THANK YOU DONORS
UND LEGACIES
A piece of history Nancy (Murdoch), ..’58 & the Rev. Eldred Englerth, ’41; Rachel (Englerth) Fay, ’81, and Alison (Englerth) Harries, ’79
The UND Alumni Association & Foundation sincerely thanks all alumni and friends who have made gifts and commitments to support students, faculty, programs, and places at UND. Thank you for all that you do! The following donors reached a new giving circle in the Eternal Flame Society between April 1, 2020 – June 30, 2020. * indicates deceased For more information about the Eternal Flame Society, visit UNDalumni.org/EternalFlame
T HO M A S CL IF F OR D
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$100,000 - $999,999 C. L. Linfoot Company Helen A. Dahl* Clifford C. Grosz*
Christopher D. Griffin Dan D. Grossman Roxanne & John Hurley Moorhead Electric Beverly J. Nelson* Robert J. Reinertson* Gayle A. Whitmer Schantzen, M.D. John* & Leone* Schmitz Sharon L. Shaide
Kirk & Karla Marchell
Sandra M. E. Shivers, Ph.D. & Jed M. Shivers
Dave & Mary Maring
Ralph E. Soltis
S Peter & Stacey Stenehjem
Student Aviation Management Association
Stephen & Gretchen Stenehjem Greg & Cindy Thrall The Tom & Frances Leach Foundation Dewel* & Geraldine Viker
P R E SIDE N T ’ S
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$10,000 - $99,999 Accesslex Institute Anderson Steel Erection Services LeRoy A. Anderson* Dr. Andrew & Kathy Armacost James E. Baine Berger Enterprises Caroline M. Chambers Alice T. Clark* CMS, LLC Enterprise Holdings Foundation Envoy Airlines
Tom & Buzzy Thomas Dustin & Stefanie Thornburg Traill Painting Lola Wentland-Hackett
L E G A CY
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The Legacy Circle includes donors who have indicated they plan to give to the UND Foundation through their wills. Cord & Jean Bye Drs. Steve & Teri Johnson Mark & Priscilla Kovar Norman W. Timmins Roseann Woodward
Dr. John* & Betty Ericson Scott Field Laura Mae Gay Arlene H. Gran*
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FROM THE PRESIDENT’S DESK
UND’s current President Andy Armacost is pictured with a desk that once belonged to the first president of UND, William Blackburn, who served UND from 1884-85, in front of Merrifield Hall and the Eternal Flame. When Blackburn sat behind it, it was housed in Old Main, the first building on campus and the current site of UND’s iconic Eternal Flame, and the desk was later moved to Merrifield Hall. Photo by Sam Melquist
Nancy (Murdoch) Englerth, ..’58, and her daughter, Rachel (Englerth) Fay, ’81, recently donated a family heirloom rich in UND history back to the University of North Dakota. Nancy recalls that the desk originally belonged to UND’s first president William Blackburn ... or maybe it was UND’s second president Homer Sprague? Either way, it came into her family’s possession when her father, the late Rev. Eldred Murdoch, ’41, purchased it in the early 1950s when he and his wife, Elizabeth, taught at UND. After his death in 1962, while Nancy and her husband Edward, ’58, along with their daughters Rachel and Alison, ’79, traveled abroad, UND’s Dean Wilkins used the desk in his Merrifield Hall office. “I remember when Alison and I helped to carry this enormous and very heavy two-piece article of furniture out of Merrifield Hall in 1973 or 1974,” Rachel said. “It has been in my mother’s possession ever since.” It was Nancy’s wish to gift the desk back to the University from which it came. And we thank her for sharing this rich piece of history. /// — by Alyssa Konickson, ’06
