A recent $1 million estate commitment from Alan E. Curle, MD, an anesthesiologist at Highland Hospital, will establish an unrestricted scholarship at the Eastman School of Music. A deep appreciation and passion for music prompted this gift. A commitment to education also served as a...
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The family of Louise and Bob Slaughter has recently agreed to donate the Honorable Louise M. SlaughterÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½™s official Congressional papers to the University of Rochester. The River Campus LibrariesÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½™ Department of Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation will house, archive, and make available the Louise...
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A recent gift from two ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ alumni establishes the Paul J. Burgett Distinguished Professorship at the Eastman School of Music. This endowed fund honors the legacy of Paul Burgett ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½™68E, ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½™72E (MA), ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½™76E (PhD), one of the UniversityÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½™s most recognized citizens. It also...
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John Green, a PhD candidate in musicology at the Eastman School of Music, is fascinated by history. As part of his graduate work, Green gained experience exploring extensive library archives during his research of John Cage, a 20th century American composer. He sifted through CageÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½™s...
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Joseph C. Wilson is a Rochester legendÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½”a brilliant industrialist who transformed a small photographic paper company into the Xerox Corporation. He was a highly civic-minded entrepreneur, too, embodying a compassion and a charisma that still ripples through the Rochester community....
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Every year, ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ Trustee Bernard (Bernie) T. Ferrari ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½™70, ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½˜74M (MD) spends 30 minutes with David. MichelangeloÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½™s David, that is. He halts there and looks up in wonder at this eloquently cut 5.5 meters of block marble at the Accademia Gallery in Florence,...
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A recent gift from ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ Trustee Bernard T. Ferrari ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½™70, ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½™74M (MD) and his wife, Linda, establishes the PresidentÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½™s Ferrari Humanities Award. This endowed fund provides a $25,000 annual awardÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½”in perpetuityÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½”to promote and support humanities research among tenured and tenure-track faculty across Arts,...
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Tom Foster ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½™88 (MA), ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½™90 (PhD), a ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ professor, recently established a fund to honor his late wife, Julietta Wolf-Foster, and to support WilmotÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½™s cancer patients. ItÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½™s a gift that will last forever....
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A $5 million gift from Kenneth French ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½™78S (MBA), ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½™81S (MS), ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½™83S (PhD) and Vickie French establishes the KRFrench Family Scholars Program within Arts, Sciences & Engineering (AS&E) at the University of Rochester. The new scholarship program provides financial aid and a robust network of...
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David Greenbaum ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½™73 and his wife, Laureine, of New York City, have pledged $2.5 million toward the construction of a new 6,500-square-foot building on the University of RochesterÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½™s River Campus to be named the Greenbaum Center for Jewish Life. An additional $3.5 million will be...
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