General Sandy Beaver
A VISIONARY LEADER Changing Times Call for Changing Strategies
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eneral Sandy Beaver’s name is synonymous
As the remaining beneficiary of a charitable remainder
with the values, tradition, and leadership for
trust set up by General Beaver in 1960, RMA received
which Riverside Military Academy has been
distributions totaling $995,895 in the spring of 2021,
known for almost 115 years. Among his many leader-
after the last member of the Beaver Family passed.
ship qualities, General Beaver, who served as the
Just as Beaver used his personal wealth to support
Academy’s longest tenured president for more than
RMA during his administration (as rumor has it), so too
50 years, was known for his astute business acumen.
did he plan for his continued support of RMA when he
He took great pride in his fiscal management of the
would no longer be with us.
school, touting such things as the same rate of tuition
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
paid by every family, capital projects funded without debt, and turning away private donations. Many RMA alumni fondly remember his frequent lectures on fis-
His generous planned gift will help inspire leaders of character, excellence across all areas of the Academy, and RMA’s future.
cal responsibility. While he could not have known the evolution of tech-
“ The inclusion of RMA in a donor’s estate plan
nology and the fast-paced age of global citizenry of
comes as the greatest compliment to the
today’s world, Beaver was certainly a visionary and
Academy,” said President Staś Preczewski. “The
realized there would be a need for financial support
estate gifts from both Sandy Beaver and his
to further RMA’s timeless mission and future.
daughter Lucile will further the Beaver Family’s Legacy in perpetuity. The fact that their gifts were given unrestricted truly allows RMA to benefit in ways that best further our strategic vision and needs, and will be transformational.”
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