St. Lawrence University, through The Campaign for Every Laurentian, is pleased to announce an extremely generous commitment of $1 million by Trustee Joan Corey ’74 and her husband, Richard “Dick” Corey, to the newly designated Fox Center for Academic Opportunity. This significant tribute to President Fox brings the total amount of support for the Center to more than $4 million.
eizzo@adirondackdailyenterprise.com Phillip Brandel poses with some of his leather work outside the Lake Placid News and Adirondack Daily Enterprise offices in Saranac Lake on Tuesday, April 20. (News photo Elizabeth Izzo) Samples of Phillip Brandel’s leather work (News photo Elizabeth Izzo)
Phillip Brandel poses with some of his leather work outside the Lake Placid News and Adirondack Daily Enterprise offices in Saranac Lake on Tuesday, April 20. (News photo Elizabeth Izzo)
LAKE PLACID Phillip Brandel has been through it all, and now he’s trying to start a business and help others like him. Brandel, 27, now lives in Lake Placid. He grew up in the south Bronx, and from the moment he was born, he’s had to fight to survive.
Quinn Kolt, a fourth-year applied mathematics student from Solon, Ohio, has been named a 2021 Goldwater Scholar.
Rochester Institute of Technology student Quinn Kolt has been awarded a Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship, the premier undergraduate research scholarship in the fields of math, natural sciences, and engineering in the United States.
The fourth-year applied mathematics and computer science double major from Solon, Ohio, was selected as one of 410 scholars from a pool of 1,256 nominees by the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation, in partnership with the Department of Defense National Defense Education Programs. Since 2005, RIT has had 30 Goldwater Scholars and seven honorable mentions.
Monday, April 5, 2021 - 1:19 pm
CANTON – St. Lawrence University will receive a $1 million grant from the Eisner Foundation, founded in 1996 by foundation president Jane (Breckenridge) Eisner ’64 and her husband Michael D. Eisner, then-chairman and CEO of The Walt Disney Company.
The money will be applied to the endowed fund that supports the Fox Center for Academic Opportunity, said a press release from SLU.
The recently renamed center honors SLU’s president, William L. Fox ’75, and his commitment to every student’s ambition and life preparedness.
The Eisner Foundation identifies and sponsors innovative programs that unite multiple generations for the enrichment of local communities.
CANTON â St. Lawrence University will benefit from a $1 million grant made by the Eisner Foundation to the endowed fund that supports the Fox Center for Academic Opportunity. The recently renamed center honors President William L. Fox and his commitment to studentsâ ambitions and life preparedness.
The Eisner Foundation was founded in 1996 by Foundation President Jane (Breckenridge) Eisner â64 and her husband Michael D. Eisner, then-chairman and CEO of The Walt Disney Company, in order to focus their familyâs philanthropic activities.
âTo know Jane Eisner as a wonderful friend through our shared connections to St. Lawrence is a cherished gift to me personally,â said President Fox in a prepared statement. âShe is an extraordinary leader and inspiration, an exemplar of Laurentian habits of serving important causes with her depth of intelligence and unassuming joy. With her sons and husband, I will always look up to Jane.â