A recent six-figure donation will help support music students at Capilano University.
The family of late Squamish resident William (Bill) Manson has set up the William Victor Manson Memorial Scholarship in his honour. The $100,000 gift will establish an endowment to fund an annual award for a Capilano music student who excels in their studies.
Created as a tribute to their father who passed away in December 2012, daughter Jane-Anne Manson said in a press release: "Given our dad's lifelong interest in education, my brothers Graham, Michael and I thought it would be fitting that there be a music scholarship in his name. Music was also a great pleasure in his life. Our dad would be happy to know he was helping young musicians pursue their goals."
Bill was a founding member of the board of Capilano University (then College) and a former member of Capilano's Squamish campus advisory board. Considered a pioneer of Squamish, he was also an advocate of, and contributor to, the region's economic growth. Capilano students already benefit from the generosity of the Manson family. In 2011, Bill established a scholarship in memory of his wife June. The June Manson Memorial Award supports a secondary school graduate from Squamish, currently enrolled at Capilano. Jacob Wagner, a second-year Early Childhood Care and Education Diploma program student, was the inaugural beneficiary of the June Manson Memorial Award.
Jeri Krogseth, chair of the Capilano University Foundation Board, said the school is "extremely grateful" for the Manson family's continued support.
"Bill and June's legacies will live on in the success of the scholarship recipients, and the future contribution these students make to their professions and communities."
