Building
a Legacy: Final Year – Almost There!
Past
Presidents Endowed Scholarship Status Update
Status: FY15 Goal - $2,860
out of $2500 – GOAL ACHIEVED!, Overall Goal – ~98% to target!
Still need: ~$560 (includes
supporting administrative costs) to meet final program goal of $27,500 for
endowed scholarship.
We have some EXCITING
NEWS! We achieved our first fundraising goal and are very close to our stretch
goal of $27,500 to support an endowed scholarship and the administrative costs
at SWE Headquarters (HQ). We can still use those contributions! We will be
starting the paperwork to submit for the endowed scholarship and the funds to
SWE HQ. We will have exceeded the plan for the program and maybe able to submit
before the end of FY15 thus providing the potential to award the 1st
scholarship 1 year earlier than anticipated! We will confirm once the paper
work is submitted as the funds need to earn interest for 1 fiscal year before
it can be awarded. As a reminder, the HQ staff support includes verifying that
the recipient is entering into an accredited University and sends the check to
the University in the student’s name.
If you know any of the
past SWE Detroit Presidents, please help us communicate to them. We have found
that they, like many of you, are super busy and can miss the posts and emails. So
if you see them at work or outside, please tell them what you have read on the
blog. Not a past SWE D president? Don’t worry, anyone can donate to the fund
even though our group of section past presidents have come together and taken
the lead. Every little bit helps, so we encourage you to donate if you can.
After this year, you can still designate funds for our endowment and we can put
in a lump sum each year to grow it toward a higher scholarship value.
To donate online go to www.swedetroit.org
and look for the Donate Button on the site for Paypal. After you submit your information and input
your donation amount, you will have the opportunity to designate your donation.
Please input in the text field, “Past Presidents Endowed Scholarship or PP
Scholarship” to allow it to be allocated appropriately.
To donate via check:
mail the check to Society of Women Engineers – Detroit, PO Box 2978, Southfield,
MI 48037 and place in the memo section “PP Scholarship”.
Thank you Past
Presidents, Members, and friends of SWE Detroit who have donated so far (updated
as of 01/4/15):
Diamond ($1000+)
Miriam Breslauer
Sarah Kirkish
Jessica Mattis
Jennifer Morikawa
Lisa Purvis
Laurie Ramsay
Brooke Voto
Sapphire Level ($500+)
Janice T. Ford
Cathi Kohn
Irene Sharpe
Bond Desk/Tradeweb
(Company Match in honor of Brooke Voto)
Emerald Level ($250+)
Alison (Holmes) Bazil
Anna
Bradford
Alan Cooper
Cindy Hodges
Judy Jbara
Marie (Demos) Kardasis
Silvia Karlsson
Kristin Ramey
Quartz Level
Jennifer (Darnell)
Briggs
Andy Chen (In Honor of
Jennifer Morikawa)
Diana Cernis
Lydia Lazurenko
Stacy (Thayer) Lueneburg
Tina Lonski (In Honor of
Jennifer Darnell)
Kristine Lott
Lauren Thompson
Dawn Tilbury
T. Rowe Price (Company
Match in honor of Janice Ford)
Birgit Sorgenfrei
Special thanks to the
following for pledging to contribute for each year of the program:
Silvia Karlsson
Catherine Kohn
Jennifer Morikawa
Laurie Ramsay
Irene Sharpe
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“Missing”
Past Presidents:
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Years of Service
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Name
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1952 – 1954
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M. Ann Lawrence
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1954 – 1956
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Elise H. McGough
(Passed Away 2005)
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1956 – 1957
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Geneva Van Horn
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1958 - 1960, 1961 - 1962, 1964 - 1965
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Marjorie Easterbrook
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1962 – 1964
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Mary G. Sohler
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1965 - 1968, 1976 - 1977, 1977 - 1978
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Ann O. Fletcher
(Passed Away 2010)
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1968 - 1969, 1969 – 1970
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Stella Berbynuk
(Passed Away 1997)
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1970 - 1971, 1971 – 1972
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Helma Fuhrmann
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1972 – 1973
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Eva Michalski Quinn
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1973 – 1974
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Beverly Bush
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1974 – 1976
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Janet Hall
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