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MU seeks endowment for
Simon Perry academic
program
HUNTINGTON, W.Va.
– The John Deaver Drinko
Academy at Marshall
University is seeking an
endowment of $1 million
to fund a new program
named in honor of the
university’s senior
faculty member.
The Dr. Simon D. Perry
Academic Program on
Constitutional Democracy
will honor Perry,
chairman of the
Department of Political
Science and senior
member of the Marshall
faculty. Perry, a
Gilbert, W.Va., native
and Marshall faculty
member since 1962, also
was the John Deaver
Drinko Fellow for the
academic year 1994-95.
“For most of us
associated with
Marshall, Dr. Perry
needs no introduction,”
said Dr. Alan B. Gould,
executive director of
the John Deaver Drinko
Academy. “During a
professional career
spanning over 40 years,
Simon Perry has taught
more than 20,000
students! This
remarkable achievement
is made all the more
meaningful because of
the universally high
regard in which he is
held by students,
faculty and
administrators alike.”
The new program
represents a unique and
dynamic field in
constitutional studies
employing a new approach
in political science
called “historical
institutions.” It is
designed to study the
impact of major American
constitution builders,
including John Marshall,
and the role of
constitutional democracy
in the evolution of
American political
institutions and civic
culture.
The program includes
four new core courses
developed by Perry as
well as 18 other
carefully selected
courses offered in a
variety of academic
disciplines including
history, English,
philosophy, sociology
and political science.
The program is designed
to attract students who:
-
Wish to pursue
research and studies
in the John Marshall
Research Center. The
program provides the
students with the
skills and orientation
needed for such
studies;
-
Wish to develop a
richer academic
experience in a
program that is
uniquely related to
the law;
-
Wish to study the role
of famous historical
leaders who set these
patterns into motion
such as John Marshall,
Alexander Hamilton,
Thomas Jefferson,
James Madison and
George Washington.
The university will
provide a faculty
position for the
permanent professor and
interest from the
endowment will be used
in part as a stipend for
the chair. The
university also will
provide tuition waivers
for two student
assistants with interest
from the endowment used
in part as scholarship
stipends.
Currently, Marshall has
$290,000 in gifts for
the program, but still
needs $710,000 to reach
the goal of $1 million.
Contributions may be
made payable to The
Marshall University
Foundation, care of the
John D. Drinko Academy.
“Collectively, we have
an opportunity to
express our appreciation
of Simon Perry by
supporting an academic
program named in his
honor,” Gould said.
More information is
available by calling
Gould at (304) 696-3183. |
