FIRST VET TO RECEIVE THERAPY SCHOLARSHIP
Robert E. Wightman, pharmacist’s mate, first class, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, who was recently discharged from the Navy, is the first World War II veteran to receive a physical therapy scholarship from the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis.
Wightman who was in the Navy three years, was attached to the Marines in the invasion of Bougainville.
Other scholarships are available to veterans under the Foundation’s na-xxx <smudged paper> training program. Applicants for scholarships must be graduates of accredited schools of nursing or physical education, or have two years of approved college study with 12 semester units of science, including biology.
~ Bellwood Bulletin, 31-Jan-1946, Page 1, Column 6
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