A Brean Murray Memorial Scholarship

The A Brean Murray Memorial Scholarship is available to matriculated undergraduate students with a minimum of 60 earned credits or greater. This scholarship aims to support an international student (F-1 Visa) or student who recently immigrated to the U.S. in pursuit of a Baccalaureate Degree at John Jay College. Students born in Puerto Rico or other US Territories are eligible to apply. Award Amount: $2,000 per term; renewable. Requirements: Matriculated undergraduate student; Minimum 60 earned credits or greater; Minimum 3.5 cumulative GPA or greater; An international student (F-1 Visa) or student who recently immigrated to the U.S. in pursuit of a Baccalaureate Degree at John Jay College (students born in Puerto Rico or other US Territories are eligible to apply). The A. Brean Murray Memorial Scholarship was established to honor the memory of a truly remarkable member of the John Jay College community. Mr. Murray was raised as an orphan in Ireland and immigrated to the United States at the age of thirteen. A self-made man, Mr. Murray put himself through college at Villanova University by selling sandwiches to fellow students. He went on to serve in the U.S. military as a member of the 82nd Airborne Division and was also assigned to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. A. Brean Murray enjoyed many successes throughout his professional career at such companies as IBM, Cogan, Berlind, Weill and Levitt, where he worked as a partner. Mr. Murray also served as an Official at the American Stock Exchange, as a Director of the Doral Financial Corporation, and as CEO of Brean Murray & Co., which he founded in 1973. Mr. Murray served as a Board member of the John Jay College Foundation and led fundraising efforts to establish the McCabe Fellowship. Together with his wife, Bettina Murray (Professor of Communication Skills and Board Member of the John Jay Foundation), he established a scholarship fund to provide disadvantaged students with an opportunity to attend a Summer Program at Columbia University. Please note that the scholarship is intended to fund studies at John Jay College. Permit courses (including study abroad) and other external programs will not be funded.