The Elks National Foundation is pleased to offer an exclusive scholarship opportunity just for Elks scholars pursuing a medical degree or Osteopathic Medicine degree.
Champions of future doctors and ENF scholarships:
Learn more about Gunther & Lee Weigel!
The Gunther & Lee Weigel Medical School Scholarships are scholarships offered to Elks scholars entering their first year of medical school. The scholarship was established through the generosity of the late Lee Weigel, widow of Gunther Weigel. The number of scholarships offered and amounts vary from year to year.
Lee lost her husband of 51 years in November 2009. Gunther was a longtime member of Miami, Fla., Elks Lodge No. 948. He was passionate about the Foundation’s scholarship programs. Lee established these scholarships to help Elks scholars pursue a career in medicine.
If you are an Elks scholar planning to attend an accredited U.S. medical school to pursue a medical degree or Osteopathic Medicine degree, consider applying before you begin your first year of medical school.
For the 2021 contest, ten (10) $22,000 scholarships will be offered exclusively to Elks scholars** entering their first year of medical school in fall 2021. The application will be available beginning January, 2021 and close May 24, 2021.
The application for the 2021 contest will be available beginning in January, 2021. Request from the ENF Scholarship office by emailing scholarship@elks.org or calling 773/755-4732.
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**Please note, this award is only open to current and former scholarship recipients of the Elks National Foundation. Winners of local Lodge scholarships and State Elks Association scholarships are not eligible for this program. This program is not open to the general public.**
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2021 Gunther and Lee Weigel Medical School Scholarship Recipients
We are proud to announce the recipients of the 2021 Gunther and Lee Weigel Medical School Scholarship!
Jyotsna Bitra
2016 MVS Scholar
Bloomington, IL No. 281
University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago
Jacky Chu
2016 MVS Scholar
San Francisco, CA No. 3
Stanford University School of Medicine
Marjorie Fitzsimmons
2017 MVS Scholar
Tampa, FL No. 708
University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine
Lindsey Kroboth
2014 Legacy Scholar
Loveland, CO No. 1051
University of South Dakota
Shiv Patel
2018 MVS Scholar
Roxboro, NC No. 2005
Northwestern University Fienberg School of Medicine
Jessica Phan
2015 MVS Scholar
Santa Ana, CA No. 794
Harvard Medical School
Marlena Pigliacampi
2015 MVS Scholar
Ormond Beach, FL No. 2193
University of North Dakota School of Medicine
Derek Riffert
2017 MVS Scholar
Lafayette, IN No. 143
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Lydia Smeltz
2017 Legacy Scholar
West Shore, PA No. 2257
Penn State College of Medicine
Adam Tucker
2017 MVS Scholar
Burien, WA No. 2143
Weill Cornell Medical College
Past Gunther and Lee Weigel Medical School Scholarship Recipients
Read more about past Gunther and Lee Weigel Medical School scholarship recipients by clicking on a photo below.
Afeera Chaudhry
2017 MVS Scholar
Hamilton, NJ No. 2262
Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine
Dennis Youngs
2019 Emergency Educational Grant
Penn Yan, NY No. 1722
SUNY Upstate Medical University
Eric Xia
2017 MVS Scholar
Westbrook, CT No. 1784
Boston University School of Medicine
Iemaan Rana
2013 MVS Scholar
Chicago Northshore, IL No. 1316
University of Illinois College of Medicine
Kevin Glover
2012 MVS Scholar
Ely, NV No. 1469
University of Washington School of Medicine
Nicholas Balardi
2013 MVS Scholar
Chico, CA No. 423
University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine
Olivia Fuson
2016 Legacy Scholar
Seaside, OR No. 1748
Oregon Health and Science University
Victoria Cegielski
2018 MVS Scholar
Puyallup, WA No. 1450
University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine
Ellen Zhang
2015 MVS Scholar
Clawson-Troy, MI No. 2169
Harvard Medical School
Ganeev Singh
2013 MVS Scholar
Whittier, CA No. 1258
Tufts University
Julia Miao
2015 MVS Scholar
Sunnyvale, CA No. 2128
Renaissance School of Medicine
Keoni Bailey
2015 MVS Scholar
Oshkosh, WI No. 292
University of Michigan Medical School
Ryan Elliott
2010 MVS Scholar
Atascadero, CA No. 2733
UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine
Safa Khawaja
2014 MVS Scholar
Fort Worth, TX No. 124
Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
Maddi Bollig
2015 MVS Scholar
Fort Collins, CO No. 804
Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine
Christina Fang
2013 MVS Scholar
Sacramento, CA No. 6
University of California-Irvine School of Medicine
Advice from the Doctor
Thinking about applying for a Weigel Medical School Scholarship? Click below to hear advice from former Weigel recipients.
