The 1961 Harry L. Lurie Fellowship of the Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds has been awarded to Solomon H. Green, assistant professor of social work at Yeshiva University School of Social Work, it was announced today by Mrs. A. Louis Oresman, chairman of the CJFWF National Scholarship Plan.
Professor Green will receive a grant of $1,500 to help him complete the requirements for a Ph. D. degree at the University of Pennsylvania School of Social Work. His planned dissertation will deal chiefly with criteria for selection of students for schools of social work. The Fellowship was established in 1957 as a tribute to Harry L. Lurie, executive director until 1954 of the CJFWF, for his four decades of service in social welfare.
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