Sparrow Hospital Nurses Alumnae Scholarship

The members of the Sparrow Hospital Alumnae Association worked for many years to endow this scholarship to support nursing education at Lansing Community College. Their generous gifts and dedication made this scholarship possible. In 2012, a gift from the estate of Marian Murray Schoff enabled the endowment to reach new heights and greatly increased the number of recipients.

Mrs. Schoff was born April 24, 1922, in Williamston, Michigan, daughter of the late William and Alberta Graham Murray. She graduated from Williamston High School, the Edward W Sparrow Hospital School of Nursing and attended Michigan State University. She was married to Dr. Charles Schoff, on February 14, 1956, in Tawas and then moving to Midland. Dr. Schoff died on April 29, 2006. Marian had a lifelong career as a Registered Nurse. She served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army Air Corps from 1944-45 where she was Supervisor of Staff and did private duty nursing at Sparrow Hospital in Lansing.

Marian was the Director of the Student Health Center at Northwood University for twenty-one years. She served as a board member of the Visiting Nurse Association, the United Fund of Midland County, and the Midland Mental Health Society. She was also a past secretary of the Midland Association for Emotionally Disturbed Children, past president of the Midland County Auxiliary, the Midland County Medical Society, and was President of the Women’s Auxiliary to the Michigan State Medical Society. Marian was a member of the United Methodist Church in both Midland and Boynton Beach, Florida.

Qualifications

• Scholarship recipients must be in their second year in the Nursing Program
• Recipient must carry a minimum of 12 credits or billable hours
• Recipient must maintain a minimum cumulative 2.0 GPA
• Recipient must reside within Clinton, Eaton or Ingham County
• Females will be given preference
• Financial need will be considered