Image: Milton Edelin ‘54CC, '57GSAPP, on left, with roommate Jeh Johnson '53CC, '58GSAPP on the steps of Hamilton Hall (c. 1952)
“When Jeh (Johnson) was inducted into the military, the dean offered to hold his scholarship for when he returned,” explains Milton Edelin. “He asked the dean instead to give it to someone else, and I ended up getting it.”
“That scholarship was pivotal for me.”
A few years ago, Milton and his wife Yvonne decided to pay that generosity forward by establishing a scholarship at GSAPP for the next generation of architects and planners.
Jeh himself would go on to become an architect and a founding member of the National Organization of Minority Architects, an organization that continues to serve as a vital resource for the advancement of minority professionals in design.
