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Skip Beitzel '76, Tish Beitzel Vredenburgh '77, David Beitzel '80
7.24.06 BEITZEL FAMILY ANSWERS THE LINTILHAC CHALLENGE
"There's no better time to be affiliated with UVM than right now," says Skip Beitzel '76, who together with his sister Tish Beitzel Vredenburgh '77 and David Beitzel '80 established the Beitzel Family Scholarship as their family's gift to The Campaign for the University of Vermont.
"We've all been giving to the University right along, but we decided it was time to step it up a bit at this stage of our lives," Beitzel says.
The Beitzels are making their Campaign gift in response to the Lintilhac Scholarship Challenge, which provides matching funds for donors who want to establish named, endowed scholarships. "The scholarship challenge really spurred us on," Beitzel says.
The Beitzel Family Scholarship will be the first to carry the family name, though it is the second major scholarship gift from the family. Together with their parents Spike and Mary Lou Beitzel, the three Beitzel siblings also established the Ronald D. Suiter Endowed Scholarship Fund in 1990 to honor the memory UVM's former vice president for development and alumni relations.
Given the Campaign focus on scholarships, the Beitzels decided to direct their gift toward general scholarship support.
"The most important thing from my point of view is affordability," says David Beitzel. "I'm a big supporter of unrestricted giving, especially when it comes to scholarships, given the cost of attending the better colleges today. We all had very positive experiences at UVM, and we're happy to be able to help make that experience accessible to others."
Tish Beitzel Vredenburgh points to the power of education to transform lives as one of the satisfactions of the family's giving. "We all appreciate the value of the great education we received at UVM and its importance throughout our own lives," she says. "It's an honor to be able to help others realize the value of a high-quality education."