Did You Know?

The Florence L. Smith Medical Scholarship has helped over 700 physicians cover the cost of medical school

For 2012-13 the Smith Scholarship provided $93,500 in scholarships for 20 medical students.

Past recipients have gone on to head the American Medical Association and many national and state medical societies

Dr. Edgar Rossheim We are saddened at the loss of Dr. Edgar Herbert Rossheim of Williamsburg on January 18, 2013. In 1953 he became one of our first Smith Scholars -- Virginia students receiving scholarships to medical school from our Florence L. Smith Fund. Dr. Rossheim never forgot what his scholarship meant to him. We appreciate his family designating the Smith Fund as the recipient of memorial gifts, which will help educate future medical students.

Click here to read Dr. Rossheim’s obituary.
Click here to make an online gift to the Smith Scholarship Fund in memory of Dr. Rossheim. Checks can be made out to the Hampton Roads Community Foundation and earmarked for the Smith Fund in memory of Dr. Rossheim. The mailing address is 101 W. Main Street, Suite 4500, Norfolk, VA 23510.

Since 1952 a bequest from the late Florence Smith has provided scholarships for more than 700 Virginia medical students. In 2006 a group of grateful physicians who had received the scholarship created the Society of Smith Scholars. In 2012 the Hampton Roads Community Foundation celebrated the 60th anniversary of the scholarship.

The Society exists to:.

	Encourage Smith Scholars to donate to the Florence L. Smith Medical Scholarship Fund and help future physicians
	Raise visibility about the prestige of being a Smith Scholar
	Foster bonds between current and past recipients
	Increase scholarship award amounts to keep pace with escalating medical school costs
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What's New

Read the Spring 2013 Smith Scholar Update and learn about:

Dr. Megan Shandelson LeMay: Listening and Learning by Example
Dr. Marissa Galacia-Castillo and Dr. Joseph L. Ward: Two Geriatricians Making a Difference for Older Patients

Dr. Pamela Galloway: Surgeon Elected to Wisconsin Senate
Dr. Alfred "Buzzy" Schulwolf: Giving Back to an Organization That Helped Him
Read a past newsletter:

Eastern Shore Physician Proves You Can Go Home Again

Tom Hollandsworth, M.D., an Eastern Shore native, earned a degree from The College of William & Mary in Williamsburg and always vowed to return to live and work on the shore.

He studied medicine at Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk with four years of scholarship help from the Hampton Roads Community Foundation’s Florence L. Smith Medical Scholarship Fund.

Click here to read more.

Two High-Impact Physicians Provide Good Vision and Sound Minds

Bruce Bodner, M.D. has helped provide 20,000 corneas and eye tissues to help people see.

Robert Brown, M.D. has helped thousands of Army veterans have peace of mind.

Click here to download the story of how Florence Smith helped these two physicians have amazing careers.

Society of Smith Scholars c/o the Hampton Roads Community Foundation
101 W. Main Street, Suite 4500
Norfolk, VA 23510
Phone: (757) 622-7951
Fax: (757) 622-1751
E-mail: smithscholars@hamptonroadscf.org
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