THE PHOENIX FUND PROGRESS REPORT NEWS OF THE PROGRAM TO REBUILD COLLEGE OF THE ATLANTIC VOLUME 2 NUMBER 1 APRIL 1986 Record-Breaking Gift Memorial Trust "for recognizing what I'm sure other foundations will increasingly come to under- Sends Phoenix Fund stand: that College of the Atlantic, with its inter- disciplinary program in human ecology, is at the to New Heights forefront of an important movement in higher education." A recent grant to the Phoenix Fund of $400,000 Mrs. Eno noted that the Pew grant, in combina- from The Pew Memorial Trust represents the tion with two other recent major gifts, has spurred largest single contribution ever received by College the Phoenix Fund past the halfway point of the of the Atlantic. The grant, announced by Phoenix original $5 million goal. By a unanimous vote of Fund chairman Alice Eno in October, will be the Trustees, that goal was recently revised upward applied against the construction costs of the to $6 million to accommodate projected enrollment recently completed laboratory and studio building. growth and increased construction costs. COA "We are elated. "We are elated," said Mrs. Eno. "The importance president Louis Rabineau anticipates the successful The importance of this grant cannot be overstated. It comes at a sig- completion of the campaign in late 1987. of this grant can- nificant time, as the Phoenix Fund approaches the The Pew Memorial Trust was established in 1948 not be over- end of its second year. In singling out College of in memory of Joseph N. Pew, founder of the Sun stated." the Atlantic for this sort of recognition, the trustees Oil Company, and his wife, Mary Catherine Ander- Trustee of The Pew Memorial Trust have given us renewed son Pew. The founders were their sons and daugh- Alice Eno confidence and inspiration." ters, J. Howard Pew, Mary Ethel Pew, Joseph N. COA trustee Charles Tyson, chairman of the Pew, Jr., and Mabel Pew Myrin. Today the assets of board's Development Committee, hailed the Pew the Trust exceed $1 billion. Grants are made in the grant as a turning point in the fortunes of the Col- areas of conservation, culture, education, health lege. He commended the trustees of the Pew sciences, human services, and public policy. "What we've tried to provide is a building that works on the institutional level but also has a summer cot- tage quality." Engineer Harris Hyman A job well done Faculty members Harris Hyman and Stewart Brecher, engineer and architect, respectively, of the College's new arts and sciences building (in background). The recent grant from The Pew Memorial Trust has been ap- plied against the new building's construction costs. Room with a view Design students Betsy Chester and Dennis Bracale confer in Studio 4 of the new arts and sciences building. The studio has broad views to the south and east over the College grounds. Major Gifts by Blair These are often the problems of the whole world, even though they are called simply ecological or and Goodwin Boost environmental problems." Goodwin is a longtime summer resident of Seal Year-End Total Harbor. The gifts from Blair and Goodwin are the second Gifts and pledges of $100,000 each from Mr. and and third, respectively, in the amount of $100,000. Mrs. Edward McC. Blair and from a trust in the An earlier $100,000 gift was made by Salad King, name of Ms. Neva R. Goodwin (the David Rocke- Inc., a nonprofit company established by actor Paul feller and Neva R. Goodwin Charitable Lead Trust) Newman to market his "Newman's Own" line of propelled the Phoenix Fund to new heights at the salad dressings and sauces. end of 1985. Together with many smaller gifts and a major grant from the Pew Memorial Trust (see related story) these gifts from the Blairs and on Arts and Sciences behalf of Ms. Goodwin pushed the Phoenix Fund past $2.5 million, the Fund's original halfway mark. Building Complete "Mrs. Blair and I are pleased to be able to help the College move forward with its plans to The College's new arts and sciences building, a "This very rebuild," notes Edward Blair, a COA trustee. "This 14,000-square-foot laboratory and studio complex, special college very special college deserves the best facilties to was completed on time and on budget this fall, to deserves the best match the quality of its faculty and students." Blair the unanimous approval of the COA community. facilities to is chairman-elect of the College's Board of Trustees Completion of the new building was viewed with match the qual- and Senior Partner of William Blair & Co., a pride by friends of the College nationwide, whose ity of its faculty Chicago investment firm. For many years he and continued support has been vital in the effort to and students." his wife have summered in Northeast Harbor. rebuild facilities lost in the 1983 fire. It also pro- -Trustee Goodwin, vice chairman of the COA Board of vided immediate relief for the Turrets, where over- Edward Trustees and a lecturer in economics at Boston McC. Blair University, stated that $20,000 of the $100,000 pledge made on her behalf was designated for com- pletion of the Amos Eno Greenhouse in the new laboratory and studio complex. (At the time of his death in May of last year, Eno was a member of the COA board, on which he had served since 1974.) An additional $25,000 of this pledge will be placed in the Phoenix Fund's endowment fund, which will provide for the upkeep and continued maintenance of buildings constructed with Phoenix Fund monies. The remainder of the pledge is unrestricted. Said Goodwin at the time of the pledge: "The College is building human resources at several dif- ferent levels. It is in itself a resource on the Island, and it is building a further resource in educating young people - and, in particular, in addressing the need to educate people to think about problems Buildings and Grounds director Millard Dority oversaw for which there is sometimes no constituency. construction of the new arts and sciences building. 2