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Columbia creates scholarship named in Kup’s honor
By Jill
Helmer
Assistant Editor
Irv
Kupcinet, known affectionately as Kup, a columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times,
celebrated his 89th birthday last July, but Columbia students will be
the ones receiving his birthday present.
An
announcement was recently made that a scholarship for Columbia students
would be named in Kupcinet's honor. It will be called the Irv Kupcinet
Scholarship Fund.
A
luncheon was held on Kupcinet's birthday, July 31, to celebrate the occasion
and also the launch of his scholarship. Among those who attended were
Carol Bryant, of Columbia's College Relations and Development department,
Columbia's trustee and scholarship founder Howard Mendelsohn, and Columbia's
president, Warrick L. Carter.
The
scholarship will be available to Columbia students majoring in journalism,
radio and television, which are the fields Kupcient is most famous for.
Details
about how many scholarships will be awarded and how much they will be
for are not yet known, according to Kathrene Whales, director of Individual
Giving and Associate Director of development at Columbia.
"We
are beginning to develop fund-raising campaigns," Whales said. "The
results are not yet known. It's still in the embryonic stage."
Kupcinet
graduated from Northwestern University in 1932, with a B.A., but the only
honorary degree he has ever accepted is the one he received from Columbia.
Kupcinet's
first journalism position after he graduated Northwestern was writing
a column for the Chicago Daily Times, from 1935 to 1943.
He
then went on to write "Kup's Column," which has been running
in the Sun-Times ever since 1943.
Kupcinet
did not limit his work to print. He also worked as a radio sportscaster
broadcasting Bears games and as a commentator for WBBM-TV. He also hosted
his own talk program, "Kup's Show."
"When
the money is raised, it will be given to students who mirror Kup's life
in the way of journalism, radio, and television," Whales said.
Trustee
Howard Mendelsohn and his co chairs are working on a list of prospective
donors, people who have been influenced by Kup, said Whales.
The
projected date for the scholarship is Fall 2002, said Whales. It won't
be ready for this fall because we want to give students enough time to
apply, and we just don't have the money yet."
Kupcient
"has been involved in Columbia and the things we teach," Whales
added. "This is the only scholarship in his name, so we're hoping
for a great response."
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