Charles Krauthammer Memorial Scholarship established for 'next generation'

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Charles Krauthammer, the famed conservative commentator, said Friday that he is dying from cancer and has weeks left to live.


He delivered the news in the Washington Post, where he has had a column since 1984. The letter was also read on Fox News, where he's been a longtime commentator.

"My doctors tell me their best estimate is that I have only a few weeks left to live," Krauthammer wrote. "This is the final verdict. My fight is over."

Krauthammer, 68, noted he had been "uncharacteristically silent" for 10 months. That was because he had a malignant tumor removed from his abdomen. While that surgery was a success, he said it led to complications, and that an aggressive form of cancer has now returned.


"I had thought that silence would soon be coming to an end, but I'm afraid I must tell you that fate has decided on a different course for me," he wrote.

He thanked his colleagues, readers and viewers in the note, as well as his doctors and caregivers.

"I believe that the pursuit of truth and right ideas through honest debate and rigourous argument is a noble undertaking," he wrote. "I am grateful to have played a small role in the conversations that have helped guide this extraordinary nation's destiny."

Rupert Murdoch, executive chairman of Fox News, said Krauthammer had been a "guiding star" for the cable news channel.

"Charles has been a profound source of personal and intellectual inspiration for all of us at Fox News," Murdoch said, per Fox. "His always principled stand on the most important issues of our time has been a guiding star in an often turbulent world, a world that has too many superficial thinkers vulnerable to the ebb and flow of fashion, and a world that, unfortunately, has only one Charles Krauthammer

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He will be missed. 

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He will be missed.  

One of the very best political commentators out there.

Steadfast and courageous despite the really difficult obstacles life presented him.

[Princess L]

He will be missed. 

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I knew he was off work these past many months for health reasons.  I just asked someone yesterday, "what's the latest on C K, he hasn't been heard from in awhile..."

Very sad 
 

[Princess L]

Charles Krauthammer reveals he has weeks to live in heartbreaking letter

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/06/08/fox-news-star-charles-krauthammer-reveals-has-weeks-to-live-in-heartbreaking-letter.html


 

[Princess L]

The freak accident that changed Charles Krauthammer's life

http://video.foxnews.com/v/2769890032001/?#sp=show-clips

[Dos Equis]

One of the very best political commentators out there.

Steadfast and courageous despite the really difficult obstacles life presented him.

I agree.  My favorite political commentator.

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I knew he was off work these past many months for health reasons.  I just asked someone yesterday, "what's the latest on C K, he hasn't been heard from in awhile..."

Very sad 
 

Yep.  I figured something pretty bad was happening. 

[IroNat]

He's been in a wheelchair for most of his life.

He's a fighter.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Krauthammer

"While in his first year studying at Harvard Medical School, Krauthammer became permanently paralyzed from the neck down after a diving board accident that severed his spinal cord at C5.[3] After spending 14 months recovering in a hospital, he returned to medical school, graduating to become a psychiatrist involved in the creation of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders III,][4][5] and later developing a career as a Pulitzer Prize–winning writer."

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Charles Krauthammer Memorial Scholarship established for 'next generation of thought leaders'



The late Charles Krauthammer, the dean of conservative commentators, will be honored with a scholarship awarded to the children of Fox News Channel and Fox Business Network employees.


“Charles was a beloved member of the Fox News family, but more importantly, he was an incredible mentor and role model for millions of Americans across the country,” Suzanne Scott, CEO of Fox News, said Thursday in a statement. “We are proud to honor Charles, his legacy, impact and countless contributions with a new scholarship program enabling the next generation of thought leaders the opportunity and education they need to reach their dreams.”

The memorial scholarship honors the longtime Fox News contributor, Pulitzer Prize winner, Harvard-trained psychiatrist and best-selling author. (He died in June at the age of 68.)

Fox News partnered with the National Merit Scholarship Program, which will accept applications through March 31, 2019; winners will be announced in spring 2020.

The scholarship will award winners $2,000 per college year for a maximum of four years.

To be eligible, U.S. high school juniors planning to enter college in fall 2020 must take the 2018 PSAT/NMSQT test and meet several academic and other requirements determined by the National Merit Scholarship Program.

Winners will be chosen on a competitive basis regardless of family financial circumstances, gender, race, ethnicity or religion.

Each year, the National Merit Scholarship Program will distribute the scholarship directly to the accredited U.S. college/university if the student remains in good standing. The scholarship will not be affected if his or her parent leaves the company after the communication of the award.

Krauthammer achieved mastery in such disparate fields as psychiatry, speechwriting, print journalism and television.

He won the Edwin Dunlop Prize for excellence in psychiatric research and clinical medicine. Journalism honors included the Pulitzer for Commentary for his Washington Post columns in 1987, and the National Magazine Award for his work at The New Republic in 1984. His book, “Things That Matter: Three Decades of Passions, Pastimes and Politics,” became a New York Times bestseller, remaining in the No. 1 slot for 10 weeks, and on the celebrated list for nearly 40.

Krauthammer delivered his views in a mild-mannered, steady and sometimes philosophical style, befitting his background in psychiatry and detailed analysis of human behavior. Borrowing from that background, Krauthammer said in 1990, after the fall of the Berlin Wall, that the post-Cold War world had gone from bipolar to “unipolar,” with the United States as the sole superpower. He also coined the term “Reagan Doctrine,” among others.

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