Smith Society - Our History
 Page Smith was a distinguished American historian, teacher, and author. When UCSC opened, in 1965, he was the provost of the first college, Cowell. Eloise, his wife, an artist and community leader, was his partner is presiding over a creative, imaginative, loving college community that was a great place in which to come of age. The Smiths treated all who crossed their paths with dignity, grace, and respect. Having grown up in an orphanage and foster homes, going on his own when he was sixteen, Bill Dickinson (Cowell ’68) was one of the first students to arrive on the new campus in 1965. He credits the pioneering spirit of those early years and the gracious quality of the Cowell community with teaching him to have a noble vision for his life and preparing him to pursue that vision successfully. When Bill established the Page and Eloise Smith Scholarship in 1999, he saw it as a way to give back to UC Santa Cruz, to honor his mentors, and to help foster youths like himself, orphans, and wards of the court, struggling to reach their educational dreams. The scholarship, which inspired great enthusiasm and generosity, has naturally grown in vision and scope to become the Page and Eloise Smith Scholastic Society. The Society provides UCSC students, called Collegiate Fellows, with grants, with mentors (called Senior Fellows), and also paves a path to college for foster youth. Society Archives
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