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New Medical Scholarship
The John A. Burns Foundation created by Robert Oshiro, who passed away in February, donated $1.7 million to establish an endowed scholarship fund for first year medical students at Manoa’s John A. Burns School of Medicine.
The awards will be made to top-ranked candidates admitted to the medical school. The majority of the funding will be utilized to establish an endowed scholarship in perpetuity with the remainder to be used for immediate awards.
It is very meaningful for us to have this support,” says Dean Jerris Hedges. “Students with strong grades and strong scores are being actively recruited by schools on the mainland. The opportunity to offer them scholarship support and show a commitment from our school gives us a much greater chance of retaining them here in our student body.”