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Fashioning a Gift of Gratitude When it came to their daughter¹s college education, Jack and Cindy Leonard expected nothing less from MU than dedicated professors and rigorous instruction, but Katie Leonard's experience as a student in the Department of Textiles and Apparel Management managed to exceed even their high standards. By the time she graduated in May 2005 with a bachelor's degree in human environmental sciences, Katie had made numerous business contacts through the department's advisory board and career fair, studied fashion in London and Paris, and landed a summer internship with Prada. Now preparing to start work as a buyer for Dillard's, Katie raves about the department's outstanding professors and the many opportunities they made available for her and her classmates. "I could not have asked for better mentors, teachers and friends," she says. Proud of their daughter and impressed by the department in which she had studied, Jack and Cindy Leonard resolved to honor both by endowing a scholarship in Katie's name in the Department of Textiles and Apparel Management. “We are basically an average family who has had the opportunity to support our children's high schools here in St. Louis,” Cindy Leonard says. “We decided this (supporting Mizzou) would be doable for us over a five-year period.” For her part, Katie was surprised and touched when textile and apparel management Chair Kitty Dickerson announced the Leonards' gift at graduation. Cindy Leonard says the scholarship will benefit not only the students who receive it but also the Leonards themselves: “Knowing that Katie's name is attached to a scholarship in the department that she has so loved will be a continued source of happiness and pride for us and for Katie.” |
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