Meet Our Donors
Giving Back While Paying Forward Helps Centre Students
One alumna credits her time spent at Centre and the relationships she forged while there as the reason behind her successes now. She chooses to help other college students by giving to the school through her estate plan. Read More
Music Professor Composes Perfect Gift to Centre
After spending years as a gifted music and humanities professor at Centre College, Barbara Hall chose to leave a legacy that hits all the right notes for her while helping support the students she cherished. Read More
A Win-Win-Win Gift Strategy
Dave and Katherine Blakley have played an integral role in the success of students at Centre College by giving them practice rounds for golf, helping plan the Initiative for Wellness and Athletic Excellence and now supporting them through QCDs from their IRAs and through a set of living trusts. Read More
Enabling a Quality Education
Ever since her graduation from Centre in 2006, Macy Dykema Russell dreamed of having the financial stability to give back to the college that gave her so much. Her dream to give back to Centre became reality through estate planning. Read More
Creating Opportunity for Others
On his graduation day, Kevin Duke (Centre ’07) set a goal to fully reimburse the value of his scholarships. He feels grateful for his education and for the earlier donors that made his education possible. Read More
Leading a Life in Service to Others
David McNeill ’53 has built his life and career around helping others. With a blended gift to Centre College, David is supporting future doctors and nurses. Read More
A Gift to Grow the Centre Family
The plans Tom and Edith Harmon made decades ago are still making a difference for good in the lives of Centre students. Tom was a member of the class of 1936, but his experience here gave him the tools to succeed in his career and life. Read More
The Why and How of Giving
It was easy for me to arrange for the College to purchase a life insurance policy. I was able to determine the amount that I was comfortable paying and the period of time to make the payments. Read More
Tracing Blessings Back to Centre
Including Centre in our estate planning was not a difficult decision, nor was it a complex exercise once we set out to create our plan. Centre has been so good to us, and countless blessings trace back to the College... Read More
Building a Foundation
Ask John Barton '79 what led to a successful career in medicine and he'll tell you it was the foundation he built as a student at Centre. Sure, he spent many hours in science classes... Read More
Teaching by Example
Stephanie E. Dew '89 had known for a long time that she wanted to be a college professor. Her parents were college professors and she excelled in school, so her career choice came naturally. Read More