Billy Crystal After graduation from Long Beach High School in 1965, Crystal attended Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia, on a baseball scholarship, having learned the game from his father, who pitched for St. John's University. Crystal never played baseball at Marshall because the program was suspended during his first year. He did not return to Marshall as a sophomore, instead deciding to stay in New York to be close to his future wife. He attended Nassau Community College with Janice and later transferred to New York University, where he was a film and television directing major. He graduated from NYU in
Jardine Scholarship Former chairmen of the Scholarship Committee include Duncan Robinson, Sir Ivor Roberts and Geoffrey Grimmett. The Jardine Foundation specifies four standards against which applicants are to be judged: The scholarship covers full tuition fees, college fees, an annual stipend, and return airfare from the students' country of origin. The scholarship has been valued at $200,000. Upon acceptance, scholars are bound by a set of regulations, decided by the Scholarship Committee. In addition to the financial coverage of the scholarship, Jardines also maintains the network of scholars and offers them summer internships within the conglomerate. It also hosts regular gatherings with