Through These Gates Final Report

ENDOWED FUNDS

final campaign report

ESTABLISHED DURING THE THROUGH THESE GATES CAMPAIGN THE BEYOND THE HILL STUDENT SERVICE PROGRAM ENDOWMENT The Beyond the Hill Student Service Program Endowment was established in 2008 by an anonymous donor from the Class of 1952. The endowment helps underwrite the work and service provided by Hampden-Sydney students during fall and spring semester trips to economically deprived areas of the world.

THE BLAKELY UNRESTRICTED ENDOWMENT FUND The Blakely Unrestricted Endowment Fund was established in 2008 by Edward Ward Blakely, Jr. ‘93 and his wife Ansley, of Jacksonville, Florida. The fund is an Unrestricted Endowment fund.

THE JOHN EURE ENDOWMENT FUND FOR THE ­H AMPDENSYDNEY TIGER & UNION PHILANTHROPIC LITERARY SOCIETY These endowed funds were established in 2008 through a bequest of John W. Eure ’36. As a student, Mr. Eure worked on the College’s student newspaper, The Tiger, and served as its editor in his senior year. He was also a member of the Union Philanthropic Literary Society. The John Eure Endowment Fund for The Hampden-Sydney Tiger will provide a stream of income to be used for equipment, production costs, staff training and salaries. The John Eure Endowment Fund for the Union Philanthropic Literary Society will provide a stream of income for the maintenance and upkeep of The Union Philanthropic Literary Society area on the fourth floor of the new Library.

The chair is used to fund the pianist position for the Music Festival each year.

THE MARTIN CAPSTONE PRIZE The Martin Capstone Prize was established in 2007 by members of the English Department in honor of Lawrence H. Martin, Jr., Elliott Professor of English at HampdenSydney College from 1969 to 2007, and Dean of the Faculty from 1998 to 2001. Additional gifts were made to the Martin Prize by friends of Dr. Martin.

Dr. Martin is remembered for being crisp and straightforward in the style of his favorite author Ernest Hemingway, as well as for engaging his students in a lasting appreciation of literature, even by setting them to dig trenches to help understand the writers of the Great War. The prize is awarded to the senior with the best capstone paper.

THE IDA KEMP PASSANO BIBLE FUND ENDOWMENT The Ida Kemp Passano Bible Fund Endowment was established in 2001 by William M. Passano ’53 in honor of his mother. This fund provides gift Bibles to each graduating senior on the occasion of his commencement.

THE POPE UNRESTRICTED ENDOWMENT FUND The Pope Unrestricted Endowment Fund was established in 2004 by J. Mathews Pope. The fund is an unrestricted Annual Fund endowment.

THE HINTON BAXTER OVERCASH AWARD The Hinton Baxter Overcash prize was begun in 1969 by Dr. W. Glenn Hurt ’60, Professor Emeritus of Obstetrics and Gynecology at VCU’s THE BORTZ TEACHING AWARD Medical College of Virginia. It honors The Bortz Teaching Award was estabthe memory of one of Hampdenlished in 2000 by Dr. and Mrs. Donald THE FRISCHKORN THE MEN’S CHORUS Sydney’s most respected and masterful W. Bortz in honor of the inauguration ­ENDOW­MENT FOR ENDOWMENT FUND professors: Dr. Hinton Baxter of their son, Walter M. Bortz III, as the STUDENT INTERNSHIPS The Men’s Chorus Endowment Fund Overcash. From 1922 to 1965, Dr. twenty-third president of HampdenThe Frischkorn Endowment for was established in 2006 with a gift from Overcash was Biology at HampdenSydney College. The award is presented Student Internships was made possible W. Conrad Stone, M.D. ’38 in memory Sydney College. His notoriously annually to the faculty member who has by a generous gift from Mr. & Mrs. of his brother, Kearfott Stone ’35, who exacting standards made pre-medical made a substantial contribution in the Hunter B. Frischkorn III of Richmond, had a bright medical career before students relieved once they passed previous year to the use of technology Virginia. This endowment, along with becoming ill following graduation. He from his classroom to medical school, in the classroom. additional funding provided by the died just months later, in October 1935. or so it is told. The Hinton Baxter Office of Career Development, was Kearfott was involved in various athletic Overcash Award was endowed by Dr. THE CLASS OF 1958 SUMMER established to assist students involved in and social activities of the College.

Overcash’s daughter, Dorothy, in 2008.

COLLEGE ENDOWMENT FUND an internship experience who might not He was an outstanding student, as The award is presented to the top junior The Class of 1958 Summer College otherwise be able to participate due to was evidenced by his initiation into premedical biology student at the Endowment Fund was established in financial constraints.

Omicron Delta Kappa. Kearfott was a Spring Convocation.

2008 through gifts made by members of prominent member of the Glee Club the Class of 1958 in honor of their 50th THE HOWELL L. GRUVER and served as President in his senior THE ROBISON STUDENT class reunion and induction into the AWARD year, managing the affairs of the club ­INTERNSHIP ENDOWMENT Patrick Henry Society. The endowment The Howell L. Gruver Award was with great skill and constructive ability. The Robison Student Internship fund, made in honor of their alma established in 2001 by Leslie G. Rucker, In one of the last conversations he had Endowment was made possible by a mater, is to be used to support the Rebecca Marie Gruver, and Susan Gru- with Dr. Gammon, he talked about the gift from Charles D. Robison III ’70 College’s annual summer program and ver Macan in memory of their father, need to foster a strong policy of music at and his wife, Kathy, to provide students to encourage alumni to attend.

Howell L. Gruver ’51, a stellar athlete at Hampden-Sydney. It was in this spirit with internships that add practical Hampden-Sydney College. The award that Dr. Stone established The Men’s experience to their classroom-acquired THE LEE MCCLAIN COHEN is presented annually to the current Chorus Endowment Fund to provide knowledge. The fund will provide ENDOWED LIBRARY FUND freshman, sophomore, junior and senior additional funding to the Men’s Chorus stipends to students who might othThe Lee McClain Cohen Endowed members of the football team with the for use by the Conductor as deemed erwise not be able to participate in an Library Fund was established in highest overall grade-point average. appropriate. internship program because of financial 2007 by Lee Cohen, Professor of constraints.

Mathematics at Hampden-Sydney THE HAMPDEN-SYDNEY THE RANDOLPH MINTER GLEE College. The fund was created for the ­FACULTY RESEARCH FUND CLUB AWARD THE SAUNDERS CRITICAL purchase of library resources in the The Hampden-Sydney Faculty Research The Randolph Minter Glee Club Award ESSAY PRIZE history of mathematics. It was Professor Fund was established in 2004 with a was established in the winter of 2001 The Saunders Critical Essay Prize Cohen’s desire to enable the library’s grant from the Arthur Vining Davis in honor of Owen Randolph Minter is used to encourage and reward collection of resources in math history Foundations. ’53, by his classmates and friends. student writing about literature. It to continue to grow so that it becomes The award is presented annually to a was renamed in 2007 by members of a pocket of excellence in the College’s THE JAMES C. KIDD PIANO student who is a serious singer, and in the English Department in honor of collection.

CHAIR the judgment of the Conductor of the Mary Montgomery Saunders, Ph.D., The James C. Kidd Piano Chair was Glee Club, has passionately developed Professor of English at Hampdenestablished in 2007 to honor Dr. James the skills for a presumed lifetime of Sydney College, who taught here from C. Kidd, Barger Professor of Music, love and appreciation of vocal music as 1976 to 2007. Additional gifts have for his twenty-six years of service as evidenced in the work of Ran Minter. been made by Dr. Saunders’ family and pianist and Executive Director of the Hampden-Sydney Music Festival.

friends. Dr. Saunders is remembered for her dry wit, her dignified yet engaging demeanor, and her inspiring enthusiasm about every subject she taught, especially Victorian authors.

THE SCHUG BASEBALL FIELD ENDOWMENT The Schug Baseball Field Endowment was established in 2000 by John B. Schug ’52 and Peggy Cobb Schug in memory of Peggy’s grandfather, Ty Cobb. The fund provides for the general care and maintenance of Yank Bernier Field.

THE SCHUG UNRESTRICTED ENDOWMENT FUND The Schug Unrestricted Endowment Fund was established in 2004 by John B. Schug ’52 and Peggy Cobb Schug.

The fund is an unrestricted Annual Fund endowment.

THE ROY B. SEARS STUDENT INTERNSHIP ENDOWMENT The Roy B. Sears Student Internship Endowment was established in 2008

by Burn Sears and R. Buford Sears in memory of their father, Roy B. Sears, Class of 1942.

THE TOPHAM CHEMISTRY AWARD The Topham Chemistry Award was established in the spring of 2000 in memory of Richard W. Topham, Ph.D. ’65, a chemistry graduate and later, chairman of the Chemistry Department at the University of Richmond. Dr. Topham’s extensive commitment to undergraduate research began with his experiences at Hampden-Sydney, and was the basis of recognition given him in 1980 as a “distinguished alumnus.”

The award is presented to a chemistry major in his junior year.

THE WATTS CHI PHI INTERNSHIP ENDOWMENT The Watts Chi Phi Internship Endowment was established in 2008 by a gift from the estate of Charles Wilder Watts, Jr. ’31. The fund provides internship stipends for members of the Chi Phi Fraternity.

THE WILSON CENTER FOR LEADERSHIP ENDOWMENT The Wilson Center for Leadership Endowment was established to honor Lt. Gen. Samuel Vaughan Wilson on the occasion of his retirement as the 22nd President of Hampden-Sydney College.

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