SMYTH/WAITSMAN

To Our Dear Family
and Friends,

Our beloved son, Johnny, will forever be in our hearts. At this most difficult time, your tremendous outpouring of love and kindness has helped diminish our pain. There are no words to adequately express our thanks for your friendship and moral support that have given us hope to go on with life. It is because of you that Johnny’s life, although brief, was filled with happiness, love and joy that others only hope to achieve in a lifetime.

With our most sincere thanks to all,

Vickie, John and Julian

JOHN H. SMYTH SCHOLARSHIP FUND

VICKIE WAITSMAN and JOHN SMYTH have established a scholarship fund in memory of their son, John H. Smyth, who died suddenly on June 7, 2005. Johnny was a 10th grade student at the Julia R. Masterman Laboratory School. Masterman is a Philadelphia public school. Students attend Masterman from all over the city and are admitted based upon academic performance. The Fund is administered by the Masterman Foundation, a 501(c)(3) organization, and donations to the Fund will be tax deductible as charitable donations. Donations should be sent to the John H. Smyth Scholarship Fund, c/o the Masterman Foundation, 1699 Spring Garden Street, Philadelphia PA 19130.

The purpose of the Fund is to provide an annual $5,000 scholarship to a member of the Masterman graduating class beginning with the class of 2006. The students selected will best manifest the characteristics that were embodied in Johnny. Each year the recipient will be someone who:
• engages everyone, so that no one is excluded from the group or activity;
• enjoys the friendly competition of play, whether on the soccer field, at a chess table, or at the playground for a pick-up game of basketball;
• possesses a joie de vivre in all that he or she does;
• enjoys and shows a real interest in learning, manifested both academically and outside of school;
• possesses a sense of humor, and can enjoy a laugh at his or her own expense
• cares passionately about issues of fairness; and
• cares deeply for family and friends.

The scholarship award may be used by the recipient for the student’s tuition, room and board or costs and expenses related to travel to and from school and/or the purchase of school supplies, books and/or a computer .

Please check this site later for more information, about Johnny, the Scholarship, fundraisers, and more. In the meantime, for more information please write to us:
John H. Smyth Scholarship Fund, c/o the Masterman Foundation, 1699 Spring Garden Street, Philadelphia PA 19130

or email us.

Updated April 2009.