Word: wahl
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...gift to Harvard by Mrs. Agnes Wahl Nieman, widow of Lucius W. Nieman, founder of "The Milwaukee Journal," finances the fellowships, designed "to promote and elevate the standards of journalism in the United States and educate persons specially qualified for journalism...
...Foundation was established through a gift of more than $1,000,000 bequeathed to the University by Mrs. Agnes Wahl Nieman, widow of the founder of the Milwaukee Journal, in memory of her husband, Lucius W. Nieman, "to promote and elevate the standards of journalism in the United States...
Founded in 1937 by the bequest of Mrs. Agnes Wahl Nieman, in memory of her husband, the founder of the Milwaukee Journal, "to promote and elevate the standards of journalism in the United States," the Fellowships give their recipients an annual stipend approximately equal to their salaries...
Choicest assignment any serious-minded newsman can get is a Lucius W. Nieman Fellowship at Harvard. Founded in 1937 by a $1,000,000 bequest from the late Agnes Wahl Nieman, widow of the founder of the Milwaukee Journal, the Fellowships: 1) are open only to newspapermen with jobs; 2) pay each holder an amount approximating his regular salary, plus free tuition; 3) require no academic credits or examinations. Each applicant must satisfy Harvard that he has a definite study plan that will make him more useful to his community, his paper and himself when he goes back to work...
...MacLeish will also be one of the advisors of the group of nine American newspapermen attending Harvard this year as the first holders of Nieman Fellowships, established by the bequest of about $1,000,000 by Mrs. Agnes Wahl Nieman, of Milwaukee, "to promote and elevate the standards of journalism in the United States...