Sixty-two scholarships averaging $20 ### been awarded by the Shapiro Foundation to students in New York, New ### Massachusetts and Pennsylvania, David L. Cole, president of the Found### nounced this week-end.
The foundation has awarded 1,045 scholarships since it was establish### by Benjamin and Max Shapiro, brothers who were textile factors. Some ### year’s winners were receiving the scholarships, awarded on the basis n### scholastic ability, for a second, third and fourth time, while 32 winners ### ceiving their first award.
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