| June 2004 | Volume 2, Issue 2 |
AN ENDOWMENT AT WORK
Educator’s vision lives on through professorship
For 26 years on the UNT faculty,
Dr. Sarah Law Kennerly was a
leader in the education of librarians.
She also was a visionary who wanted
to insure that the University of North
Texas School of Library and
Information Sciences would continue
to improve and provide quality
instruction to
its students,
long after she
retired. Years
ago, she
bequeathed a
modest sum to
endow a
professorship.
Upon her
passing in 2002,
her gift had grown substantially, and it
is valued at $2.28 million.
“This bequest will allow the school
to achieve a new plateau of excellence,”
said Philip Turner, SLIS dean.
“Through her generosity, Dr. Kennerly
will impact generations of library and
information science students.”
As a result of Kennerly’s vision, in
the coming months a professorship will
be launched in her name.
There is a critical shortage of
certified and trained children’s
librarians within Texas. In addition,
58 percent of the current professional
librarians will retire within the next
15 years. The Kennerly professorship
addresses this need.
The School of Library and
Information Sciences repeatedly is
named one of the best programs of its
kind in the nation by U.S. News and
World Report and the first in the
nation to offer an online graduate
program in youth librarianship.
Faculty, staff and friends who start
a bequest today also could easily have
this future level of impact on
departments or schools at UNT.
Contact Doug Chadwick, Executive
Director of the UNT Foundation, to
find out how.
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