以前、ハヴァフォード大学に「新渡戸」の名前を冠した
日本人留学生のための奨学金制度があると聞いたことがあり、
調べてみたことがありました。
「Haverford College Bulletins, 1969-70」
（この印刷物は、Internet Archiveで閲覧することができます）
上記のp.183に、Inazo Nitobe Scholarship Fund（新渡戸奨学基金）として、
次のような説明が掲載されています。
Established in November, 1955, under the will of Anna H. Chace,
the income to be used and applied for the education at Haverford College
of a Japanese student who shall be a resident of Japan and
the time of his appointment to such scholarship and for his traveling expenses
from and to Japan and his living expenses during the period he shall hold such scholarship.
実際にその基金を提供したAnna H. Chaceという人物について、
Rhode Island Historical Societyによる説明では、
Chace Family Papers Of Philadelphia and Rhode Islandとして、
次のように記されています。
Historical note:
Jonathan Chace (1829-1917) was born into a prominent Quaker family in Valley Falls, R.I. His father was textile manufacturer Harvey Chace (b.1797), and his mother was Hannah Wood Chace (1800-1833). Harvey Chace was a nephew of famous abolitionist Elizabeth Buffum Chace and had himself been active in the Underground Railroad. Jonathan settled in Pennsylvania, where he established a dry goods business, and met and married Jane C. Moon (1831-1914). They had two daughters: Anna H. Chace (1856-1945) and Elizabeth M. Chace (1868-1955). Neither of the daughters ever married.
Jonathan eventually returned to Rhode Island, and served as U.S. Representative from 1881 to 1885. He was elected U.S. Senator in 1885, and resigned in 1889. In 1910, he and his family moved from their residence in Central Falls to 190 Hope Street on the east side of Providence.
Both the daughters, Anna and Elizabeth, led active interesting lives, and seem to have generally acted together, with Anna perhaps the more frequent traveler while Elizabeth tended to stay in Rhode Island. According to their obituaries, they were both active in the international peace movement, and traveled frequently to Geneva as observers at League of Nations sessions. They both also remained devout Quakers.
