Loan Funds
Harold L. Amoss Loan Fund In 1956, Mrs. Harold L. Amoss and friends of the late Dr. Amoss established an endowment fund with income to be used for loans to aid deserving medical students.
J. G. Boswell Loan Fund This fund provides loans for medical students.
Class of 1932 Student Loan Fund The Class of 1932 established a long term fund for medical students in January of 1983, recognizing thereby the growing need for financial assistance of this kind.
Class of 1934 Revolving Loan Fund Established in 1985 by a 50th Reunion Class to provide long-term loans to needy medical students.
Class of 1935 Revolving Loan Fund Established in 1985 by a 50th Reunion Class to provide long-term loans to needy medical students.
Class of 1949 Student Loan Fund Established in 1985 by the 35th Reunion Class of 1949 to provide loans to needy medical students.
Class of 1952 Revolving Loan Fund Established in 1987 by the 35th Reunion Classes of 1952 to provide loans to needy medical students.
Class of 1959 Loan Fund Established in 1985 by the Class of 1959 for the 50th Reunion to provide loans to needy medical students.
Daniels Memorial Loan Fund This fund was established in 1980 by Josephine J. Daniels, M.D., Class of 1924, in memory of her husband and medical school classmate, Worth B. Daniels, Sr., an internist who practiced and taught in Washington, D.C. for 50 years. Following Josephine Daniels’ death in 1990, their sons requested that her name be added to the Fund, which provides loans for financially needy medical students.
Lydia B. Edwards, M.D. Revolving Loan Fund This fund was established in 1999 to provide Loans to students in their 2nd, 3rd, or 4th year of medical school. Dr. Edwards is a 1932 graduate of the School of Medicine.
Filbert Foundation, Inc. Medical Student Loan Fund A $10,000 revolving loan fund established by the Filbert Company Foundation of Baltimore.
Warfield Firor Loan Fund This fund was established in 1962 to provide loans for medical students.
J. Theron Hunter Loan Fund Established by Dr. J. Theron Hunter, of the Class of 1925, to be used for aid in the form of loans to deserving students in the third and/or fourth year classes of the School of Medicine.
The Johns Hopkins Women’s Medical Alumnae Association Student Loan Fund Established in 1971 by The Johns Hopkins Women’s Medical Alumnae Association to provide financial assistance to medical students, preferably women.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Loan Fund Established to provide aid to needy medical students who are female, members of designated racial minority groups, and/or from rural areas.
W. K. Kellogg Loan Fund Established in 1942 to provide financial assistance to students in the School of Medicine.
Halford B. and Lillian S. Kneale Loan Fund Dr. Kneale was a member of the Class of 1920 who pursued a distinguished career in Urology. He and Mrs. Kneale planned the Fund, which was established after Dr. Kneale’s death in July 1983. It is a source of loans to medical students who, as one of the requirements for a loan, must be in the upper third of their class.
Pearl Konttas, M.D. Loan Fund This Loan Fund was established by Dr. Konttas in 1982. She was a member of the Class of 1923 and, during her professional career, served as a pediatrician.
Gertrude D. Maengwyn-Davies Loan Fund This is an endowed loan fund established in 1986. The income from the fund is to provide loans to deserving graduate and medical students interested in research in the basic health sciences.
George C. McKinstry Medical Loan Fund This fund was established to be used for individuals of character who are in need of assistance to complete their medical education.
The Nannie J. (Mrs. Ashby) Monroe Memorial Loan Fund This fund was established by James Monroe, M.D., JHUSOM ‘34, in memory of his mother, Nannie J. (Mrs. Ashby) Monroe. It provides loans for needy students in the School of Medicine.
Willey H. Norton Loan Fund The Willey H. Norton Loan Fund was established in July 1983 upon the receipt of a bequest from the estate of Dr. Willey H. Norton. Its purpose is to make loan monies available to financially needy students in the School of Medicine. Dr. Norton was a member of the Class of 1910 who pursued a distinguished career in obstetrics and gynecology.
School of Medicine Loan Fund In 1962, the Trustees of the University set aside $100,000 to be used as revolving loan funds for medical students.
Arnold A. Schwartz Fund A loan fund for students in the School of Medicine established in 1964 under the will of the late Arnold A. Schwartz.
Daniel Marsh Shrewbrooks, M.D. Memorial Loan Fund This fund was established to commemorate the life of Dr. Daniel Marsh Shrewbrooks, a member of the Class of 1915. Its purpose is to provide a loan resource for “deserving and needy students of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.”
Surdna Foundation Loan Fund This fund was established in 1971 to provide loans for medical students.
Miley B. Wesson Memorial Loan Fund The fund was established in 1999, and provides low interest loans to medical students.
Dr. Lawrence R. Wharton Loan Fund Gifts from a grateful patient of Dr. Wharton have established a loan fund for students in the School of Medicine.