scientific
                  Corporation, announcing its fourth quarter and fiscal year-end
                  earnings.
Item 12.          Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

                  On  June  14,  2004  Kewaunee   Scientific   Corporation  (the
                  "Company")  issued  a  Press  Release  announcing  its  fourth
                  quarter  and   year-end   earnings.   The  Press   Release  is
                  incorporated  herein by reference,  and is included as Exhibit
                  99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

                  This  information  shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of
                  Section  18 of  the  Securities  Exchange  Act  of  1934  (the
                  "Exchange Act"), or otherwise subject to the liability of that
                  section,  nor shall it be deemed  incorporated by reference in
                  any filing  under the  Securities  Act of 1933 or the Exchange
                  Act,  except as expressly  set forth by specific  reference in
                  such filing.

                  Exhibit  99.1 to this report  contains  information  regarding
                  certain  non-recurring  items  incurred  by the  Company.  For
                  comparative  purposes,  following  the  disclosure  of certain
                  financial measures in Exhibit 99.1 that include the applicable
                  non-recurring  items,  the Company has  reported the impact on
                  net earnings  resulting from the  non-recurring  items,  which
                  additional  information  constituting  a  "non-GAAP  financial
                  measure"  as  defined  in  Item  10 of  Regulation  S-K of the
                  Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.  The Company has
                  included this additional  information because it believes that
                  the disclosure of such information  facilitates the comparison
                  of the  Company's  current  results  of  operations  to  prior
                  periods.


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                                   SIGNATURES

      Pursuant to the  requirements of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                                   (Registrant)
                                           Kewaunee Scientific Corporation

Date: June 14, 2004                    By: /s/ D. Michael Parker
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                                           Senior Senior Vice President, Finance
                                           Chief Financial Officer


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