Kramnick Scholarship Fund tops $1 million mark

A scholarship fund in the College of Arts & Sciences created to honor Isaac Kramnick, the Richard J. Schwartz Professor of Government Emeritus, has reached the $1 million mark, thanks to generous support from more than 400 alumni who say their lives were changed by his teaching and his friendship.

The scholarship is awarded each year to a first-generation student. Kramnick was also a first-generation and scholarship undergraduate at Harvard University in the mid-1950s and graduated summa cum laude in 1959, continuing his studies at Cambridge University and Harvard and teaching at Harvard, Brandeis and Yale universities before coming to Cornell.

"Professor Kramnick was an amazing teacher, mentor and friend," said Jonathan Wolfe '98. "He challenged his students to think critically, reminded us to enjoy the journey, and cared deeply about us. He was always there with an ear to listen, and a smile and laugh when you needed it most.

"He loved Cornell and it would mean the world to him that this endowment makes it possible for other first-generation students to have the life-changing opportunity to attend this great institution."

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