Angela Paéz Scholarship Fund for Minority Students
Gary and Barbara Ames have made a substantial, 10-year pledge to create a student scholarship fund. Named in memory of an exceptional School of Medicine student, Angela Páez, this gift allows the UW School of Medicine to provide financial support to under-represented minorities. The couple’s desire is to make recruiting and retaining the best and brightest students a continuing priority for the School of Medicine. In addition to financial resources, the couple also gives of their time: both Mr. and Mrs. Ames are members of UW Medicine’s Scholarship and Student Support Committee, and Mr. Ames is a past member of the UW Medicine Board of Visitors.
Myra Pascoe Scholarship in the School of Medicine
The Myra Pascoe Endowed Scholarship Fund in Medicine was created by a gift from an estate. This fund, established through the generosity and foresight of Myra Pascoe, benefits School of Medicine students with financial need who are in the final period of their course of study at medical school.
Elizabeth F. Pearce Endowed Scholarship
This scholarship was established in memory of Elizabeth F. Pearce in 1996 by the estate of her grandniece, Ann Michele Dekle, M.D. The scholarship honors Ms. Pearce, who inspired Dr. Dekle to attend medical school. In 1916, Ms. Pearce became the first person in her family to graduate from college. She then helped younger family members pay their tuitions. Ms. Pearce was overjoyed when her grandniece graduated from the UW School of Medicine in 1974, and thrilled “to have a doctor in the family.” Shortly before Dr. Dekle died in 1994, she willed a portion of her estate to the UW School of Medicine in appreciation of her teachers and her education. She requested that an endowed scholarship be created in her great-aunt’s memory. The bequest continues Dr. Dekle’s and Ms. Pearce’s strong support for the education of future generations.
Caroline E. Preston Scholarship Fund
The Caroline E. Preston Scholarship Fund was established in 1992 by a gift from Ms. Preston’s estate. Ms. Preston joined the UW faculty in September 1949 as a clinical psychologist in the Department of Psychiatry. She retired in July 1984 after 45 years on the faculty.
A pioneer in the field of gerontology and a committed teacher, Ms. Preston was interested in the social and psychological effects of aging, not just its physical effects. Bonnie Genevay was one of her students, who also became a close friend. “Caroline was interested in so many things — gender differences, the politics of aging, nursing home accreditation — and she was an exciting teacher because she had so many examples from older people’s lives,” Ms. Genevay recalls. “Her gift to the University symbolizes how important the University — and her students — were to her. She was not only a teacher but also a mentor and friend to me. She used to walk up to the HUB every week to supervise my research during the lunch hour, because that was the only hour I had available. That’s the kind of dedication she had to students.”
R. P. E. Endowed Scholarship Fund
In creating this scholarship, this anonymous contributor took advantage of the Faculty-Staff-Retiree Campaign for Students, which is providing a gift to match the original donation. And in creating this scholarship, the donor hopes to help M.D. students with financial need.
Brooks G. and Suzanne L. Ragen Endowed Scholarship
The Brooks G. and Suzanne L. Ragen Endowed Scholarship in Medicine Fund was established in 1996 to provide financial assistance to deserving medical students from the WWAMI region (Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho).
Brooks Ragen was born and raised in Portland, Oregon, and attended Yale University on scholarship, graduating in 1955. He went on to receive a law degree from Stanford and a master’s degree in business from New York University. In 1982, he co-founded Ragen Mackenzie, a Seattle investment banking firm. He is now chairman of McAdams, Wright, Ragen, Inc. Mr. Ragen chairs UW Medicine’s Scholarship and Student Support Committee. He is also the former chair of the UW Medicine Board of Visitors, served on the UW Medicine Campaign Cabinet, and is a former member of the UW Medical Center Board.
Suzanne Ragen, who has also served on UW Medicine’s Campaign Cabinet, was born in Czechoslovakia and came to Oregon at the age of 2. She graduated from Mills College in 1958 and has completed coursework at the University of Washington for a master’s degree in art history. She has been an active touring docent at the Seattle Art Museum for over 43 years.
The Ragens have three children, nine grandchildren, and are active in community affairs. The Ragens established this scholarship to more fully support the School of Medicine, which has played and continues to play a meaningful role in their lives. In 2003, the couple decided to augment their original scholarship with a series of gifts and commitments that will create three additional, identical scholarships — an endowment legacy that will be very beneficial to the School’s students.
Ramsey Family Endowed Scholarship
In 2006, Paul G. Ramsey, M.D., CEO of UW Medicine, executive vice president for medical affairs, and dean of the School of Medicine, and his wife, Bonnie W. Ramsey, M.D., Res. ‘79, Res. ‘80, director of the Cystic Fibrosis Center at Seattle Children’s, established the Ramsey Family Endowed Scholarship at the School of Medicine, one of several medical scholarship funds they have created at the University.
The purpose of the Ramsey Family Endowed Scholarship is to provide assistance to students in the M.D. program, especially students who are from economically disadvantaged backgrounds, who were the first in their family to go to college, who have overcome personal or educational obstacles to get to college, and/or who have deep experience with diversity or diverse cultures. It is the Ramseys’ hope that drawing students from a wide variety of backgrounds will strengthen the student body and the depth and breadth of compassionate care that the School’s graduates provide our communities.
Frederick T. and Dorothy H. Ramsey Endowed Scholarship Fund
Inspired by other scholarship donors, Paul G. Ramsey, M.D., CEO of UW Medicine, executive vice president for medical affairs, and dean of the School of Medicine, and his wife, Bonnie Watts Ramsey, M.D., Res. ‘79, Res. ‘80, director of the Cystic Fibrosis Center at Seattle Children’s, decided to create an endowed scholarship fund. The fund is named after the dean’s parents, who prized education highly. Both were involved actively in the public school system and emphasized the importance of education. Their personal and financial support helped Dr. Ramsey throughout his career at Harvard College and Harvard Medical School and permitted him to graduate without the burden of major debt, allowing him to choose a career in academic medicine.
Both physicians hope that this scholarship will help to reduce the recipients’ debts and allow them to pursue medical careers without being influenced by their ability to repay educational loans rapidly. In addition, both the Ramseys hope that this scholarship will support the mission of the UW School of Medicine, and that recipients of this scholarship will pursue careers involving teaching, research, or delivery of health care to underserved people.
Norman James and Ethel Jenisch Rose Endowed Scholarship Fund
This scholarship was initially established in memory of Dr. Norman James Rose in 1994 by his wife, Ethel Jenisch Rose, and his son and daughter-in-law, Dr. Norman Jenisch Rose and Louise Rose. The scholarship serves as a tribute to Dr. Norman James Rose’s outstanding career in family medicine and public health.
Norman James Rose was one of twin sons born October 28, 1906, in Illinois. He graduated from Northwestern Medical School in 1932 and spent seven years in Steele County, North Dakota. He entered public service first as a regional public health officer and later as the chief epidemiologist for the state of Illinois. Dr. Rose served proudly as president of the Conference of State and Territorial Epidemiologists from 1969 to 1971. He was a devoted husband and father and a highly skilled craftsman in wood, gold, silver, pewter, brass, and stained glass. Several of his pieces earned medals from the American Physicians Art Association.
When Ethel Jenisch Rose died in 2003, Norman Jenisch Rose and Louise Rose decided to rename the fund to honor both parents and the close partnership they had throughout their marriage. Norman Rose also supports scholarship efforts as a member of UW Medicine’s Scholarship and Student Support Committee, and both Roses participated in UW Medicine’s Campaign Partnerships.
Albert D. Rosellini Endowed Scholarship
Albert D. Rosellini, Sr., an alumnus of the University of Washington, was born in Tacoma, Wash., in 1910. First a lawyer, then a Washington state senator (1939 to 1947), he served as governor of Washington from 1957 to 1965. His political career was marked by his support for working people, juvenile justice reform, universities and colleges, transportation, and commerce — and, not least, his introduction of the Senate bill that would eventually create the UW School of Medicine.
After two terms as governor, Gov. Rosellini returned to his career in law, made various business investments, and became a political consultant. A strong believer in the ability of education to improve lives and eliminate social and economic barriers, Gov. Rosellini decided to use the Students First campaign to create a scholarship for students with financial need at the UW School of Medicine. “I learned that many young men and women want that line of work, but don’t have the funds to do it,” says Gov. Rosellini. “If we can help them, we should.”