J. Sheridan Stewart Scholarship Fund
Purpose
Virginia Allison Tompkins had a passion for preserving the history of Tompkins Township, Michigan through her work with the Tompkins Center Historical Society, Tompkins Extension, Pope United Methodist Church, and Lincoln Cemetery. She was also a fourth grade teacher at Northwest Community Schools. Virginia established this scholarship in honor of J. Sheridan Stewart. According to the Tompkins Historical Society, he "was born on his family's Centennial Farm in Tompkins Township on November 7, 1917. He attended Tompkins Center School in the Village, graduated from Jackson High School in 1935, and was a graduate of Michigan State University in Agricultural Science. In his final years he made the decision to leave his 175-acre family Centennial Farm to the Township of Tompkins to be used for a possible building site for a new Town Hall and fire station, with the balance to be developed into recreational facilities, including ball fields, soccer fields, nature trails, a township museum and other public activities. This 175-acre Centennial Farm is said to be the largest acreage ever donated to any Township in the State of Michigan." The primary purpose of the Scholarship Fund shall be to provide Scholarships for college undergraduate education to high school graduates who are residents of Tompkins Township, Jackson County, Michigan and who have graduated from a public school system serving Tompkins Township, Jackson County, Michigan (herein a "Public School" or collectively "Public Schools") (currently being the Northwest Community Schools, Springport Public Schools, Western School District, and Leslie Public Schools).
Virginia Allison Tompkins had a passion for preserving the history of Tompkins Township, Michigan through her work with the Tompkins Center Historical Society, Tompkins Extension, Pope United Methodist Church, and Lincoln Cemetery. She was also a fourth grade teacher at Northwest Community Schools. Virginia established this scholarship in honor of J. Sheridan Stewart. According to the Tompkins Historical Society, he "was born on his family's Centennial Farm in Tompkins Township on November 7, 1917. He attended Tompkins Center School in the Village, graduated from Jackson High School in 1935, and was a graduate of Michigan State University in Agricultural Science. In his final years he made the decision to leave his 175-acre family Centennial Farm to the Township of Tompkins to be used for a possible building site for a new Town Hall and fire station, with the balance to be developed into recreational facilities, including ball fields, soccer fields, nature trails, a township museum and other public activities. This 175-acre Centennial Farm is said to be the largest acreage ever donated to any Township in the State of Michigan." The primary purpose of the Scholarship Fund shall be to provide Scholarships for college undergraduate education to high school graduates who are residents of Tompkins Township, Jackson County, Michigan and who have graduated from a public school system serving Tompkins Township, Jackson County, Michigan (herein a "Public School" or collectively "Public Schools") (currently being the Northwest Community Schools, Springport Public Schools, Western School District, and Leslie Public Schools).
Established
02/25/2004
02/25/2004