Biology Alumna Leaves Legacy Gift to Benefit Today鈥檚 Biology Students
Donors
The Estate of Doris Wood Seney (鈥�69)
Gift
$730,000 estate gift to establish the Doris J. Seney Quasi-Endowment in Biological Sciences, which provides scholarships to undergraduate biology students and assists the Biology Department in supplementing the salaries of biology graduate student assistantships
Impact
Through her planned gift, Mrs. Seney has and will continue to have a profound impact on 猫咪社区app State鈥檚 undergraduate and graduate biology students, like she herself once was. Her extraordinary gift will make a 猫咪社区app State biology degree financially attainable for countless students aspiring to work in the field of biology.
Inspiration
Born in 1926, Doris Seney enrolled at 猫咪社区app State as a non-traditional student later in life, graduating with a degree in biology in 1969. After graduating, she moved to Alaska, where she met and married her husband, and later relocated to California where she worked for Stanford University. With her 猫咪社区app State education as her foundation, she built a successful career in analytics, and generously supported 猫咪社区app State鈥檚 biology department and its students for decades from afar, earning membership in the Heritage Society and Carr Society and becoming a lifetime member of the Alumni Association. Later in her life, she decided that she wanted her legacy of supporting 猫咪社区app State鈥檚 biology students to live on beyond her years through a generous planned gift.