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Sherman Duaine and Dawna Mae Gerrard Davies were married for over sixty years before Sherm lost a hard-fought battle with cancer. High school sweethearts who were a perfect match for each other, they brought verve, dedication and a love of life to all they did. Sherm was a veteran, serving in the U.S. Army in Berlin, and held roles in the mining and dairy industries, and later, with his sons in technology companies. He served as a Commissioner in Murray City, Utah, where he also ran his own business. Dawna was an artist, a playwright, a true creative and served everyone she knew, especially her family. This is their greatest legacy. Deeply motivated by their faith, they instilled in their children and grandchildren kindness, hard work, entrepreneurship, grit, persistence and resilience, a commitment to serving others and the knowledge of education’s transformative power.
The Frank and Carol Ray Scholarship in Honor of Sherman and Dawna Davies
The Frank and Carol Ray Scholarship in Honor of Sherman and Dawna Davies provides scholarships to students who are enrolled in the Michael E. Mortiz College of Law and who demonstrate characteristics of grit, resilience or perseverance. Recipients are known as the Sherman and Dawna Davies Scholars.
Additional positive considerations may include students who are the first in their family to attend college, and students who have earned or are earning their undergraduate or a non-law graduate degree from four-year universities in Utah, Ohio State or Ohio Wesleyan, the University of Hawaii, the University of Michigan, San Jose State University or Stanford.
Make a gift to honor Sherm and Dawna today.
For questions about supporting this fund, please contact Kathy Zets at the Moritz College of Law.
