Rockefeller Family Gives Fellowship Providing a Year of Travel Abroad

Fellowships endowed for $100,000 have been established in honor of Michael C. Rockefeller '60 by his family and friends.

Rockefeller, son of Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller of New York, died in November, 1961, while exploring the coast of New Guinea.

The first Michael Clark Rockefeller Memorial Fellowship will be awarded next year to a member of the Class of 1966. It will enable him to spend the year after he graduates travelling and studying abroad, and will carry a maximum stipend of $5000.

David Rockefeller Jr. '63, one of the founders of the fellowships, said yesterday that they will be given to "men with a penchant for travel, self-exploration, and involvement with people of another culture."

"But we don't want each trip to be just the beginning of a career," Rockefeller said. "We want future doctors and lawyers as well as future anthropologists."

Rockefeller said the number of fellowships awarded will be increased in the next few years as the endowment grows. He said that the fellowships might be given to graduates of other colleges in coming years, especially if the selection committee cannot find enough qualified Harvard graduates.

The fellowships will be administered by a board composed of four members appointed by Harvard, two appointed by the Rockefeller family, and one appointed jointly. The members have not yet been chosen.