WHO CAN APPLY

Graduating Drury High School seniors planning to attend an accredited school of higher education for a two- or four-year degree or certification including a college or vocational education.

SCHOLARSHIP INFORMATION

Albert Harvey Chenail, who died in April 2017 at the age of 96, bequeathed an initial investment of approximately $500,000 to establish the Frederick L. Chenail and Jessie M. Chenail Scholarship Fund in honor of his parents.

Chenail was a Navy veteran of World War II who graduated from what was then North Adams State College. He was an inspector for the Navy, including working in the Navy Department at the former Sprague Electric Co. He also was a member of the Frank R. Stiles Post 125 American Legion.

"A lifelong resident of Berkshire County, Mr. Chenail felt very strongly about the importance of education," wrote his attorney, James J. Sisto, in a letter to North Adams Public Schools Superintendent Barbara Malkas. "Antoinette Hawke and James Harvey, the niece and nephew of Mr. Chenail and the Personal Representatives of his Estate are honored and proud that their uncle's generosity will continue in perpetuity upon the establishment of the Frederick L. Chenail and Jessie M. Chenail Scholarship Fund to benefit a worthy student of financial need each and every year."