Arnold Bramlett, Shaheen Munir and Camilla Bramlett
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Helping Out
The Arnold W. Bramlett Scholarship
By Katherine Yungmee Kim
When Arnold Bramlett was an undergraduate at USC, he had to work
part-time to pay his own way. “I didn’t even inquire about
scholarships,” he said. At the time he thought funds were only
available for athletes.
But his collegiate experience — he graduated with a B.S. in accounting
in 1953 — was the impetus for the establishment of the Arnold W.
Bramlett Scholarship.
Bramlett and his wife, Camilla, created the fund in 1986, initially to
provide resources to low-income students. The fund now benefits
middle-income students with financial need.
“I wanted to help someone that might need assistance pursuing their education,” he said.
This year’s recipients included Helena Geefay, a sophomore from
Cupertino, Calif., majoring in psychology and creative writing, and
Shaheen Munir, a junior from San Francisco.
When Munir and Bramlett met at the Scholarship Recognition Luncheon in
April, they discussed her background — her mother is from Fiji and her
father from Pakistan — and her studies of psychology, her major, and
her research project on bilingual education.
Munir will use the scholarship for tuition and textbooks.
“It is a great honor to be selected. I greatly appreciate the support and generosity of the Bramletts,” she said.
Geefay is also using the money for tuition. She plans to pursue a
doctorate in counseling psychology and to work with families and
teenagers.
Bramlett has enjoyed meeting the students. “I am interested in their
fields of study and their careers,” he said, reiterating, “We did it to
help people out.”
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