The Scudder Association Foundation is dedicated to promoting kinship, supporting the hospitals and schools founded by the Scudder family in India, awarding scholarships in the fields of science, humanities, medicine, education and theology and the research and publication of Scudder family history.
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The Scudder Association Foundation has a 200+ year history of service to others and philanthropy in the fields of medicine and education.
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Become a member or renew your membership to the Scudder Association, one of the oldest and most accomplished family charitable organizations in the United States.
Family History
The Scudder Association Foundation mission includes the preservation of our family history. Over the past 100 years the inspiring, daring, heroic, amusing, swashbuckling, even glamorous stories of our relatives have been collected by devoted historians.
Featured Posts
Video Messages from the SAF President
A lot of changes are taking place in the Scudder Association Foundation as we take major steps to improve our service to our members and our Indian missions. This short video provides the highlights.
A Scudder Reminisces
Volunteering at CMC Vellore. Many American Scudders have visited the Foundation’s Indian schools and hospitals over the years, and they bring home memories that last a lifetime.
In this video, Board Member Renee Scudder looks back on her time volunteering at a program in the Psychiatry Department of CMC Vellore, in 1984.
Scudder Family Historical & Biographical Journal, volume 5, no. 3
This issue of the Journal features the three men who founded the Scudder Association in 1912 and the Association’s first eight presidents. Townsend Scudder II was both. What was their vision?
CMC Newsline – Honoring The Scudders
This portion of the March 27 edition of the CMC Vellore newsletter chronicles the dedication of the memorial plaque honoring the achievements of Dr. Silas and other Scudders at Scudder Memorial Hospital from 1866 to 1954.
Scudders Socialize and Celebrate Family Legacy at 2023 Reunion
By Megan Coleman, Editor, The Scudder Newsletter – In early October, on the scenic shores of the Connecticut River, 40 cousins. gathered from as far away as Pennsylvania, Virginia, New Mexico, Arizona, Florida, Hawaii and California.
The Most Amazing Trip!
Bucket list item – check! In January 2024, I took a trip to the bottom of the world after earlier taking one to the top!