Trinity University’s history department announced a new scholarship honoring Carey H. Latimore IV, professor and chair of the history department, who died four years ago. On Oct. 15, the department hosted a reception commemorating the scholarship in Brazil Commons in Dicke Hall, attended by various community members, faculty and alumni. A student in the class of 2030 received the first scholarship on Monday, Oct. 12.
The history department spent years fundraising for the new scholarship and launched it well ahead of its expected start date, according to Nicole Marafioti, professor of history. The scholarship will function akin to a Pell Grant, and the money provided will vary from year to year corresponding to student needs. As an endowed scholarship, the Latimore Scholarship will continue indefinitely. Marafioti said this was thanks to hundreds of contributions from the Trinity community.
“A lot of times with scholarships like this, it will be just one donor or one family or one group. We had hundreds of small donors from all over our community, and we were matched by Trinity as well. So this was very much a group effort,” Marafioti said.
Latimore specialized in 19th-century Afric...