Thank You!
We are grateful to the many alumnae/i and friends who have made a gift to Yale University School of Nursing since it was established in 1923 with a gift from The Rockefeller Foundation. Since that time, the School has grown and excelled in offering the highest quality and most rigorous nursing education for advanced practice nursing. YSN demands excellence from its faculty and its students. Your gift helps us to continue that excellence and prepare nurse leaders for the future.
Yale Nurses are exceptional. They distinguish themselves by their knowledge and their ability to succeed and create new models of practice in an increasingly complex health care environment. YSN will continue to prepare nurse practitioners, ready to take on the challenges that lie ahead, with the commitment and support of our donors.
Scholarships
Florence G. Blake Fund
Established through a bequest from the estate of Florence Blake in 1985. Ms. Blake was an Assistant Professor of Pediatric Nursing at YSN from 1941-1946. The Florence G. Blake Scholarship is awarded to a YSN student specializing in Pediatric Nursing.
Eleanor M. Carpenter Fund
Created in 1991 through a bequest of Eleanor M. Carpenter, YSN Class of 1947.
Helen Langdon Clark Scholarship Fund
David Sanders Clark, Yale College Class of 1936, created the Helen Langdon Clark Scholarship Fund 2006 through a bequest in memory of his wife, a member of YSN's Class of 1943.
Class of 1937 Memorial Scholarship
The Fund was established in 2000 through a bequest made by Ruth Patterson Ogden, YSN Class or 1937 in honor of her classmates.
Annie and Albert Sr. Coffin Scholarship Fund
The Coffin Scholarship was established in 1999 through the generosity of Margaret A. Coffin in memory of her grandparents, Annie Coffin and Albert Coffin, Sr.
Jacqueline Olive French Scholarship
The Fund was established in 1950 through the generosity of an anonymous donor.
Helen E. Hallfors Scholarship Fund
The Fund was established in 2003 with a bequest from the estate of Helen E. Hallfors. Miss Hallfors was a member of the YSN Class of 1939.
Martha Prosser and Helen Porter Jayne Endowment Fund
Created in 2006 through a bequest from Harold P. and Edna Melgaard Jayne. The Fund is named in memory of Mr. Jayne's sister Helen, Jayne, YSN Class of 1936 and their mother Martha Prosser.
Evelyn K. Jones Scholarship Fund
This Scholarship was established in 2002 with a bequest from the estate of Evelyn Krueger Jones, YSN Class of 1948.
Barbara M. Landauer, YSN Class of 1941, Nurse Practitioner Scholarship Fund
The Fund was established in 2000 through the generosity of Barbara M. Landauer, YSN Class of 1941.
Arthur H. and Evanita s. Morse Scholarship Fund
The Fund was established in 1953 through the generosity of the family and friends of Arthur H. and Evanita S. Morse.
Gertrude H. Parkhurst Scholarship Fund
The Fund was established in 2005 with a gift from Gertrude H. Parkhurst, YSN Class of 1949.
Ruth Warren Pearson Scholarship Fund
The Pearson Scholarship was established in 1986 through the generosity Dr. Ovid Pearson. The scholarship was named for his wife, Ruth, a Yale University School of Nursing alumna of the Class of 1932.
Albert Penick Scholarship Fund
The Penick Scholarship was established in 1991 through the generosity of The Trustees of the Albert Penick Fund.
Margaret Perry Pearce Scholarship
Established in 1998, the Scholarship is named after Yale University School of Nursing alumna, Margaret Perry Pearce, Class of 1945. Mrs. Pearce, former faculty at YSN, was also a member of the Women's Army Corps during World War II and specialized in community-based mental health.
Elizabeth Kurtz Puzak Schoalarship Fund
The Fund was established in 2002 with a gift from Elizabeth Kurtz Puzak, YSN Class of 1941.
Elizabeth Robb Scholarship Fund
The Fund was established in 2003 through a bequest from the estate of Elizabeth N. Robb, YSN Class of 1937.
Tabitha W. Rossetter Scholarship Fund
The Fund was established in 2003 through a bequest from the estate of Tabitha W. Rossetter, YSN Class of 1933.
Dorothy Sexton Scholarship Fund
The Fund was established in 2001 through the generosity of YSN Professor Emeritus Dorothy L. Sexton, her family, former students, colleagues and friends. Dr. Sexton has been a member of the Yale University School of Nursing faculty from 1974 until her retirement in 2001.
Tudor Foundation Rabinowitz Scholarship Fund
The scholarship was established in 1991 in honor of Aaron and Clara G. Rabinowitz, founders of the Tudor Foundation, and in the names of their son, Alan (Yale College, Class of 1947) and his daughter, Martha Louise Rabinowitz (Yale College, Class of 1980).
Eleanor C. Wisser Memorial Scholarship Fund
The Fund was established in 1939 by Mrs. C.H. Wisser in memory of her daughter, Eleanor, a member of YSN's Class of 1939. Eleanor became ill during her brief time as a student at Yale and died on December 20, 1937 in the School's Infirmary.
Professorships
Annie Warburton Goodrich Professorship Fund
The first endowed professorship at YSN, the Annie Warburton Goodrich Professorship, was created in 1942 with gifts from alumnae/i and friends of the Yale University School of Nursing. A leader in nursing education, Annie W. Goodrich was the founder and first Dean of YSN.
Independence Foundation Professorship Fund
Established in 1990 by the Foundation, the Independence Foundation recognized the value in quality nursing education and set out to create endowments for nursing professorships in schools of nursing throughout the United States.
Helen Porter Jayne and Martha Prosser Jayne Professorship Fund
Established in 1995 by a bequest from the estate of Martha Prosser Jayne and is named in her honor and in the honor of her mother Helen Porter Jayne. Martha Jayne was a 1936 graduate of Yale University School of Nursing and received her M.P.H. from the Yale in 1950.
Florence C. Wald Professorship
Established by an anonymous donor in 2000, the professorship is named for Florence Schorsky Wald, YSN Class of 1941 and the School's fourth Dean. Upon leaving the Deanship, she joined a team of healthcare professionals that founded America's first hospice, the Connecticut Hospice, Inc. in Branford, CT.
Prizes, Lectureships and Special Funds
Alumnae/i Technology Fund
The Fund was created in 1998 through the generosity of YSN alumnae/i and friends to enhance the education, practice and research mission of the School through the use of technology for the support of the faculty, staff and students.
Sybil Bellos Lectureship Fund
This lectureship was established in 1964 in the name of Sybil Palmer Bellos (YSN '27) when she retired as Director of the Northern Westchester District Nursing Association. The Fund was established through the generosity of her friends, classmates and associates.
Marjorie Webster Beckley Fund
Established in 1995 through a bequest of YSN alumna Marjorie Webster Beckley, Class of 1927.
Elizabeth Brockway Doe, (M.N. 1946) Fund
Created in 1972, the Fund was established through a bequest of Elizabeth Brockway Doe, YSN Class of 1946.
Annie W. Howell Fund
Established in 1926 through a generous gift from Maxwell D. Howell in memory of his mother, Annie W. Howell.
Charles King Jr (Class of 1943) Memorial Prize Fund
Established in 1989, the Scholarship is in memory of Charles King Jr., Yale College Class of 1943. The Scholarship is awarded to a student who has illustrated outstanding intellectual and clinical progress at YSN and in the clinical field and has done so in a way that demonstrates excellent performance and substantial growth in scholarship and clinical practice.
Sarah Root Rowley Fund
The Fund was created in 1971 through the generosity of Sarah Root Rowley, YSN Class of 1946.
Milton and Ann Sidney Prize and Scholarship Fund
Milton and Anne Sidney Prize was established in 2006 and is given annually at Commencement to a graduating student whose research praxis best exemplifies the School's commitment to clinical scholarship and its mission to contribute to better health care for people through systematic study of the nature and effect of nursing practice.
Helen Bacon Storm Fund
The Fund was established through a bequest of Helen Bacon Storm, wife of Langdon K. Storm, Yale College Class of 1921.
Nellie C. Wisser Fund
Created in 1961 by Mrs. C.H. Wisser in memory of her daughter Eleanor C. Wisser, YSN Class of 1939.
