Darke County
Historical Society
Dr.
Harry G. Thomas
Medical Scholarship Program for 2014
The Darke County
Historical Society is pleased to announce that funds will be
available from the Harry G. Thomas Medical Scholarship Program for
the 2014-2015 academic year.
The H.G. Thomas
Medical Scholarship program, administered by the Darke County
Historical Society, was established and funded in 1971 by Lowell
Thomas and his sister Pherbia Thomas Thornburg, in memory of their
father Dr Harry G. Thomas. The program was later supplemented by a
bequest from Lowell Thomas’s will, with the interest generated by
the fund being used to offer scholarships.
Dr. Thomas received a
degree from the University of Cincinnati Medical School, practiced in
Iowa & Colorado, and served during WWI in British hospitals,
leaving the war as a Colonel in General Pershing’s army. Dr. Thomas
died in 1952 and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery. Both he
and his wife, Harriet Wagner, were descendants of Darke County
pioneers.
Eligibility for the
Harry G. Thomas Medical Scholarship requires the applicant to be a
resident of Darke County and a graduate of a Darke County high
school. Applicants must have been accepted into a medical school,
complete an application, and furnish transcripts and letters of
recommendation. Students may be considered for scholarship awards for
up to four years during medical school, but must re-submit a letter
of interest each year. The application deadline is September 15th
each year.
For information
concerning the scholarship program or for an application, please
contact
Dr. Clay Johnson at Garst Museum,
205 N Broadway,
Greenville, OH 45331,
937-548-5250, or
information@garstmuseum.org.
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