Dr. U. R. Plante Medical Scholarship

Adirondack Community Trust

This scholarship was established in honor of Dr. U. R. Plante, who practiced medicine in Massena from 1916 to 1972. It is believed that Dr. Plante delivered approximately 9,000 babies during his 56 years of practice. The Plante family, in establishing this scholarship in his honor, stated, "May the students who benefit from the Dr. U.R. Plante Medical Scholarship have the same compassion and concern for their patients that Dr. Plante had for his." One scholarship is awarded annually to a student attending medical school who is a resident of either the Adirondack Park, St. Lawrence, Franklin, Clinton, Essex or Hamilton County of New York State or has lived in one of these counties for at least two years. The successful candidate must be willing to return to one of the above locations or to a remote part of the US or where doctors are needed to practice medicine. Interested applicants must be accepted to or currently in an MD program only.