Endowed Scholars
ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIPS
The following awards are determined by the Financial Aid Office and granted to those who meet the specific criteria. Students must be enrolled full-time, degree-seeking, and complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid.
Note: These awards are not available every academic year as a limited number of students are awarded and receive the endowed scholarship over four years.
THE GEORGE I. ALDEN TRUST ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP
Students who demonstrate financial need.
THE J. WILLIAM BORDEAU ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP
Given to a theatre major. Renewable as long as student maintains full-time status as a theatre major with a GPA of at least 3.5.
THE GLADYS BROOKS FOUNDATION ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP
Given to incoming freshmen who demonstrate superior academic ability and leadership potential as proven by test scores, grades, extracurriculars and recommendations. Renewable if student maintains GPA of 3.0 or higher and continues to participate in extracurricular committee or club.
THE MARIE BURKE FUND ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP
Students who demonstrate academic merit and financial need.
THE MADELEINE D. BURNS ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP
Female students of a non-traditional age.
THE LOUIS CALDER FOUNDATION ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP
Students with significant financial need who would otherwise carry a heavy burden of loans with a preference for students residing in the 5 NYC boroughs.
THE SISTER BARBARA CARVALHO ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP
Students who demonstrate academic merit and financial need.
THE DR. MARVELLE S. COLBY ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP
Business management or accounting major with a preference given to students who are economically disadvantaged. Student must maintain a GPA of 3.0 or higher.
THE MARGARET MARY CONNOLLY ENDOWED MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
Female graduates of Catholic high schools pursuing a career in teaching who demonstrate academic merit and financial need.
THE IRA DECAMP FOUNDATION ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP
Students who demonstrate academic merit and financial need.
THE WILLIAM L. DOTY ENDOWED MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
Full-time students who demonstrate academic merit and financial need.
THE EDGAR AND LUCKY EISNER ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP
Intended to foster serious study of economic issues by attending an educational institution in Europe or Asia. Preference given to students who have not traveled to Europe or Asia previously. Preference that arrangements be made for student to stay in a family home during travel. Upon returning, students are required to write a paper which describes his/her experiences and insights from study abroad.
THE ANTONETTA FERRARO ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP
Female students only who demonstrate financial need and whose fathers are deceased and mothers are head of household. Intended as a 4 year scholarship to a student (renewable).
THE STANLEY FINKEL ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP
A student majoring in business who demonstrates financial need.
THE FIRST GENERATION ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP
Students who are the first in their family to attend college and demonstrate great financial need.
THE ANNE C. FLANNERY ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP
Students who demonstrate financial need.
THE DESIREE L. FRANKLIN ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP
Students who demonstrate financial need. Recipient selected by the President and/or the Finance and Investment Committee of the Board of Trustees.
THE SAMUEL FREEMAN ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP
Students who demonstrate financial need.
THE BERTRAM AND MARIE C. GOODMAN TRUST ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP
Female students majoring in art who demonstrate financial need.
THE MARY T. GREASON ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP
Students majoring in art and who demonstrate academic merit and financial need.
THE SR. EDMUND HARVEY FUND ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP
Students who are children of an alumni. Entering freshman must have a minimum of an 80 average OR college students with a minimum GPA of 2.5. Recipients must be full time students who maintain a GPA of 2.0 or higher. Re-apply annually for scholarship support
THE MARY ELLEN MCNIECE HAWN ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP
Students who demonstrate academic merit and financial need.
THE WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST ENDOWED FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIP
Students who demonstrate academic merit and financial need.
THE CORNELIUS HEENEY ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP
Students from NYC boroughs (with a preference for students from Brooklyn) who demonstrate academic merit and financial need.
THE SHIRLEY HEILIGMAN ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP
Returning adult students (with a preference given for female students) who demonstrate academic merit and financial need.
THE MARSHA HAKIM HEWITT ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP
Minority and/or indigent students with a minimum GPA of 3.0 (or a GPA improved by .5 or more from previous semester) who are NOT theatre or art majors.
THE JM FOUNDATION ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP
Students in the Ruth Smadbeck Communications and Learning Center who demonstrate academic merit and financial need.
THE CHRISTIAN A. JOHNSON ENDEAVOR FOUNDATION ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP
Students who demonstrate academic merit and financial need.
THE WILLIAM KAVANAGH ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP
Preference for theatre majors who exhibit financial need and maintain a GPA 3.5 or higher.
THERESA LANG ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP
Given to one freshman per year who has maintained at least a “B” average the last two years of high school and performed outstanding community service/extracurricular activities. Renewable sophomore year as long as student maintains a GPA of 3.0. Renewable junior and senior year as long as the student maintains a GPA of 3.0 plus significant involvement in extracurricular volunteer services to the school or community.
THE FRANCINE A. LEFRAK-FRIEDBERG ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP
Full-time female students majoring in communication arts or theatre arts who demonstrate great potential and financial need. Students must maintain a GPA of 3.0 or higher during the four year scholarship. Students must write an essay.
THE SR. DYMPHNA LEONARD ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP
Freshman students of traditional age who require MMC’s small community to thrive academically and demonstrate financial need. Requires two teacher recommendations
THE HELEN TERESA LOWE ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP
Daughters of alumni OR returning women students who demonstrate financial need.
THE JACQUELINE LYNCH ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP
Returning women students (over the age of 25) who demonstrate financial need and are majoring in the Social Sciences who are enrolled as degree students with at least 6 credits/semester.
THE MARY ELLEN MAHER NIX ENDOWED MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
Art students (preference for female students) who demonstrate academic merit and financial need.
THE LOUIS A. MARTARANO ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP
Applicants whose combined academic histories, personal plans and community service records are deemed to show leadership and concern for others. Preference will be given to students who have been involved in or supported the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community. Awards will be provided to students who have a strong desire to complete a degree at MMC. Scholarship monies may be applied to pay for education related expenses such as Marymount Manhattan housing, books, and supplies. Office of Student Affairs conducts the application selection process for a recipient.
THE MCINTYRE FAMILY ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP
Returning adult students or commuter students who demonstrate financial need and academic merit.
THE SISTER RAYMUNDE MCKAY ENDOWED MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
Students who demonstrate academic merit and financial need.
THE AILEEN MEHLE ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP
Awards for outstanding women writers (or female English majors and/or minors).
THE SUZANNE M. MURPHY ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP
Students who demonstrate academic merit and financial need.
THE WILLIAM C. MUSHAM ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP
Students with an interest in math or science who demonstrate financial need.
THE E. WALTERS NEEFF ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP
Academically superior students without the means to attend college.
THE STAVROS S. NIARCHOS ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP
International students who demonstrate financial need.
THE MAUREEN LYONS OLSON ’79 ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP
Non-traditional students from New York State who demonstrate academic merit and financial need.
THE JOAN DOTY O’ROURKE ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP
Full-time students who demonstrate academic merit and financial need.
THE HELEN PERRY ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP
African American female students over 25 years of age who must be enrolled in a degree granting program, min. of 6 credits per semester, and must demonstrate financial need. Students who wish to apply should submit a brief essay describing their professional goals, and why they believe a college degree will help them meet these goals.
THE REGINA S. PERUGGI SCHOLARSHIP ENDOWMENT FUND SCHOLARSHIP
Returning woman student with significant financial need and academic merit.
THE MAHONY PROWSE ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP
Graduates of Catholic high schools in the 5 NYC boroughs who demonstrate financial need.
THE MURIEL D. QUARTARARO ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP
Preference for commuter students who demonstrate academic merit and financial need.
THE PETER J. REYES ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP
Students majoring in political science or international studies who demonstrate financial need. Students must submit an essay to be reviewed by a faculty committee for consideration. Renewable as long as student maintains a GPA of 3.33 and at least part-time status.
THE HELENA RUBINSTEIN ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP
Minority women in the honors program.
THE SR. JUDITH SAVARD ENDOWED TRAVEL FELLOWSHIP
Art or Art History majors. Completion of a minimum of two semesters of full-time study (at least 24 credits) OR (if a transfer student) completed at least one full-time semester at MMC (24 total credits, 12 of which from MMC). Minimum cumulative GPA 3.0. Demonstrates financial need according to criteria established by the Financial Aid Office and the committee. The application consists of the first page of the study abroad application, a statement of purpose, the names and e-mails of two references, one from the Art & Art History Department and the other from another academic department at MMC.
THE MARY ANNE SCHWALBE ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP
Students who are refugees (as demonstrated by U.S. government documentation of asylum status). In the case that no student fits this criteria in a given year, the scholarship will be awarded to the student(s) who most closely match the criteria, such as international students who demonstrate great financial need.
THE SR. REGINA SHELLY ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP
A young woman, enrolled full-time at MMC, demonstrating financial need, who has graduated from a Catholic High School in Brooklyn.
THE WILLIAM AND CAROL SIMON ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP
Funds a student or students who have started college but would be unable to finish without financial assistance and who demonstrate academic merit.
THE NINA SPIEGELMAN ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP
Designated solely for female students over the age of 25 in a degree-granting program, who enroll for a minimum of 6 credits per semester, and who demonstrate financial need. Applicants are required to write a brief essay describing their professional goals, and why they believe a college degree will help them meet these goals.
THE C.V. STARR ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP FUND
Students who demonstrate academic merit and financial need.
THE SURDNA FOUNDATION ENDOWED FUND
Students who demonstrate academic merit and financial need.
THE KATHLEEN “KIT” TAMBURRO ’64 AND CARLO H. TAMBURRO ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP
Students (preference for science majors) who demonstrate academic merit and financial need.
THE MARY T. WALDORF ENDOWED FUND
Female students who demonstrate academic merit and financial need.
THE FRED AND JACQUELINE WEHMAN ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP
For students majoring in math or science
THE ZEUSCHNER FAMILY ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP
Preference for students who transfer to Marymount Manhattan College from a metropolitan New York City area community college and demonstrate financial need and academic merit.
THE STEPHANIE E. KUPFERMAN JUVENILE JUSTICE AWARD ENDOWMENT SCHOLARSHIP FUND
Continuing MMC students majoring in political science, with an emphasis in pre-law and /or criminal justice who must demonstrate financial need. Must maintain a GPA of 3.0 or higher within the major.
THE RITA RABER AWARD ENDOWMENT SCHOLARSHIP FUND
Given out annually by the Psychology Department to honor returning students.