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 Anne
Kelly studied home economics at the
State Teachers College in Farmville in
the 1930s. Her
parents had saved enough money for her first two years. After that
she helped pay her way with a
job on campus. Reflecting on her days at Longwood she says, "I enjoyed
working with the professors. We didn't have a lot of money then. Nobody
did. But the people in the town were so nice to the students. The
churches were so open and good to us."
She
also got a "little bit of help" from her Aunt Alice. Alice
E. Carter was graduated from the State Female Normal School in Farmville
in 1905, joined the education faculty in 1920, and taught here for
33 years. Aunt Alice, according to Anne Kelly Bowman, "dedicated her
life to Longwood."
Mrs.
Bowman's graduation was over 60 years ago. She
became a teacher, raised a family, and has now retired on
the family farm in Staunton.
To
this day, she says, "You don't forget Longwood."
And
she hasn't. In 1989 she established the Alice E. Carter Scholarship,
awarded annually to an undergraduate or graduate student at Longwood
who is planning to teach.
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In addition to this and other contributions, Mrs. Bowman has served as national chair of the Longwood Annual Fund Campaign. Now for the challenge. Mrs.
Bowman will match dollar-for-dollar all new and increased gifts (that's
whatever is over and above last year's gift) to the Longwood Fund or
Parents' Fund. Therefore, when a
supporter who contributed $50 to the Longwood Fund in 1999-2000 gives
$100 in 2000-2001, the Bowman Challenge makes the total gift $150.
Franklin
Grant, Director of Planned and Major Gifts, calls
Mrs. Bowman one of Longwood's "true blue" alums. He
says, "Her leadership is important. If Anne Kelly Bowman's name is on
the challenge, people know it's worth
supporting."
And
after 60 years of supporting Longwood, Mrs. Bowman believes the college
is headed in the right direction: "It can't help but be headed in the
right direction with the student body and the people who work there.
It's a good community. There are good relationships with the whole community.
I have
mighty good friends here [in Staunton] who are Longwood people too.
We like to keep things going."
Keep things going. Meet the challenge. |
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