Gay Scholarship

Stanford University has refused for the final time a $500 scholarship restricted to a male medical student who openly declares his homosexuality, according to the potential donor.

Robert Ragland, M.D., a psychiatrist from Florida, made his identity known to The Stanford Daily by sending the newspaper copies of his correspondences with University President Donald Kennedy about the issue. The University had previously refused to reveal the donor's name in order to protect his privacy.

In a phone interview from his Jacksonville home, Ragland said that he received his $900 check back from Stanford and was "disappointed that they haven't been able to discuss [the subject].".

"They don't want to soil their hands with it," he said. "They are keeping their distance from it like sending a bomb". The Stanford Dialy