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Campaign Reaches $64 Million
IN JUST THE first two years, the Campaign for Washington's College has reached $64 million of its $72 million goal. In the past few months, contributions to the Campaign have brought in more than $2 million for endowed academic scholarships alone.
Recent gifts include $800,000 from Chevy Chase Bank to endow the Chevy Chase Bank Scholarship; $300,000 from the Crystal Trust of Wilmington, DE, to name the lecture hall in Goldstein Hall in honor of the late Phillip J. Wingate '33, former vice president of E. I. duPont de Nemours; $143,000 from Robert and Theodosia Bowie '33 of Towson, MD, to establish the Theodosia Bowie '33 Scholarship; and $100,000 from the Seraph Foundation of Wilmington, DE, to create the Seraph Foundation Scholarship.
Endowments of $100,000 or more are doubled in value in accordance with a $10 million challenge from The Hodson Trust.
"On behalf of the entire Washington College community, I extend my deep thanks to everyone who has contributed to the early successes in our Campaign," said Jack S. Griswold, Chair of the National Campaign Cabinet. "Response to the Hodson Trust Challenge has been wonderful. More than 15 gifts totaling $6 million will be matched by The Hodson Trust."
In annual giving, the Merck Company Foundation and the American Association for the Advancement of Science recently made a three-year, $60,000 commitment to support undergraduate research. The objective of the grant is to promote an interdisciplinary approach to undergraduate science and to encourage students to pursue graduate education in biology, chemistry and related fields through exposure to undergraduate research experiences. This is the second Merck/AAAS Undergraduate Science Research Program award made to Washington College.
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