Legacy society
Honor the past. Provide for the future.

1931 

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Lucy Skidmore Scribner leaves most of her estate to Skidmore. Today, her former residence is home to President Philip A. Glotzbach and his wife, Marie.

1959 

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Carl Bauer, a riding instructor for 25 years, leaves a bequest to Skidmore to fund a scholarship. In 2009 Vishal Kapadia '10 was the 50th recipient of support from the Carl Bauer Scholarship Fund.

1967 

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Frances Steloff, New York City literary maven, establishes the Steloff Lecture Series. She later expands its funding through a bequest. The annual lecture brings outstanding literary and artistic talent—including playwright Arthur Miller (above) in 1988.

1990 

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Etta Van Dyke Tuthill ’32 leaves a bequest that supports studio-art faculty through an endowed professorship. Paul Sattler (above) is the current holder of the Tuthill Chair. Among his awards and honors is a prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship in 2006.

1999 

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Louise Benton Wagner '59 leaves a bequest to endow a scholarship fund. Scholarships have aided thousands of students throughout Skidmore's history-including Becky Schneider '09 (above), the 2008-09 recipient of the Wagner Scholarship.

2006 

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Arthur Zankel, Skidmore parent and former trustee, leaves a transformational bequest, part of which is used to help create the Zankel Music Center.


Bequests and other planned gifts have played an important role in Skidmore's history and are vital to its future.

To learn more about including Skidmore in your will or funding a charitable gift annuity contact the Office of Gift Planning: 518-580-5655, giftplanning@skidmore.edu, www.skidmore.edu/giftplanning

GIFT PLANNING FOR SKIDMORE