The Benjamin Ling Government Department Fund at Colby College
When Ben started his freshman year at Colby,
he had not yet decided on a major. But after taking a government course
during his first semester with government professor Sandy Maisel, Ben found
his intellectual home. Ben always loved arguing and debating, and he rarely,
if ever, took anything at face value. The government classes he took at
Colby challenged and inspired him even more to question and to look beyond
first impressions. Many of Ben's deepest friendships were forged within
the government department at Colby. Professor Maisel wrote a beautiful
tribute to Ben that was published in the Spring 2001 Colby Magazine. http://www.colby.edu/colby.mag/issues/spr01/last/
Ben's family established a scholarship in Ben's memory at Colby College, the Benjamin Ling Government Department Fund * This fund, under the direction of government department professor Sandy Maisel, has thus far helped two government students at Colby complete summer internships that they otherwise would not have been able to afford. Our immediate goal is to bring the fund up to at least $50,000, so that it will qualify as a scholarship. To obtain information about Ben's fund, contact Professor Maisel at lsmaisel@colby.edu.
* Remembering Ben
We would like to thank Professor Sandy Maisel for the beautiful article
he wrote about our dear friend Ben Ling, a 1998 Colby graduate who passed
away in March ("Ben Ling's Life," Spring 2001 Colby). Since that time,
Ben's friends and family have worked to establish a memorial scolarship
fund to support a Colby student internship in Washington, D.C. In June,
several of us ran as part of the Ben Ling Team in the National Race for
the Cure and followed that with the First Annual Ben Ling Memorial BBQ.
These efforts raised over $1,000 toward the scholarship, and we would like
to do even more. contributions can be made to Colby College (Attention:
Ben Ling Memorial Fund) and sent to the Development office, Waterville,
ME 04901. We feel it's a fitting tribute to Ben, a devoted student who
was passionate about government and public policy. Ben would take great
pride in helping fellow Colby students work in Washington.
Lizzie Ivry '98 and Chris Coakley
'98
Washington, D.C.