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The GSAPP Alumni Scholarship Fund Newsletter

  
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FROM THE DEAN:

Dear GSAPP Alumni,

You have done it again. Since the inception of the GSAPP Alumni Scholarship Fund in 2005, alumni have responded with generosity and tremendous excitement. For this, we are truly grateful.

The most important aspect of the Alumni Scholarship Fund is the direct connection it creates between our alumni and our students. This was most evident at this year's Alumni Weekend, where the Class of 1957 celebrated its 50th anniversary alongside members of our most recent graduating class; the Cohort of 1968-1975 came back to celebrate their time at GSAPP and share their extraordinary accomplishments; and we celebrated Associate Dean Loes Schiller's commitment to the School and to our students over the last 37 years. This special event emphasized this uniquely important relationship, as several new scholarship funds were launched by our ever generous alumni to help support current and future students.

The closing Dinner was an emotional and unforgettable evening. As each of the new scholarship funds was announced, especially those devoted to underrepresented communities, a sense of history and a deep bond between generations of graduates of the school intensified. It culminated with the presentation of the Loes Schiller Endowed Scholarship Fund and a series of moving tributes to Loes and her dedication to the School.

These new funds, as well as some existing ones, are detailed in the following pages. In this, our second annual GSAPP Alumni Scholarship Fund Newsletter, we also introduce to you some of the students who have benefited from your gifts this year. We are consistently impressed and moved by their optimism and dedication to their fields, to the School, and to following in your footsteps.

It is always a personal inspiration to me when our former students generously support the dreams, creativity and professionalism of our current students. I can not thank you enough, on behalf of myself and the wonderful students.

Mark Wigley
Dean

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