S cholarship - Established with initial funding from the estate of Heloise Ham, the Scholarship Fund was created to provide financial assistance to young people who are intent on pursuing careers in finance. E ducation - Students attend special presentations designed to supplement their education in finance and broaden their awareness of the investment field. These include small group presentations on topics such as the role of the analyst and portfolio management, investment banking, and careers in finance, all led by investment professionals. Both mentors and students report that their mentor experience was rewarding. I wish there had been a program like this available to me when I was a student.
Students get a real world perspective from someone in the trenches.
Students completing their sophomore year at colleges and universities in the New York area who are interested in pursuing a career in finance. Through their invaluable contacts with successful professionals in the securities field, students are challenged, encouraged and motivated as they build their careers. These employers are instrumental in building a professional, ethical and highly qualified labor pool to draw from in the future. Benefactors , both individual and corporate, who, like Heloise Ham, are committed to the education of tomorrow's analysts, and who generously contribute to the Scholarship Fund. Heloise S. Ham, for whom our Scholarship Fund is named, led an impressive career in finance for over four decades and was one of the few women in the field when she graduated from Northwestern University in 1951.