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20-August-1997 
97324 
    College News 
 
    by Julian Shipp 
 
STAUNTON, Va.--Mary Baldwin College alumnae, parents and friends raised 
more than $1.2 million in undesignated gifts for the Annual Fund in the 
fiscal year that ended June 30. This represents a near 10 percent increase 
over fiscal 1995-96 funding. Alumnae participation was up two percentage 
points to 40 percent. This total does not include restricted gifts, 
corporate gifts and grants, nor the VMI funds currently received by the 
college to support the Virginia Women's Institute for Leadership. "We are 
so proud of our success this year in the Annual Fund," said Tracey C. 
Allen, annual fund director. "These unrestricted gifts are the most 
difficult to raise, though in many ways the most vital to the college." 
This was the second year of the "Countdown to 2000" challenge at Mary 
Baldwin, a five-year window during which an anonymous donor will match any 
new or increased gifts to the Annual Fund up to $50,000. 
 
DANVILLE, Ky.--The executive committee of the Centre College board of 
trustees met July 16 and named Milton M. Reigelman, a veteran Centre 
professor and administrator, to serve as acting president. The trustees 
also established a presidential search committee that will begin the 
process of finding a successor to Michael F. Adams, who will become 
president of the University of Georiga on Sept. 1. Reigelman is a veteran 
of 26 years on the Centre faculty and has served as vice president for 
planning and resources, associate dean of the college and dean of the 
Governor's Scholars Program. He is the J. Rice Cowan Professor of English 
and for the past year was director of the college's residential overseas 
program in Strasbourg, France. Reigelman has a bachelor's degree from the 
College of William and Mary, a master's degree from the University of 
Pennsylvania, and master's and doctoral degrees from the University of 
Iowa. 
 
JACKSONVILLE, Ill.--A woman who taught high school English in Jacksonville, 
Ill., for more than 40 years has provided Illinois College with a gift that 
will underwrite a significant number of student scholarships well into the 
next century. The late Helen E. Richards, who graduated from Illinois 
College in 1932, left her alma mater $285,000 and asked that one-third of 
the amount be pledged toward scholarships. The balance of her gift will be 
pledged toward the college's endowment, according to Illinois College 
president Richard A. Pfau. Richards, who resided in Jacksonville her entire 
life, died in 1996 at the age of 84. She completed a 422-year career as an 
English teacher at Jacksonville High School in 1973. As a student at 
Illinois College, Richards was active in the glee club and Sigma Phi 
Epsilon Literary College. She majored in education. 

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