Eddie Franz Endowed Funds
In honor of the life and legacy of Eddie Franz, MBS announces two endowed funds:
The Eddie Franz Endowed Scholarship Fund and The Eddie Franz Endowed Chair for Wellness.
The Eddie Franz
Endowed Scholarship Fund
This fund was created in 2022 to honor the extraordinary legacy of Eddie Franz, a beloved history teacher, counselor, coach, mentor and friend who was an integral part of the Morristown Beard School community for 39 years and the LifeCamp community for more than 30 years as Director, passionately educating and empowering numerous young lives.
The fund supports students who require financial assistance to attend MBS and exhibit the qualities of kindness, character, and leadership. These are the very same qualities that Eddie embodied and are reflected in LifeCamp’s mission: to empower youth to succeed and excel in life by developing life skills, character, and leadership. LifeCamp is a not-for-profit organization that provides an enriching summer day camp experience for Newark area youths between the ages of 6 and 13 and where many MBS students either attended or worked as counselors.
The Eddie Franz
Endowed Chair for Wellness
With a kind and generous seed gift from MBS alumna, Gwen Whiting ’94, MBS announces the creation of an endowed Chair in Eddie Franz’s name to honor the extraordinary legacy of Eddie Franz, a beloved counselor, Chair of the Wellness Department, history teacher, coach, mentor, and friend who was an integral part of the Morristown Beard School community for 39 years. There are numerous individuals who have been inspired, nurtured, and empowered by Eddie.
The faculty member who holds the Chair title will exhibit the qualities of kindness, empathy, character, and leadership – the very same qualities that Eddie embodied and were reflected in his work and his relationships.
If you have questions regarding The Eddie Franz Endowed Scholarship Fund or The Eddie Franz Endowed Chair for Wellness, please contact Betsy Patterson, Director of Advancement, at 973-532-7524 or bpatterson@mbs.net.