William Mason & Jayne Lee Hamilton Memorial

William Mason Hamilton was born on 31 July 1952 at Walter Reed Army Hospital in Washington, D.C. Jayne B. Lee was born on 13 January 1957, one of the first set of twins born at Donald Sharp Memorial Hospital in San Diego, California. Mason and his wife Jayne were both killed in an auto accident on June 19, 1982.

Mason, as an Army child, lived in several states and Hawaii, Japan, and Berlin, Germany. Upon completion of his education, he went backpacking to New Zealand and Australia, eventually finding a Buddhist Monastery in Ubon, Thailand where he was a monk for four years. Upon his return to the United States and his marriage to Jayne Lee, he was studying to become a nurse when their deaths occurred. Jayne, after completion of high school, was studying animal technology and working in San Diego and La Jolla when she married Mason. Mason & Jayne are survived by their daughter, Metta Noel Hamilton.

Their parents and friends have established this scholarship for the purpose of assisting students in the nursing program.