Regulations and Statutes UTR6.031 John Melvin Memorial Scholarship (1917 - )
- From
- 1917
- Functions
- Memorial and Scholarship
- Summary
James Gossip Melvin and his wife Margaret Drew Melvin, both of 'Stanmere' Sandham Street Elsternwick, Victoria, donated £1,000 in the form of a Commonwealth of Australia Treasury Bond to the University. The donors 'desired that the sum should form the foundation of a scholarship in Engineering to be called the 'John Melvin Memorial Scholarship' in memory of their son John Melvin, B.C.E., who was killed in battle at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915.' The scholarship is awarded annually on the recommendation of the Dean of the University's engineering faculty. The scholarship was made a University regulation in 1917.
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Published Resources
Resources
- The University of Melbourne, Regulations (Chapter R6), University of Melbourne Calendar 2009, vol. 13 of 14, 2009. Also available at https://digitised-collections.unimelb.edu.au/bitstream/handle/11343/23498/270917_UMC200913_Regulations%20%28Chapter%20R6%29.pdf?sequence=13&isAllowed=y. Details
Online Resources
- UTR6.31 - John Melvin Memorial Scholarship, Prizes, Exhibitions, Scholarships and Bursaries (UTR6): Gifts and Bequests, The University of Melbourne, https://www.unimelb.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/1792920/utr6031.pdf. Details
- Part 1 Regulations, University of Melbourne Calendar 1975, The University of Melbourne, 1975, https://digitised-collections.unimelb.edu.au/bitstream/handle/11343/23422/109364_UMC197515_Part%201%20Regulations.pdf?sequence=16&isAllowed=y. Details
Sources used to compile this entry: UTR6.31 - John Melvin Memorial Scholarship, Prizes, Exhibitions, Scholarships and Bursaries (UTR6): Gifts and Bequests, The University of Melbourne, https://www.unimelb.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/1792920/utr6031.pdf.
Created: 31 August 2018, Last modified: 5 December 2018