Aubrey Wentworth Harrison Watson entered Clare College in the autumn of 1911 at age 19. He would survive the holocaust of World War I with a distinguished service record, only to lose his life to one of humanity's oldest antagonists at the age of 36. His parents, Harrison Watson and Ruth Appleton Watson, chose to

"... make over to the Master, Fellows, and Scholars of Clare College in the University of Cambridge, England, In Trust, as an endowment or trust fund, ... 'The Harrison Watson Studentship Fund'... The purpose of this Studentship is the encouragement of research into the causes and cure of tuberculosis and/or other diseases of an allied character."

The first award was made in 1953. For more than fifty years scholars have used the one to three years of support to pursue basic research efforts in biomedicine ranging from molecular immunopathology to mathematical biology. For further information about the Harrison Watson Studentship please feel free to contact

•M. C. Storrie-Lombardi, M.D.

or refer to

•Harrison Watson, Clare College, Cambridge, U.K.

Acknowledgements: Access to historical information, the memories, and the spirit of the Harrison Watson Trust would not have been possible without the considerable efforts of

•The Master, Fellows, and Scholars of Clare College

•Gorden H. Wright, M.D., Life Fellow, Clare College

•Mrs. S. Johnston, Archivist, Clare College