FIRST SMITH FAMILY SCHOLARS LOOK TO TURN GENEROSITY INTO SERVICE

BLACKSBURG, Va., Sept. 24 -- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University issued the following news release:

When Jim '74 and Augustine '71 Smith made the largest scholarship gift in Virginia Tech history earlier this year, they envisioned an impact that would extend far beyond helping students pay for medical school.

Their$20 million gift established an endowed scholarship fundat theVirginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine(VTCSOM) to help talented Virginians overcome the financial barriers of becoming physicians and, in turn, strengthen the pipeline of doctors serving communities across the Commonwealth.

For the Roanoke natives and Virginia Tech alumni, the investment is personal. Augustine Smith attended Virginia Tech with the ...