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Endowed Scholarships for SLIS Students

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There is an opportunity within the online application to write a short paragraph expressing interest in some of our restricted awards. Applicants will be notified at the time of admission if selected.

Allen Smith Endowed Scholarship for SLIS

This award was established in August 2008 by SLIS Dean Michèle Cloonan and friends, family, and colleagues of the late Allen Smith, a former SLIS professor. Through the estate of Allen Smith, a gift was made to this scholarship fund in 2009. This endowed scholarship annually supports one or more SLIS students who are in good academic standing and have financial need. First preference is given to one or more SLIS students with demonstrated interest in oral history, reference, and/or humanities.

David A. Chernin '87LS Endowed Scholarship

Established in 1992 by Dr. David A. Chernin '87LS. The fund will support one or more SLIS students with the following qualities: (1) an interest in medical librarianship with special focus on dentistry; (2) improving the organization of information in this area for increased access; (3) the procreative presentation of material to students, faculty and practitioners and (4) the preservation and presentation of historical collections and archives.

Elsa Ruth Olson Schlotterbeck '38 Endowed Scholarship

This fund was established in memory of Mrs. Schlotterbeck in December 2007. The annual earnings from this endowed fund shall be awarded to a student enrolled in the Graduate School of Library and Information Science, with preference given to a first generation College student in good academic standing with Financial need. The scholarship may be awarded to the same student in subsequent years if the recipient continues to be in good academic standing. If no student meets the established criteria in a given year, the scholarship may be awarded to a SLIS student in good academic standing with financial need.

Jacqueline and Marshall Kates Scholarship

This addendum to the original deed of gift for the Jacqueline and Marshall Kates Scholarship, which was established in 1999 by Marshall and Jacqueline Kates '73LS, will allow for greater flexibility in the selection of students to receive scholarship support from this endowed fund. Income from the fund shall support deserving SLIS students, with first preference given to those interested in working within a one-person special library. If no such student can be identified, this award shall be given to a SLIS student working within a small special library. All other terms of the original deed of gift shall remain in effect as written.

Josephine Riss Fang Endowed Scholarship

Funded by Anna and Paula Fang and their siblings to honor their mother who worked as a professor in SLIS from 1969 to 1989. It will be awarded to students pursuing librarianship, though it may be awarded to archivists when a librarian candidate is not available. It will be open to all students seeking to earn a doctorate or master's degree with a focus on international librarianship or preservation and conservation.

Patricia M. and Juan R. Freudenthal Endowed Scholarship

Established in 1995 by alumni, family, friends, and colleagues in memory of Dr. Juan Freudenthal. The scholarship will be awarded to deserving SLIS students. Preference given to students interested in art librarianship.

Additional Endowed Scholarships

The following funds may be awarded to one or more students. No separate application is required.

  • Agnes S. Roach Library Science Scholarship
  • Dolores M. Sayles '29LS Endowed Scholarship
  • Dorothy W. Budlong Endowed Scholarship Fund
  • Eric Ryd Bequest for Stud Aid Endw
  • Florence R. Robertson Fund
  • Florence T. Blunt Scholarship Fund
  • SLIS Endowed Scholarship
  • Helen Noyes Bickford Scholarship Fund
  • Irene Christopher '45LS Endowed Scholarship
  • Jane E. Fisher '57LS Endowed Scholarship Fund
  • June Richardson Donnelly Fund
  • Lucille Wert Endowed Scholarship Fund
  • Mary Heneghan '50 Endowed Scholarship
  • Miriam M. Smith '12 Memorial Fund
  • Rebecca B. Rankin Fund
  • Ruth Leonard Scholarship
  • Zdenka Munzer Scholarship Fund