Chase Coggins Memorial Fellowship
About the Fellowship
The Chase
Coggins Memorial Fellowship is a unique annual research and travel opportunity available to all Yale
Undergraduates. A part of the
Chase Coggins Memorial Fund, the Fellowship, established under the auspices of
the Anthony Trust Association, and by family members and classmates of Chase Coggins
'79, annually provides grants for summer study relating to outdoor and
wilderness activities. The Fellowship is awarded without preference to Saint
Anthony Hall members.
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Chase Frederick
Coggins
The Chase Coggins
Memorial Fellowship is named for Chase Frederick Coggins, Class of 1979, Timothy Dwight College. While at Yale, Chase rowed heavyweight crew, sang with the
Glee Club, and was a member of Saint Anthony Hall and the Elizabethan Club. Away from Yale, Chase became involved with pre-Columbian
archeology in both South and Central America.
He also became an experienced hiker and a cross-country skier, and was devoted
to teaching others to appreciate the joy of the wilderness experience.
Chase Coggins pictured on the Rio De Las Piedras, Peru
Purpose of the Fund
The Fund aims to
perpetuate Chase's ideals and influence on the Yale community, by assisting
Yale undergraduates in 1) wilderness exploration with philosophical, artistic
or scientific intent, and 2) travel to rural areas or developing countries
to document and study those regions from a variety of perspectives (including
natural/cultural history, anthropology, and linguistics). New information and perspectives gained from this experience should be shared with other members of the Yale community.
