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Although sometimes difficult to see, it’s true — students' lives are changed through philanthropic support from people like you. Here you can learn more and see how others connect their personal passions to have an impact at Lehigh.

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Investing in experiential learning through arts education and engagement

Kenneth R. Woodcock ’65 made a $5 million gift to endow a director’s fund for the Lehigh University Art Galleries (LUAG).

“I give back because of the benefits I received from my Lehigh education. I hope this gift will be a catalyst for all Lehigh students to develop a love and appreciation of art for the rest of their lives.”

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Attracting talented students by funding graduate fellowships

Hyo S. Lee ’76G ’80G and the H.S. Lee Family Foundation made a $3 million gift to fund fellowships for graduate students in physics and mathematics and to honor a supportive advisor.

“I am grateful to the university for giving me the foundation that started my own company … and I give in honor of my faculty advisor, who was my most valued mentor when I was a graduate student.”

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Giving back to a program that launched a career path

Daniel Minguez ’15G is just beginning his philanthropic support at Lehigh with employer-matched giving to the earth and environmental science program.

“The Earth and Environmental Science graduate program at Lehigh supported and guided my mission to become a scientist. Now that I’m getting along with my own career, it’s only right that I support those same faculty and current students to continue their educational and scientific mission.”

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There’s more than one way to give!

Your gift — whether it’s one-time, planned, annual, a multi-year commitment, or a bequest — supports the students and professors who will keep Lehigh among the nation’s premier research universities for decades to come.

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Endowing a fund over time

Dave Evans ’66 and his wife established the Rita A. and David J. Evans ’66 Endowed Scholarship Fund over a period of eight years, giving annually until the scholarship was fully endowed.

“It’s important for people to realize that they don’t have to do it all in one quick action but can take time over many years to build the scholarship and make sure it’s got the funding that it needs.”

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Giving through a bequest

Sam Banks ’63 made a generous $3.5 million bequest — a future gift from his estate — to endow a chair in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISE) in the P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science.

“Lehigh taught me tremendous problem-solving capabilities that served me well my whole life — that’s why I wanted my bequest to go to my alma mater. I hope the endowed chair enhances the ISE department and helps attract the best candidates as undergraduates.”

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Gifts that keep on giving through annual support

Michele “Missy” Miller ’85 created a named scholarship fund to benefit female student-athletes in honor of her late sister, Cheryl Miller Flamini ’87. The scholarship endowment is supported each year with funds from an annual fundraiser, “Grin and Win.”

“The goal is to keep it going forever and see how many student-athletes we can help through Lehigh."

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Endowing a scholarship fund

Elizabeth Edmiston Padgett ’93 established the Dr. Andrew J. Edmiston Endowed Scholarship Fund to provide study-abroad scholarships for Lehigh students. The fund is named in honor of her grandfather, who was the director of counseling services at Lehigh for 20 years and was on the committee to welcome women students to Lehigh in 1971.

“Education is such a gift, so why not give to Lehigh, where you can be as involved as you want and understand how your money is being used? Connecting charitable giving to something that gave us all such a great start — that’s just a wonderful cycle of giving.”

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