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Trustee,
wife create memorial scholarship honoring daughter
Lancy
Amelie Gray |
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Board of Trustees member Dr. Kenneth Gray and his wife
Doris have honored the memory of their recently deceased
daughter, Lancy, by establishing an endowed scholarship
in her name at the University of Bridgeport. Dr. Gray
is a professor of business and senior Fulbright Fellow
at Alakhawayn University in Morocco and has served on
the Board of Trustees at UB for several years. He is
also associate professor for International Business
at Florida A&M University in Tallahassee.
Lancy Amelie Gray was born in Kenya in 1985 and suffered
a fatal car crash in Morocco in 2000. Lancy, a gifted
writer who was fluent in several languages, learned
at an early age how to move freely in various cultures.
She attended schools in Kenya, the United States, Germany
and Morocco. By the time she was 15 years old, she spoke
German, English and French and had a basic knowledge
of Arabic. Lancy was an accomplished cellist and played
in an orchestra. She intended to study cultural anthropology
and world religions.
The UB scholarship in her name, initially in the range
of $500-$800, will be awarded annually to a full-time
student in good academic standing in need of financial
assistance and interested in fostering understanding
between people of different cultures. Recipients must
maintain a minimum 3.0 grade point average. Candidates
must submit a 600-word essay on the topic, "fostering
understanding between people of different cultures."
For further information, please call the UB Admissions
Office at 1 (800) EXCEL-UB. E-mail to admit@bridgeport.edu.
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