MID-HUDSON PSYCHIATRIC SOCIETY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

2004 Leon Krakower, M.D., Assembly Representative introduced the Herman B. Snow, M.D. Scholarship Award Program to the Executive Council urging them to take over the program which subsequently was done. The Scholarship Award Program was originally established in honor of the late Herman B. Snow, M.D., a Past-President of the District Branch and Director of Hudson River State Hospital, who was a well known pioneer in the treatment of the mentally ill, championed for their rights and established the open door policy. In the year of 2009 the name of the Program was changed to The Mid-Hudson Psychiatric Society Scholarship Program.

The goal of the program is to raise the awareness of the Educational Community of the   opportunities for a career in the field of mental health for their students. Graduating High School Seniors from thirty-five High Schools in the District Branch catchment area compete for the awards which are solely supported by a membership raffle and the generosity of the members. 

High School principals are notified in February of the Scholarship Award and forwarded applications to be completed by the students with assistance of their Guidance Counselor.

Applications are forwarded by the student to the Mid-Hudson Psychiatric Society in May. The Scholarship Committee reviews and selects the students who are to receive the awards.

The students selected for the Scholarship awards are invited with their parents to the District Branch Annual Business meeting to receive their awards and certificates of achievement.