At King's College London, students gained scholarships and donations to institutions in Palestine.
They both gained scholarships to study in Paris – Ward with Walter Gieseking and Françoise with Georges Enesco – and married there in 1952.
Ms. Chiang accepted the offer in the hope that the winners would gain scholarships to study at the prestigious American Dance Festival.
BBC Queen's Baton Relay presenter Mark Beaumont discovered how the success of the school is now helping students gain scholarships overseas.
"If you proved worthy, if you were good enough, a lot of the girls have gained scholarships to the United States to advance their own careers and education.
I did those pageants to gain scholarship money for college.
He tried out for the Hellcats team when his then-girlfriend Alice encouraged him to do so in order to gain scholarship money after the football scandal, and instantly became hooked.
Dedicated to community service, she volunteered for many years at the Helen Keller National Center in Port Washington and helped low-income students gain scholarships to college.
He started as a shoeshine boy, but escaped poverty by gaining a scholarship to Stanford University in California before becoming an economist for the World Bank.
After gaining a scholarship to Erwin Piscator's drama workshop, he eventually moved to the equally legendary Actors Studio headed by Lee Strasberg.
