June is high school graduation season and a time when many scholarships are awarded. The University of Maine Foundation stewards several scholarship funds designated to specific Maine high schools for students who will be attending the University of Maine. One example is the Ruth M. Crosby Scholarship that is awarded each year at Hermon High School.
This year principal Brian Walsh presented the scholarship to Joshua Wilson and Alivia Brown.
The Ruth M. Crosby Scholarship Fund was established in 2000 by Howard A. Crosby, a member of the University of Maine class of 1943, in honor of his wife, Ruth M. Crosby.
Howard served as a professor of electrical engineering at the University of Maine in Orono, retiring as a professor emeritus after 34 years in 1980. Howard and Ruth lived in Hermon for over 55 years, where they raised their family, ran a summer tourist business known as Hermon Motor Court and founded Crosby Gardens and Arboretum, now known as Ecotat.
Learn more about establishing a named scholarship, contact the University of Maine Foundation.
