The William Merritt Scholarship Fund

The William Merritt Scholarship Fund The William Merritt Scholarship Fund is committed to providing underrepresented youth of Chicago access to quality arts-based education. William E.

Get involved by visiting: https://wmerrittsf.com (Bill) Merritt Jr. (November 4, 1939-April 4, 1998) was a corporate executive and entrepreneur who created vehicles to transmit positive influences to young people throughout Chicago and the nation. A native of Allentown, Pennsylvania, Bill was strongly committed to education and personal growth and development. He earned a degree in economics from

Moravian College and an M.B.A. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and went on to have a successful career in management with some of the nation’s leading companies, including Seven-Up, Borden Foods, 3M and Marriott Hotels. Turning to banking, he was a Vice President and Director of Marketing with the nation’s premier community development institution, South Shore Bank of Chicago. He went on to found his own firm, Merritt & Associates, where he and his wife, Rev. Dora White-Merritt, conducted educational workshops for development and did consulting for business, education and the arts. Bill was also the force behind the founding of a male mentoring program at Jesse Owens Academy on the South Side. In 1998, this scholarship fund was established in his memory. Get involved by visiting www.wemsf.org

We are excited to announce a new collaboration with The Chicago Center for Arts and Technology, (CHICAT)! Check us out n...
10/17/2020

We are excited to announce a new collaboration with The Chicago Center for Arts and Technology, (CHICAT)! Check us out next Thursday (10/22) on Zoom for more info about how to get (scholarship) money! See you there!

Calling all Chicago-land students interested in the arts! Our scholarship application is open! Check us out at:
10/17/2020

Calling all Chicago-land students interested in the arts! Our scholarship application is open! Check us out at:

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10/17/2020

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