Long-time club member, Bob Cassidy got in touch with former club member Larry Carlton when we had some historical questions about the scholarships our club awards. He said "I joined the Club in 1975.  There was some history of giving scholarships when I joined, but it was haphazard and there was no consistency.  At that time scholarships were given by the Club with differing amounts and numbers given from year to year.

 

Around 1980 or so we put together a small committee of Peter Corea, me and one other (I don't remember who).  We decided to make the scholarship more valuable by making it a four year award provided the student remained in school and remained in good standing.  At that time we had the president and four deans from Middlesex CC as members of the Club and decided to make an annual award to a Bedford student attending MCC.  After discussion with the MCC members it was decided a $500 "Book Award" would be appropriate.  At that time I wrote up the criteria for the scholarships that was accepted by the Club's Board.  To the best of my knowledge they are still in use.