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Charles Murphy, and Robert Newey, fourth year mechanical en gineering students have been nam ed 1953 Athlone scholarship winners. The two students were chosen by two British selection committee members in consultation with pro fessors of the Engineering depart ment. The scholarships entitle the win ners to one year's advanced study in Britain. Money for travel, liv ing expenses, and academic fees is provided jointly by British industry and the U.K. government. Murphy was born here July 5, 1930, educated at Robert H. Smith and Kelvin before coming to univer sity. His father is C. C. Murphy. Newey is at present a student member of the Engineering Insti tute of Canada. Born in Montreal March 7, 1931, he went to school at Lachine, Que, Gordon Bell, Win nipeg and Glenlawn collegiate, Nor wood. His father is D. A. Newey, de partmental manager, MacDonald Aircraft, and president of the Win nipeg Sketch club, Dr. William Abbott, CMG, OBE, staff inspector for engineering, U.K. ministry of education, says the men he and William Thomson, deputy U.K. high commissioner for Ottawa, have selected for this year’s Athlone scholarship are “better than ever, excellent men.”
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Winnipeg Manitoban
Winnipeg, Manitoba, CA
Fri, Mar 06, 1953
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