Planning Your Legacy
Your desire to make a difference and leave a lasting legacy helps strengthen Lawrence's mission. Consider making an impact for students and faculty through a planned gift. These types of charitable arrangements may provide tax and other benefits to you while supporting Lawrence.
Our MissionDonor Stories

Learn how others have made an impact through their acts of giving to our organization and others.
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Advocating the Experience for Study Abroad Retirement Assets BeneficiaryI was fortunate to be one of the original students accepted to the Lawrence campus established in London for the summer and fall terms...
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Ensuring A Place They Love BequestWe are including Lawrence in our estate plans because we want to help ensure that Lawrence students have the best learning opportunities...
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Björklunden is Essential for Deep Learning BequestThe thought of creating an estate plan may seem overwhelming until you do it. Once you start thinking about what is important in your lives...
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Lucky in Lawrence Retirement Assets BeneficiaryI have been lucky. I was lucky to have attended Lawrence where I made lasting friendships and learned that education was more than...
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Rocks and Rollover IRA Qualified Charitable DistributionI can't imagine going through life without the understanding of geology that I acquired at Lawrence...
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The Essence of Life-Changing Teachers BequestI decided a few years ago to make Lawrence a priority in my will because it has been such an important part of my life. As a teacher...
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Education Remains at the Top Life Insurance BeneficiaryAs Byron and I considered our philanthropic priorities, we both agreed that education (and specifically our alma maters) would...
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Because of the Generosity of Others BequestWhen asked "why do you give?" I could easily say it is due to the academic rigor, small class sizes, and unique support system...
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Launch Into Life After Lawrence—Bequest and Charitable Gift AnnuityOur family has a strong liberal arts bias. Debby and I loved our Lawrence experience...
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If You Can, Do Investment Account BeneficiaryLawrence convinced me to look around, within, and through sentences. The professors and instructors here encouraged me to check for...
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Fostering a Broad Intellectual Curiosity — BequestHow does someone from a one-room grade school in rural Wisconsin ultimately have a career in the Department of State diplomatic...
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Instilled for Generations — Charitable Remainder UnitrustWhen we had dinner recently, Chuck Demler '11 asked why we were giving money to Lawrence and it got me thinking about why I feel...
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Continuing My Lawrence Support— Trust BeneficiaryA number of years ago I sat down with a development officer and had a conversation about my giving to Lawrence...
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Lawrence Made It Possible—BequestLawrence made it possible for me to obtain a college education and I am very grateful. That in turn, made it possible for me to...
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Lasting Impact — Retirement Assets BeneficiaryLawrence holds a special place in all of our hearts, and we are all privileged to be able to give back and make a difference in the...
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Lawrence Experience Pays Life Dividends—BequestLawrence Athletics were an exceptional part of my overall educational experience. I was on the cross country and track...
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Lawrence is HomeRetirement Assets BeneficiaryThe Lawrence Campus is where I am at home. Long ago, on a bright September day, I arrived at Ormsby Hall with a good public school...
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No Prejudice, Only Curiosity BequestI went to Lawrence from an excellent suburban high school with a population of 2200. Highland Park had a population of 35,000, a quarter of whom were Jewish. Lawrence was...
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Making a Difference BequestI donate to Lawrence and have chosen to include them in my estate plans out of profound gratitude I feel for the education I received there. I think about my undergraduate years often...
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There's No Place Like Home BequestTo me, Lawrence University has always felt like home. I felt it the first time I spent the night there as a prospective student, and I still feel it now when I visit...
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Giving Back and Giving Forward Percentage of EstateIn the 1960s, I was studying Russian in high school and planned to continue in college. My favorite high school teacher had graduated from Lawrence and steered me toward considering his alma mater...
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Always a Special Place Bequest and IRA Charitable RolloverFor us, Lawrence will always be a special place. We met there and made lifelong friends. The liberal education we received has provided a solid foundation for our careers and personal lives...
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All In The Family Bequest and Life Insurance BeneficiaryOurs is very much a Lawrence family. My parents graduated from Lawrence in the 1960s and my brother was a senior there when I was a freshman...
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A Foundation of Excellence BequestAs I find myself closer to the end of my career than the beginning, I often look back and evaluate what experiences in my life were the most enriching...
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Simply a Matter of When BequestMy professional career took a number of turns in the early years. At Continental Bank, right out of school, I joined an IT and Accounting three-month training program...
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There's More Than One Way to Give Life Insurance Beneficiary to BequestBeing involved in the insurance industry I have some basic understanding of estate planning...
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A Community That Empowers BequestI decided to join the Legacy Circle because Lawrence continues to benefit me throughout my personal life and career...
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A Legacy for Learning Charitable Remainder UnitrustAs a first-generation college student I was able to afford tuition at Lawrence through the assistance of a scholarship...
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A Part of the Family BequestWe'd like to say that we were always committed supporters of the college — but couldn't reaffirm the Honor Code if we did...
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A Passion for Lawrence Life Insurance BeneficiaryI walked through the doors of Lawrence University not knowing what would become of my college experience...
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A Shared Legacy Percentage of EstateI am a 1951 graduate of Milwaukee-Downer College. My cousin Marjorie Freund was a 1935 graduate of Lawrence College...
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A Worthy Successor Charitable Gift AnnuityAs a graduate of Milwaukee-Downer College, class of 1953, I have innumerable memories of a golden time in a golden place...
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Celebrating a Milestone Charitable UnitrustPhil Burck '58, credits Lawrence with providing him the requisite tools for a rewarding life. "The personalized education..."
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Celebrating the Past, Securing the Future Gift AnnuityWhen Lawrence consolidated with Milwaukee-Downer in 1964, Jon and Ann Leverenz Keckonen had no way of knowing...
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Endless Possibilities Bequest for EndowmentI arrived on campus in September 1967 as a naïve 17 year old with aspirations to go into science. Then an Intro Econ course...
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Gifts of Learning Bequest and Gift of ArtI graduated in 1971 and majored in Economics. Since the Lawrence London program was just beginning in 1970, my classmate...
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Grateful Legacy Bequest for BjörklundenWhile she did not attend Lawrence, Fox Cities native Margaret Krueger became a member of the Lawrence family when...
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"Insuring" Our Lawrence Legacy Lawrence-owned Insurance PolicyLawrence opened the door for us to many opportunities. It was where we met, made lifelong friendships and received...
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It's a Slam Dunk Percentage of EstateRich '64 and I '65 both attended LU—met there, went off to other things after graduation and reconnected...
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Opening Doors to Learning Blended GiftJohn, a physical training officer in the Army Medical Corps, visited his alma mater in 1945 while on leave...
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Supporting the Transformational Experience Retirement Assets and Life Insurance BeneficiariesMy Lawrence education is one of my most important life experiences. It prepared me well for law school...
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Taking Pride in Doing Their Part Lawrence-owned Insurance PolicyMarlene Crupi Widen M-D'55 fondly recalls her years at Milwaukee-Downer and was enthusiastic of her decision to...
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Taking the Lead Charitable Lead TrustAs chairman of the board, president, and chief executive officer of 3M, Raymond Herzog '38 was the epitome of a leader...
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The Gift That Keeps on Giving Flexible Deferred Gift AnnuityIt is more than 60 years since I graduated from Lawrence in 1950. The fact that we have formed a committee and are...
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The Simplicity of Change Retirement Assets BeneficiaryHayward (Jay) and Carolyn Stickney Beck '65 include Lawrence among their philanthropic priorities with good reason...
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What Lasts? Annuity BeneficiaryI ask the question at three-score years and ten—the biblical life span. My marriage had its golden anniversary...
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Lawrence-Downer Legacy Circle
The Lawrence-Downer Legacy Circle recognizes alumni, parents and friends who remember Lawrence through a planned gift. We are grateful to the more than 1,090 members of Legacy Circle.