MUSC’s College of Medicine’s first and third honor graduates were recipients of the college’s most prestigious scholarship.

Number-one graduate Patrick Brown and number-three graduate Herbert L. (June) Myles entered MUSC under the J.B. Edwards Scholars Program which covered all tuition and living expenses for their four years of medical school.

The scholarship program was established in honor of MUSC president James B. Edwards, DMD, with the purpose of attracting outstanding students to the College of Medicine.

Brown was first honor graduate of his class at West Point. Following graduation from West Point, he went to Oxford to study philosophy and politics under the prestigious Marshall scholarship. He returned to the United States and completed his military commitment before applying to medical school. He plans to begin a pediatric residency at Johns Hopkins University Medical Center.

Myles is from Rock Hill. A summa cum laude graduate of Furman University, Myles wanted to be a doctor from as early as he could remember. He spent many of his off-hours while at Furman, volunteering at Greenville’s free clinic and health fairs. He plans to begin an emergency medicine residency at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit.

Second honor graduate Allan Turner of Winnsboro received the E. Conyers O’Bryan Scholarship which supported his last year of study. This scholarship honors MUSC board chairman E. Conyers O’Bryan, M.D., and covers medical school tuition. Turner plans to begin a residency in internal medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.