Stephanie Blackburn Freeth ’97 and Tim Freeth ’95 met and married after graduating from Princeton when both were establishing their careers. Now a family of four, they have prudently created an estate plan.
Throughout its 131-year history, alumni and friends have supported the Princeton University Art Museum by bequeathing works of art, endowing curatorships, and establishing funds to advance the museum’s scholarly mission.
Peter Trent ’54 has more in common with today’s students than a penchant for orange and black. The scholarship he created allows him to extend a helping hand to an undergraduate each year -- just as one was extended to him.
Remembrance is important to Herb Hobler '44. It led him to create two charitable remainder unitrusts at the University. “I want my name remembered at Princeton, which I strongly support with a belief and faith carried on by an annual gift,” he said.
More than 118 years after arriving on campus, the Class of 1898 continues to give back to Princeton. Although no member of the class has marched in the Reunions P-rade for decades, trusts and bequests created by these far-sighted Princetonians have contributed $750,000 to this year’s Annual Giving campaign.
Oliver M. Langenberg ’35’s broad intellectual curiosity was evident in his enduring support of his alma mater.
This glittering image of the late actress Elizabeth Taylor, rendered by artist Vik Muniz in the diamonds she loved, is now hanging in the Princeton University Art Museum, thanks to a bequest from C. Bagley Wright Jr. ’46.
Although Massachusetts is home base for William H. Godson III ’51, he has spent much of his life seeing the world far beyond New England’s borders. His wanderlust began when he was very young, and his father, an officer in the U.S. Navy, took his family to spend summers in Turkey.
The fondness prominent international relations scholar Brooks Emeny ’24 had for Princeton has extended long past his lifetime, eventually resulting in a substantial bequest to benefit future generations of students in his field.
Dr. Jerome W. Canter ’52 made an investment in Princeton by establishing a charitable remainder unitrust, which allows donors to make a significant gift and receive payments back for life or for a specified term.
