Volume XXVII
Number I
Winter 2005
East Carolina University School of Music alumni and friends newsletter
Alumni
Challenge!
Haven’t given your alma mater a red cent?
A new matching challenge honors emeriti.
It’s a great story.
Bill Reinhart (BA '77) reads Tones. A few issues ago,
we reported that the Fletcher Foundation board planned
to phase out their annual scholarship gifts in order to
redirect their philanthropic interests. Tones asked for
help to survive the loss, and Mr. Reinhart responded
by funding several flagship scholarships.
But the process of helping his alma mater got him
thinking about the other 2,600 alumni. How many give
to the School of Music?
It’s a surprisingly small percentage.
"Our alumni aren't our largest group of donors," says
Cindy Kittrell, director of development. “Many of our
gifts come from patrons who love the arts and aren’t
necessarily tied to East Carolina University.”
So how do we help ourselves?
Enter the School of Music Faculty Emeriti Scholar¬
ship Challenge. The Reinhart Foundation has approved
a challenge grant to the School of Music. Our challenge
is to encourage the participation of a significant number
of alumni (although everyone is welcome to participate)
to fund an endowed scholarship honoring emeriti.
The terms? Gifts will be matched, dollar-for-dol-
lar, up to SI0,000. No gift counted in the challenge
may exceed SI, 000. Donations shall be new money,
not payment on existing pledges. Annual and previ¬
ous donors may participate with funds given in excess
of established and/ or pledged giving. Funds must be
collected by November I, 2005. Funds must build a
School of Music endowment.
Our terms for you? Gifts of 510 and more will be
acknowledged with a letter for tax purposes. Gifts of
SI 00 or more entitle the donor to recognize a Faculty
Emeritus on a plaque to be mounted in Fletcher Music
Center. The plaque, to be created at the conclusion of
the challenge, will note that die School of Music Faculty
Emeriti Scholarship is supported in part by you in honor
of an emeritus of your choosing.
So as to meet our goal of SI 0,000 and receive the
maximum match, we need all 2,600 alumni to send
us a check for S3.85 each. If a quarter of our alumni
responded with a gift of SI5.39 each, we'd also reach
our goal. Even if one sixty-fourth of our alumni gave
a gift of S250 each, we'd double our money and nearly
endow a scholarship. No matter what your ability,
please consider a financial gift at any level to assist in
this endeavor.
Also note that the Reinhart Foundation encourages
other major donors to consider adding matching dollars
to this challenge.
Please see page seven for instructions on giving.
We'll keep you posted on our progress.
Honor an emeriti twice with your tax-
deductable gift. Dates and areas of service
are listed.
Earl Beach, 1958-1974, dean0
Dr. Ruth Boxberger, 1967—1987, music
therapy
Dr. Herbert Carter, 1956—1991, chair, in¬
strumental department; clarinet/saxophonc
Beatrice Chaunccy, 1959—1991, flute
Antonia Dalapas, 197 1-1992, voice
Dr. Joseph Distcfano, 1968—2001, chair,
theory, composition, and musicology;
clarinet/saxophone
Elizabeth Drake, 1946—1977, piano
Edmund Durham, 1950-1977, theory/
clarinet0
Dr. Rhonda Fleming, 1978—1999, choral
activities, music education
Robert Hausc, 1967—2004 (August),
assistant/associatc dean, conducting
Dr. Otto Henry, 1968—1997, music history,
composition
Dr. Clyde Hiss, 1965—1995, voice, opera
Harold Jones, 1971—1996, chair, instrumen¬
tal department; percussion
Dr. George Knight. 1962—1998, chair,
music education; assistant dean, clarinet,
marching band
Virginia Linn, 1965—1995, piano
Dr. Richard Lucht, 1967—2002, piano
Dr. Charles Moore, 1968— 1992, chair, voice
department
James Parnell, 1966-1987, horn
Dr. Everett Pittman, 1968—1992, dean.
theory
James Scarl, 1965—1998, theory, trumpet
Dr. Charles F. Schwartz, 1981-2000, dean
Barry Shank, 1961-1995, theory, trumpet
Ruth Shaw, 1966-1992, music education
Dr. Ralph Shumaker, 1975-1998, president
of NCMEA, music education, trombone
Dr. Charles Stevens, 1960-1990, dean,
choral conducting
Eleanor Toll, 1942-1978. piano
Dr. PauITopper, 1963-2001, violin/ viola
Gladys White, 1948-1991, voice
“Posthumous faculty emeritus
