someone is getting an opportunity - Portland Community College
someone is getting an opportunity - Portland Community College
someone is getting an opportunity - Portland Community College
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FOR THE GIFT THAT WILL CONTINUE TO GIVE<br />
A legacy of education<br />
Virginia Finders found her calling to teach later in life. After ra<strong>is</strong>ing a family of �ve, she went<br />
back to school <strong>an</strong>d decided to take math, a subject she considered to be her worst. Much to her<br />
surpr<strong>is</strong>e, she found that she both enjoyed <strong>an</strong>d excelled at math, <strong>an</strong>d she went on to become a<br />
math instructor at PCC’s Cascade Campus. Lee Finders, Virginia’s husb<strong>an</strong>d, was <strong>an</strong> attorney<br />
who <strong>is</strong> well remembered for h<strong>is</strong> volunteer legal work for seniors.<br />
�rough a bequest, the late Virginia <strong>an</strong>d Lee Finders establ<strong>is</strong>hed two memorial scholarships<br />
in the names of their sons, Robert <strong>an</strong>d Joseph, who died in their youth. �e Robert L. Finders<br />
<strong>an</strong>d Joseph B. Finders Scholarships will support PCC students who have graduated from Gr<strong>an</strong>t<br />
High School, where the Finders children attended school. Endowed with a gift of $600,000<br />
these two scholarships compr<strong>is</strong>e PCC Foundation’s largest gift to date.<br />
Children of Lee <strong>an</strong>d<br />
Virginia Finders —<br />
(back, left to right) Jack, Jake <strong>an</strong>d<br />
Betsy Finders — st<strong>an</strong>d with<br />
scholarship recipient<br />
Rachel Jaquith (front).<br />
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