Posted on Mar 1, 1994

Recent gifts, grants, and bequests to the College include:

Nearly $2 million was received in distributions from estates and trusts. This includes:

  • $779,000 from the estate of Marshall W. Quandt '33, which will be used for scholarships; 
  • $750,000 from the estate of Neil B. Reynolds '24, which will support the renovation and expansion of Schaffer Library; 
  • $167,400 from the James B. Schmidt '17 Trust; 
  • $244,000 from the Helen M. Smith Trust; 
  • A total of $39,000 from the estates of Anthony B. Cieri '31, Ernest Ligon, James R Kelsey '22, and the Sanford P. Thompson '42 Trust. 
  • The College received $345,530 in gifts for life income arrangements. Edgar A. Sandman '40, Niel Pendleton '33, Jerry L. Thurston '61, Karen Singer Miller '79, George P. Haskell '37, Charles D. Lothridge '44, William C. Bachtel 70G, Kevin A. Kilbourne '79, and Christine 1. Reilly '75 made gifts in exchange for Charitable Gift Annuities. 
  • A two-year grant of $59,100 from the NYNEX Foundation to support the Computer-Assisted Bulletin Board System (CABBS), which serves secondary mathematics and science teachers in fourteen upstate New York counties. The grant will support workshops at the College to train teachers on how to use CABBS. The system, a network designed to enhance math and science teaching, is based on the College's mainframe computer. 
  • An unrestricted gift of $17,737 from the estate of Reginald L. Brooks '26. 
  • A gift of $10,695 toward the Pooled Life Income Fund from Codman Hislop '31, research professor emeritus of American civilization. 
  • Robert B. Lee '43, Robert E. Groundwater '42, Lee L. Davenport '37, D. Vincent Cerrito '32, and J. Dawson Van Eps '28 each made contributions to one of Union's Pooled Life Income Funds. 
  • An undeveloped lot in Williamsburg, Va., was donated to the College by Barbara Brugh, widow of William Gietz '49. When sold, the proceeds will be used to create a scholarship in Mr. Gietz's memory.