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Scholarships
The Leet Wilson Bissell Scholarship in Science
The Leet Wilson Bissell Scholarship in Science, established in 1987 by Leet W. Bissell, Class of 1914, and his daughter, Nancy Bissell Turpin, is awarded to an outstanding first-year student who intends to concentrate in a discipline within the sciences.
Leet Wilson Bissell was born, Pennsylvania, the great-great-great grandson of Daniel Leet, a Major in the Revolutionary War who became the official surveyor for Western Pennsylvania. Bissell graduated from Hamilton in 1914 and earned his LL.B. degree from Harvard in 1917. That year, he entered the Army Training Camp at Fort Niagara, New York, and was commissioned as a 1st Lieutenant. He sailed for France on March 21, 1918 and was highly involved in several military efforts in the final Allied offensive of World War I. He was badly wounded in his last battle, which resulted in the loss of his right eye. He was subsequently awarded the Purple Heart. Leet died in 1990 at age 95.
August 2014
Please note: The named scholarships profiled on these pages are awarded as part of the College’s need-based financial aid packages. These funds help ensure the Hamilton Promise of keeping education affordable through meeting a student’s full demonstrated financial need.
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