Cawood Courage Endowed Scholarship in honor of Gerald Freedman

This merit-based scholarship benefits the students of UNCSA’s School of Drama.

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Established by the Estate of M. Campbell Cawood in 2022.

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M. Campbell Cawood made a testamentary gift to The Winston-Salem Foundation and named UNCSA Foundation as a charitable beneficiary. For many years, M. Campbell Cawood split his time between Key West and Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and his circle of friends in both locales was wide and deep. Among the notable was Dr. Maya Angelou, for whom, in collaboration with Angelou’s friend Oprah Winfrey, he planned and threw a 70th birthday party. Campbell became a devoted supporter of UNCSA and the performing arts.

Campbell’s early background belied and informed his later accomplishments in life. Born in Johnson City, Tennessee, he grew up frugally and purposefully in the small town of Big Stone Gap, Virginia — coal mining country. He earned entry into the University of Virginia, combining perfect grades and musical talent — he played trumpet, including for the U.S. Army Band, and rendered a belting baritone, gaining acceptance into the prestigious UVA Men’s Glee Club, an achievement of which he was proud his entire life.

Part of his legacy will be the Cawood Courage Fund, an endowment at The Winston-Salem Foundation that will fund charities in Winston-Salem, Virginia, and Key West, Florida.