Scholarships

A Message from the Executive Director

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.

–Caroline Cammack, Executive Director

The Whit Cammack Memorial Scholarship

This scholarship is awarded annually to graduating high school students who excel in academics, leadership and service to the community.

Whit’s life is to be celebrated, honored and his memory, to be cherished. He was a person of great integrity and the most loyal of friends. He was wise beyond his years and had a unique command of the English language, was a great debater and a talented artist. Whit loved music and all creative endeavors. He had plans to become a game designer and a graphic artist. Who knows what else he could have accomplished, had he lived a long and purposeful life. Whit was a remarkable young man, whose effervescence was unrivaled. He imprinted the lives of so many with his exuberance. His mind was a fertile bed of creativity.

The James Willard Steward Memorial Scholarship

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.

Mary Booth Steward, M.D. Resident Training Fund

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.

Mary Booth graduated from nursing school and worked as a nurse for a short time, but soon set her sights on medical school. At the time, her older brother had already gone to medical school and her younger brother would soon follow in his tracks. She decided to embark on a career in medicine when it was not commonplace for women to work.

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.