PETROLEUM DIRECTORY: Crowley awards scholarship to Williams-Mystic student

Iris Lowery, a student in the maritime studies program of Williams College and Mystic Seaport, has been named as a recipient of a Thomas B. Crowley Sr. Memorial Scholarship, which is presented annually at the institution by Crowley Maritime Corporation.    

Lowery was selected based on academic success, financial need, and her interest in maritime trades and studies. In addition to participating in the Williams-Mystic program, Lowery is a junior majoring in Human Ecology at College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor, Maine.  Additionally, Lowery has strong skills in boat building. She graduated with an associate’s degree from Northwest School of Wooden Boat Building before continuing her studies at College of the Atlantic where she is pursuing her bachelor’s degree.

Williams-Mystic has the only interdisciplinary program of its kind. Undergraduates of all majors share one semester at Mystic Seaport to focus on the past, present and future of the earth’s oceans. Students participate in four rigorous courses, a museum skills class, a Pacific Coast field seminar, a Nantucket Island field seminar and a deep-water offshore voyage.