For information about giving in your own way, contact Ginny Healy or Edna Meza Aguirre at The University of Arizona College of Social and Behavioral Sciences
Giving Ways
Last year, the IRS allowed individuals over 70 to donate up to $100,000 from their IRAs tax free. Three donors generously gave to SBS: Earl Carroll gave $50,000 to the Magellan Circle; John and Helen Schaefer gave $50,000 to the Divison for Late Medieval and Reformation Studies; and an anonymous donor gave $50,000 to fund the Rabbi Marcus Breger distinguished lecture in the Arizona Center for Judaic Studies. Breger founded the Judaic Studies program at the UA.
Several friends of SBS hosted “house parties” for SBS: Arch and Laura Brown to raise money for the Hopi Children’s Word Book, and Cathy Mendelsohn, Pam Grissom and Betsey Bayless to raise funds for the Women’s Plaza of Honor. In addition, the City of Scottsdale Economic Development and Colliers International hosted a salon for the Department of Geography and Regional Development at the Galleries at Turney, a green residential development.
ONLINE GIVING
You can now give to SBS online! Just go to www.sbs.arizona.edu, select “Quick Links,” and then select “Make a Gift to SBS.”
Gwen Weiner donated to the Clinical training program in the Department of Psychology. Her gift will bring nationally recognized experts to Tucson and will enhance clinical supervision capacities and the department’s library.
Leo A. Roop has funded a summer study program in Latin American Studies for first-generation college students and their faculty mentors. The purpose of the program is to help students participate in special career-path defining programs, such as professional internships with NGOs, the private sector or government agencies.
NEW VIDEO
SBS has a new video, which features several undergraduate students talking about their education and hands-on experiences in SBS. Check out the video at this web address: http://www.sbs.arizona.edu/alumni/video_files/video_online.php
Photo: Louis F. Landon
SPOTLIGHT: Louis Landon Memorial Scholarship Fund
Donna Landon has established a $250,000 memorial fund for her late husband, Louis F. Landon, to support a scholarship in SBS. The first recipient of that $15,000 scholarship is Conor Cash, an undergraduate in the Department of Geography and Regional Development (GRD).
Louis Landon, who died in 1994, was dedicated to higher education, believing every person deserves the opportunity to develop their potential. He wanted to help students attend college who might not otherwise afford it.
Landon’s mother was a single mom, raising two children with a high school education. Watching how hard it was for his mom to get a job planted the desire in Landon to go to college. He obtained his B.A. in business management and went on to great success in his business endeavors.
After he came to Tucson, Landon started the Oro Valley Country Club and Estates and developed and owned Mountain View Plaza in Oracle. His philanthropy included supporting the Kiwanis Club of the Desert.
“Louis believed that young people should get a college degree, because that was certainly the way he got ahead,” says Donna Landon. “He really loved to see young people learn.”
Scholarship recipient Cash dropped out of high school at age 16. He participated in movements for social justice and in youth culture, ranging from the anti-globalization protests of 2000/2001, to the founding of a youth-led, non-profit arts and activism center in Long Island, NY.
Cash is interested in the micro-political analysis of organizations and “grassroot modernization,” and plans to pursue a M.A. in geography.
“I love the department and can’t say enough good things about the faculty,” says Cash. Professor Sallie Marston, in particular, has been a valuable mentor. “She’s my superhero. She’s incredibly supportive of her students.”
“I’m a big fan of his,” says Marston, who recommended that Cash apply for the scholarship. “Conor is a person deeply committed to social justice, and he found a place that supports that commitment in GRD.”
Cash is very grateful to have received this scholarship: “I was very quickly plunging myself into a massive amount of debt,” says Cash. “There has been an incredible improvement in the quality of my life because of the scholarship. It is further proof that returning to school for me — a person who is low income and has been out of school a long time — is one of the best decisions I’ve made.”
For more information, contact Lori Harwood at 520-626-3846 • Editor