St. Lawrence University: Giving to St. Lawrence

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Michael ’81 and Pam ’82 Clark feel philanthropy is a privilege and a responsibility. Scholarships, career planning, the endowment…all three of these areas important to St. Lawrence’s teaching and learning mission are benefiting from their generosity. Their gift to the private phase of the St. Lawrence campaign, totaling $1.6 million through an outright gift, a five-year pledge and an irrevocable bequest, has several components: The Michael and Pamela Van Hoven Clark Scholarship Endowment, the Michael and Pamela Clark Career Planning Awareness Funds, and the St. Lawrence Fund.

“When our family considered a gift to the campaign, we realized what a privilege it is to be in a position to make such a gift,” says Michael, president of Chilton Investment Co. in Stamford, Conn. “However, the gift itself, we felt, was a responsibility."

He explains, “The educational experience that Pam and I enjoyed at St. Lawrence was funded to a large degree by the generosity of those donors who came before us. The generations to come deserve this same opportunity and we hope our gift helps to facilitate that.”

The Clarks’ scholarship endowment is intended to assist women in mathematics and science. “Our decision is a testimonial to President Daniel F. Sullivan’s rebuilding efforts during his tenure, one milestone of which is the Sarah Johnson Redlich ’82 Hall of Science,” Michael says. The complex, the largest construction project in the University’s history, is scheduled for completion in 2007.

Michael Clark also gives his time to St. Lawrence, as a member of the Board of Trustees and as a career planning volunteer. Since he began working with the St. Lawrence University career planning office in 1979, he has placed numerous students and recent graduates into internships and jobs on Wall Street.

Michael chairs the Class of 1981 25th Reunion class gift campaign, and $500,000 of their gift applies toward the Reunion totals. The hope is that Michael and Pam's example will encourage Michael's classmates to "stretch" this year in honor of the reunion, and in recognition of the good work happening at St. Lawrence. Class gifts of $12,500 or more can be paid over as much as five years.
After working for Chubb Insurance after graduating, Pam Clark has been a nursery school teacher in Rowayton, Conn. The Clarks live with their two children, Avery and Caitlin, in Darien, Conn.

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Past Features Return to Giving Page	Why We Give Michael ’81 and Pam ’82 Clark feel philanthropy is a privilege and a responsibility. Scholarships, career planning, the endowment…all three of these areas important to St. Lawrence’s teaching and learning mission are benefiting from their generosity. Their gift to the private phase of the St. Lawrence campaign, totaling $1.6 million through an outright gift, a five-year pledge and an irrevocable bequest, has several components: The Michael and Pamela Van Hoven Clark Scholarship Endowment, the Michael and Pamela Clark Career Planning Awareness Funds, and the St. Lawrence Fund. “When our family considered a gift to the campaign, we realized what a privilege it is to be in a position to make such a gift,” says Michael, president of Chilton Investment Co. in Stamford, Conn. “However, the gift itself, we felt, was a responsibility." He explains, “The educational experience that Pam and I enjoyed at St. Lawrence was funded to a large degree by the generosity of those donors who came before us. The generations to come deserve this same opportunity and we hope our gift helps to facilitate that.” The Clarks’ scholarship endowment is intended to assist women in mathematics and science. “Our decision is a testimonial to President Daniel F. Sullivan’s rebuilding efforts during his tenure, one milestone of which is the Sarah Johnson Redlich ’82 Hall of Science,” Michael says. The complex, the largest construction project in the University’s history, is scheduled for completion in 2007. Michael Clark also gives his time to St. Lawrence, as a member of the Board of Trustees and as a career planning volunteer. Since he began working with the St. Lawrence University career planning office in 1979, he has placed numerous students and recent graduates into internships and jobs on Wall Street. Michael chairs the Class of 1981 25th Reunion class gift campaign, and $500,000 of their gift applies toward the Reunion totals. The hope is that Michael and Pam's example will encourage Michael's classmates to "stretch" this year in honor of the reunion, and in recognition of the good work happening at St. Lawrence. Class gifts of $12,500 or more can be paid over as much as five years. After working for Chubb Insurance after graduating, Pam Clark has been a nursery school teacher in Rowayton, Conn. The Clarks live with their two children, Avery and Caitlin, in Darien, Conn.
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