Posted on May 1, 1997

The College has received a number of recent gifts to create new endowed scholarships or add to existing scholarships, including:

  • $60,000 from the WRG Baker Charitable Foundation to support the Walter R.G. Baker Scholarship. 
  • $50,000 from Jim Gross '63 to establish the James R. Gross '63 Scholarship for students of outstanding character who participate in extracurricular activities. 
  • A $31,000 pledge from

    Walter A. Spencer, Jr., to create the Walter A. Spencer '72 Endowed Scholarship. 

  • $27,295 from Mrs. Dorothy Spira for both the Leo & Dorothy Spira Scholarship and the Dorothy G. Spira Scholarship. 

  • A pledge from Oscar J. Muller '37, M.D., to create the Natalie and Oscar Muller Endowed Scholarship. 
  • A $10,000 pledge from Gerald L. Paley '61 for unrestricted scholarship support. 
  • $10,000 from former Dean of Engineering Lawrence Hollander. 
  • $10,000 from David Falk '39.

Additions to scholarships can be made by contacting Vice President of College Relations Dan West at (518) 388-6180.

Recent major gifts and grants include:

  • Herbert '47 and Joan Freeman, $25,000 in recognition of his 50th ReUnion. 
  • Herbert 0.'39 and Jean Fox, $15,000 towards new furnishings for the lobby of the Yulman Theater. 
  • Kathy V. Davis '75, a Persian carpet valued at $12,500. 
  • William H. Milton III '50, $10,000 towards the restoration of Memorial Chapel. 
  • The Tina and Richard V. Carolan Foundation, $32,534.84 to support photography equipment upgrades and enhancements. 
  • Elizabeth N. McMath, $10,000 to establish the H. Gilbert Harlow Civil Engineering Equipment Fund, with the first major addition of $5,000 from Emeritus Professor Harlow himself.

New life-income gifts and additions, which provide participants with immediate tax advantages, include:

  • Andre R. Donikian '65 added to the Andre and Molly Donikian Unitrust; 
  • Douglas Snell '49 created a charitable gift annuity. 
  • Donald H.G. Mackenzie '34 added to the Donald H.G. Mackenzie Unitrust. 
  • Chester T. Marvin '45 created a charitable gift annuity.

Recent bequested gifts include:

  • William M. Wheeler '36 added to the William M. Wheeler '36 Endowed Scholarship. 
  • Louis M. DiCarlo '32 added to the the Louis M. DiCarlo '32 Endowed
    Scholarhip. 
  • An unrestricted gift from Edward C. Munsell '24. 
  • An unrestricted distribution from the pooled life income fund of Alexander Turner '34.