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ACHIEVER
THE MICHELLE DAVISON
VETERINARY MEDICINE SCHOLARSHIP
In a serendipitous convergence of friendship and relationships, The Angel City Chapter of The Links, Incorporated, of Los Angeles, California and the Achievement Trust was instrumental in establishing an endowed scholarship of $10,000 per annum from the estate of the late Michelle Davison. Michelle Davison was a star of television and film. According to her dear friend, Link Alice Desobry Bowens, Davison was a warm-hearted individual who loved animals and young people and wanted to leave a legacy of financial assistance to both. Thanks to her bequest to The Angel City Links’ Achievement Trust, her kind generosity will live on.
Ms. Davison was a well-known stage, television and movie actress. One of her most well-known and memorable performances was as Denzel Washington’s mother in the 2002 film “Antwone Fisher” and she was also the first black woman to hold a full-time contract in a soap opera (“The Bold and the Beautiful”). She appeared on dozens of other television shows and soap operas.
Ms. Davison was a supporter of young people and an animal lover as well. When she untimely passed away in 2006, she acknowledged both of these interests by leaving a wonderful gift to The Achievement Trust with the proviso that her gift be used for the benefit of future students of veterinary medicine.
The Achievement Trust is enormously grateful to Ms. Davison for her generous and thoughtful gift of $105,000.00 and all rights to her will administer the funds with fidelity to her wishes and careful stewardship for the benefit of future Achievers.
In Los Angeles, the Late Link Bowens and Links Sisters, Anjetta Venters Bowles, Tracy Callicoatte Page and others worked diligently in collaboration with Tuskegee University’s Dr. Quinn-Gorham, Coordinator of Educational Programs and Instructional Programs in the College of Veterinary Medicine and Dean Perry. Corren Freeman, our first scholarship recipient, completed his doctorate degree, graduated and was named a Successful Preceptorship Student at the National Institutes of Health (NIH, 2017) in Bethesda, Maryland. The 2nd scholarship recipient, Randolph Green, completed his doctorate degree in 2021. Dr. Green graduated with an overall GPA of 3.73 and was number 4 in his class.
Angel City Chapter of The Links and the Achievement Trust are pleased to introduce the 2021 Michelle Davison 3rd scholarship recipient, Warren Miles. Mr. Miles is a second year veterinary student from New Jersey who currently attends Tuskegee’s College of Veterinary Medicine. We’re so pleased to have a 2021 Recipient.
40TH ANNUAL ANGEL CITY CHAPTER AFFAIR OF HONOR THE LINKS, INC.