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New Scholarship Established.—The Hoyt D. Gardner Scholarship in Premedical Education is being established at Westminster College, Fulton, Mo, to honor the current president of the American Medical Association, who is an alumnus of the college. Dr Gardner, a surgeon from Louisville, is a member of the Westminster class of 1946.
In announcing the creation of the scholarship endowment, Westminster Pres J. Harvey Saunders said, "Dr Gardner's distinguished career in medicine, culminating in his election to the presidency of the AMA, has brought honor to his alma mater. Westminster is proud to recognize the accomplishments of one of its loyal and devoted sons