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The Darke County Historical Society
The Dr. Harry G.
Thomas Medical Scholarship Program for 2015
The Darke County Historical Society is pleased to announce that funds
will be available from the Harry G. Thomas Medical Scholarship Program
for the 2015-2016 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 15, 2015.
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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