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Dingman spoke to remember Wilson, as well as to announce the creation of the Peter H. Wilson Memorial Scholarship Fund, which will be raised through contributions for three main purposes. A cash prize will be given each year to an undergraduate with a disability who exhibits Wilson's qualities of courage, brilliance, and kindness and has made a contribution to the life of the College. The recipient will then be granted a "wish list" of equipment he or she feels will aid disabled students here at Harvard...
Secondly, a fellowship in Wilson's name will go annually to a disabled senior proposing to go on to graduate school, aiding the recipient with equipment and living costs. In addition, the fund will provide general monies for disabled students at Harvard. Dingman's office will allocate these funds...
...CFIA awarded 13 travelling fellowships in various amounts to deserving Harvard students. Radcliffe College granted 11 women a variety of available funds, including four Josephine L. Murray Travelling Fellowships worth approximately $4000, two Phi Beta Kappa Summer Thesis Research Fellowships and five awards from the Presidential Discretionary Fund...
Massachusetts pays only 53 full-time MCAD employees spread out in four offices across the state. And federal and private sources fund less than a dozen more...
Because the funds for most of these scholarships were established long ago, Miller said the University may not defy the donors' stipulations. For instance, the Charles Downer Scholarship Fund, set up in 1927, states that, "Scholarships shall first be awarded to students of the University, whether in the academic department or in any graduate or professional school, who bear the family name or surname of Downer...