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John Harrigan was an avid newsman, a passionate outdoorsman, a generous spirit, and a valued North Country community member. (Photo by Bruce Luetters, 3Sixty.com)

John Harrigan was an avid newsman, a passionate outdoorsman, a generous spirit, and a valued North Country community member. (Photo by Bruce Luetters, 3Sixty.com)

Scholarship honors a New Hampshire legend

The John Harrigan Memorial Scholarship Fund will help New Hampshire students who are studying Journalism and/or Environmental Science or Policy.

By Lois R. Shea, Senior Writer and Communications Officer  |  

John Harrigan was a legendary New Hampshire figure. Harrigan was an avid newsman, a passionate outdoorsman, a generous spirit, a valued community member and a keeper of North Country knowledge and lore. As editor of the Colebrook News & Sentinel, he was a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize for breaking news in 1998. Harrigan, a friend to many on both sides of the Notches, died in December of 2022.

The New Hampshire Wildlife Coalition, which Harrigan co-founded with Chris Schadler, has created a scholarship at the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation in his honor. The John Harrigan Memorial Scholarship Fund will help New Hampshire students who are studying Journalism and/or Environmental Science or Policy. The Fund will disburse annual awards to students studying toward an undergraduate or graduate degree or at a certificate-generating school of continuing education.

To contribute to the John Harrigan Memorial Scholarship Fund, visit give.nhcf.org/JohnHarriganScholarship.

 

The Charitable Foundation is committed to helping generous people achieve their philanthropic goals. For more information on how the Foundation can help, contact Melinda Mosier, vice president of donor engagement and philanthropy services, at 800-464-6641 ext. 266 or zryvaqn.zbfvre@aups.bet.


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