Ohio University Today, Summer 1998 - Emricks endow second four-year scholarship for undergraduates

Charles Emrick
Westlake residents and Ohio University graduates Lizabeth, BSJ '52, and Charles R. Emrick Jr., B SCOM '51, have established two four-year undergraduate scholarships on the Athens campus for which qualified students at seven high schools in Northeast Ohio are eligible.

Charles Emrick is a trustee of the university and of the Ohio University Foundation. He is a partner in the law firm of Calfee, Halter & Griswold in Cleveland.

The Lizabeth and Charles R. Emrick Jr.-Manasseh Cutler Scholar Awards at Ohio University provide tuition, room and board, books and stipends for specialize d summer programs, including internships in government, industry and study abroad. Each award is valued at $12,000.

The two Emrick-Cutler Scholars Awards will be made in alternate years to graduates from Rock River, Westlake, Bay Village, North Olmsted, Olmsted Falls, Fairview Park or Lakewood high schools. Johnna L. Sloan, a 1997 graduate of Rocky River High School, recieved the first scholarship and began classes at OU last fall. The second Emrick-Cutler Scholars Award will go to a 19 99 graduate of one of the seven eligible high schools.

The Manasseh Cutler Scholars Program, established at Ohio University in 1994, is an undergraduate program patterened after the Rhodes Graduate Fellowship Award of Cambridge, England. Cutler Scholars Awards are privately funded and endowments for 19 Cutler Scholars Awards have been established.