David Whitten ’73 Creates Scholarship Honoring Longtime Educator and Academy Leader

Cheshire Academy graduate David Whitten ’73 knows the benefits of the global focus and outstanding education provided by the Academy. This understanding has moved him to ensure that future generations of students enjoy such experiences.

“I received an excellent education, and what would be considered a worldly experience,” David says of his years at the Academy. He specifically noted, “forging relationships with classmates from all over the world had a powerful influence on my time at the Academy.”

David has included Cheshire in his estate plan by designating the Academy as the beneficiary of two retirement accounts. These funds have established a memorial scholarship in honor of the former Dean of Students and later Headmaster Dr. Earnest J. Beaulac, Jr., one of the Academy’s most influential educators.

David states that he wanted to establish this honor in Dr. Beaulac’s name due to the numerous years of service that he provided to the Academy. “I wanted to establish this in his honor because of the wonderful things Dr. Beaulac did for the school,” David says.

After graduation from the Academy, David went on to study construction management at Syracuse University—and he remained close to Dr. Beaulac until he passed away in 2001. David feels strongly that financially challenged and underrepresented students from economically disadvantaged environments should benefit from the same global-oriented education offered by the Academy through a scholarship that also honors his lifetime friend.

A nearby Meriden, Connecticut, native, David now lives in California but remains grateful for the horizon-broadening experience he received by attending Cheshire Academy, and he believes the scholarship he has established will assist those in need of an excellent education while carrying on Dr. Beaulac’s iconic legacy.