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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. W IN T E R 2018 | 45