Bill Crump '44 Creates Endowed Physics Lecture
Many years after his graduation, Bill added a codicil to his will with St. Andrew's as the beneficiary. The next year he made an outright gift to create and endow the William A. Crump Jr. Annual Physics Lecture that he attended each year. Upon his death in 2004, the School received a $1.3 million bequest, establishing Bill as the first million-dollar alumni donor in the School's history.
Bill's story is a true American one. He came to St. Andrew's from a one-room schoolhouse and graduated at the top of his class. He served his country during wartime. He went to one of this nation's most revered universities. He dedicated his life to one profession and one company. He raised a family. He endured personal tragedy. He gave back to his school and his church, and he created a special summer family community on the shores of the Elk River.
He wrote of his St. Andrew's experience, "I believe my whole life has been affected by St. Andrew's School. My fellow students, the faculty and the atmosphere in general helped me to develop a moral code that I don't think I could have developed anywhere else."
Tad Roach, headmaster, recognized Bill's stewardship, saying, "Alumni are the living endowment of the School. Bill's bequest will enrich the teaching of physics at St. Andrew's for decades to come, but his greatest legacy is his love of and faithful commitment to the spirit of St. Andrew's.
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