Martha E. François Memorial Scholarship

Martha E. François, Ph.D. was vice president for academic affairs and professor of history at Ramapo from 1981 to 1983. She was one of the first group of women to hold a chief administrative post at the College. She lectured and published extensively both in this country and abroad on women’s studies, medieval history and higher education. She was active in numerous professional associations including the American Association for Higher Education, the American Association of University Women, the Indiana Academy of Social Sciences and the American History Association. During her tenure at Ramapo, Dr. François initiated the College Honors Program, the annual convocation for outstanding students and several new academic programs including the Computer Science major. At the time of her death she was working to establish the Law and Society major and Ramapo’s first master’s program, the Master of Arts in Liberal Studies.
Eligibility:
High academic achievers in the College Honors Program