Philanthropy
Donor Spotlight
Roy C. Buck (’42 B.S. Ag. Ed., ’47 M.S. Ag. Econ. and Rural Sociology), professor emeritus of sociology and social sciences, has been a longtime supporter of the College of Arts and Architecture, through his financial contributions and attendance at college events. In 1999, he established the Roy C. Buck Award to honor a tenure-track faculty member in the college for the best refereed article in a scholarly journal, as determined by the college’s two associate deans and a faculty member. In 2002, he established the Roy C. Buck Scholarship to recognize outstanding full-time undergraduates with first preference given to students from Huntingdon County.
According to Robert Mothersbaugh, director of development in the College of Arts and Architecture, the faculty award Buck established provides incentive for young professors. “We thank Dr. Buck for having terrific foresight to recognize the incredible demands on and achievements of our young faculty while seeking tenure. The award honors these individuals who are committed to the teaching and service missions of the University while also developing nationally recognized programs in research and creative activity.” –AMM
Left to right: Bonj Szczygiel, associate professor of landscape architecture, Roy Buck and Brian Curran, associate professor of art history. Szczygiel and Curran won the Roy C. Buck Award in 2001.
Endowment Spotlight
College students have busy schedules. Sometimes those busy schedules prevent them from making the extra effort to attend a performance at the Center for the Performing Arts. The Richard Robert Brown Program Endowment was established in 1999 to try and change all that. Created by Richard Brown, a 1960 graduate of Penn State’s College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, the endowment’s goal is to help foster an appreciation of the performing arts in undergraduate students at Penn State by making events at the center more accessible, affordable and interesting to them. The endowment helps connect students to a performance by funding artist workshops, receptions and other activities.
Brown, who currently lives in Ann Arbor, Mich.,
travels to Penn State numerous times each season to attend center events. Retired from the Ford Motor Company,
he is a member of the center’s Director’s Circle. Over the
past year, he has sponsored the center’s presentations
of RENT and the Beijing Modern Dance Company. His
endowment has funded activities in conjunction with
the performances by the Beijing Modern Dance Company
and the Guthrie Theatre, which presented Othello.
According to George Trudeau, director of the Center
for the Performing Arts, Brown is dedicated to involving
students with the center. “Dick’s hope is that
students will have enriching experiences at performances
and continue, as he has, to attend and support
the performing arts after college … We at the center
truly appreciate and are inspired by Dick’s passion to
support the arts and introduce students to the concert
experience.” –AMM
Development News
Initiated in 2003, the Trustee Scholarship Program is a five-year, $100 million initiative that allows the scholarships to immediately benefit students. While other endowed scholarships can be awarded only after a donor’s pledge is satisfied—sometimes a process of several years—University matching funds designated by the Board of Trustees make the scholarship money available as soon as the donor creates the endowment (with a $50,000 pledge). Penn State matches 5 percent of the pledged amount. The College of Arts and Architecture’s goal is to raise $2 million for the Trustee Scholarship initiative by June 30, 2007.
Robert E. Fenza (’80 B.Ph.) established the college’s first Trustee Scholarship in memory of his mentor and employer, Willard G. Rouse III (see article in spring 2004 issue of this newsletter).
The following Trustee Scholarships have also been established for undergraduates in the College of Arts and Architecture in the last year:
Dominick A. Lockwood Trustee Scholarship Established in memory of Dominick A. Lockwood (’49 B.S. Ed., ’51 J.D. Dickinson School of Law) by Kathleen A. Lockwood (’71 B.S.,’78 M.Ed. Ed.) and her children, with first preference given to music majors.
Mack Emmert Trustee Scholarship Established by Mackey Emmert (’49 B.A. Lib.), with first preference given to theatre majors.
Michael J. and Aimee Rusinko Kakos Trustee Scholarship Established by Michael J. Kakos and Aimee Rusinko Kakos (’69 B.S. HHD), with first preference given to landscape architecture majors.
Trustee Scholarship Fund for the College of Arts and Architecture Established by an anonymous donor to recognize undergraduate students enrolled in the college.
Doris and Walter Goldstein Trustee Scholarship Established by Walter C. (’47 B.S. Engr.) and Doris Goldstein to recognize undergraduate students enrolled in the college.
The following additional scholarships and funds were recently established in the College of Arts and Architecture:
Richard L. Grube Memorial Scholarship Endowment in Architecture Established by the late Richard L. Grube, retired associate professor of architecture at Penn State, to allow undergraduates to travel in a foreign land to view sights and experience architecture as part of the official Department of Architecture internal study abroad program.
Pashek, Lonnett and Buerkle Scholarship in Landscape Architecture Established by Pashek Associates, James W. Pashek (’74 B.S. L.Arch.), Nancy Lonnett Roman (’85 B.S. L.Arch.), and John Buerkle Jr. (’89 B.S. L.Arch.), to recognize graduate and undergraduate students majoring in landscape architecture with a demonstrated interest in environmental issues.
Penn State Institute for the Arts and Humanities Enhancement Fund Established from funds received from the National Endowment for the Humanities Challenge Grant to provide monies for the Institute for the Arts and Humanities to support visiting scholars and artists, interdisciplinary group activities (lectures, workshops, seminars and symposia) and outreach.
In memory of her husband, John “Jace” O’Connor (’38 B.S. EMS), Dorothy O’Connor recently made a
significant contribution to two endowments they had established: the John C. O’Connor Endowed Graduate
Fellowship in Art History and Art Museum Studies and the Dorothy Briant O’Connor Endowed Scholarship
Fund in Music Theatre. John O’Connor, who passed away in 2003, was a founder and co-owner of
the Tavern Restaurant in State College. Dorothy O’Connor, a former professor of physical education and
chair of the dance department at Penn State, was also chair of the Division of Physical Education at
Boston University’s Sargent College.
