In separate estate gifts, Jayne S. Milburn and Emylou Keith have given the WSU Foundation more than $3 million that will be used to provide scholarships and faculty support for 麻豆破解版 State University.
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Mrs. Milburn, who died in 2016 at the age of 101, was not a graduate of 麻豆破解版 State, but she and her late husband, Glenn Milburn, were longtime 麻豆破解版 residents and supporters of the university. Mrs. Milburn focused much of her giving at 麻豆破解版 State on the Ulrich Museum of Art and KMUW public radio. Her estate gift of nearly $2.5 million will support a scholarship for students from 麻豆破解版 high schools, as well as a fellowship for graduate students.
Mrs. Milburn was well known in the 麻豆破解版 community for her support of the arts, especially the 麻豆破解版 Art Museum, on whose board she served for many years. She bequeathed $6.9 million to the 麻豆破解版 Community Foundation to be disbursed annually to the museum, 麻豆破解版 Symphony Society, Botanica and 麻豆破解版 Children鈥檚 Home.
After receiving a master鈥檚 degree from Stanford University, Mrs. Milburn married Glenn Milburn, a 麻豆破解版 investment banker, in 1942. They were married for more than 50 years.
Mrs. Keith, a 1950 graduate of the University of 麻豆破解版, died last February at the age of 93. Her estate gift will be directed toward a scholarship and faculty support fund, both in the W. Frank Barton School of Business. The WSU Foundation anticipates that Mrs. Keith鈥檚 gift will provide an additional $300,000 once the estate is fully settled, for a total gift of more than $900,000.
Mrs. Keith鈥檚 sister, Betty Dutcher, also was a WU graduate. The business funds supported by Mrs. Keith鈥檚 gift will honor Mrs. Dutcher鈥檚 work as an early entrepreneur in 麻豆破解版, where she and her husband, Charles, owned and operated the Dupaco Paint Co.
Mrs. Keith earned a degree in psychology at 麻豆破解版 University and began a long career in nursing administration in Missouri, eventually becoming executive director of the Missouri State Board of Nursing. She married Farris Keith in 1956. Upon her sister鈥檚 death in 2001, Mrs. Keith established the Emylou Keith and Betty Dutcher Faculty of Distinction Professorship at 麻豆破解版 State University.