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The Darke County Historical Society
Dr. Harry G. Thomas Medical Scholarship for 2020 Announced
The Darke County Historical Society is pleased to announce that funds
will be available from the Dr. Harry G. Thomas Medical Scholarship
Program for the 2020-2021 academic year.
The Dr. Harry 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 investment interest
generated by the fund being used to offer scholarships.
Dr. Thomas received his degree from the University of Cincinnati
Medical School, practiced in Iowa and 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 Dr. 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 be 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 resubmit a letter of
interest each year. The application deadline is September 17, 2020.
For information concerning the scholarship program or for an
application, please contact Dr. Clay Johnson at Garst Museum, 205 North
Broadway, Greenville, OH 45331,
937-548-5250, or information@garstmuseum.org.
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