The Dales and Snell Legacy Club dots

On June 24th 1874, the first five graduates of the University of Nebraska (James S. Dales and William Snell, class of 1873; and Frank P. Hurd, Uriah H. Malick and Wallace M. Stephenson, class of 1874) "duly organized themselves into an alumni association for purposes of mutual social improvement and the advancement of the interests of the University, whose memories and benefits they wish to perpetuate."

All alumni who express their loyalty through a planned gift to the alumni association are “perpetuating” memories and benefits” and will be named to the Dales and Snell Legacy Club.

Membership in the Legacy Club is achieved by written confirmation of an estate or planned gift commitment. Members of the club will be recognized in the Alumni Resource Guide and on the association’s Web site.

The details of your gift will remain confidential. We will not release gift information or publish your name without your consent. You may request anonymity with regard to your estate gift.

If you’ve already included the association in your will, please let us know. We would like to assist you in making certain your intentions are carried out.

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The Alumni Association thanks our generous Dales and Snell Legacy Club Members.
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stropespaceJohn and Gloria Strope

As we reached our mid-50s, we became more reflective on the wonderful life we had together. We had met at the University. We were well prepared for our adult lives together, in large part due to the education we received at the university. Our two children were well educated and on the road to enjoying happy adult lives with their families. We realized these two school teachers had the resources to retire by age 60.

At this point we made two major life decisions: We would retire and move home to Lincoln. And we would show our appreciation to the university by making a substantial planned gift in our estate plan to the alumni association. While our gift is not restricted to any particular association program, we were partly motivated by the Legacy Scholarship Program. This program provides qualified out-of-state students with scholarships to cover the differential in out-of-state v. in-state tuition. Had such a program existed a few years earlier, our son now might be able to join his mom, dad and sister in saying he is a proud NU graduate.

John, ’67, ’68, ’79, ’79; and Gloria Strope, ’68.