Meserve Memorial Scholarship Program

A nationally recognized arborist during his lifetime, Albert Wadsworth Meserve was known locally as a prominent businessman and an active volunteer in civic and charitable activities throughout the Greater Danbury area. The Meserve Memorial Fund was established in 1978 to further the work of Mr. Meserve and his wife Helen in the Danbury area.

In 1985, the Fund established the Albert Wadsworth & Helen Meserve Memorial Scholarship Program for high school seniors and high school graduates in the Greater Danbury Region planning to enroll or currently enrolled in a full-time, accredited, college or university leading to a degree in the environmental sciences or a medically-related field.

Applicants who wish to apply for the Scholarship must be residents of the following Connecticut towns: Bethel, Brookfield, Bridgewater, Danbury, New Fairfield, New Milford, Newtown, Redding, Ridgefield, or Sherman.

Preference will be given to the following priorities:

1. High school seniors planning to enroll in a full time accredited post-secondary school leading to a degree in the environmental sciences or a medically-related field .*
2. High school graduates enrolled or planning to enroll in a full time accredited post-secondary school leading to a degree in the environmental sciences or a medically-related field.*
3. High school seniors planning to enroll in a full time accredited post-secondary school.