| Nejat Ezal: Memorial Scholarships |
| The Ezal family has established four scholarships in Nejat's name: one for high school students at Robert College in Istanbul, Turkey; one for college students at Harvey Mudd College; one for graduate students at UC Santa Barbara; and one for American Board Schools in Turkey. |
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| Request from Mr. & Mrs. Ezal: Nejat’s major achievement in his short life was the positive impact he made on the lives of his friends and family. There would have been no bounds to his achievements had he continued to live – to that fact, everyone who knew him agrees. He was just starting to make his own path, his own destiny when he died . He was an Engineer turned Marine Biologist. His enthusiasm for his newly discovered field of interest was contagious. Even those more seasoned around him found ways in which to look at their field with a new surge of curiosity. He lived for the moment, yet he was always thinking about the future, and about the past. In his private library, books about politics, international relations and philosophy were just as numerous as those about marine biology, genetics and engineering. His knowledge extended far beyond the bounds of science. He was also interested in people, their actions, and the consequences of their actions. Nejat once told his best friend that he was incapable of hating anyone. Everyone who ever met him wanted to be part of his life. He was a person whom people looked at and thought, Wow! He is truly Alive!” And he truly cared. The Ezal family would like to request that more than just scholarship and financial need be taken into consideration when evaluating an applicant. The award should be given to someone who truly cares about our environment and the people who inhabit this planet, and with whom every member of the committee would like to become a friend, as well as a colleague. Only that person, who meets the above criteria, would be worthy of Nejat’s scholarship. |
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| Robert College of Istanbul
Robert College is one of the best educational institutions in the world. It was founded in 1863 in Istanbul, Turkey by American missionaries. Nejat B. Ezal Endowed Scholarship Fund c/o Anna Drabkin 1430 Broadway, Suite 1105 New York, NY 10018 Email: nyoffice@robertcollege.org Tel: +1 (212) 944-7733 ext. 202 |
| Harvey Mudd College
Nejat Ezal ’91 Endowment Scholarship Fund Office of College Advancement Harvey Mudd College 301 Platt Blvd. Claremont, CA 91711 Email: development@hmc.edu Tel: +1 (844) 448-3462 |
| University of California at Santa Barbara Eligible applicants must be UCSB graduate students who have completed at least their first year of studies towards a PhD in a Marine Science Discipline, maintain a GPA of at least 3.3 in their graduate level course work, prior recipients are not eligible. A monetary award will be presented to the awardee. Each applicant is required to write an essay titled "The Walkabout- The Voyage is Itself a Mystery" including the quote "To enjoy the moment for itself, to immense oneself in the companionship of friends, to attempt to understand the intricate rhythm of life, from the minuscule to the immense- that is the 'walkabout'."-Nejat Ezal. The essay may be up to three pages, double-spaced and sent via e-mail to fellowship@msi.ucsb.edu The Nejat B. Ezal Fellowship Fund (Est. 7/1994) UCSB Foundation UC Santa Barbara Attn: Matt Fratus Santa Barbara, CA 93106-1130 Tel: +1 (805) 893-8406 or 893-2600 |
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| Uskudar American Academy (UAA) UAA is one of the American Board Schools in Istanbul, Turkey. The Nejat B. Ezal and Anne Woodard Ezal UAA Scholarship has been endowed by Mr. Bulent Ezal in memory of his son Nejat B. Ezal and his wife, Anne Woodward Ezal to benefit worthy students of need at UAA. Anne Woodard Ezal passed away on February 25, 2007. She had taught English at Uskudar American Academy in Instabul from 1958 to 1960, and at Tarsus American College in Tarsus from 1962 to 1964. http://www.uaa.k12.tr/Default.aspx The Nejat B. Ezal and Anne Woodard Ezal UAA Scholarship FABSIT Foundation (Friends of the American Board Schools in Turkey) 292 Newbury St., Suite 344 Boston, MA 02115 Email: office@fabsit.org Tel: +1 (617) 523-3433 |
| Please note scholarship name on the check's memo line. THANK YOU. |
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