Advancement: A few examples of endowed funds at Burr and Burton

Established in 1998 in memory of distinguished alumnus and devoted trustee Dave Bigelow ‘49, the David S. Bigelow Fund for Excellence provides selected teaching faculty of the school with the financial resources necessary to further their professional development in a profound way.

The James E. Dooley Target Endowment Fund was originally established in 2001 to assist with the renovation of Campbell House, the home of Burr and Burton’s Target Program.  James Dooley, member of the class of 1960, was declared missing in action in October 1967 in Vietnam.  Recently, Peter Henry and Mike Powers, classmates of Jim’s, have begun raising funds for a permanent endowed fund to serve as a living memorial to Jim.

The Elizabeth F. Jennings Fund provides funds for the operation of Burr and Burton Academy’s off-site alternative education program, Target Program.

The Eckehard Latz Library Fund was created in 2002 by Social Studies and Foreign Language departments chair Ed Latz to provide information resources for the library that are not provided for in the school’s operating budget.  Each year the librarian, working with the headmaster and the business manager, will have the opportunity to choose resources for the library that go above and beyond what is possible with the operating budget. 

The Ormsby Hill Trust Fund for Excellence was created in 2002 by Social Studies and Foreign Language departments chair Ed Latz by to provide selected teaching faculty of the school with the financial resources necessary to further their professional development in a profound way. Each year a grant will be given to a teacher (or teachers) whose proposed program or project best fulfills the committee’s goal of supporting the improvement of the school’s educational mission by enhancing the professional abilities of its teachers.

The Anne M. O’Leary Fund was established in 2000 by Mr. and Mrs. Paul O’Leary in memory of their daughter. While a student here, Anne was very involved with the school newspaper, known as the Octopus then. Therefore, the Anne M. O’Leary Fund is directed toward the journalism course, and may be used to underwrite the cost of producing the student newspaper. 

The Margaret and William Martin Target Endowment Fund was established in 2004 by their daughter Susan A. Martin, a 1963 graduate of Burr and Burton and her husband, the Honorable Michael J. Brooks, to provide operating funds for Burr and Burton's alternative education program known as the Target Program. The fund is established in honor of Margaret and William Martin who for nineteen years presided over a year-round residential program for underprivileged boys from New York and other metropolitan areas known as the Ormsby Hill Program.

The Robert E. and Margaret Smith Fund for Technology was established in 2002 by great friends of the school Bob and Peg Smith. The fund was created to provide the necessary resources to impact Burr and Burton’s technology resources in a profound way.

The Elizabeth deC. Wilson Fund was established in 1991 by friend of the school Betty Wilson.  Mrs. Wilson wished to provide for continued effective programming for arts education at Burr and Burton. The fund supports the school’s Visiting Artists Series.

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