Watson, Harry D. ’20 Memorial Scholarship Fund

The Harry D. Watson ’20 Memorial Scholarship Fund was established in the University of Maine Foundation at the University of Maine in 1984 by his family and friends. (In 2007, at the request of Mr. Watson’s family, the fund description was changed to add biographical information, to remove financial need as a criterion and to provide that the Chair of the Department of Mechanical Engineering shall select the recipients.) The principal shall be endowed and only the income, as established by the University of Maine Foundation Board of Directors, shall be used to provide scholarship assistance to deserving students who are residents of the State of Maine and majoring in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Maine in Orono. Should it ever become impossible or impractical to carry out the purposes of the Fund as described above, an alternative purpose which best fits the donors’ intent and wishes shall be designated by the Board of Directors of the University of Maine Foundation in its sole discretion. Selection of the recipients shall be under the direction of the Chair of the Department of Mechanical Engineering. The Office of Student Financial Aid shall administer the income from the fund.