What Happens to Recipients of College Scholarships?

A relatively small gift to Brown University has provided scholarships to teachers, lawyers, a professor, a software engineer, and a children’s book author, reports The Wall Street Journal.

Edgar Lanpher, the donor, was Brown University’s undergraduate dean from 1936 to 1945, and a graduate of the class of 1919.

When he died in 1961, Mr. Lanpher left 300 shares of National Lead Company stock to Brown, now worth $254,486, and suggested that the university use the money to provide scholarships.

Since it was created, Mr. Lanpher’s scholarship fund has provided financial aid to 42 students. The newspaper follows the careers of a few of the scholarship’s recipients, including a biologist, a Ph.D. candidate at Cornell, an economist, and others who may not have been able to attend the university without the scholarship.

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