Transformative $60 Million Gift, the Largest in Davidson College History, Supports Academic Hub of Campus
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Alison Hall Mauzé '84 (chair of the Board of Trustees), Trustee Emeritus Bob Abernethy, President Doug Hicks '90, Charlie Lucas (chair of The Duke Endowment) and Anthony R. Foxx '93 (vice chair of the Board of Trustees) during the celebration of the transformational gifts to create the George Lawrence Abernethy Library.
For 100 years, The Duke Endowment has made extraordinary contributions totaling $4.5 billion to charitable organizations in higher education, healthcare, child and family well-being, and rural churches in communities across North Carolina and South Carolina. Davidson College is one of the four higher education institutions the Endowment supports, along with Duke University, Furman University and Johnson C. Smith University.