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IRA Charitable Rollover is back for 2012 & 2013 On January 2,
from their IRAs directly to qualified chari-
President Obama
ties without having to pay income taxes
signed into law the
on the money.
American Taxpayer
It is important to remember that only
Relief Act. There are
traditional, rollover, and Roth IRAs can be
several provisions
the source of such transfers.
contained within
Making a gift through an IRA is very
this law related to
straightforward, and it enables you
charitable distribu-
to make a dramatic difference in the
tions from individual retirement accounts
academic pursuits of the students and
(IRAs) that may be relevant in your on-
faculty at Whittier College. Please contact
going financial planning.
Steve Delgado, Director of Development at
Donors age 70½ or older are once again eligible to move up to $100,000
562.907.4217 or sdelgado@whittier.edu for more information.
Happy Birthday, President Nixon! On January 9, 1913, Richard Milhous Nixon was born in Yorba Linda, California. This year marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of America’s 37th President. Family, friends, supporters, and Nixon White House administration and campaign officials will gather on his birthday in the Grand Ballroom of the Mayflower Hotel—the same venue where Richard Nixon’s two inaugural balls were held in 1969 and 1973. Whittier College alumni and friends have honored the President’s legacy with the Richard M. Nixon Fellowships. This endowment was created to prepare exceptional students for informed citizenship and service through internships, scholarship, and research opportunities that echo Nixon’s successful legacy in domestic and foreign policy. Students named Nixon Fellows are able to develop leadership skills, increase international understanding, and experience the rewards inherent in a career dedicated to the public good.
The Yao Yuan Sze Foundation has made a generous grant to support Whittier’s Kinesiology and Nutrition Science program. Their gift of $50,000 will fund laboratory equipment enabling Whittier students (pictured above with Professor Kathy Barlow) to research methods of improving athletic training techniques while reducing the risk of injury. An earlier gift named the Yao Yuan Sze Foundation Room in the Center for Advising & Academic Success.
>> Climatology scholar and author Ford Ashman Carpenter was Whittier’s first honorary degree recipient in 1913.
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