Development News Winthrop Closes Capital Campaign with $50.9 Million Raised
Winthrop commemorated the success of its second capital campaign, Distinction: Te Campaign for Winthrop, Sept. 18 with an evening celebration. Te campaign raised $50.9 million to provide scholarship dollars for students as well as funding for academic programs, faculty development and research opportunities, and technology upgrades.
President Dan Mahony, campaign co-chairs Vivian Carroll ’73 and Car- los Evans, and honorary co-chair Harry Dalton ’86 welcomed donors— including President Emeritus Anthony DiGiorgio and his wife, Gale— to the Rosalind and Jerry Richardson Ballroom to mark the close of the campaign. Te evening included a tribute to late honorory co-chair Lois Rhame West ’43.
Dalton, who describes Winthrop as “the world’s best untold story,” and his wife, ’Becca, invested in Distinction with $1 million in planned gifts for the Environmental Sciences and Studies Program.
Evans said he and his wife, Lisa ’75, contributed to the Lisa H. Evans Endowed Scholarship during Distinction to make the Winthrop experience available to more students.
Top, from left: Campaign co-chairs Vivian Carroll and Carlos Evans, and honorary co-chair Harry Dalton, joined together on stage for Evans to announce the campaign’s total. Among the evening’s attendees were Shelton West Bosley '75, and her husband, Bill. Bosley is the daughter of late honorary co-chair Lois Rhame West.
“A quality college education is one of the best ways that a person can enhance their prospects for the future. Endowing scholarships is a way to help other people realize that dream,” said Evans.
Carroll, whose $1.25 million Distinction gift helped finance cutting-edge technology within Vivian Moore Carroll Hall and student and faculty development, noted that the campaign funds will help Winthrop recruit top students and faculty.
“We want to attract the best students, we want to attract the best professors, and without campaigns like Distinction we won’t be able to do that,” said Carroll.
New Scholarship Will Support First-Gen Students
Martha “Marty” Callahan Grigsby ’63 of Clemson was the first person in her family to earn a college degree. To help other first-generation Winthrop students, she established the Calla- han Family First-Generation Endowed Scholarship through a bequest that will provide $250,000 in scholarship funds.
Grigsby, who earned her B.A. in Spanish, also supports her alma mater in other ways — she is a member of the Alumni Executive Board and remains involved with three additional scholarships, including the Class of 1963 Fund established in 2013 in honor of the Class of 1963’s 50th reunion.
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Couple Establishes Scholarship for Healthcare Admin Majors
Retired physicians Richard “Dick” McCoy ’04 and Jan McCoy of Rock Hill loved Winthrop and wanted to help the Rock Hill community, so they decided to invest in education by establish- ing a $50,000 scholarship.
Te Richard L. and Jan Shaw McCoy Endowed Scholarship will support juniors or seniors who study healthcare man- agement and maintain a 3.0 GPA. Te couple has lived and worked in Rock Hill for more than 20 years, and both maintain a close relationship with Winthrop, where Dick earned his M.B.A. and Jan continues to audit classes at the university.
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