Two New Endowed Scholarships Announced; Pledges Advance BUSPH Campaign.
Two endowed scholarships of $100,000 each were announced at the Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) Dean’s Advisory Board (DAB) meeting on September 22.
The DAB is a group of prominent alumni and friends of the school who advise the dean on strategy and support the development efforts of the school.
Joel Lamstein, a member of the DAB, endowed the Lamstein Family/JSI Scholarship to help deserving BUSPH graduate students. Lamstein is president and co-founder of John Snow Inc. (JSI), a public health management consulting and research organization based in Boston that has long been a source of practica for BUSPH students and jobs for BUSPH graduates.
Joel LamsteinLamstein said his support for BUSPH is directly in line with the reasons he co-founded JSI: to help improve the health of people here in the US and throughout the world.
“We have been fortunate to grow and thrive for over 30 years, and much of our success can be attributed to our ability to attract smart, committed and compassionate staff,” Lamstein said. “We draw that staff from schools throughout the country and have had great success with students from Boston University School of Public Health. It is therefore incumbent on groups like JSI to give back to the community that has helped them thrive.
“Global health recently has gained wide popularity in academic settings and has attracted terrific students throughout the world. We are pleased to contribute to BUSPH to help further the aspirations of these future leaders of public health,” Lamstein said
To recognize his 20 years as dean at BUSPH and his 35 years on the BU faculty, Dean Robert Meenan established the Robert F. Meenan Scholarship Fund. As with the Lamstein Family/JSI Scholarship pledge, Dean Meenan’s pledge will establish a permanently endowed fund and the income from that fund will provide annual scholarship awards to BUSPH students.
Dean Meenan“I am pleased and proud to support BU School of Public Health,” Meenan said. “The school is a wonderful institution with a compelling mission and a positive culture that is playing an increasingly prominent role in the field of academic public health and has earned a national and international reputation for its education programs, research capabilities and service activities.
“It is an absolute privilege to serve as the dean of such a potent and positive school,” Meenan added. “I hope my pledge will signal to others that the people and programs of BUSPH are worthy of their support.”
Boston University launched its first-ever comprehensive fundraising campaign during the recent Alumni Weekend. The campaign will run for the next five years. At the time of the launch the University announced it has secured gifts and pledges that amount to 42% of its campaign goal of $1 billion.
BUSPH will be an active participant in the University campaign. The School has established a goal of $40 million, a target that will help ensure the School’s ongoing efforts to address the challenges of affordable, quality health care; a clean environment; health disparities; and global health. At this time the BUSPH campaign has secured gifts and pledges that amount to nearly 50% of that goal.