Parents of current and former students have contributed more than $190,000 to the Schaffer Library renovation and expansion project and more than $6
million to the Bicentennial Campaign since 1990.
Recent contributions include: Judith and Peter Wasserman, of Armonk, N.Y., parents of Dana '95, $37,500 for the library.
The College has received a number of recent gifts to create new endowed scholarships or add to existing scholarships, including:
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.
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:
New life-income gifts and additions, which provide participants with immediate tax advantages, include:
Recent bequested gifts include:
The College has received a three-year grant totaling $60,000 from the Merck Company Foundation and the American Association for the Advancement of Science to support student research and encourage graduate education in biology and chemistry.
The award designates about $3,000 annually to be used for the Merck Lecture Series, in which Merck scientists will visit the College to discuss their work and meet with students and faculty. The College's proposal was written by Professors John Boyer of biology and David Hayes of chemistry.
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A class's fiftieth anniversary represents a special opportunity to gather, both in spirit and
on campus.
This year, members of the Class of 1947 came together to stimulate increased attention and anticipation of their fiftieth Reunion. Their efforts and results have set a new standard.
Nine class members issued a unique “challenge” to the entire class on three fronts:
The nine class members created a pool of 529,000, promising to match 3-to-1 any gift over and above the previous year's gift by any member of the Class of 1947.
Frank Peters '47, class head agent, then enlisted fifteen classmates to contact each class member.
The results so far? Not only have the number of gifts and pledges to the College increased, but individual contributions to the class fund have increased in almost every case. More importantly, class members have had the opportunity to renew relationships diminished over time and distance.
To Peters, the chance to give back to Union was one he could not refuse. “Obviously, I am not alone in my feeling,” he says. “As indicated by the results, the Class of 1947 has responded
overwhelmingly. Many thanks to those who so willingly volunteered to make contacts and calls, and to all of you who listened and responded.”
Final results of the challenge will be known at Reunion, and all alumni are urged to join the fun from June 26-29.
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The family and friends of the late Louis D. Miltimore '29 have memorialized him through two separate endowed scholarships.
The Miltimore Scholarship Fund, established by Frances Ross Miltimore in memory of her husband, is to be given with preference to students majoring in American history or English.
The Louis D. Miltimore '29 Memorial Scholarship, created by family (including children L. Dean '74 and Cynthia) and friends, will distribute earnings annually to students who require the greatest financial assistance to attend Union.
Miltimore, who died Feb. 2, 1996, was a member of the College's Board of Trustees from 1953-1957 and trustee emeritus until his death. From 1959 to 1970, he was treasurer of the College, and in 1965 he was elected chairman of the board's Finance Committee. He received a distinguished service award from the New York Alumni Club in 1970 and the Alumni Gold Medal for Service in 1974.
At Union, he was associate editor and managing editor of the Concordiensis and a member of Lambda Chi Alpha Honor Society, the German Club, and Phi Delta Epsilon fraternity.
Miltimore's lifetime dedication to Union was coupled with dedication to his work. After earning his bachelor's degree in economics, he began his career
at Chase Manhattan. He joined Kidder Peabody and Co., Inc., in 1935 as a statistician, rising to become a partner, a vice president, and a director. During his forty-four years, he trained a generation of investment bankers who formed the core of the corporate department.
Frances Ross Miltimore commented that he was admired for his contributions to his hometown community, devoted to Union as a student and as a trustee, respected by his lifelong business associates and friends, and remembered with great affection by many.
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