Evening star., 1941-04-18
Catholic u. Awards
"a Scholarships
And FelIowships
Grants TotoIins $4,000
Are Announced by
Bishop Corrieon

Catholic University today an
nounced the award of "a scholar
ships and fellowships valued at
s25, 900 for graduate studies during
the next school year.
The awards, made public by
Bishop Joseph M. Corrigan, rector
of the university, are said to repre-
sent one of the largest grants for
graduate studies in any Catholic in
stitution of higher learning.
Successful applicants were rec
commended to Bishop Corrigan by
the university's Committee on Eel
lowships, Scholarships and Student
Aid and include 18 reappointments
of students who held grants last
year.
1e Endowed by X. of c.
Sixteen of the 81 900 fellowShlpS
for graduate work in any depart
ment of the university, including
the professional schools, were en-
doyed by the knights of Columbus
and have been awarded each year
since 1914. Two felloWShlps, also
valued at $1,000 each, were provided
bv the will of the late FREDERICK
Courtland Eenfield of Philadelphia
for studies in diplomacy. interna-
tional affairs and belles-lettres. The
other endoWmentS include two VIM
throp fellowships in blochemlstry
valued at $500 each, two Anna Hope
Hudson scholarships Of $500 each
and the Joseph L. Peabody scholar
ship worth $500. In addition, the
Catholic University bestowed three
chemistry aSsistantShips and one
biology assistantship, valued at S0oo
each; one classical Scholarship
valued at $500 and six tuition schol-
arships Of $500 each. =.
Those appointed to the knights OF
Columbus fellowship and the grad
uate studies they will pursue lnclude
Leo B. Brady, 1908 Thirteenth street
NV, speech and drama depart
ment: James D. Collins, Holyoke,
Mass, philosophy; John A. H. DUNE
University of New Brunswick, Fred
ericton. N. B., chemistry; Edmund j.
GruskoWski, Boston College, Chest
nut Hill, Mass, Greek and Latin;
Robert c. Healy, Providence College,
Providence, R. l., English; William
C. Higgins, st. Louis University, 81.
Louis, philosophy; Frederick E. Len
hard, Niagara University, Niagara,
N. Y, social work; Vincent McBrlen,
Providence College, Providence, r. l.,
mathematics; Joseph Mullaney, Uni
versity of Scranton, Scranton, Pa,
pnvsics: Celestine J. NuesSe, Har-
ward University, Cambridge, Mass,
sociology; Edward Nichols Pugh,
Loyola University, New Orleans, So
cial work; Robert Riley, Providence
College, Providence, R. l., physics;
Joseph w. Schram, st. Francis Col
lege, Milwaukee, philosophy; Alex
snder Smetana, Shamokin, Pa, poll
tics: John Patrick Walsh, University
of Illinois. Urbana, Ill, history, and
John K. Zeender, New Haven, Conn,
history.
PenfieId Fellowship.
n6 rev. NA1lNNllG 11thA NiASs
o. P, instructor in dramatics on the
university faculty, was awarded the
Penfield fellowship to pursue grad-
uate work in the speech and drama
department. Frank E. O'Connell,
who Gid undergraduate work at
John Carroll University, Cleveland,
Ohio, was reappointed to the other
Penfeld fellowship to continue his
work in Latin.
Miss Anne Marie Corrao of st.
Joseph's College for Women, Brook
lyn, and Miss Jeanne Marie Semark
of Notre Dame College, South Euclid,
Ohio, were awarded the Winthrop
fellowship in biochemistry.
The Anna Hope Hudson Scholar
ship awards were won by Sister
Mary Teresa Francis McDade, B. ".
M, and Sister Bonaventure Peake,
o. P, both of the University of
Notre Dame, who will take post
graduate work in education and
English, respectively.
Sister Francis Solano Geisler of
Nazareth College, Rochester, N. Y,
was awarded the Peabody Scholar
ship to pursue her biology work.
University Awards.
The awards made by the univer-
sity follow:
Classical scholarship, Miss Gene
Cross of DYouville College, Buffalo,
sociology; chemistry assistantships,
James L. Fox, Loyola University,
Chicago; Richard T. Mcbride, Provi-
dence College, Providence, R. l., and
Miss Dolores Terwoord, Notre Dame
College, South Euclid, Ohio; biology
essistantships, Eugene Richard Ken
nedy, University of Scranton, Scran-
ton, Pa, and university tuition
scholarships for lay women to Miss
Dorothy Therese Chernuck, College