Army Lt. Col. Otha Myles, deputy chief of epidemiology and threat assessment at Walter Reed Army Institute in Bethesda and a graduate of University of Maryland School of Medicine, set up a scholarship to encourage underserved minorities to become doctors, in honor of his mentor Donald Wilson, former dean of his alma mater.

He spoke with The Examiner about the scholarship.

Why did you set up this scholarship?

The reason came as Dr. Wilson, my mentor and dean of University of Maryland School of Medicine for 15 years, was leaving.

We wanted to do something that would honor him and the work he has done.

In the 15 years he was there, one of the biggest things he did [was] his commitment to diversity, so we thought the best way would be to bring in a more diverse group to the university.