Annual Report NEARLY 115 YEARS AGO, STUDENTS ASKED LYNCHBURG COLLEGE FOUNDER JOSEPHUS HOPWOOD WHETHER the YOUNG SCHOOL MIGHT GET a BASEBALL FIELD
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016- 2017 Annual Report NEARLY 115 YEARS AGO, STUDENTS ASKED LYNCHBURG COLLEGE FOUNDER JOSEPHUS HOPWOOD WHETHER THE YOUNG SCHOOL MIGHT GET A BASEBALL FIELD. HE GAVE THEM PERMISSION TO CUT DOWN TREES ON THE DELL AND MAKE THEIR OWN. Table of Contents That revealed a core part of Lynchburg College’s identity: The needs of students drive campus projects and academic programs, and Message from the President .......................2 students get experience lending their voices and leading change. Message from the Chair ...........................3 Features Invested .......................20 Leadership Boards ................................4 The Hive ......................24 Highlights 2016-17 ................................6 We live by that philosophy today. Lynchburg College seeks to Fuel for Engagement ............28 Honor Roll of Contributors: Gift Societies ........... 10 New Sound ....................32 become a national leader in student engagement, giving students Financials / Sources of Income .....................14 Remembering Rosel ............36 Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges ...... 15 opportunities to excel in academics, athletics, and their careers. Comprehensive Donors List for 2016-17 ............ 16 The Christian Church .............................43 Our students don’t build their own athletic fields today, but they have Matching Gift Organizations .......................44 Endowed Funds .................................45 many other opportunities to lead and succeed. Lynchburg students The 1903 Society ................................45 Gifts to Endowed Funds ..........................46 are managing money on Wall Street, recording history, winning Tribute and Memorial Gifts ........................47 championships, making art, serving their communities, and more. To Make a Gift ...................................49 This is made possible by you and your support for the institution. This report highlights the work Lynchburg is doing to help students engage with the world, and it honors the people who have made it possible. Thank you for your continued support for student engagement at Lynchburg. COVER PHOTO BY JOHN MCCORMICK Message from the President Message from the Chair If you want to see what philanthropy does at My hope is that you will see how your gift to now is a unique and exciting time to be a part of the Lynchburg Lynchburg College, you need just a quick tour of Lynchburg College has made a difference in the College community. In my first campus. That’s what you’ll get in this edition of lives of students and the work that faculty and staff several months of service as chair of the Annual Report. do every day. The specific topics mentioned in the the Board of Trustees, I have been We’ll stop in Schewel Hall, where alumni and stories are only the beginning. Philanthropy to impressed by the quality of work that friends have helped us transform a computer lab Lynchburg supports scholarships, endowed funds, moves Lynchburg forward. into a financial technology center where business special projects, student leadership opportunities, From my colleagues on the Board and finance students get hands-on experience with and more. to President Garren and his cabinet, and from the senior faculty to the newest staff members, investing. Then we’ll walk across the lobby to hear As I near the completion of my 17th year as the people leading and working at Lynchburg College are the new Steinway concert piano that enhances the president of Lynchburg College, I love this doing incredible things for the institution and its students. opportunities we provide to music students. institution and the work it does to change the lives Just think: Lynchburg students have opportunities today We’ll glance into an active learning classroom to of students. I love to see how our alumni are that were not imagined just 20 years ago, thanks to our in- see how students are learning more, thanks to changing their communities around the world. All vestment in facilities, technology, and educational practic- engaged experiences, and we’ll go to our stadium of this is made possible because of our community es. Our students continue to benefit from dedicated faculty overlooking Shellenberger Field to watch the of supporters. in small classes, and our student-athletes are led by some of the best coaches in the country. Hornets win a conference championship, thanks in Thank you for your gift to Lynchburg. I’m excited to see the opportunities and experiences stu- part to the support our coaches and student-athletes dents will have several years from now, when they enjoy a receive from their fans, far and near. Sincerely, new residence hall, improved academic spaces, and a new During this “tour,” we’ll talk about Vision 2020, curriculum that prepares them to lead in our complex the strategic plan we adopted just over a year ago. world. We’ll talk about goals we have already None of what we have done, or will do, would be possi- accomplished and share exciting news about the Kenneth R. Garren ble without you. On behalf of the Board of Trustees, I future direction — including pointing out the site President thank you for your dedication to Lynchburg. for a new, modern residence hall and future home to the Westover Honors College. Sincerely, Nathaniel X. Marshall ’83 Chair, Board of Trustees 2 Annual Report 2016-17 2016-17 Annual Report 3 Leadership Boards THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES MaryJane Tousignant Dolan HONORARY LIFE TRUSTEES ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Nancy Letcher Hammersley ‘79, PARENTS COUNCIL Ms. Kathryn Kimber 2016-2017 Lynchburg, Va. Daniel S. Brown ’62 BOARD OF DIRECTORS ‘82 MBA 2016-2017 Far Hills, N.J. Chair Roanoke, Va. 2016-2017 Raleigh, N.C. Co-Chairs Seamus McDonald ’19 Polly Blackwell Flint ’71, ’73 MEd Julie P. Doyle EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Mr. and Mrs. Gary Pollock Lynchburg, Va. Lynchburg, Va. John C. Crank ’50 Gilbert C. Hanke ‘72 Pittsburgh, Pa. Ms. Mary Ann Klimas and North Chesterfield, Va. President Nashville, Tenn. Ian Pollock ’18 Mr. Paul Winslow Vice Chair Rebecca Burnette DuFour ’82 Wendy Bradley ’91 Arlington, Va. Forest, Va. Woodstock Valley, Conn. Lauren McCloskey Hopple ‘99 Noah Winslow ’20 Nathaniel X. Marshall ’83 Rodger W. Fauber Members-at-Large Cantonsville, Md. Lynchburg, Va. Lynchburg, Va. Mr. and Mrs. Michael Allen Darla D. Edwards ’95 Vice President Mr. and Mrs. Donald Kowalski Vienna, Va. Vice Chair Williamsburg, Va. Lorraine Kiley Flint ’43 David A. Rosser ’90 Bill Isola ‘90 Chesterfield, Va. Waxhaw, N.C. Marisa Allen ’19 Charles P. Collings ’73 Lynchburg, Va. Bethesda, Md. Jordan Kowalski ’20 Mary S. Elcano ’71 Gladwyne, Pa. Ms. Anne-Marie Belott Bethesda, Md. Advancement Committee Chair David V. Lanza ‘06 Ms. Patricia LeDonne Dr. Joan Shepherd Jones ’77 MEd, Lexington, Va. Secretary ’06 DEd • Sherwood N. Zimmerman ’64 Philadelphia, Pa. Salem, Va. Forest, Va. Lilli Altenburg ’19 Dr. Kathryn Mitchell Pumphrey ’75, Suzanne Farmer Flynn ’80 Lynchburg, Va. Natalie LeDonne ’18 Madison, N.J. Phebe Phelps Long ‘84 ’88 MEd Mr. and Mrs. Scott Bachman Alumni Outreach Committee Chair Mechanicsville, Va. Mr. and Mrs. David T. Massie Lynchburg, Va. Andrew J. Larsen ’09 DHL • Smithfield, Va. Michael A. Gillette Franklin, Tenn. Lee C. Verrone ‘90 Lynchburg, Va. Mount Vernon, N.Y. Audrey Bachman ’18 Hannah Howe Besanceney ’96 Lynchburg, Va. Peter Lynch ‘09 Taylor Ann Massie ’20 Washington, D.C. Rogers, Ark. HONORARY LIFE OVERSEERS Mr. and Mrs. Wendell Beckner Roger H. Green ’67 Communications & Marketing Dr. David G. Mick Dr. Elliot S. Schewel ’95 , ’00 Centreville, Va. Melanie J. Biermann ’71 Lynchburg, Va. * Committee Chair Ira D. Marshall ‘00 Charlottesville, Va. DHL • Hannah Beckner ’18 Free Union, Va. Emily G. Brown ’02 Suitland, Md. Owen Mick ’19 William K. Grogan Lynchburg, Va. Washington, D.C. Mr. and Mrs. Brian Blankinship Richmond, Va. Kathryn McDaniel Lewis ‘10 Mr. and Mrs. Richard Overy Christopher L. Boyd ’97 Lynchburg, Va. TRUSTEE EMERITI Student Engagement Bedford, Va. Williamsburg, Va. Jonesboro, Ga. Rob Blankinship ’18 Jay E. Hopkins Dr. Frank H. Buhler ’99 DHL • Committee Chair Isabel Overy ’20 Lynchburg, Va. Lesley Day Villarose ’02 Mari K. Normyle ‘97 MEd David C. Boyle ’91 Lynchburg, Va. Mr. Keenan Caldwell Eden, N.C. Lynchburg, Va. Mr. and Mrs. Alton Owen, Jr. Newark, Del. Midlothian, Va. Terry Hall Jamerson Capron, Va. Fred R. Cawthorne ’49 DHL • † Keenan A. Caldwell ’17 Wendy Bradley ’91 Appomattox, Va. Richmond, Va. Traditions Committee Chair Kelli Rainey ‘99 Bennett Owen ’17 Laura Miller Crank ’79 Charlotte, N.C. Woodstock Valley, Conn. Mr. and Mrs. Craig Cornelius Robert A. Lemon, Jr. ’98 MBA Midlothian, Va. Mrs. Dana Powers ’83 Leighton B. Dodd ’56, ’07 DHL • Potomac, Md. Forest, Va. Veronica Millner Soles ‘98 Ridgefield, Conn. Howard M. Butler ’70 Lynchburg, Va. Christopher Cornelius ’16, Westover Alumni Chair Raleigh, N.C. Katherine Powers ’19 Lynchburg, Va. Patrick Cornelius ’19 Philip G. Mazzara ’70 Yuille “Skipper” Holt III ’67 DHL Helen Hebb Stidham ‘66 Washington, D.C. Manassas, Va. Jan Colleary Timmer ‘77 Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Spears Carol Cummings Calandra ’84 Lynchburg, Va. Mr. and Mrs. Trevor Gardner III ’90 Gainesville, Va. Plano, Texas Huntington, Conn. Rockville, Md. Andrew J. McKenna ’99 Executive Secretary, ex-officio Ryan Spears ’18 Mary Rose Carpenter Ragsdale Trevor “Chip” Gardner ’20 E. Stewart Coleman ’86 Arlington, Va. ’57 DEd Heather Ayers Garnett ‘05 MEd Lynchburg, Va. Dr. and Mrs. Andrew J. Tatom III ’78 Washington, D.C. Richmond, Va. Mr. and Mrs. David Geisler A. Patricia Merryman (Susan Bodine ’88) Virginia Beach, Va. Rustburg, Va. Lynchburg, Va. Stephen L. Crank ’73, ’74 MBA Members-at-Large Kristina Geisler ’18 Lynchburg, Va. Noble Ackerson ‘02 Matthew Tatom ’17 Margaret A. Miller Alexandria, Va. Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Glass Charlottesville, Va. Ms. Kelley Valentine-Beam Warren Cross, Jr. Vienna, Va. Baltimore, Md. Natick, Mass. R. Michael Dates ‘92 Liam Glass ’20 Dr. Andrew J. Tatom III ’78 Parkville, Md. Lauryn Beam ’19 Lynchburg, Va. Beverley E. Dalton Mr. and Mrs. Edward Gretka Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Winemiller Altavista, Va. Carolyn Austin Eubank ‘67 Newport News, Va.