Robert Arnold '41 established his
second charitable gift annuity with the College. The ultimate purpose of this
gift is the Robert D. and Miriam H. Arnold Endowed Scholarship. Bob is the father of R. Douglas Arnold '72 and the uncle
of Brian Fowler '01.
A distribution was received from the estate of Joseph Driscoll '32. Dr. Driscoll, a graduate of Albany Medical College, was in private practice in Schenectady until his retirement in 1978. He then worked as the examining physician for the Workers Compensation Board in Albany for several years. His wife, Dr. Mary Blackmer Driscoll, predeceased him.
A bequest from the estate of Laurence Levine '53 was added to the endowed scholarship that he established in 1988.
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation presented Union with a grant of $250,000 to be used for the new student House System and the implementation of new interdisciplinary courses in Converging Technologies.
Charlotte Blandy Pitt established a second charitable gift annuity in memory of her husband, DeForest C. Pitt '29.
Phil A. Robinson '71 established the
S. Jesse and Jessie Robinson Endowed scholarship in honor of his parents.
In 1991, he established the Phil A. Robinson '71 endowed scholarship.
The estate of Marjorie Snyder made a
gift for the benefit of Schaffer Library. Mrs. Snyder was the widow of Richard
C. Snyder '37.
Everything you didn't
learn before but need
to know now
A seminar covering the basics of estate and personal planning, sponsored by Union's Office of Gift Planning, will be held the Friday of ReUnion Weekend (May 31) in Hale House Dining Room from 10 to 11:30 a.m. For more information, call 1-888-THE-IDOL x 6156.
The presenter will be Patrick LaPorta, vice president of TrustCo Bank. Some of the topics to be covered are health care proxies, living wills, identifying assets, estate tax planning and solutions, and much more. Time will be allotted for attendees to ask questions about their own situations.