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Published in cooperation with the Dr. Daly Project Association Bernard Daly escaped the Irish Famine and with his family emigrated to America, where he became the town doctor in Lakeview, Oregon, and then a state legislator, Oregon Agricultural College regent, county judge, rancher, and banker. When he died in 1920, his estate, valued at about a million dollars, established a college scholarship for the youth of Lake County. Daly’s scholarship fund would ensure that most of the youth of tiny, remote Lake County could attend college.   Drawing on more than a hundred personal interviews, an extensive web-based survey, and archival materials, this book tells the story of Daly’s life, the scholarship fund, and its impact on the recipients, who went on to remarkable careers and lives. At a time when almost no one went to college, Daly created a “college for all” possibility in a remote corner of America.   The impact of the Daly Fund, one of America’s oldest continuously operating place-based scholarship, offers unique insights into the benefits of higher education and how it might best be supported – questions that we are struggling with today.

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"""Bernard Daly's remarkable foresight and commitment to make ""a college promise for all"" has -- to this day -- enabled thousands of college graduates to succeed in the workforce and in the rest of their lives. Profiled in this extraordinary book, Daly gave us an inspiring legacy that can now be brought to scale for millions more students in every community throughout our nation."" --Martha Kanter, CEO, College Promise; U.S. undersecretary of education (2009-2013) ""Sam Stern's book is inspirational!"" --Anne C. Kubisch, President/CEO, The Ford Family Foundation ""Bernard Daly's Promise is both a page-turner and a work of scholarly importance. A great read!"" --Stanley Katz, Professor of Public Policy and International Affairs, Princeton ""Bernard Daly's Promise reveals the power of education to transform lives and society."" --Sue Cunningham, President and CEO, Council for Advancement and Support of Education ""A compelling story of philanthropy, opportunity, access to education and personal journeys."" --Larry Landis, author of A School for the People, former director of Special Collections and Archives, Oregon State University ""At once historic and timely, local and universal, Bernard Daly's Promise provides a novel lens to understand the complex set of forces that shape the American Dream."" --Raj Chetty, William A. Ackman Professor of Economics and Director of Opportunity Insights, Harvard ""In Bernard Daly's Promise Sam Stern uncovers a marvelous 100 year-long natural experiment in the benefits of community-based higher education scholarships.""--Michael Ettlinger, director, Carsey School of Public Policy, University of New Hampshire ""Professor Stern tells a uniquely Oregon story about how one man's philanthropy can lift up individuals and communities for a century - and counting."" --Sonia Worcel, Chief Community Impact Officer, Oregon Community Foundation"

Bernard Daly's remarkable foresight and commitment to make a college promise for all has -- to this day -- enabled thousands of college graduates to succeed in the workforce and in the rest of their lives. Profiled in this extraordinary book, Daly gave us an inspiring legacy that can now be brought to scale for millions more students in every community throughout our nation. --Martha Kanter, CEO, College Promise; U.S. undersecretary of education (2009-2013) Sam Stern's book is inspirational! --Anne C. Kubisch, President/CEO, The Ford Family Foundation Bernard Daly's Promise is both a page-turner and a work of scholarly importance. A great read! --Stanley Katz, Professor of Public Policy and International Affairs, Princeton Bernard Daly's Promise reveals the power of education to transform lives and society. --Sue Cunningham, President and CEO, Council for Advancement and Support of Education A compelling story of philanthropy, opportunity, access to education and personal journeys. --Larry Landis, author of A School for the People, former director of Special Collections and Archives, Oregon State University At once historic and timely, local and universal, Bernard Daly's Promise provides a novel lens to understand the complex set of forces that shape the American Dream. --Raj Chetty, William A. Ackman Professor of Economics and Director of Opportunity Insights, Harvard In Bernard Daly's Promise Sam Stern uncovers a marvelous 100 year-long natural experiment in the benefits of community-based higher education scholarships. --Michael Ettlinger, director, Carsey School of Public Policy, University of New Hampshire Professor Stern tells a uniquely Oregon story about how one man's philanthropy can lift up individuals and communities for a century - and counting. --Sonia Worcel, Chief Community Impact Officer, Oregon Community Foundation

Bernard Daly's remarkable foresight and commitment to make a college promise for all has -- to this day -- enabled thousands of college graduates to succeed in the workforce and in the rest of their lives. Profiled in this extraordinary book, Daly gave us an inspiring legacy that can now be brought to scale for millions more students in every community throughout our nation. --Martha Kanter, CEO, College Promise; U.S. undersecretary of education (2009-2013) Bernard Daly's Promise is both a page-turner and a work of scholarly importance. A great read! --Stanley Katz, Professor of Public Policy and International Affairs, Princeton Bernard Daly's Promise reveals the power of education to transform lives and society. --Sue Cunningham, President and CEO, Council for Advancement and Support of Education A compelling story of philanthropy, opportunity, access to education and personal journeys. --Larry Landis, author of A School for the People, former director of Special Collections and Archives, Oregon State University At once historic and timely, local and universal, Bernard Daly's Promise provides a novel lens to understand the complex set of forces that shape the American Dream. --Raj Chetty, William A. Ackman Professor of Economics and Director of Opportunity Insights, Harvard In Bernard Daly's Promise Sam Stern uncovers a marvelous 100 year-long natural experiment in the benefits of community-based higher education scholarships. --Michael Ettlinger, director, Carsey School of Public Policy, University of New Hampshire Professor Stern tells a uniquely Oregon story about how one man's philanthropy can lift up individuals and communities for a century - and counting. --Sonia Worcel, Chief Community Impact Officer, Oregon Community Foundation Sam Stern's book is inspirational! --Ann C. Kubisch, President/CEO, The Ford Family Foundation

""Bernard Daly's remarkable foresight and commitment to make ""a college promise for all"" has -- to this day -- enabled thousands of college graduates to succeed in the workforce and in the rest of their lives. Profiled in this extraordinary book, Daly gave us an inspiring legacy that can now be brought to scale for millions more students in every community throughout our nation."" --Martha Kanter, CEO, College Promise; U.S. undersecretary of education (2009-2013) ""Sam Stern's book is inspirational!"" --Anne C. Kubisch, President/CEO, The Ford Family Foundation ""Bernard Daly's Promise is both a page-turner and a work of scholarly importance. A great read!"" --Stanley Katz, Professor of Public Policy and International Affairs, Princeton ""Bernard Daly's Promise reveals the power of education to transform lives and society."" --Sue Cunningham, President and CEO, Council for Advancement and Support of Education ""A compelling story of philanthropy, opportunity, access to education and personal journeys."" --Larry Landis, author of A School for the People, former director of Special Collections and Archives, Oregon State University ""At once historic and timely, local and universal, Bernard Daly's Promise provides a novel lens to understand the complex set of forces that shape the American Dream."" --Raj Chetty, William A. Ackman Professor of Economics and Director of Opportunity Insights, Harvard ""In Bernard Daly's Promise Sam Stern uncovers a marvelous 100 year-long natural experiment in the benefits of community-based higher education scholarships.""--Michael Ettlinger, director, Carsey School of Public Policy, University of New Hampshire ""Professor Stern tells a uniquely Oregon story about how one man's philanthropy can lift up individuals and communities for a century - and counting."" --Sonia Worcel, Chief Community Impact Officer, Oregon Community Foundation

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Sam Stern is professor and dean emeritus of education at Oregon State University, where he has been on the faculty of education since 1981 and, between 2002 and 2011, served as dean of the College of Education. His teaching and research have focused on the relationships between learning and working, and have had both interdisciplinary and international dimensions. He has also taught in the Department of Systems Science at Tokyo Institute of Technology, the business program at the Athens Laboratory of Business Administration, and the Department of Economics at Harvard.

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