On Friday evening, Oct. 2, approximately 175 friends of the University Libraries attended the annual Donor Reception held in the Paterno Family Humanities Reading Room, Pattee Library. The event recognizes Libraries supporters, particularly new Library Leaders, donors who have contributed significantly to the Libraries over the past year.

Dean Barbara Dewey welcomed those in attendance, thanking them for their generosity, and offered brief remarks. Following her remarks, the dean announced a special presentation. Mr. Sandy Deveney, a longtime friend and Penn State classmate of the late Frank Norman MacCord III, presented a check made out to the Libraries in the amount of $250,000, on behalf of MacCord’s estate. Known informally as Norm, MacCord received his undergraduate degree in architecture in 1965 and a master’s degree in architectural engineering in 1971, and passed away on April 16, 2013. Deveney, an executor of MacCord’s estate, noted that in addition to the Libraries, equal amounts from the estate have been given to Penn State’s College of Arts and Architecture and to the Salvation Army.

Dean Barbara I. Dewey with Elizabeth and Sandy Deveney — presenting the Libraries a $250,000 check from the estate of Norm MacCord III — and Sue Paterno

Following the presentation, Sue Paterno and University Libraries Development Board Chair Scott Steinhauer also shared brief remarks. Paterno offered a special tribute to Shirley Davis, assistant to the dean for external relations, who is retiring at the end of October after more than 46 years of University service. Finally, Dean Dewey recognized the 2015 Library Leaders unable to attend the evening’s reception: Drs. Francis and Edda Gentry, John and Sally McDermott, Karen Pollock, Lili Sanders, Edward and Nancy Thompson, and Dr. James West III.