The generosity of two benefactors, Dr. Waverly Manson Cole of Richmond
and Mrs. Mary Bishop of Roanoke, has assured Longwood an even brighter
future.
Earlier this year Dr. Cole, a recently
retired prominent anesthesiologist and philanthropist, created the
Waverly M. Cole Scholarship Fund in honor of his mother, Sallie Sterling
Manson Cole, who attended Longwood (then the State Teachers College)
in 1926-27. The scholarships will benefit students in the Music Department.
Dr. Cole also has included the College in his estate plans. When fully
funded, his scholarship will be one of the College's largest, second
only to the $3.4 million Hull Scholarships.
"I was born loving Longwood College,"
said Dr. Cole, a Blackstone native who once practiced medicine in
Farmville. "From my youth until today, I have heard only outstanding
remarks concerning the unique and superb education that dozens of
my family members and my 95-year-old mother experienced at this beautiful
college. As a general practitioner in Farmville, I had many Longwood
faculty as friends. With such a dedicated faculty, I could see why
ŒThe Longwood Experience' was revered and continues to be revered.
Thanks to the dynamic leadership of President Cormier and a splendid
Board, I am confident the scholarship will enhance The New Collegiate
Experience, assuring Longwood's continued vision for excellence into
the new millennium."
Mrs. Bishop has a long relationship
with Longwood. Her daughter, the late Barbara Bishop, was an alumna
('60), longtime member of the art faculty, and the driving force behind
the Longwood Center for the Visual Arts. Her yet-to-be-completed gift
through a bequest the latest in a long line of significant gifts
over the past two decades will establish a large scholarship fund
and an endowed chair in the Art Department. The chair will be known
as the Barbara Lee Bishop Chair, and the Scholarship Fund will be
the Bishop Scholarship Fund. "Through my will, I want to help
ensure that Longwood's Art Department has the resources to attract
the best available students and faculty," she said.
If you are planning your estate and desire to include Longwood
College in those plans we would be most happy to assist you, your
attorney, financial planner or CPA with that endeavor. For information
you may contact Mr. H. Franklin Grant, Director of Planned & Major
Gifts for Longwood College at 800.281.4677 extension 3, email, fgrant@longwood.edu
or write to 201 High Street, Farmville, Virginia 23909. All discussions
are strictly confidential.
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