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SCHOLARSHIPS AND FELLOWSHIPS
Certain special scholarships are open only to medical students. A considerable
number of other scholarships are open to medical students in common with
students from other departments of the University.
The William A. Herndon Scholarships are founded upon the bequest of
Dr. Cumberland George Herndon, a graduate in medicine of this University.
They are awarded by the Medical Faculty after a competitive examination
held during the summer vacation preceding enrollment as a student in the
Medical Department. Candidates must be unable to defray the expenses of
their medical education and must signify their intention of entering the
medical service of the army or navy of the United States. These scholarships
carry a stipend of approximately $430. They continue for the four
years of the medical course and are awarded whenever there is a vacancy.
Two appointments will be made in September, 1934. Applications must be
examinations and other requirements, address the Dean of the Department
of Medicine.
The Richard Henry Whitehead Scholarships, founded by an anonymous
donor in memory of Dr. Richard Henry Whitehead, Professor of Anatomy
and Dean of the Department of Medicine, 1905-1916, are awarded to young
men of promise who contemplate entering upon lines of medical work which
will advance medical knowledge either pure or applied. They are usually
awarded only to students who have completed at least two years of the
medical curriculum. There are three of these scholarships. New appointments
will be made for the session 1934-35. For further information, address
the Dean of the Department of Medicine.
The Virginia State Medical Scholarships, established in 1925 by the Rector
and Visitors of the University of Virginia. Two scholarships are awarded
annually in the Department of Medicine, towards the close of the session, to
the students from Virginia on the basis of rank and need, retroactive for the
session. Tenure four years, conditioned upon maintenance of satisfactory
scholastic record. Emolument, remission of tuition fee.
The Doctor William Selden Memorial Scholarship in the Department of
Medicine, with an emolument of $500. Established through the Centennial
Endowment Fund. Appointment made by the Rector and Visitors upon the
nomination of the Dean of the Department of Medicine.
The Doctor Edward May Magruder Medical Scholarship, founded in
1927 by the American Clan Gregor Society, with an emolument of $60, is
awarded upon the recommendation of the Society.
Other Scholarships and Fellowships open to medical students in common
with students in other departments of the University are: The Bayly-Tiffany
Fellowships and Scholarships; the Valentine Birely Scholarship; the Thompson
Brown Scholarship; the Isaac Cary Scholarship; the Philip Francis
duPont Scholarships and Fellowships; the Richard Eppes Memorial Scholarship;
the William C. Folkes Scholarships; the Frank Stringfellow Hall
Scholarship; the D. J. Hennessy Scholarship; the James Rufus Humphrey
Scholarship; the McCormick Scholarship; the Thomas Fortune Ryan Scholarships;
the Daniel Kerr Stewart Scholarship; the James Parker Williams
Scholarship; the Virginia Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy
Scholarship; the Samuel Watts Scholarship; the Bennett Wood Green
Fellowships; and the John Y. Mason Fellowship.
Loan funds also are available. For full information regarding scholarships,
fellowships, and loan funds, see the General Catalogue of the University.
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