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title: Alumna Dedicated to Improving Health Care Delivery Named Knight-Hennessy Scholar
date: 2025-06-04T05:30:00-04:00
author: University of Maryland
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# Alumna Dedicated to Improving Health Care Delivery Named Knight-Hennessy Scholar

*June 4, 2025* — by [Laura Ours](/author/laura-ours)


> Award to Fund MBA at Stanford—While She Seeks Harvard MPP Degree

*Tydings 10292015 3719 1920x1080 — Leila Dawson ’20 (below) is among 83 Knight-Hennessy Scholars from 25 countries who will receive up to three years of financial support to pursue graduate studies at Stanford.*

A University of Maryland alumna was selected from more than 8,500 applicants around the world to join the 2025 cohort of Stanford University’s Knight-Hennessy Scholars, a program that aims to prepare visionary, courageous and collaborative leaders to address complex challenges facing the world.


*Leila Dawson headshot*




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