Linderman Renovation Adds Vresic’s Walkway
Following the Founder’s
Day ceremony in October at Packer Church, Lehigh University
dedicated a new walkway that leads to the entrance of
Linderman Library, and honored the generosity of benefactors
Jack ’81 and Dawn ‘82 Vresics.
The refurbishing of
Library Drive was part of the original plans for the
library's renovation project as well as part of Lehigh’s
overall campus plan to create additional walkways and green
spaces throughout the university grounds, making Lehigh more
pedestrian friendly. President Alice Gast noted that
“through Dawn and Jack’s generosity, the Vresics Library
Drive Walkway completes this vision … linking the campus and
elevating Linderman Library as the gem that it is meant to
be."
President Gast also
announced that Brad Scheler ’74 and his wife, Amy Frolick,
have generously funded and named Room 200, the Humanities
Forum, which now successfully completes the $10 million goal
to preserve, renovate and transform Linderman Library. Brad
and Amy have previously gifted the Scheler Family Seminar
Room on the fourth floor.
In responding to this
news, Vice Provost for Library and Technology Services Bruce
Taggart expressed his great appreciation for Brad’s
leadership as chairman of the Linderman Renovation Advisory
Committee, his infectious enthusiasm about the project, and
his ability to communicate effectively to others the vision,
and now the reality, of the Linderman renovation.
The final design for the
main donor lobby plaque is now underway with its planned
unveiling to coincide with the February 2010 trustee
meeting. To be sited in the library’s vestibule, this
permanent plaque will honor those alumni, parents, and
friends who made a leadership gift of $10,000 or more to the
renovation project. There’s still a small period of time to
join these donors. Please contact Susan Vengrove
(sgv2@lehigh.edu or
610-758-6624) with your interest.
--Susan A. Cady
LTS Director for Administrative and Planning Services
Article posted November 18,
2009
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