The Stoyan Christowe Endowment Fund

The Macedonian Arts Council is in discussions with several institutions that played a major role in the shaping of Stoyan Christowe’s writing and political careers, for the purpose of establishing a permanent endowment fund through which each year one economically disadvantaged high school graduate in Macedonia will be selected to attend college at the Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in the capitol, Skopje. The Endowment Fund will support four students, each in a different academic year and it will be managed, in perpetuity, by the US based education institution.

The field of studies will be limited to the two subjects that Stoyan Christowe was passionate about, Literature and Political Science.

Born in Ottoman Macedonia in 1898, Stoyan Christowe immigrated to the United States in 1911, with a burning desire to be an American’s American. He came of age on the Great Plains and went on to be a well-known journalist, critic and lover of the English language. In all, he wrote six books, numerous short stories and articles. He ended his career as a Vermont State Representative and then a Senator. His is a quintessential American immigrant story. While he remained passionate about his native land, his steadfast service to his adoptive land makes him an exceptional defender of the democratic way.