LYNCHBURG COLLEGE 2015-16 Annual Report the LC LOVE Sign That Graces the Dell Symbolizes More Than a Century of Love Stories
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LYNCHBURG COLLEGE 2015-16 Annual Report The LC LOVE sign that graces the Dell symbolizes more than a century of love stories. Josephus and Sarah Hopwood loved education. That’s what drove them, together with local businessmen and church members, to take a risk and open a new school. Their passion was not in financial returns, but in preparing students for an active, engaged life. Table of Contents Message from the President ........................................2 Countless people — students, alumni, faculty, staff, and friends — Message from the Chair ............................................3 loved this community and gave it a part of their hearts, some for Leadership Boards .................................................4 Honor Roll of Contributors: Gift Societies .............................6 four years, some for a career, and some for a lifetime. Each person Financials / Sources of Income .....................................10 gave back to the community in a personal, unique way that made Comprehensive Donors List for 2015-16 .............................12 Highlights 2015-16 ................................................36 Lynchburg College the place it is today. Matching Gift Organizations ........................................44 Endowed Funds ..................................................45 Gifts to Endowed Funds ...........................................46 In recent years, this love has led to many opportunities that make Tribute and Memorial Gifts .........................................47 To Make a Gift ....................................................49 us proud: student - faculty research. Study abroad programs. A new Student Center. A new tradition of giving back. This year, we celebrate love for Lynchburg through the stories of people who have made a difference in the Lynchburg community by giving back and getting involved. We thank you for continuing to share your love for Lynchburg with the next generation of students. COVER PHOTO BY NATALIE LEDONNE ’18 Message from the Chair Whether your giving to Lynchburg College is i love lynchburg college. inspired by personal love for this community, by This campus was my home in some the experiences of your family members, or by of the best, most formative years of Message from the President your support for the cause of education, I thank my life. The institution, its values, you. Your gift has allowed us to make a difference and the education I received here When students tell us why they chose to come to many students. prepared me for success in my career to Lynchburg College, there are many common Lynchburg has made tremendous progress over and life. Love for the College has themes. inspired my services on the Board of the past decades. We have helped thousands of They often talk about visiting campus and feeling Trustees, and it is my honor to work students build the foundation for an engaged life something special. They recall moments when they with many members of our community as we seek to through an education grounded in the liberal arts. met faculty members and pictured themselves in move the institution forward. Students have excelled academically on campus, As a community, we are honored to receive the financial our classrooms. Many remember a good feeling in internships throughout the nation, and in study support of many individuals, companies, and foundations about the beautiful Dell. Sometimes they use the abroad programs around the world. Meanwhile, who share our commitment to education. Thank you for phrase, “I fell in love.” our student-athletes have won impressive victories, sharing your love for Lynchburg, and the education we My experience was similar. When I was an provide, with the students we serve today and will serve including multiple appearances in the national academic dean in Roanoke, I attended several tomorrow. tournament. We have developed new graduate meetings on the Lynchburg campus and sensed a The people of Lynchburg College are critical to our success programs that train students for leadership in unique culture and attitude here. The more people as a community. This includes students, alumni, faculty, important careers. staff, parents of students, and friends of the institution. By of Lynchburg I met, the more I could see myself But our work is not done. We have bold plans for working together, we strengthen our community and help working alongside them. We shared values. the next several years. Guided by our new strategic the institution to meet its mission of educating students We had a common commitment to providing plan, Vision 2020, Lynchburg will work to become and preparing them for effective leadership in the civic, an excellent, broad education to a diverse student professional, and spiritual dimensions of life. a national leader for student engagement. We will body. We held high academic standards. When I In our Annual Report to Donors this year, we introduce you work to revitalize our facilities, connect more with learned that Lynchburg College was seeking a to several people whose love for Lynchburg shines brightly. our alumni, and strengthen our academic programs new president, I already had started to love this You will meet a recent graduate who championed her senior to provide students with the best education they giving campaign, a couple who fell in love during their time school. It has been my pleasure to have led the can receive — an education that prepares them for as students, a family that has found a new home here after College for 16 years now. It truly is a labor of love. careers and for life in a complex world. spending many years in Nicaragua, a Trustee who honored Love for Lynchburg has moved us forward for Your gifts to the College will support this her mother by helping students study abroad, and an alumna more than 100 years. It has motivated students to whose family legacy of service sets an example for each of effort, and I look forward to sharing our progress be active on campus and create clubs, publications, us. All of these people exemplify what it means to be a part with you. I hope that you will see that your love and athletic records that inspire future generations. of a community that you love. for Lynchburg has done much good, and it will Love for Lynchburg has kept many alumni connected I hope these individuals and their stories will remind us of accomplish much in the years ahead. our own reasons for loving Lynchburg and for supporting to their alma mater, providing financial support and, this community. often, sending their children to follow in their Thank you again for your support for Lynchburg College footsteps. The generous support of other friends of Sincerely, and its people. the College — including parents, community members, and foundations — has helped us grow Sincerely, and include more students in the Lynchburg family. Kenneth R. Garren, PhD President Honorary Alumnus Pauline “Polly” Blackwell Flint ’71, ’73 MEd Chair, Board of Trustees 2 Annual Report 2015-16 2015-16 Annual Report 3 Leadership Boards THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES Julie P. Doyle HONORARY LIFE TRUSTEES ALUMNI ASSOCIATION MEMBERS-AT-LARGE PARENTS COUNCIL Ms. Patricia N. LeDonne 2015-2016 Lynchburg, VA Daniel S. Brown ’62 BOARD OF DIRectoRS Noble Ackerson-Bonsu ’02 2015-2016 Salem, VA Chair Roanoke, VA 2015-2016 Alexandria, VA Co-Chairs Natalie P. LeDonne ’18 Polly Blackwell Flint ’71, ’73 MEd Rebecca Burnette DuFour ’82 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Dr. Andrew J. Tatom III ’78 Lynchburg, VA Forest, VA John C. Crank ’50 David J. Capps ’77 Mrs. Susan B. Tatom ’88 Dr. & Mrs. David G. Mick Richmond, VA President Lynchburg, VA Lynchburg, VA Charlottesville, VA Second Vice Chair Mary S. Elcano ’71 Wendy Bradley ’91 Matthew M. Tatom ’17 Owen D. Mick ’19 Woodstock Valley, CT Nathaniel X. Marshall ’83 Bethesda, MD Rodger W. Fauber R. Michael Dates ’92 Mr. & Mrs. Alton Owen, Jr. Lynchburg, VA Lynchburg, VA Baltimore, MD Members-at-Large Dr. Mary H. Futrell ’89 DL • Vice President Capron, VA Mr. & Mrs. Michael L. Allen Alexandria, VA David A. Rosser ’90 Bennett F. Owen ’17 Third Vice Chair Lorraine Kiley Flint ’43 Christopher “Hunter” Fairchild ’10 Vienna, VA Waxhaw, NC Suzanne Farmer Flynn ’80 Lynchburg, VA Richmond, VA Marisa L. Allen ’19 Madison, NJ Roger H. Green ’67 Mr. David D. Patterson Lynchburg, VA Advancement Committee Chair Ms. Deborah K. Allen Dr. Joan Shepherd Jones ’77 MEd, Nancy Letcher Hammersley ’79, Ms. Anne-Marie Altenburg Sherwood N. Zimmerman ’64 Newton, MA Secretary ’06 DEd • ’82 MBA Lexington, VA Terry Hall Jamerson Forest, VA Reid D. Patterson ’19 Dr. Kathryn Mitchell Pumphrey ’75, Lynchburg, VA Raleigh, NC Lilli E. Altenburg ’19 ’88 MEd Appomattox, VA Alumni Outreach Committee Chair Mr. & Mrs. Gary V. Pollock Lynchburg, VA Dr. Andrew J. Larsen ’09 DHL • Gilbert C. Hanke ’72 Mr. & Mrs. Scott G. Bachman Dr. Yong H. Kim ’91, ’93 MAd Paul E. Goldenbaum ’66 Pittsburgh, PA Franklin, TN Antioch, TN Smithfield, VA Seoul, South Korea San Antonio, TX Ian W. Pollock ’18 Dr. Melanie J. Biermann ’71 Audrey W. Bachman ’18 Free Union, VA HONORARY LIFE OVERSEERS C. Randall “Randy” Harlow ’73 Jeffrey Kurzweil Communications & Marketing Lynchburg, VA Mr. Thomas M. Powers Dr. Elliot S. Schewel ’95 , ’00 Mr. & Mrs. Wendell P. Beckner David C. Boyle ’91 Great Falls, VA * Committee Chair Mrs. Dana M. Powers ’83 DHL • Centreville, VA Newark, DE Emily G. Brown ’02 Lauren McCloskey Hopple ’99 Ridgefield, CT Lynchburg, VA Washington, DC Hannah E. Beckner ’18 Philip G. Mazzara ’70 Catonsville, MD Katherine M. Powers ’19 Washington, DC Alan A. Burgess ’60 Mr. Keenan A. Caldwell TRUSTEE EMERITI Student Engagement Mr. & Mrs. Hugh D. Spears Roswell, GA David “Dave” Lanza ’06 Midlothian, VA Andrew J. McKenna ’99 Committee Chair Plano, TX Dr. Frank H. Buhler ’99 DHL • Philadelphia, PA Keenan A. Caldwell II ’17 Howard M. Butler ’70 Arlington, VA Lynchburg, VA Lesley Day Villarose ’02 Ryan P. Spears ’18 Eden, NC Lynchburg, VA Phebe Phelps Long ’84 Mr. & Mrs. Craig B. Cornelius A.