Thank you for your application to receive a scholarship from The Whit Cammack Foundation. We applaud your desire to achieve your personal best, because Whit lives on through your success. The foundation is dedicated to helping people find their path. There is a short essay in which you can relate your feelings about your life’s purpose, which will help us know all about you. Please download the form linked below and return by email or snail mail. We wish you all the best.
This scholarship is awarded annually to graduating high school students who excel in academics, leadership and service to the community.
awarded through The Whit Cammack Foundation
This scholarship is awarded annually to US military veterans who are pursuing a graduate or post-graduate degree and is awarded in memory of Caroline Cammack’s father Mr. James Willard Steward.
James Willard Steward served his country during World War II in the South Pacific. His letters home documented the daily events in the lives of the brave men on the battleship. These letters were discovered in a trunk by his daughter after his death.
A gourmet cook, talented artist, painter and musician who played the flute throughout his life. After his service in the US Navy during WWII he worked in the petroleum industry in Abilene, Texas.
Awarded through the University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center
The brilliant career of Mary Booth Steward, M.D., is recognized through the establishment of the Mary Booth Steward, M.D. Resident Training Fund to support the education of residents in the Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Management at UT Medical Center. The endowed fund has been established through The Whit Cammack Foundation by Caroline Cammack, Executive Director, and daughter of Dr. Steward.
After graduating from Southwestern Medical College in 1949, Dr. Steward practiced pediatrics for a short time, but returned to complete an anesthesiology residency. She would become the first female resident in anesthesia at Parkland Hospital and UT Southwestern Medical Center, the first female anesthesiologist in Taylor County, and one of the first female physicians in Abilene, Texas. Her anesthesiology career at Hendrick Memorial Hospital in Abilene spanned 33 years.