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C D F Name Established Longer Description (if available) Established in 1965 to provide scholarship support to Established by Gifts of members of the Abbott family in memory of E. E. Farrington Abbott Memorial Bowdoin undergraduates from Androscoggin County or Farrington Abbott of the Class of 1903. Scholarship elsewhere in the State of Maine E. Farrington Abbott, Jr. Memorial Established in 1988 to provide scholarship support to Established by Gifts of the family and friends in honor and memory of E. Farrington Abbott, Jr., Class of 1931 Scholarship (Class of 1931) Bowdoin undergraduates. Established by Bequest of Albert Abrahamson H'71, George Established in 1988 to provide scholarship support to Albert Abrahamson Scholarship Bowdoin undergraduates Lincoln Skolfield, Jr. Professor of Economics Emeritus. B i k M i The Robert L.M. and Nell G. Ahern Scholarship Fund -- a bequest from the estate of Robert Louis Millea Ahern '33 -- was given as heartfelt repayment of indebtedness to the College. Robert Ahern never forgot that, back in 1931, when the family experienced financial hardship following his father's sudden death, the College provided work-study opportunities and scholarships to both Robert and his brother Philip'32, so they could complete their education. The Ahern Scholarship will provide financial assistance to Bowdoin students studying English, history, or a similar liberal-arts field of study. "We couldn't be more Established in 2005 to provide scholarship support to grateful for this extraordinary gift," said President Mills. "Robert Ahern was a Bowdoin undergraduates with first preference to lifelong, generous supporter of the College. His bequest will play an enduring Robert L. M. and Nell G. Ahern students majoring in English, history, or other liberal part in the continued strength and success of the College by benefiting many Scholarship Fund arts. Bowdoin students for generations to come. Louella B. Albee Scholarship Fund Established a bequest in 1956. George I. Alden established the George I. Alden Trust on August 24, 1912. The Trust was Established in 1983 to provide scholarship support to established for the general purpose of "the maintenance of some charitable or George I. Alden Trust Scholarship Fund Bowdoin undergraduates. philanthropic enterprises" with specific interest in "the promotion of education in schools, colleges, or other educational institutions.” Established in 1983 in honor and memory of W.D. Alexander, Bowdoin Class of 1928 by family and William D. Alexander Memorial friends to provide scholarship support to Bowdoin Scholarship undergraduates 1 C D F The Frank R. Allen Memorial Scholarship Fund has been established by Giuseppina "Dolly" Allen, in memory of her husband, a loyal member of the Class of 1943. After serving as a pilot in the Naval Air Corps during World War II, Dr. Allen graduated from Bowdoin College and Yale University School of Medicine. As a family physician and chief of medicine at Huggins Hospital, he served the community of Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, for nearly forty years. Having delivered more than 2,000 babies, Dr. Allen was voted Wolfeboro's Citizen of the Year upon his retirement in 1986. He Established in 1999 to provide scholarship support then practiced emergency medicine in Tucson, Arizona, until 1991, when he for Bowdoin undergraduates majoring in returned permanently to Wolfeboro. He died in 1998. In awarding the scholarship, chemistry and/or those preparing for a career in preference will be given to Bowdoin undergraduates majoring in chemistry and/or Frank R. Allen Memorial Scholarship Fund medicine those preparing for a career in medicine. Established in 2007 in support of scholarships to Bowdoin undergraduates with preference to Arthur and Phyllis Anicetti Scholarship students from the State of Maine The Artine Artinian Scholarship Fund for Needy Students was established by Artine Artinian of the Class of 1931, who emigrated with his parents from war-torn Bulgaria at the age of thirteen. Despite financial hardship during his youth, Artinian studied French literature at Bowdoin, the University of Paris, Harvard University, and Established in 2000 by Mr. Artine Artinian, Columbia University. He had a distinguished teaching career at Bard College, won a Bowdoin Class of 1931, to provide scholarship Fulbright Fellowship, was decorated by the French government in 1948, and received an honorary doctor of letters degree from Bowdoin in 1966. Dr. Artinian's Artine Artinian Scholarship Fund for support for Bowdoin undergraduates Needy Students collection of original 19th- and 20th century French literary documents, amassed during annual trips to France with his students, has been exhibited all over the world. 2 Established in 2019 by William S. Anderson, a William S. Anderson ’80 Scholarship Fund member of the Class of 1980, to provide scholarship support for Bowdoin undergraduates 3 C D F Established in 2016 with preference given to Georgiana F. and Karl L. Aschenbach '66 students from the Western States, with priority for Scholarship Fund those from Hawaii. Established in 1965 to provide scholarship support Leon Babcock was a member of Bowdon’s Class of 1917. to Bowdoin undergraduates, with preference for students showing aptitude and interest in the physical sciences, and an intent to pursue a career in these fields, whether it be in teaching, research, Leon W. and Hazel L. Babcock Fund professional practice, or an industrial position Established in 1986 to provide scholarship support to Bowdoin undergraduates, with preference for Louly Baer Scholarship Fund those studying the fine arts The Jeffrey G. Baker Scholarship Fund was established in 2000 by Jeffrey G. Baker of the Class of 1975. While at Bowdoin, Baker studied biology and played hockey and golf. He received his master's degree from Tulane University in 1978. He has been associate director of the Louisiana and New York Easter Seal Societies, executive director of the Maine Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, and senior vice-president of the fundraising division of Hub Mail Advertising in Boston. He is now a partner and chairman of the board of Newport Creative Communications, a direct-mail marketing firm, and currently resides in Duxbury, Massachusetts. He has been a member of BASIC, served on the Retirement Celebration Committee for former Athletic Director Sid Watson, and was a co-chairman of the Special Gifts Established in 2000 to provide scholarship support Committee for the Class of 1975. Jeffrey G. Baker Scholarship Fund for Bowdoin undergraduates 4 The Bakers of Orrington Fund was established in 2001, by Alan L. Baker, a member of the Class of 1951. Baker is owner and publisher of two weekly newspapers, The Ellsworth American in Ellsworth, Maine, and the Mount Desert Islander in Bar Harbor, Maine. A native of Maine, Alan Baker returned to the state after almost three decades in Philadelphia, New York, and London culminating with his work as Established in 2001 to provide scholarship support vice chairman of Macmillan, Inc. He organized a marketing services company and served one term in the Maine Legislature before joining the American. Income to Bowdoin undergraduates from Washington and Hancock Counties, and the Town of Orrington who from the fund will be used in support of scholarships divided equally among have been on campus the two previous semesters Bowdoin undergraduates currently on campus who have graduated from a high Bakers of Orrington Fund or are first-year students school in Washington and Hancock Counties, and the Town of Orrington. 5 C D F Established by Robert L. Baldwin, son of the honoree and a member of the Class of 1960, and his wife Pamela. Mrs. Baldwin, who moved to Brunswick with her husband and child in 1950, was a beloved "fixture" in the town and College communities for over fifty years. She continually audited courses at Bowdoin, and was known to many for her keen mind and love of art history, as well as for her delightful personality and generous spirit. She died in 2000, shortly after her 99th Established in 2001 to provide scholarship support birthday. Bob Baldwin graduated cum laude with a degree in economics, and was a for Bowdoin undergraduates, with first preference member of Delta Kappa Epsilon. He earned an M.B.A. from Columbia University. to those from Brunswick, Maine and second Before his recent retirement, Baldwin was director of Corporate Financial Reporting The Flossie M. Baldwin Memorial preference to those from other cities and towns in at Polaroid Corporation in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Scholarship Fund Maine. A longtime supporter of diversity in schools, Deborah Jensen Barker '80 established the Barker Family Scholarship to support scholarships for Bowdoin undergraduates with preference to economically disadvantaged inner-city students of all cultures and backgrounds. Debbie has served in numerous leadership capacities for Bowdoin and is currently a member of the Board of Trustees and co-chaired The Bowdoin Campaign. She has also served on the Alumni Council, the Class of 1980 Reunion Established in 2008 in support of scholarships to Giving Committee, and the Career Advisory Network. She has been a class agent, Bowdoin undergraduates with preference to planned giving agent, class secretary, BASIC volunteer, and officer of the Bowdoin economically disadvantaged inner-city students of Club of New York. Debbie majored in mathematics and romance languages at all cultures and backgrounds in order to enhance Bowdoin and went on to earn an M.B.A. at Harvard University. She and her Barker Family Scholarship Fund the diversity of the student body husband, Randy, live in New Jersey and have two sons. Established in 1984 by J. Robert Barlow of the Class of 1950 and his wife, Nancy, in memory of his parents, Alice Manson and James Evans Alice Manson and James Evans Barlow Barlow, to provide scholarship support to Scholarship Fund Bowdoin undergraduates 6 C D F The Robert D. and Nancy H.