Media Advisory For Immediate Release
November 20, 2009

Collegiate’s Patricia Trost Friedler Scholarship Renewed
Scholarship Established by Alumna Sallie Bingham ’54 in Memory of Classmate

LOUISVILLE, KY. – Louisville Collegiate School is proud to announce the renewal of the Patricia Trost Friedler Scholarship for Young Women. This opportunity was established in 2008 by Sallie Bingham, a Collegiate alumna from the Class of 1954, who named the scholarship in memory of her classmate Patricia Trost Friedler.

After her years at Collegiate, Sallie Bingham ’54 graduated Magna Cum Laude from Radcliffe where she earned a degree in English. Sallie has written numerous books, been published in many magazines and anthologies and has had nine plays produced throughout the United States. In 1985, she founded the Kentucky Foundation for Women, whereby she supported individual artists and organizations working for social justice in Kentucky. Bingham has been a book editor for The Courier-Journal, publisher for The American Voice since 1985, founder of Santa Fe Stages and Director of National Book Critics Circle.

With the help of the Collegiate Development Office, Bingham created the scholarship to pay homage to her late friend. An outstanding student and woman, Patricia Trost Friedler overcame the societal challenges of her day to perform at the best of her ability and graduate from Louisville Collegiate School.

Last year, Ruby Redstone ‘13 was named the scholarship recipient, after impressing judges with her strong academic background and her skills in creative writing.

The scholarship will be awarded in the 2010-2011 school year to a young woman entering the ninth grade, who exhibits creative promise, academic achievement and personal qualities of leadership and service. Interested students will be required to complete a formal essay, submit a letter of recommendation from a current teacher and if selected as a finalist, interview with a selection committee.

Applications must be submitted to the Admission Office by Wednesday, January 20, 2010. Other merit scholarship opportunities and financial assistance are also available.

For more information contact Robin Seiler, Admission Office at robin_seiler@loucol.com or 502.479.0395.

Louisville Collegiate School is a JK-12, co-ed independent day school located in the historic Highlands neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky.

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