Day Family Scholarship

In January of 2019, Mr. William W. Gaffney, Jr., The Citadel Class of 1973, announced to The Citadel Foundation his intention to establish the Day Family Scholarship. With the establishment of this scholarship, Mr. Gaffney intends to honor Dr. Terry A. Day, M.D., his parents, Ernest and Frances Day, and children, Austen and Meredith Day, while expressing his gratitude for the excellence in medical care he received from Dr. Day while a patient at the Medical University of South Carolina. This scholarship will help decrease financial barriers for otherwise qualified students to ensure the continued development of future generations of medical professionals who will use the values instilled by their Citadel experience and education to deliver compassionate, patient-centered care to those with illness in their time of need. The primary purpose of these funds is to provide scholarship awards to support a student or students believed to possess those attributes of ability, character, temperament, and personality that are in accord with the traditionally high standards of The Citadel. First preference is for a student or students who intend to pursue a career in a medical profession and who have demonstrated financial need.