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Knollwood, Exmoor, Skokie, Indian brother-in-law, Roberto Saielli, worked provide high school scholarships to
Hill, Lake Shore, and others. at a place called Old Elm Club where, economically disadvantaged students
since 1916, the greenskeeper was his who exhibit academic excellence,
“A few months later, my father, along
own brother-in-law, Adelmo Bertucci. leadership skills, and strong character.
with his uncle, made the long trip
Roberto also had a brother who, since
from the hunger and poverty of the The DMSF offers between 75 and 100
1916, had been working at a place called
Tuscan/Modenese Apennines for the new scholarships each year to eighth
Exmoor Country Club. My father was
promises of the dirty coal pits of west grade students to attend 80 different
in seventh heaven; as soon as he arrived
central Texas. As soon as he arrived in schools in the Chicago area and
in Highwood, he had his choice of a
Texas, my aunt began begging my boarding schools in other states. Today,
summer job at Exmoor or Old Elm,
father, Nello: “Leave the mines and approximately 480 Murphy Scholars
and he chose Exmoor.”
come to Highwood.” She was sure he are enrolled in partner schools.
could find a job at something called
Since the program’s inception, more
“un clobbo di golfo.”
than 3,000 scholarships have been
“In early April of 1922, taking a few awarded to qualified and motivated
clothes, a new leather wallet containing eighth grade students. Exmoor has
a few dollars, and with lungs already DANIEL MURPHY been one of six North Shore clubs to
dusted with the fine soot of those mines, SCHOLARSHIP FUND host participants in the organization’s
my father left his uncle, the bar room In 1989, two Exmoor members, brothers main fundraising event, the DMSF
philosophers, the Texas tumbleweed, Robert M. Murphy and James K. Golf Classic, held each June.
and snakes and took the long five-day Murphy, along with a group of area
train ride to Highwood. His new businessmen, founded a program to

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