Gift Planning
David ’64 and Tina Treadwell DIVERSIFIED SUPPORT, ENDURING CONNECTIONS
The Treadwell name might be familiar if you regularly read Bowdoin Magazine or the Bowdoin Orient. During his career, David specialized in writing admissions and fundraising materials for schools and colleges across the country. In recent years, he has focused on alumni magazine articles and a newspaper column for The Forecaster, a midcoast Maine paper. Since moving back to Brunswick in 2002, David has become involved in all things Bowdoin. He was the assistant secretary on the board of trustees for ten years; conducts mock interviews for career planning; and serves as an adjunct reader for admissions. He and his wife Tina have also been host
David ’64 and Tina Treadwell established the David R. Treadwell Jr. and Elisabeth S. Treadwell Scholarship Fund to support Bowdoin’s future.
This year, David celebrates his Bowdoin 50th Reunion, and reflects, “Life has been good to me, in large part because of Bowdoin, so it’s natural to want to give back.” parents to several students as part of the Bowdoin Host Family program. Over the years, David and Tina—who grew up in Brunswick and wanted to go to Bowdoin but couldn’t as it wasn’t coed at the time—have adopted a diversified approach to demonstrating their support and
love of Bowdoin. In 2010, they established the David R. Treadwell Jr. and Elisabeth S. Treadwell Scholarship Fund, with a preference to students majoring in English. They have also contributed to Bowdoin’s Alumni Fund every year, established a charitable gift annuity, and included a gift for Bowdoin in their estate.
For help with your philanthropic planning or to learn more about how you might structure a planned gift for the College, please contact Steve Hyde, Nancy Milam, or Nina Cutter in Bowdoin’s Gift Planning Office at (207) 725-3172 or at giftplanning@bowdoin.edu.
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