East Carolina Legacies

SUPPORT FOR ECU BUILT OVER TIME
SUPPORT FOR ECU BUILT OVER TIME
Whether it was in a classroom, at the roller rink or in real estate, Keith Beatty '73 has built his reputation and career on working with and helping people.
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SCHOLARSHIP HELPED ALUMNA'S COLLEGE DREAMS COME TRUE
SCHOLARSHIP HELPED ALUMNA'S COLLEGE DREAMS COME TRUE
Being an East Carolina University® student added up to much more than alumna Beth LaNier ever dreamed it would. ECU became a point of pride for LaNier '91 and integral to her identity.
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OLIVERS ALIGN SUPPORT WITH COASTAL STUDIES INSTITUTE MISSION
OLIVERS ALIGN SUPPORT WITH COASTAL STUDIES INSTITUTE MISSION
Cheryl and John Oliver have long been captivated by North Carolina's Outer Banks. They vacationed there, were married in Manteo and have been connected to North Carolina's coast professionally and personally for many years.
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Enthusiasm for ECU inspires planned gift
Enthusiasm for ECU inspires planned gift
Duane Grooms' love and loyalty for his alma mater meet the call of the university's first president, Robert H. Wright, who hoped for "every student . . . to go out from here literally afire with enthusiasm for East Carolina."
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PROFESSOR'S PLANNED GIFTS REWARD FACULTY'S 'GOOD, HARD WORK'
PROFESSOR'S PLANNED GIFTS REWARD FACULTY'S 'GOOD, HARD WORK'
When donors make gifts to ECU, they often choose to funnel resources to students and scholarships. While valuable, a generous College of Business professor knows that the faculty who educate those students are equally deserving of donations.
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Alumni Pledge 8-Figure Gift to Grow Prestigious EC Scholars Program
Alumni Pledge 8-Figure Gift to Grow Prestigious EC Scholars Program
Burney Warren grew up in the friendly shadow of East Carolina University's football stadium. The east endzone was two doors down from his house in Greenville, putting him...
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'Humble people who paid it forward'
'Humble people who paid it forward'
As first-generation college students, the Fergusons believed in education. They made scholarships their legacy. Larry and Emma Ferguson were a study of opposites...
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Matt Slate '96
Matt Slate '96
Matt Slate '96 first arrived on East Carolina University's campus as a band camp kid, lugging his trumpet around AJ Fletcher Music Center...
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Transformational Travel: Donor Gift Helps Students
Transformational Travel: Donor Gift Helps Students
The opportunity to study abroad can be one of the most important and enriching experiences during a student's university years...
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'It Sets You On Fire.' Passion for Education Inspires Planned Gift to ECU
'It Sets You On Fire.' Passion for Education Inspires Planned Gift to ECU
Having spent 35 years in education, Dr. Dorothy Pruitt sees the need for assisting deserving students with the cost of their college education. Her career began after...
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Donors make largest planned gift in allied health history
Donors make largest planned gift in allied health history
Occupational therapy professors Drs. Randy and Laura Strickland know how important the profession is. That's why they support scholarships for a new doctoral program at ECU.
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Donor's rare book collection, all 4,000 volumes, is going to ECU
Donor's rare book collection, all 4,000 volumes, is going to ECU
When Terry Kingery talks about his rare book collection, one of the first things he says is, "Well, we had to add a wing onto the...
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Trust in ECU reason behind generous Pirate Club gift
Trust in ECU reason behind generous Pirate Club gift
Thirty-eight years ago, Woody Tyner '79 '81 moved with his wife Jennifer '80 to Wilson for a job working at a small banking company.
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'We can give back no matter what our age'
'We can give back no matter what our age'
Kinna Clark knows more about planned giving than most. As the director of gift planning services for the University of North...
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'Remembering what she stood for'
'Remembering what she stood for'
Dr. Tom Irons keeps a voicemail on his phone of his wife laughing. It's just a short giggle in an otherwise mundane message, but...
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Giving Back to Your School is Simple. Just ask This Average Joe
Giving Back to Your School is Simple. Just ask This Average Joe
ECU alumnus Mike Armstrong insists he's just a regular guy. He's not special or particularly wealthy, and he lives in a modest home...
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ECU Faculty Members Invest in Future ECU Students
ECU Faculty Members Invest in Future ECU Students
Mike McCammon, a kinesiology instructor at ECU, still has the receipt for his textbooks from his first college semester in 1969. The cost? $160.
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Alumnus Creates Three Scholarships, Plus One Honorary Pirate
Alumnus Creates Three Scholarships, Plus One Honorary Pirate
Michael Aho built a career negotiating for positive change. As a political officer with the U.S. Department of State, he helped broker a deal that...
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Jackie Jones Stone '64 and Her Twin Sister Jeannette Jones '64
Jackie Jones Stone '64 and Her Twin Sister Jeannette Jones '64
Finally, Jackie Jones Stone '64 and her twin sister Jeannette Jones '64...
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Ashleys Endow Two Scholarships for ECU
Ashleys Endow Two Scholarships for ECU
Ken Ashley was a self-described "rambunctious youth." That energy prompted him to join the Air Force when he graduated from high school...
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Despite Different Paths, Letter Brings Former Colleagues Together
Despite Different Paths, Letter Brings Former Colleagues Together
Both Tom and Karen Bartik were born and raised in New Jersey, but life and...
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Endowment Strengthens ECU's School of Music
Endowment Strengthens ECU's School of Music
You cannot spin 60 years of dedication to a particular craft any other way: Bea Chauncey lived for music.
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Estate Endows Scholarship at East Carolina University
Estate Endows Scholarship at East Carolina University
As a native and lifelong resident of eastern North Carolina, the late Geraldine Mayo Beveridge '39 knew firsthand how important East Carolina University...
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A Role Model For Future Generations: A Mother's Influence Carries On
A Role Model For Future Generations: A Mother's Influence Carries On
Clara Mason Boswell always encouraged her four children to do their best and...
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Grace Williams Ceruzzi
Grace Williams Ceruzzi
Though she isn't an alumnus, Grace Williams Ceruzzi says she recognized the passion of East Carolina University's alumni...
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An Ongoing Journey
An Ongoing Journey
Ann Neville entered East Carolina University in 1962, straight off her family's farm in Orange County, N.C. She was immediately challenged...
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John and Arminda Israel's Gift Impacts Multiple ECU Programs
John and Arminda Israel's Gift Impacts Multiple ECU Programs
Their Virginia license plate reads "OFF2ECU." They hold season tickets for...
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Returning Home to Make a Difference
Returning Home to Make a Difference
As budding professionals in late 1950s, first cousins Dr. Ken Phillips and Bobby Phillips pursued education and careers beyond the hills...
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Jim and Evelyn Kirkland
Jim and Evelyn Kirkland
On a fateful day in June 1960, when East Carolina student Jimmy Kirkland met fellow Pirate Evelyn Johnson on the steps of Wright Auditorium...
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Creating a Legacy of Generosity at ECU
Creating a Legacy of Generosity at ECU
Pat and Lynn Lane are purple and gold through and through. And with their current and future support of East Carolina University...
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A Song of Thanks
A Song of Thanks
William "Bill" Reinhart arrived at the School of Music at East Carolina in 1972. ECU's music program was the outstanding music program...
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A Father's Legacy
A Father's Legacy
Our journey to Laupus Library beganin 2010 shortly before my dad, Bernard Sandick, died. It was his profound wish that my husband George...
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Former Dean Sparrow forever tied to ECU
Former Dean Sparrow forever tied to ECU
It's immediately evident when entering their home that Dr. Keats and Mrs. Elizabeth Sparrow treasure their roots. Their walls are adorned...
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Strengthening the Future of Two Passions With One Gift
Strengthening the Future of Two Passions With One Gift
For Marie '74, '82 and James Thompson, supporting East Carolina University is a way to combine two loves: literature and East Carolina University.
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Dr. Paul and Kathryn Walker make unprecedented $500,000 gift
Dr. Paul and Kathryn Walker make unprecedented $500,000 gift
Dr. Paul Walker and his wife, Kathryn, have made an unprecedented donation to...
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Blount Family
Blount Family
Blount Family Continue Tradition of Support to East Carolina University with New Construction Management Scholarship...
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Raabs Bring Cancer Care to Eastern North Carolina
Raabs Bring Cancer Care to Eastern North Carolina
It is an even bet that anyone who has had cancer or whose family or friends have been touched by cancer knows Dr. Mary Raab...
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Honoring a Loving, Devoted Mother
Honoring a Loving, Devoted Mother
One crisp fall morning, Ora Watts was standing at the window in her kitchen and she spotted that familiar yellow school bus coming by her house.
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Living Life With No Regrets
Living Life With No Regrets
Richard Caudle went to high school like anyone else, but his teacher's recommendation that he apply to East Carolina University changed his...
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Charles Saunders
Charles Saunders
Charles Saunders, a retired history instructor at Pitt Community College, created a comprehensive planned gift to strengthen multiple...
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Tom Jones '64
Tom Jones '64
Tom Jones '64 grew up in Belhaven, North Carolina. His father, Theodore Jones, managed the Belhaven Fish amp; Oyster Co....
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You are Never Too Young to Think About the Legacy You Want to Leave
You are Never Too Young to Think About the Legacy You Want to Leave
Jason Lowry '99 was raised in Zebulon, North Carolina. He met Rodney Murray '02 in the 5th grade. They instantly became friends.
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The Englerts - The Heart of a Pirate
The Englerts - The Heart of a Pirate
Thinking about or planning a will can bring about an unsettling feeling of finality, but for some it's a chance to plant a seed for the future.
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Paying It Forward
Paying It Forward
There are times in your life where you sit back and look at all you have accomplished and you think about those who have helped you along the way.
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SPREADING THEIR LOVE FOR ECU FAR AND WIDE
SPREADING THEIR LOVE FOR ECU FAR AND WIDE
John and Ann Laliotes will tell anyone who asks that ECU "gave them the world" both personally and professionally. After all, it was at ECU where they met...
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Phil '79, '84 and Lisa '83 Hodges Have a Compounding Effect on ECU
Phil '79, '84 and Lisa '83 Hodges Have a Compounding Effect on ECU
While they were ECU students, Phil and Lisa Hodges never imagined the compounding effect they would one day have on their beloved university.
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Generosity Creates Smiles
Generosity Creates Smiles
For decades, the name of Dr. Ledyard Ross was associated with beautiful smiles and straightened teeth. As an orthodontist for generations...
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ECU ALUMNA HONORS HER ALMA MATER
ECU ALUMNA HONORS HER ALMA MATER
Service has always been at the heart of East Carolina University. Its mission continues to inspire the next generation of leaders to carry the spirit of...
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WONDERFUL ECU EXPERIENCES INSPIRE HUSBAND AND WIFE TO GIVE BACK
WONDERFUL ECU EXPERIENCES INSPIRE HUSBAND AND WIFE TO GIVE BACK
Denard '65 and Kay '67 Harris are adamant that their biology and geography degrees from ECU were the key to getting good jobs after...
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