Aurel Chanady Scholarship in Medicine

Award descriptionScholarships totalling $3,120 have been made available annually though an endowment established by an estate gift from Adele Chanady and held at the University of Victoria, in memory of her husband Aurel Chanady, for outstanding M.D. students in the Island Medical Program. Preference will be given to students with an interest in pursuing a career in family practice. Aurel was a doctor in his native Hungary and moved to Canada shortly before World War II. He practiced chiropracty in Nanaimo for over thirty years. Adele worked as a job counselor for the Department of Manpower and Immigration for twenty-four years. The Chanadys spent their retirement in Victoria. The scholarships are made on the recommendation of the Faculty of Medicine.