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Dr. Harry G.
Thomas Medical Scholarship announced
The Darke County Historical Society is pleased to announce that funds
will be available from the Harry G. Thomas Medical Scholarship Program
for the 2017-2018 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 Doctor Harry G. Thomas. The program was later supplemented by a
bequest from Lowell Thomas’s will with the investment 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, 2017.
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.
The Garst Museum is located at:
205 N. Broadway, Greenville, OH 45331
937-548-5250
website: www.garstmuseum.org
email: information@garstmuseum.org
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