harrisburg ’90 and Rosenfeld Bring Artists to Bowdoin to Work, Share, Experiment, and Connect to Place

SPOTLIGHT ON

ISSUE NO. 13 • WINTER 2018

NEWS AND INFORMATION ABOUT GIVING TO BOWDOIN

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Here are a few of the ways you can support Bowdoin:n Make a gift to the Alumni Fund. For more information, contact Christi Lumiere,

director of the Alumni Fund, at 207-721-5089 or clumiere@bowdoin.edu.

n Make a gift to the Parents Fund. If you are a Bowdoin parent interested in gift opportunities, contact Kim Wing, director of parent giving, at 207-798-4142 or kwing@bowdoin.edu for more information.

n Establish a Hyde Scholarship for a Bowdoin student with a $40,000 minimum pledge to the Alumni Fund to be paid over four years. For more information, contact Christi Lumiere, director of the Alumni Fund, at 207-721-5089 or clumiere@bowdoin.edu.

n In addition to your Alumni Fund gift, establish a new endowed fund with a leadership gift of $100,000 or more, or give any amount to one of the many existing endowed funds. For more information, contact Michael Archibald, associate vice president for development and alumni relations, at 207-725-3670 or marchiba@bowdoin.edu.

n Make a gift through your estate plan or retirement plan, or another of the many available types of charitable or planned gifts. For more information, contact Nancy Milam, director of gift planning, at 207-725-3686 or nmilam@bowdoin.edu.

GIFT OPPORTUNITIES

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A publication of the Bowdoin College Office of Development and Alumni Relations.

For more information, contact Scott Meiklejohn, senior vice president for development and alumni relations, at smeiklej@bowdoin.edu or 207-725-3808.

Michael Rosenfeld and halley k harrisburg ’90

Print created at Bowdoin College by Titus Kaphar and Reginald Dwayne Betts, 2017

Titus Kaphar intended to use his time at Bowdoin to work on several paintings in progress. Upon arriving in Brunswick, however, he met some students working in the campus printmaking studio, and in an instant, his plans changed. Kaphar, who is known for his powerful portraits of incarcerated African American men, threw himself into the drypoint engraving process. He invited his friend, poet Reginald Dwayne Betts, to join him on campus and the two collaborated on a remarkable series of prints that combined Kaphar’s portraiture with Betts’s language.

“That is exactly what we hoped would happen,” halley k harrisburg ’90 explains. She and husband Michael Rosenfeld, who operate the renowned Michael Rosenfeld Gallery in New York City, established the halley k harrisburg ’90 and Michael Rosenfeld Artist-in-Residence program at Bowdoin as a mutually beneficial experience for the artists and the

College. “We wanted to bring extraordinary artists to campus to share their work and ideas with students and faculty, but also to have the space and inspiration to experiment and create new work. Beneath the pines, the artists, students, faculty, and staff feed off each other’s creativity.”

Like Kaphar, photographer Wendy Ewald’s stay in Brunswick as a harrisburg and Rosenfeld Artist-in-Residence involved working with students in visual arts classes and delivering a lecture. And similar to Kaphar’s experience, something at Bowdoin sparked a new creative project. Ewald poured over explorer Donald MacMillan’s records at the Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum, discovering that he had spent time with the Innu people in Labrador, just as she had in 1969 as part of her first photographic project. Ewald began a new project at Bowdoin focused on MacMillan, which she is continuing to develop.

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Though Far Away, Zuklies Remain Close to BowdoinHolly Varian Zuklie ’90, P’21 and Mitch Zuklie ’91, P’21 may live on the opposite coast, but their ties to Bowdoin have multiplied and strengthened in the years since they left Brunswick. They are proud alumni, prouder parents (of Hannah ’21), willing volunteers, and devoted supporters; as often as they can, they attend, participate in, and even host Bowdoin events in the Bay Area. Last spring, for example, Mitch was a panelist for West Trek, an Office of Career Planning trip that brought forty Bowdoin students to California to explore career opportunities in technology.

The couple recognizes the College’s deep, multifaceted influence on their lives. “We have always stayed connected to Bowdoin,” Holly explains, “because we both share a sense of gratitude for what the College bestowed on us. Through Bowdoin, we have gained lifelong mentors and friends in the faculty, staff, and fellow students we met. Additionally, while we are not Mainers by birth, we realize that we were influenced by many of the values of the great state of Maine by attending Bowdoin; qualities such as hardiness, independent thinking, community spirit, and resolve are integrated into the daily life of the College. Mitch and I are far away on the California Coast now, but keep a bit of Maine in our hearts always.”

Holly ’90 and Mitch Zuklie ’91, P’21

NEW ENDOWED FUNDS

Pioneer Barbara Gross ’77: First Alumna to Establish Life Income GiftBarbara Gross ’77 arrived at Bowdoin in 1973, part of a group of pioneering women in the College’s early days of coeducation. It was a demanding but rewarding experience, and Barbara’s connection to Bowdoin and to Maine has continued to deepen through the years. More recently, she again played a pioneering role—she is the first alumna to single-handedly establish a life income gift at the College.

“Being among the first classes to admit women was not always easy for me,” Barbara explains. “While I found my experiences to be challenging at times, my connection to Bowdoin as a place has continued to grow and evolve. During my 40th Reunion,I realized how important my connections were to Bowdoin people.”

While Reunion Weekend “crystalized” for Barbara Bowdoin’s impact on her and on others, her experience as a development consultant also informed her gift decision. “Professionally, I had advised many others to consider a planned gift—I decided I should follow my own advice! I have always been a fierce proponent of the power of the liberal arts, so I was moved to arrange a charitable gift annuity for the College. I hope my planned gift inspires others.”

Barbara Gross ’77 and grandson Aaron

Generous Bowdoin alumni, parents, families, faculty, staff, and friends recently created several endowed funds, which provide critical support for Bowdoin students and the College’s academic program. These funds include:

Dana Mayo Research FundWhen legendary Professor of Chemistry Emeritus Dana Mayo passed away in November 2016, his wife of over fifty years, O. Jeanne D’Arc Mayo, began to think of a fitting way to honor him. Professor Mayo was beloved by and influential in the Bowdoin community and the larger international academic community, and by the first anniversary of his passing Jeanne D’Arc had gathered more than thirty of his former students, colleagues, and friends to establish and endow the Dana Walker Mayo Research Fund. The fund supports fellowships and research awards for Bowdoin students in chemistry and related fields.

Irma Cheatham Research Fellowship in Africana Studies FundSeth Glickman ’10 recently established the fund in honor of Irma Cheatham, a close family friend. The fund provides summer research fellowship opportunities to Bowdoin students in Africana studies.

Dana Mayo

Irma Cheatham

Ebeling Family Scholarship FundEstablished by Raymond ’65 and Bonnie Ebeling through a charitable gift annuity, this fund will provide scholarship aid for Bowdoin undergraduates, with first preference for students from Boothbay, Maine, and second preference for students from the state of Maine.

Robert H. Glinick ’44 Family Fund for Coastal StudiesCreated and endowed through a legacy gift from Bob Glinick ’44, and with the support of his son, Steve Glinick ’71, this fund supports the Coastal Studies Program at Bowdoin. Both Bob and Steve were avid sailors and strong proponents of the cleanup and preservation of their respective coastal waters: St. Lucie River and Narragansett Bay.

Knoff Family Graduate Scholarship in PsychologyEstablished by Howie Knoff ’76 through his estate plan, this fund will provide scholarship aid to psychology majors planning to pursue graduate work in school or clinical child psychology.

Toll Arctic Museum Summer Intern FundBob and Judy Toll recently established this fund, through a planned legacy gift, to provide for a future summer intern position at Bowdoin’s Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum.

Raymond ’65 and Bonnie Ebeling

Howie Knoff ’76 with wife Julie and daughter Janna

Steve Glinick ’71 and the late Bob Glinick ’44

Bob and Judy Toll