Fellowships Awarded
The award of Cramer Fellowships to six recent graduates of the College was announced by President Hopkins on March 24. At the same time announcement was made of the award of graduate fellowships to four members of the senior class.
Cramer Fellowships, upon recommendation of a special committee headed by Dean Bill, have been awarded for the coming year to Dr. Oliver S. Hayward '31, Wilbur P. Pierce '31, Barnard A. Davis '33, Harlan P. Banks '34, Perry W. Gilbert '34, and Charles L. Levesque '34.
In accordance with the recommendations of the faculty committee on scholarships and prizes, the George E. Chamberlin Fellowship has been awarded to Daniel H. Schwartz '36 of Pelham Manor, N. Y.; the Charles O. Miller, Jr. Memorial Fellowship to Arthur L. Funk '36 of Brooklyn, N. Y.; the James B. Richardson Fellowship to Edward B. Hancock '36 of Barre, Mass.; and the Fred DeMerritte Barker Fellowship to Blake Hughes '36 of Bronxville, N. Y.
Among the Cramer Fellows, Banks, Davis, Gilbert, and Levesque are now instructors in the Dartmouth faculty. Next year Banks will study genetics and paleobotany at Cornell, Davis will study biochemistry at Columbia, Gilbert will study vertebrate zoology at Cornell, and Levesque will study organic chemistry at Illinois. Dr. Hayward, who as a Cramer Fellow this year is studying factors of heredity in disease at the Dartmouth Medical School, will spend part of next year in Hanover and will then go to Harvard. Pierce, a graduate student and part-time instructor at the University of Vermont, will study cytology and genetics at Cornell.
Schwartz, who is president of Junto and a sociology major, plans to spend next year at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Funk, combined artist and track star, plans to devote next year to European history at the University of Chicago, Stanford, or Cornell. Hancock, whose major study has been mathematics, intends to continue his work in that field at Harvard. Hughes, who has been active in debating and dramatics, plans to do graduate work in economics at Columbia next year. Each fellowship carries a stipend of $900.
The Cramer Fellowships carry awards of $1,000 each and are based on a fund now amounting to about $115,000 given by bequest of Dr. R. Melville Cramer '77 of New York City. They are awarded to Dartmouth graduates and others who have shown unusual ability especially in genetics or original laboratory investigation.
Thomas B. Curtis '32 Of St. Louis whose recent election makes him the youngest member of the Alumni Council.
