Ven. Dr. Thich An Hue, also known as Claude Ware, was born on September 2, 1919 and passed away on March 19, 2009. He earned a master’s degree in music in 1948 and a Ph.D. in psychology in the 1960s.

Ven. Dr. An Hue began studying Buddhism in 1965 in the Japanese Buddhist tradition at a Zen temple in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles. Ven. Dr. An Hue was ordained as a Buddhist monk in 1981, at Fo Guang Shan monastery. In 1987, he joined and made a great contribution to the establishment and development of Dieu-Phap Temple in the City of San Gabriel and the Bao-Phap Monastery in Azusa. In 1997, Ven. Dr. An Hue became a volunteer-faculty member of University of the West and was promoted to Chair of the Department of Religious Studies there until his retirement in 2006.

In honor of Ven. Dr. An Hue’s legacy, the Ven. Dr. Thich An Hue Scholarship Fund was established to support students enrolled at the University of the West.

Scholarship Requirements:

• One $500-scholarship or one $1,000-scholarship will be awarded per academic semester in fall and spring;
• Applicants must have been previously enrolled for one semester in a degree-seeking program before they can become eligible to apply;
• Open to UWest undergraduate and graduate full-time students, except students who are in their final semester;
• Applicants must demonstrate financial hardship (Applicant must provide detailed documents along with the application);
• Applicants must demonstrate leadership on campus (such as involvement in student association on campus and/or community services,) and also a commitment to professional ethical standards and values, including kindness, honesty, compassion, joy, respect, and equanimity; and
• Candidates must maintain a minimum 3.0 GPA on a 4.0 scale.