Helen Arlene Howard knew what it meant to be both a distinguished librarian and a radical change agent in her community.
Howard, who passed away on Sept. 6 one day away from her 95th birthday, was born Helen Arlene Creighton in Kingston, Ont., in 1927 and entered Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s 카지노게임사이트 as a member of the class of 1949.
As a student, she was active in campus society serving on the Arts카지노 게임 컬렉션49 executive and on the Levana Society Council, an organization founded in 1889 to "promote the general interest of women at Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s.카지노 게임 컬렉션
After graduation, she enrolled in McGill 카지노게임사이트, eventually graduating with a Masters in Library Science. Her career took her to posts at McGill, the 카지노게임사이트 of Toronto, and the National Library in Ottawa. She also earned a PhD from Rutgers 카지노게임사이트. Throughout her career, she never forgot her roots in Kingston and at Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s.
She made her first donation to Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s 카지노게임사이트 in 1990 카지노 게임 컬렉션 a contribution of $50.
But that was just a beginning for Dr. Howard. Her ongoing generosity placed her in the university카지노 게임 컬렉션s 1841 Circle and in the Royal Legacy Society. Her contributions buttress the future of the Agnes Etherington Art Centre, the school카지노 게임 컬렉션s library and music programs 카지노 게임 컬렉션 all promoting education and community building, especially to help less-advantaged individuals experience the joy of learning through music.
Her generosity established funds including the in the Dan School of Music (2008), the (2010), The (2013), the Helen Howard Library Enhancement Fund, which lead to the Helen Howard Graduate Students Reading Room (2017), and supported the Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s Community Music 카지노 게임 컬렉션 Sistema Kingston Fund.
카지노 게임 컬렉션Helen카지노 게임 컬렉션s additional support for Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s Community Music and Sistema Kingston has allowed students of all ages to experience the joy that music learning and engagement brings. I am particularly grateful for her support of Sistema Kingston, and the access to music that it provides for underserved children in our community,카지노 게임 컬렉션 said Karma Tomm, who is the Chamber Music Co-ordinator, Dan School of Drama and Music and the Director, Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s Community Music and Sistema Kingston.
카지노 게임 컬렉션With Helen카지노 게임 컬렉션s support, we are able to provide space for both quiet study and collaboration to foster student success. We are so thankful for her support of the student learning experience and her enduring interest in libraries,카지노 게임 컬렉션 Martha Whitehead, Vice-Provost (Digital Planning) and 카지노게임사이트 Librarian, said about the establishment of the reading room, which doubled the available study space for graduate students at Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s.
Her giving certainly seems to understand the power of music to raise young people out of disadvantaged circumstances and provide them with new opportunities for more fully rounded lives.
This is especially true for her support of the Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s Community Music 카지노 게임 컬렉션 Sistema Kingston Fund. Sistema is modelled on the ground-breaking program in Venezuela founded in 1975 by Jose Antonio Abreu.
Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s is grateful for the support and kindness that Helen has showed the institution throughout her life.
