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The following article, "Helping Students Prepare To Serve" by Kathie Dickenson, Radford University Office of Public Relations, describes the generous scholarships given by George E. and Matsue Y. Dewese. This benefaction, in turn, inspired the establishment of the new Scottish Rite Foundation, Southern Jurisdiction's Endowed Scholarship Program. Bro. Dewese is a 32°, K.C.C.H. honor man in the Valley of Roanoke, Virginia, and a strong supporter of Radford University, Radford, Virginia.
The Scottish Rite Foundation, Southern Jurisdiction, already has several endowed scholarships, which have provided hundreds of thousands of dollars for a variety of educational needs. Ill. Sam E. Hilburn, 33°, S.G.I.G. in Texas and Grand Treasurer General of the Supreme Council, with his beloved wife, Millie, also recently created a Named Endowed Scholarship. (See November 1999 Journal article.) Scholarships such as the Sam and Millie Hilburn Scholarship Fund, the William E. Shepherd Scholarship, the Scottish Rite Foundation George Washington University Scholarships, the Public School Administration Scholarships, and the F. S. Bichan Scholarships at the George Washington University continue to assist students in funding their education so that they can more effectively serve their community and the nation.
A minimum contribution of $100,000 will allow the Scottish Rite Foundation, Southern Jurisdiction, to create a Named Endowed Scholarship. Donors contributing to the new Endowed Scholarship Program will be recognized with a bronze nameplate mounted on a new bronze tableau that will be prominently displayed in the House of the Temple. The donor's name will also appear on a bronze nameplate in the Hall of Recognition and will be inscribed in the Gold Book of Recognition. The donor will receive a gift from the Scottish Rite Foundation, Southern Jurisdiction, in accordance with the Scottish Rite Donor Recognition Program. (See the September 1999 issue of the Scottish Rite Journal.) Donor recognition, in this instance, is reserved for contributions to the new Endowed Scholarship Program of the Scottish Rite Foundation, Southern Jurisdiction. We will also display in the House of the Temple a beautiful Book of Scottish Rite Scholarship Recipients listing all of the students who receive a scholarship from this program. The Scottish Rite has a long tradition of "serving the nation and America's children" through our various scholarship programs. Please help our Scottish Rite Foundations support children everywhere. We hope you enjoy the following article and are as inspired as much as we are by the wonderful gifts of Brother George E. and Matsue Y. Dewese.
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Helping Students Prepare To Serve
For years to come, children with speech and hearing disorders will benefit from the generosity of George and Matsue Dewese. With a contribution of $100,000 to the Radford University Foundation Inc., the Deweses have endowed the George Everett and Matsue Yamazaki Dewese Scottish Rite Graduate Fellowship Endowment. The endowment assists graduate students in the Virginia school's communication sciences and disorders program and enhances the mission of the program and its associated speech and hearing clinic.
George Dewese, 32°, K.C.C.H., is a member of the Scottish Rite Roanoke, Virginia, Lodge of Perfection and a former member of the Scottish Rite Tokyo, Japan, Valley of Tokyo. He and his wife, Matsue, live in Shawsville, Virginia, and are retired employees of General Electric in nearby Salem. Their gift builds on the existing partnership among the Roanoke Lodge of Perfection, the Scottish Rite Foundation of Virginia, and Radford University in serving children with speech and hearing disorders. As a member of the Scottish Rite, Dewese said, "I felt it was my duty to lend a helping hand, and this was the best way to do it. I wanted to help the students, I wanted to help Radford, and I wanted to help the Scottish Rite." He hopes his gift will "create a bond between Radford University and the Scottish Rite for years to come."
| Myriah Freeman (center), a student at Radford University, was the first recipient of the George Everett and Matsue Yamazaki Dewese (l. and r.) Scottish Rite Graduate Fellowship in the Virginia school's communication sciences and disorders program. |  |
The first recipient of the fellowship is graduate student Myriah Freeman, of Madison Heights, Virginia, who is currently serving an internship at Virginia Baptist Hospital. Brother Dewese said that Freeman "really seems to be a fine person for this work. I'm very impressed with her."
Stephen Heater, Dean of Radford University's Waldron College of Health and Human Services, said, "The generous gift from the Deweses will provide deserving students access to an opportunity to study and learn from some of the best faculty in the country in a state-of-the-art clinical setting. The gift will have a significant impact not only on the lives of the student recipients of the fellowship, but also the countless numbers of patients and clients those students will serve in the future."
Radford University, a co-educational institution founded in 1910, offers more than 140 undergraduate and graduate degrees. Approximately 8,580 students are enrolled in six colleges: Arts and Sciences, Business and Economics, Education and Human Development, Waldron College of Health and Human Services, Visual and Performing Arts, and the College of Graduate and Extended Education. The school's long-standing, strong programs in education and health and human services promote a sense of service that permeates all its programs.
In 1997 and 1998, the Deweses established two scholarship endowments for undergraduate Radford University students from rural areas of Virginia. One was named in honor of George Dewese's parents, Ninevah Broombaugh Dewese and Daisey Ellen Moss Dewese. Following his father's model as a hard worker who gave what he could to those in need, Dewese and his wife have found pleasure in helping young people gain the education they need to help their own communities.
"I hope that other Scottish Rite members will consider doing the same thing," said Dewese.
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If you would like additional information on establishing a Scottish Rite Named Endowed Scholarship, please contact our Development Office at 1–800–486–3331, ext. 143.
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Ill. Thomas M. Boles, 33°, G.C. (left in photo) has worked extensively in fund-raising for children's programs throughout our Fraternity. For more information on planned giving, call Bro. Tom at 562–691–4227 (Fax 562–691–5327) or the Scottish Rite Foundation, Southern Jurisdiction, U.S.A., at 202–232–3579, ext. 143. Ill. Earl E. Ihle, Jr., 33°, is our development team's Director of Major Gifts. He has been a member of the Fraternity for 25 years and served in 1978 as Master of Lafayette Lodge, No. 111, Baltimore, Maryland. He is also a member of Boumi Shrine Temple in Baltimore, the York Rite, and a dual member of the Scottish Rite Valleys of Baltimore and Washington, D.C. You can reach Bro. Ihle toll free at 1–800–486–3331, ext. 143. |