Private
Giving
Penn State Intercom......May 24, 2001
Leading
the Way
The Faculty and Staff Campaign 2001
"The Shirley Hendrick
Renaissance Scholarship honors a longtime colleague and benefits future
Penn State adult learners, so it was an easy decision for my wife and
me to support it. Since beginning my Penn State career, I have worked
to serve adult learners through my roles with Continuing Education. Ellen
and I believe strongly in the importance of providing support to Penn
State through a number of programs and units that are important to us
such as the Special Populations Swim Program, the Shaver's Creek Environmental
Center, the College of Arts and Architecture, as well as WPSX and WPSU.
This is a remarkable University, doing so much good. We are blessed to
be able to invest in its future."
-- Jim Campbell, interim director of Outreach Operations in Continuing Education, has been with Penn State for 27 years. His wife, Ellen, is a teacher in the State College Area School District.
For information on faculty and staff giving, check the Web at http://www.development.psu.edu/WaystoGive/AnnualFund/facultystaff.asp
Distinguished alumnus
honored with endowment
A $1 million gift to the University Libraries will honor Distinguished Alumnus Fletcher L. Byrom and create an endowment for acquisitions and programming at the Earth and Mineral Sciences Library.
The Board of Trustees will be asked to name the library the Fletcher L. Byrom Earth and Mineral Sciences Library.
The gift comes from George Middlemas, a 1968 graduate who serves as volunteer chair of the Libraries Campaign Committee, part of the University-wide Grand Destiny fund-raising campaign. Byrom was a friend and mentor to Middlemas.
Byrom, who received his degree in metallurgy in 1940, is retired chairman and chief executive officer of the Koppers Co. and Standard Brands Paint Co. He served on Board of Trustees from 1970 to 1973 and was named a Distinguished Alumnus in 1963.
The endowment will be named the Fletcher L. Byrom Earth and Mineral Sciences Library: Program and Collections Endowment.
"The endowment will support the purchase of books, journals, electronic databases, software and other materials and technologies that meet the needs of the patrons of the EMS library," said Nancy Eaton, dean of the University Libraries. "In addition to strengthening our collections, income from the endowment also will be used for special programs and other services and scholarly activities as the need arises."
George Middlemas is a managing general partner of Apex Investment Partners, a venture capital firm. He earned his bachelor's degree in history and political science.
Alumni couple endow a scholarship
in the College of the Liberal Arts
Linda and Jonathan Strumpf of Sands Point, N.Y., have given $125,000 to endow the Linda Brodsky Strumpf and Jonathan A. Strumpf Scholarship in the College of the Liberal Arts.
The Strumpfs graduated from the University in 1969, Linda with a degree in economics and Jonathan with a degree in psychology. She also received a master of business administration degree from New York University and he completed his doctoral degree in psychology at NYU.
Jonathan Strumpf has been an educator his entire career as a school psychologist. Linda Strumpf is vice president and chief investment officer of the Ford Foundation, managing a portfolio of about $14.5 billion.
The University named Linda a distinguished alumna in 1999 in recognition of her outstanding achievements in personal, professional and community service. She is a member of the University's Investment Council and the College of the Liberal Arts Development Council.
Exelon gives $100,000 to nuclear engineering
As part of its continued commitment to nuclear engineering education, Exelon Corp., formerly PECO Energy Co., presented $100,000 to the University's nuclear engineering program during a recent ceremony on the University Park campus.
The donation fulfills the second year of a three-year pledge that includes 10 undergraduate student scholarships of $4,000 annually, $20,000 annually for equipment and laboratory needs and $5,000 per year for outreach and continuing education activities. The remaining funds are dedicated to the Exelon Endowed Scholarship in Nuclear Engineering, a permanent fund to benefit future generations of undergraduate nuclear engineering students.
The College of Engineering and its nuclear engineering program have had a mutually beneficial relationship with PECO Energy, and now Exelon, since the 1970s.
Exelon Corp. was created by the merger of PECO Energy and Unicom in October 2000 and is one of the nation's largest electric utilities. Exelon Nuclear, a unit of Exelon Corp., is the largest operator of nuclear plants in the U.S. and the third-largest in the world. The group includes 10 stations and 17 nuclear units in Illinois, Pennsylvania and New Jersey.