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Laura S. Harvey |
ART HISTORY AT HOME
Each year, A&S alumna Laura Spencer
Harvey ('39) makes gifts to the Burke Museum and the A&S
College Fund. But this year she did more. Harvey invited more
than a dozen art history students into her home to view her
exceptional collection of Hudson River School and other paintings.
Harvey's father spent years collecting
the paintings, most of which date back to the 1800s. "My
parents practically had to do the whole house over to create
enough wall space for the artworks," Harvey recalls.
"I grew up with the collection. It's just part of me."
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At its simplest, an endowment is a permanent
fund established for a specific purpose. The principal of an endowed
fund is invested to grow over time, while the distributions it
produces are used to support the endowment’s purpose. Gifts
for endowment are extremely valuable in enhancing the quality
of the University of Washington’s teaching, research, facilities
and student experience, since endowments provide perpetual funding
for their designated purposes.
There are three areas of endowment priorities
for the College of Arts and Sciences:
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Faculty - Endowed chairs
and professorships provide significant benefits in recruiting
and retaining outstanding faculty. These endowed gifts greatly
enrich support for the teaching and research activities of distinguished
faculty and bring public recognition of their status.
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Students - Endowed scholarships
and fellowships offer donors the opportunity to make possible
a university education for deserving students.
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Programs - Support for programs
is broadly defined and may include faculty, student and curricular
support.
For more information about endowment
giving at College of Arts and Sciences, please contact Michael
Podlin, Assistant Dean for Development and External Relations,
at (202) 616-2464, or mpodlin@u.washington.edu.
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