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The Abramson Scholarship Foundation First-Year Award is a scholarship for graduating District of Columbia public high school seniors to help defray college expenses at four-year accredited institutions. The recipients must have solid academic records and exemplify a commitment to community service, social change, and triumph over economic disadvantage.
The Abramson Scholarship Foundation Award for Continuing Students is a scholarship for select recipients of the First-Year award to help defray college expenses for subsequent years at four-year accredited institutions.
Please see applications for eligibility requirements. Both applications are due by Monday, April 25, 2011.
Please email info@abramsonfoundation.org or call (202) 470-5425 with any questions. Thank you!
Apply via email, facsimile, or mail to:
Scholarship Committee
The Abramson Scholarship Foundation
P.O. Box 7810
Washington, D.C. 20044
(202) 470-5425 phone
(202) 318-2482 fax
In 2007 and 2008, the Abramson Foundation selected sixteen outstanding college students who possess the qualities Judge Graae admired in young people seeking to accomplish their educational dreams. Thank you to everyone who donated toward the Fund for second year scholarships. These are the outstanding young men and women you supported.
| 2007 | |
| Justine Cortez | University of Pittsburgh |
| Janeese Lewis | St. John's University |
| Pamela Massaquoi | Hood College |
| Chantayle Watkins | Trinity University |
| Jeremy Wood | University of Maryland |
| James Yarborough | Babson College |
| Jian Zheng | George Mason University |
| 2008 | |
| Gilbert Castillo | Florida Institute of Technology |
| Brittany Coote | University of Maryland |
| Amanda Fernandez | New York University |
| Shakeria Reed | Salisbury State University |
| Hedy Romero | UCLA |
| Ashley Walton | Spelman College |
| Christina White | Temple University |
| Michael Yeldell | University of Pittsburgh |
| Cheng Zhang | James Madison University |