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Philip A. Zaffere

麻豆视频免费在线观看 has received a $2 million gift鈥攐ne of the largest in the university鈥檚 history鈥攆rom the Philip A. Zaffere Foundation for its new Owings Mills campus library. The new 55,000-square-foot library will be named in honor of the late Philip A. Zaffere, an entrepreneur, inventor, and food production engineer from Maryland鈥檚 Eastern Shore. The facility will complement the Manning Academic Center and School of Design at Stevenson鈥檚 Owings Mill North campus location.

鈥淲e are very grateful for this extraordinary gift and the difference it will make in the lives of our students,” said Elliot Hirshman, President of 麻豆视频免费在线观看. 鈥淧hilip Zaffere鈥檚 life demonstrates so many of the characteristics that Stevenson works to develop in our students鈥攄etermination, vision, and innovation. We are honored that our new library will bear his name.”

Philip A. Zaffere was born in Federalsburg, Md., in 1930, and took over operations of his family鈥檚 bakery business during his college years. An outside-of-the-box thinker, Zaffere engineered food production methods and technologies that eventually took his family鈥檚 small company to a national level. He developed successful formulas for the mass production of baking crumbs and transformed his family鈥檚 company into Shoreman Food Technologies. Under Zaffere鈥檚 leadership, Shoreman鈥攚hich was ultimately sold to the PET Food Corporation in 1988鈥攂ecame the main supplier for nationwide brands such as Stove Top Stuffing and Mrs. Paul鈥檚 frozen foods. While the needs of his family鈥檚 business interrupted his own college studies, Zaffere maintained a deep and lifelong curiosity for the sciences and engineering as well as a commitment to supporting education and his community. He passed away in January 2016.

Stevenson will break ground and begin site development on the new Philip A. Zaffere Library this spring. In addition to library facilities, the complex will include a black box theater; a faculty commons with offices; and a variety of gathering spaces for academic, social, and cultural functions. The building will enhance Stevenson鈥檚 student experience on the Owings Mills campus by expanding research, study, and social spaces as well as foster collaborations between academic departments.

鈥淧hil was someone who not only could see into the future, but had the courage to act on it,” said Phyllis Friedman, a long-time friend of Philip Zaffere. 鈥淚 know that he would be so proud to have his name on this library of the future that will offer to so many the opportunity to create a better world.”

George and Jennifer Ward Reynolds

Stevenson is pleased to announce that university Trustee Jennifer Ward Reynolds and her husband George K. Reynolds III have committed $100,000 to establish a scholarship fund for Stevenson students. The Reynolds Endowed Scholarship will assist students with a strong academic standing who demonstrate financial need.

鈥淲e deeply believe in the power of higher education to transform lives and communities,” the Reynolds said. 鈥淐reating this scholarship fund at Stevenson is not only an investment in the future of individual students, but in our greater community, as well. Stevenson graduates step into the community armed with the skills and knowledge that enable them to be immediately productive and engaged contributors to society, which benefits us all.”

Reynolds has served twice as Trustee of Stevenson with her most recent term on the university鈥檚 Board starting in 2018. Currently a partner and director of the Harford County-based commercial real estate firm Ward Properties, she has spent more than 30 years in asset management, most recently holding the position of Vice Chair and Chief Investment Officer of Legg Mason Trust. She has previously served as the chair of the board of trustees at Dickinson College, her undergraduate alma mater. Her service has also included chairing the board of the National Aquarium as well as appointments to the boards of the Walters Art Museum, Sheppard Pratt Hospital, and the Baltimore School for the Arts. The Maryland Daily Record has twice recognized her as one of Maryland鈥檚 Top 100 Women.

George Reynolds is an attorney with Miles & Stockbridge and a member of the firm’s estate planning and administration practice. A graduate of Wesleyan University and the Boston University School of Law, he has practiced law in Maryland for more than 40 years. His areas of focus have included education law, tax law, estate planning and administration, trusts, and elder care law. A regular speaker to professionals and groups on these legal topics, Reynolds is a past Maryland State Chair of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. He is currently a member of the Walters Art Museum board, and past member of the boards of the Howard County Conservancy, St. Joseph Hospital Foundation, and the National Arthritis Foundation of Maryland.

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