Wilkes legacy Families - Wilkes University

ABrAhAM And donnA BAron MeMoriAl Book Fund.
Established by Dr. Philip Baron in 1980 to purchase books for the fields of business
and economic history; business and government; and business and society.
ToM BiGler disTinGuished ProFessorshiP in coMMunicATions.
This endowed chair was created by friends of Tom Bigler. The successor (upon Tom’s
retirement) is to be a media professional or invited academician.
BioloGy FAculTy/sTudenT reseArch.
Offers financial support for research projects deemed deserving for above-average
financial assistance.
cATherine h. Bone esTATe.
Established in honor of Ms. Bone who taught chemistry at Wilkes 1946–65. It is to be
used at the discretion of the Chemistry Department.
roBerT s. cAPin chAir.
Established to provide support for a distinguished academician in accounting.
dr. hArold e. coX Forensic endoWMenT.
Established in 2003 by Dr. Harold E. Cox to support the Speech and Debate Union.
donAld Fell cArPenTer ouTsTAndinG TeAcher AWArd.
Recognition and monetary stipend for outstanding Wilkes faculty based on teaching,
advising, and working with students, professional accomplishments, activities, and service
to the community and to Wilkes.
dArTe cenTer endoWMenT.
Established in 1987 by Edward Darling and his daughter Dorothy Darling Mangelsdorf.
A.h. dickinson enGlish chAir.
Established in the early 1960s by Dorothy Dickson Darte to encourage enlightened
teaching, extended scholarship, and creative writing in the literary arts.
Fenner/ArcAdiA endoWMenT.
An endowment to support the annual purchase of an enhancement for Fenner Hall.
hildA Fenner chAir in reseArch BioloGy.
Established by Attorney George L. Fenner, Jr. to honor Hilda Dahl Fletcher Fenner.
JAMes Jones liTerAry socieTy.
Administered by the English Department to award a fellowship to an author of a first
novel in progress.
Chairs & Endowed Funds
AllAn P. kirBy, Jr. endoWMenT.
The Allan P. Kirby Center for Free Enterprise and Entrepreneurship was established in
1993 by Allan P. Kirby, Jr. in memory of his late father.
AllAn P. kirBy, Jr. disTinGuished ProFessor oF Free enTerPrise And
enTrePreneurshiP.
Established by Allan P. Kirby, Jr. to foster and promote economic individualism and
independence within the context of the free enterprise system.
rosenn lecTure series.
Established by former law clerks, and in honor, of Judge Max Rosenn. Its purpose is to
provide Wilkes with annual lecturers who are nationally recognized as speakers, leaders
and authorities in law and the humanities.
lesTer sAidMAn, M.d. endoWed chAir.
Established to provide financial support for a distinguished academician in one of the
health sciences disciplines (biology, chemistry, physics, psychology etc.) and which
constitutes a requirement of the pre-medical curriculum at Wilkes. Appointment to the
Saidman Chair will be for a one-semester term every two years.
The Felice sAlsBurG sPrinG BreAk For serVice Fund.
This endowment was established by Trustee Shelley Freeman to honor her mother
Felice Salsburg. The financial support shall go to students participating in the alternative
spring break trip. The recipients will need to submit an application, including
an essay on how they hope to benefit from the experience, and interview with the
program coordinator. Selection is made by the Director of the Student Affairs Office in
charge of service projects.
Weckesser hAll endoWMenT.
Building donated in 1956 to Wilkes by Frederick J. Weckesser.
Future Chairs & Endowed Funds
J. hArold And Anne AllAn FlAnnery chAir in The sociAl sciences.
Established by J. Harold Flannery and Barbara Nash Flannery.
The nesBiTT school oF PhArMAcy And nursinG.
Established in 1999 by Mrs. Geraldine Nesbitt Orr in honor of her late husband, health
care benefactor Abram Nesbitt II.
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