Thomas J. Watson Foundation

…the fellowship program of the Thomas J. Watson Foundation, which his mother had established in 1961 in honour of her late husband. The Watson Fellowship program awarded college graduates a one-year grant for independent study and travel outside the United States.

…honour, his wife started the Thomas J. Watson Foundation in 1961. In 1968 their four children focused the foundation money toward education and world affairs, issues that were of primary importance to their father throughout his life, and launched the Thomas J. Watson Fellowship, which offered college graduates a one-year…