Governor Malcolm Wilson ’29 Scholarship Fund
$1,971,534 total
$1,000 new contributions
Established in 1985 by Cecilia Augustine to honor close friend,
Malcolm Wilson, and augmented in 2000 by Dr. and Mrs. John
Conroy, this fund increases access to Fordham Prep for students
from modest means. Wilson was a Fordham Prep, College and
Law School graduate who, after service in World War II, was a
longtime New York State Assemblyman, its Lieutenant Governor
and Governor. He was instrumental in helping Fordham Prep
reduce its burdensome debt in the mid-1970s.
George T. Wohlpart ’49 Scholarship Fund
$390,340 total
Established in 2011 by classmate Robert Greeley to honor his
close friend and brother-in-law, George Wohlpart, this fund
increases the endowment so that students from diverse
backgrounds may benefit from a Jesuit education. George was a
member of Sodality, Rampart, Ramkin, Dramatics Society, and
was manager of the basketball team as a Prep s tudent. He
retired from the marketing department of International Business
Machines, Inc.
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