Colgate-Palmolive, Harvard School of Dental Medicine Establish Scholarship to Support Underrepresented Minority Dental Students
January 13 2021 - 07:19AM
Business Wire
Company Donation Makes It Possible for Freeman,
Grant, Franklin Scholarship to Begin This Year
Colgate-Palmolive Company and the Harvard School of Dental
Medicine (HSDM) today announced a major gift that will initiate the
endowed Freeman, Grant, Franklin Scholarship, which supports
students from underrepresented, minority groups to pursue their
Doctor of Dental Medicine (DMD) degree.
The Freeman, Grant, Franklin Scholarship pays tribute to
prominent African American figures in HSDM's history: Robert Tanner
Freeman, George Franklin Grant, and Dolores Mercedes Franklin.
Freeman in 1869 was the first African American in the United States
to graduate from a dental school; Grant became the first African
American faculty member of Harvard University as well as the
Harvard School of Dental Medicine in 1884. Franklin was the first
African American woman to graduate from HSDM.
Colgate’s contribution of $210,000 has enabled the scholarship's
activation. The first scholarship will be awarded to a student
beginning in the 2021 academic year and continue on an annual
basis, helping HSDM to admit the best and brightest students
regardless of their financial means.
“Increasing diversity among the dental profession is critical to
our goal of realizing a cavity-free future for all,” said Noel
Wallace, Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer of
Colgate-Palmolive. “With a brand that is in more homes than any
other, Colgate understands our opportunity - and responsibility -
to make oral health more equitable and accessible around the world.
From the products we develop to our longstanding Colgate Bright
Smiles, Bright Futures community program to scholarships like this,
we are determined to build a healthier and brighter future for
people everywhere.”
Despite representing more than one-third of the U.S. population,
Black and Hispanic dentists and those who identify as another race
or ethnicity only represent a combined nine percent of
professionals in the industry, according to the American Dental
Association (ADA).
“The Harvard School of Dental Medicine has a long legacy of
embracing diversity. Colgate's generous support will help further
our ethos to promote greater diversity, inclusion and belonging in
dental education and in oral health research,” said William
Giannobile, Dean of the Harvard School of Dental Medicine. “It
enables us to take another important step toward providing the much
needed financial resources for our under-represented students to
pursue their dreams in oral healthcare delivery.”
Colgate is dedicated to serving as a leader in global diversity,
equity, and inclusion in the consumer packaged goods industry and
in the communities the company serves around the world. As an ally
for positive change for underserved and underrepresented groups,
the Company is committed to the continued support of its partner
organizations and to taking actions that champion a more equitable
future. More information about Colgate’s commitment to the
advancement of DE&I is available here.
About Colgate-Palmolive
Colgate-Palmolive Company is a caring, innovative growth company
reimagining a healthier future for all people, their pets and our
planet. Focused on Oral Care, Personal Care, Home Care and Pet
Nutrition and reaching more than 200 countries and territories,
Colgate teams are developing and selling health and hygiene
products and pet nutrition offerings essential to society through
brands such as Colgate, Palmolive, elmex, meridol, Tom’s of Maine,
hello, Sorriso, Speed Stick, Softsoap, Irish Spring, Protex, Sanex,
Filorga, eltaMD, PCA Skin, Ajax, Axion, Fabuloso, Soupline and
Suavitel, as well as Hill’s Science Diet and Hill’s Prescription
Diet. Colgate seeks to deliver sustainable, profitable growth and
superior shareholder returns and to provide Colgate people with an
innovative and inclusive work environment. Colgate does this by
developing and selling products globally that make people’s lives
healthier and more enjoyable and by embracing its sustainability,
diversity, equity and inclusion and social responsibility
strategies across the organization. For more information about
Colgate’s global business, its efforts to improve the oral health
of children through its Bright Smiles, Bright Futures program and
how the Company is building a future to smile about, visit
www.colgatepalmolive.com. CL-C
About Harvard School of Dental Medicine
Located in the heart of Boston’s Longwood Medical Area, Harvard
School of Dental Medicine (HSDM) ranks as one of the preeminent
schools of dental medicine in the country. HSDM educates
clinicians, educators, researchers, and leaders in the profession;
boasts core strengths in musculoskeletal-disease research; and
offers students public health opportunities in local communities
and across the globe.
In a unique educational model in which oral health and primary
care are inextricably linked, HSDM pre-doctoral students (DMD
students) study clinical medicine with Harvard medical students and
then pursue additional years of intensive, interdisciplinary
clinical science education at HSDM and affiliated sites. Advanced
graduate students, who work toward a doctor of medical sciences
(DMSc) or master of medical sciences (MMSc) degree and/or a
specialty certificate, also draw upon the richness of the
educational facilities and research institutes of the broader
Harvard community and Greater Boston area. HSDM is the only school
of Harvard University that offers direct patient care, with the
Harvard Dental Center welcoming more than 25,000 patients for over
57,000 dental visits every year. HSDM graduates make their mark in
prevention, discovery, and practice as they work to improve the
health and well-being of local and global populations.
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