MEO Fellowship Fund
For more than thirty years, UW-Madison graduate students from developing
countries benefited from an annual fellowship known simply (and anonymously)
as the MEO Fellowship. The MEO was the gift of Margaret
"Meg" McLane, who became acquainted with the details of challenges facing
developing nations while conducting her own doctoral research in West
Africa. DSP students won the award several times during this period,
and in accordance with Dr. McLane's wishes, the fellowship has been
reserved for students in DSP since 2000.
On May 5, 2006, Dr. McLane converted her annual gift into an endowment
to support this fellowship in perpetuity. The announcement was made
at the 2006 DSP Alumni Day, where this commemorative photo was taken.
Several Development Studies MEO Fellowship recipients were on hand for
the announcement, and no doubt all former recipients will be as delighted
as they were to hear of this generous gift.
Dr. McLane's gifts to the endowment now total more than $250,000. To
fully fund a one-semester fellowship in perpetuity requires an endowment
with principal of more than $300,000. Our hope is thus to raise at least
an additional $50,000, and our long-term goal is to raise the additional
sum needed so the MEO Fellowship will cover an entire academic year
rather than only one semester. You can help by making a gift to the
MEO Fund. Meg McLane will match your contributions dollar for dollar
to help reach this goal.
