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A LEGACY OF JOY
TVS CELEBRATES THE GENEROSITY OF THE LATE PAUL E. ANDREWS LISA GRIDER, DIRECTOR OF ADVANCEMENT AND STRATEGIC INITIATIVES According to research by sociologists Dr. Christan Smith, director of the University of Notre Dame’s Center for Social Research, and Hilary Davidson, Americans who give of themselves – their time and their financial resources – are generally happier than others. Publishing their findings in the 2014 book The Paradox of Generosity: Giving We Receive, Grasping We Lose, Smith and Davidson point out the neurochemical benefits of generosity.
faculty and staff supporting the Annual Fund, the joy of generosity is as much a part of TVS as beautiful archways and Trojan logos.
While examples of generosity to TVS occur daily, few donors were more joyfully generous than the late Paul E. Andrews, Jr. The father of three TVS students and the grandparent of a 2021 graduate and two TVS students, Mr. Andrews passed away unexpectedly on February 27, 2021. An entrepreneur, mentor, philanthropist, husband, father, and loyal friend, Mr. Andrews’ family Their hypothesis that “feeling good is a product of doing noted that “he loved people and had friends from all good” is mirrored in many other studies, including walks of life. Paul always wanted to hear others' personal research that shows a correlation between generosity and stories rather than tell his own, and was as comfortable lower risks of dementia and a reduction in both anxiety chatting with the waiter and depression. According to a as he was with the Oracle Chicago Tribune article by Terri of Omaha.” Yablonsky Stat, “Studies show “Trinity Valley School will that when people think about Mr. Andrews’ love of giving never have a greater friend helping others, they activate to TVS will be evident for a part of the brain called the generations of Trojans to come than Paul Andrews ... As a mesolimbic pathway, which through the $2.2 million in is responsible for feelings community, we will strive to gifts to the School from his of gratification … Helping estate. The bequest includes uphold his legacy of generosity others doles out happiness two gifts – a $2 million gift to chemicals, including dopamine and educational excellence.” the general endowment and (endorphins that block pain) an additional $200,000 gift to and oxytocin, known as the the Paul E. and Judy Andrews -Blair Lowry, Head of School tranquility hormone.” Endowed Fund for TVS Faculty and Staff Appreciation. Of course, Trinity Valley School community members don't need national statistics to tell TVS Head of School Blair Lowry calls Mr. Andrews’ them that supporting the School gives them a sense of estate gift, which is the largest estate gift received in joy. Last year, members of the TVS community gave TVS’ 62-year history, bittersweet. “Trinity Valley literally thousands of volunteer hours and more than School will never have a greater friend than Paul 2,000 financial gifts totaling $2,118,847 to the School. Andrews,” Ms. Lowry says. “We mourn, with Paul’s From Parents’ Club volunteers running the recent Fall family, this tremendous loss. As a community, we will Festival and the Alumni Association’s support of “Tools strive to uphold his legacy of generosity and educational to Teach” (a school supplies backpack program started by excellence. As sad as we are to no longer have Paul TVS junior Thomas Boothby) to 100 percent of the TVS
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with us, we also honor his memory by celebrating the joy that he would want us to feel as we accept these incredible gifts.” Born in Fort Worth to Paul Eugene Andrews, Sr. and Angelyn Scoma Andrews, Mr. Andrews attended Fort Worth public schools and graduated in 1961 from Arlington Heights High School where he made many loyal, lifelong friends. After high school, he attended the University of Texas and Texas Christian University. Receiving an early business education at his father's side in his custom cabinetry company, Mr. Andrews learned the lessons that would be the foundation of his life: “hard work, pride of workmanship, attention to detail and leaving it cleaner/better than you found it.” In 1971, with the help of his wife Judy and $300, Mr. Andrews founded what would become TTI, Inc., which he built into a global electronics distribution powerhouse before it was sold to Berkshire Hathaway in 2007. He served as chief executive officer of TTI for 50 years until his untimely death.
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their family’s appreciation of the TVS faculty and staff and to provide an annual holiday “thank you” bonus to each employee, in perpetuity. For many years TVS teachers and staff wished to express their gratitude to the anonymous donors who made these bonuses possible and, in 2008, Mr. and Mrs. Andrews agreed to be identified. As former Head of School Gary Krahn wrote in an annual letter to the faculty and staff, Mr. and Mrs. Andrews asked that each employee “please take this money and do something special that will bring joy to you or someone you love.” TVS employees will honor Mr. Andrews’ wishes for them for years to come, as a portion of the $2.2 million gift to Trinity Valley School is specifically designated for the Paul E. and Judy Andrews Fund for Faculty and Staff Appreciation, fully closing the circle of generosity and joy that Mr. Andrews believed in so much.
Mr. and Mrs. Andrews, who were married for 50 years, began supporting Trinity Valley in 1983. Since that time, Mr. and Mrs. Andrews, their three children ( Jennifer ’96, Emelie ’98, and Chris), and the Paul E. Andrews Jr. Foundation have supported the vast majority of TVS fundraising initiatives and served as a force in strengthening the School’s general endowment and completing capital projects including the Zenith II campaign for the McCart campus and the Building on Excellence effort that created the first buildings on the current TVS campus. While Mr. Andrews joyfully gave each gift to TVS, there was a special place in his heart for an effort that he and Mrs. Andrews began very quietly. In 1990, they anonymously created an endowed fund to show
Pictured are the late Paul Andrews and his wife Judy at the 2019 Alumni Reunion where he was named Honorary Alumnus.
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