Barbara Jeanne Gile Fund

Barbara was a WHS Class of 1964 member who died of leukemia in her sophomore year. Barbara was a talented young musician who played the piano and saxophone. In October of 1995, her mother, Vera Gile, died and memorial donations were made to Barbara’s fund in her mother’s memory. In May of 2012, her father, William O. Gile, died and memorial donations were made to Barbara’s fund in her father’s memory. This fund has a preference for a student who participated in Marching Band and plans a career in a Music field.

Scholarship Recipients

2025

  • Ryan Stewart — University of Massachusetts, Amherst

2024

  • Thomas Mulcahy — Berklee College of Music

2023

  • Thomas Mulcahy — Berklee College of Music