{"id":1789,"date":"2022-02-04T15:59:04","date_gmt":"2022-02-04T20:59:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/cohen\/?page_id=1789"},"modified":"2025-03-28T19:31:57","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T23:31:57","slug":"mary-berry-gerwin-scholarship-fund","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/cohen\/mary-berry-gerwin-scholarship-fund\/","title":{"rendered":"Mary Berry Gerwin Scholarship Fund"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/cohen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/91\/2024\/05\/Image023.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" src=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/cohen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/91\/2024\/05\/Image023-300x198.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1857\" srcset=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/cohen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/91\/2024\/05\/Image023-300x198.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/cohen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/91\/2024\/05\/Image023-105x69.jpeg 105w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/cohen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/91\/2024\/05\/Image023-317x210.jpeg 317w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/cohen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/91\/2024\/05\/Image023-423x280.jpeg 423w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/cohen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/91\/2024\/05\/Image023-634x419.jpeg 634w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/cohen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/91\/2024\/05\/Image023.jpeg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1789_ba1874-38, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1789_ba1874-38[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1789_ba1874-38\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1789_ba1874-38 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1789_ba1874-38[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1789_ba1874-38\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1789_ba1874-38 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1789_ba1874-38[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1789_ba1874-38\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading1789_ba1874-38 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1789_ba1874-38\">The <strong>Mary Berry Gerwin Scholarship Fund<\/strong> supports students involved with programs of the 91¸£Àû William S. Cohen Institute for Leadership and Public Service. Mary served for two decades as a senior and key member of Bill Cohen\u2019s Senate and Pentagon staffs before her death in 2001 at age 46 from breast cancer. She was a Portland native and a graduate of what was then known as the University of Maine at Portland-Gorham.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1789_2a78d4-f0, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1789_2a78d4-f0[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1789_2a78d4-f0\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1789_2a78d4-f0 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1789_2a78d4-f0[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1789_2a78d4-f0\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1789_2a78d4-f0 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1789_2a78d4-f0[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1789_2a78d4-f0\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading1789_2a78d4-f0 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1789_2a78d4-f0\">The scholarship fund was established in her honor in 2021&nbsp;with a gift from her husband, Edward Gerwin. The scholarship honors Mary\u2019s memory, and Bill Cohen\u2019s role as her mentor and friend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Mary Berry Gerwin Scholarship Fund supports students involved with programs of the 91¸£Àû William S. Cohen Institute for Leadership and Public Service. Mary served for two decades as a senior and key member of Bill Cohen\u2019s Senate and Pentagon staffs before her death in 2001 at age 46 from breast cancer. 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