Donor Stories

Learn how others have made an impact through their acts of giving to our organization and others.

Cash gift, future life insurance gift create safety net for future UA students
Loren Hoch, Ed.D., has always been a quiet man, led by his Midwestern ideals on life, how to treat others, and how to make a difference. A University of Akron professor emeritus...
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UA Foundation receives $260,000 in IRA rollovers; robust giving benefits University - and donors
Alumni and friends from across the country generously directed more than $260,000 in IRA distributions to The University of Akron Foundation during 2014...
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Bequest from UA family member demonstrates that giving never grows old
Geraldine "Gerry" M. Robinson was 104 when she passed away May 19, 2013. The centenarian and widow of UA retiree Roy E. Robinson spent half her life as an educator...
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Family of William C. Sheavly '50 honors his life with gift to UA
William "Bill" C. Sheavly may not have spent many of his 90 years in Akron, but the time he did spend as a student at The University of Akron...
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Isidore Myers '39 funds scholarships through generous bequest
Isidore C. Myers was known as an astute businessman, but during his lifetime the University of Akron graduate, who earned a bachelor's degree in business administration...
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Babcox bequest establishes business analytics lab
Although the late Becky Babcox never attended The University of Akron, the lifelong Akron resident (and granddaughter of publishing icon Edward Spencer Babcox) possessed a deep...
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$2.8 million gift will support UA students of practical politics
Students at The University of Akron's renowned Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics are the beneficiaries of a $2.8 million estate gift...
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Alumnus provides real estate to UA in his will
Jim Fisher was a friend of the University for more than 40 years, and his affiliation reached a personal high point when he included the University in his estate plans...
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