The Dr. Robert D. MacCurdy Memorial Scholarship is given each year to deserving applicants from Massachusetts and New England who plan to study the Scottish Arts. 

The Scholarship is named in honor of Dr. Robert D. MacCurdy the founder and first Chieftain of the St. Andrew’s Society of Bridgewater now named the St. Andrew’s Society of Massachusetts.

Dr. MacCurdy was born in 1914.  He did Undergraduate work at the University of Massachusetts and received a Master’s Degree from Michigan State University.  He received a Doctorate from Boston University in 1954.  He served as a professor at Bridgewater State College where he retired in 1984 and was named Professor Emeritus in Science Education.

Dr. MacCurdy died in 1984 and left a legacy that continues today.  We are grateful to Dr. MacCurdy and the other founding members of the Society for their dedication in keeping the Scottish Arts alive in Massachusetts.

Past Scholarship Recipients

2003
Emerald Forman, Eden Forman, Jacob S. Craig IV

2004
Victoria MacArthur, Maggie Carchrie, Graeme Blackman, Emma Haselton, James MacArthur, Lartissa Kortis

2005
Emma E. Haselton, Patrick Downing, Nathan Dyer, Thomas Leigh, Jennifer Schoonover, Morgan Pell

2006
Patrick Downing, Ktril Wolfe, John Pastrone, Cecilia Pastrone, Felicity Pastrone, Emma Haselton

2007
Catherine Enwright, Morgan Pell, Felicity Pastrone, Cecilia Pastrone, John Pastrone, Philip Pastrone, Kyril Wolfe, Shsha Miller, Andrew Byler

2008
Kirk Brunson, Ashley Davidson, Sasha Miller, Morgan Pell, Daniel Pisowloski, Tess Puopolo, Chris Spitalere

2009
Linnea McMath, Kristyn McGhee, John Daggett Jr., Tess Puopolo

2010
John Daggett Jr., Raquel MacFarlane, Kristyn McGhee, Cecilia Pastrone, John Pastrone