Historic Huguenot Street (HHS) and the Hasbrouck Family Association (HFA) are pleased to announce the ten recipients of a total of $39,500 in scholarships for 2025. Together, the two organizations have now provided over $320,000 to further the education of more than 180 undergraduate and graduate students across the country since 1998.

Six different endowed funds provide support for both Huguenot descendants and individuals doing scholarly work in fields related to Historic Huguenot Street’s mission. For four scholarships, candidates are reviewed, and recipients are selected, by the Historic Huguenot Street Scholarship Committee. The HHS committee includes Dr. April Beisaw, Professor of Anthropology at Vassar College, Mr. A. Rief Kanan, Professor of Accounting (retired), SUNY New Paltz School of Business, Master Cohort Leader, ALPS Leadership, Inc., and Carol A. Johnson, Coordinator of the Haviland-Heidgerd Historical Collection at the Elting Memorial Library.

New in 2025, the Hasbrouck Family Association added a scholarship to honor the late Robert Hasbrouck, Jr., former HFA President. The Robert Wilson Hasbrouck, Jr. Memorial Scholarship spotlights students majoring in Museum Administration or Historic Preservation.

Candidates for this scholarship and the Gertrude E. Hasbrouck Memorial Scholarship are reviewed, and recipients are awarded by the HFA, including its President, Thad C. Hasbrouck, Vice President, Robert H. Freehill, and Treasurer, Rebecca J. Hasbrouck.

In 2025 the HFA choose one receipt for the Robert Wilson Hasbrouck, Jr. Memorial Scholarship, and six recipients for the Gertrude E. Hasbrouck Memorial Scholarship. Two of those six awards went to students majoring in Environmental Studies/Science for their scholarship beyond standard towards the preservation of the environment and conserving locations of historical significance.

The 2025 recipients are:

Samantha Bellman, West Virginia University, Gertrude E. Hasbrouck Memorial Scholarship
Eden Berry, Quinnipiac University, Charles J. Hasbrouck Memorial Scholarship
Ava DiBattista, University of Richmond, Gertrude E. Hasbrouck Memorial Scholarship*
Kristen Hasbrouck, Western Michigan University, Gertrude E. Hasbrouck Memorial Scholarship*
Merin Gertler Hemminger, SUNY Oswego, Lucille Stoeppler Baker Memorial Scholarship
Amelia Howells, Slippery Rock University, Gertrude E. Hasbrouck Memorial Scholarship
Emi Mohler, Sacramento City College, Dorothy DuBois Walker Beach Scholarship
Julia Rumsey, Purdue University, Gertrude E. Hasbrouck Memorial Scholarship
Nina Sanders, St. John Fisher University, Gertrude E. Hasbrouck Memorial Scholarship
Margaret Young, University of Mary Washington, Dorothy DuBois Walker Beach Scholarship & Robert Wilson Hasbrouck, Jr. Memorial Scholarship

*For students majoring in Environmental Studies/Science for their scholarship beyond standard towards the preservation of the environment and conserving locations of historical significance.

Information about the scholarships provided by Historic Huguenot Street and Hasbrouck Family Association is available here.

About Historic Huguenot Street

A National Historic Landmark District, Historic Huguenot Street (HHS) is a 501(c)3 non-profit dedicated to preserving a pre-Revolutionary Hudson Valley settlement and engaging diverse audiences in the exploration of America's multicultural past, in order to understand the historical forces that have shaped America. As an educational institution founded by the town’s French-speaking Protestant descendants and chartered by the University of the State of New York Department of Education, HHS explores the lives of the early European colonists, honors the region’s Indigenous people, and acknowledges the enslaved and disenfranchised peoples who built this place. Today, HHS is recognized as an innovative museum and community gathering place, providing visitors with an inclusive presentation of our shared past. For more information visit www.huguenotstreet.org.

About the Hasbrouck Family Association

The Hasbrouck Family Association Inc. is a 501(c) (3) non-profit corporation located in New Paltz, New York. It is a Type B Corporation as defined in subparagraph (a) (5) of Section 102 of the Not-for-Profit Corporation Law of the State of New York. Founded in 1957, with a membership of over 300, HFA has four primary purposes: 1) To support, preserve, furnish and maintain as a museum, the Abraham and Jean Hasbrouck Houses on Huguenot Street, New Paltz, NY, presently administered by Huguenot Historical Society of New Paltz, NY as an example of the Huguenots’ lifestyle and their contributions to early American history, and to assist in the support, preservation, and maintenance of other sites authorized by our charter or certificate of incorporation. 2) To maintain and continue the genealogical and historical records of the family. 3) To publicize, both within the Corporation and publicly, items of interest to family and Corporation members, whether it be historical or current. 4) To foster our Huguenot heritage and ideals in education, freedom of thought, and family life. The Association holds an annual gathering in New Paltz. www.hasbrouckfamily.org