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Scholarships
The Alfred L. and Maryann Garbarino Putnam Scholarship Fund
The Alfred L. and Maryann Garbarino Putnam Scholarship Fund was established by Alfred L. Putnam, Class of 1938, and Maryann Garbarino Putnam. Preference will be given to students achieving excellence in mathematics, the mathematical sciences or the natural sciences.
Alfred L. Putnam earned his B.S. degree with honors in mathematics, chemistry and physics in 1942. He left the Hill, as he later recalled, with “a zest for learning, some skill in analytical thinking, a taste for teaching, and a concern for effective expression.”
A Root Fellowship from Hamilton took Mr. Putnam to Harvard University, where pursuing graduate study in mathematics, he earned his A.M. degree in 1939 and his Ph.D. in 1942. That year, he began his teaching career as an instructor in math at Yale University. In 1945, he left New Haven to accept appointment as an assistant professor at the University of Chicago. Promoted to full professor in 1963, he would remain on Chicago’s faculty for 41 years until his retirement in 1986.
February 2016
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.
Materials published here were diligently researched and written by students who strived for historical accuracy.
