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“Here
is the place where the people of Maine can see and touch the wonder
and splendor of the human experience--things people of the world
have made, used, loved and held in awe and left for us to gently
care for and gratefully learn from.”
-Richard Emerick (1926-2001)
Richard
Emerick Endowment
The Richard Emerick Endowment Fund was established in the University
of Maine Foundation in 2000 in honor of Dr. Richard Emerick, professor
of Anthropology and founding director of the Hudson Museum. The
fund supports Museum exhibits and programming, outreach to underserved
audiences, acquisitions to the collections and preservation of the
collections.
Renee Minsky Endowment
Established in honor of Renee Minsky, a Hudson Museum docent and
past member of the Hudson Museum Advisory Board, with a gift from
Leonard E. Minsky in 1991, the Minsky Fund provides support to the
Minsky Gallery and other exhibit galleries of the Hudson Museum.
The fund supports the furnishing of galleries and exhibit development,
guest lecturers, publishing of gallery brochures and guides, and
traveling or special shows exhibited in the Museum.
David
E. Shoemaker Endowment
Established by Linwood L. Colson III in 2000 in memory of David
E. Shoemaker, a scholar in Latin American Studies, an adjunct assistant
professor in The University of Maine Art Department and a member
of the Hudson Museum Advisory Board, this fund supports the collections
of the Hudson Museum, including graduate assistantships for collections
research and management, acquisitions of objects, preservation of
collections and collections-related publications.
Donors may contribute:
• Cash gifts (including pledges)
• Appreciated securities
• Real and personal property
• Bequests
• Deferred gifts
To learn more about these endowments and other charitable giving
opportunities, contact Amos Orcutt, President/CEO of the University
of Maine Foundation, 207.947.5100 or 800.982.8503 or email orcutt@maine.edu.
All inquiries are confidential.
Or send your tax-exempt
gift payable to:
University of Maine Foundation
P.O. Box 2220
Bangor, ME 04401-2220
Please write the name of
the appropriate endowment on the memo line of your check.
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