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McDonogh School Announces $20 Million Gift
Standing before the school’s faculty and staff with the R-L Foundation President John A. Luetkemeyer Jr. and McDonogh Board President Marc P. Blum ‘60, Headmaster W. Boulton Dixon announced that McDonogh has already raised $10 million toward the challenge. The generous grant and matching gifts are earmarked for endowment to support the school’s major priorities—student scholarships and faculty compensation.
The announcement marks the beginning of a multi-year fundraising effort to address needs identified in the school's 2001 strategic plan. Endowment projects are the top funding priority, and the school's Board of Trustees is working to finalize the specific plans for the transformational campaign.
Said foundation president Luetkemeyer, “It is my privilege to support McDonogh and its clear vision for its future. Bo Dixon and the Board of Trustees are committed to two ideals that mark an outstanding school: excellent teachers and an exceptional student body. This gift will help McDonogh honor its teachers with improved compensation and make the school even more financially accessible to qualified students for whom a McDonogh education can be a life-altering experience. I am quite excited and hopeful that this matching gift and challenge will keep McDonogh as one of the pre-eminent private schools.”
Added Headmaster Dixon, “My dream for McDonogh has been to ensure the continued excellence of the faculty and the student body. This has never been an option but an imperative. I am thrilled that Jack and the Rollins-Luetkemeyer Foundation share this passion.”
The Rollins-Luetkemeyer Foundation is named for McDonogh School alumnus H. Beale Rollins and banker John A. Luetkemeyer Sr. Rollins, a scholarship student and valedictorian of the Class of 1915, became an attorney, businessman, and 27-year McDonogh trustee who repaid the school many times over until his death in 1985.
Rollins built his fortune as president of Johnson Motor Lines, a trucking company that once operated 35 terminals between New Orleans and Boston. Rollins and his wife, May, lived on McDonogh’s campus and remained committed benefactors, particularly of the scholarship program.
Rollins’ banker, John Luetkemeyer, provided astute management of the Rollins trust over the years, influencing Rollins to sell Johnson Motor Lines before the trucking industry’s decline. Along the way, the two business associates became personal friends. In 1961, they established the Rollins-Luetkemeyer Foundation to perpetuate their charitable interests in education and the arts.
Founded in 1873, McDonogh School enrolls 1,271 boys and girls from all over the Baltimore metropolitan area. The school awards more than $2.1 million in financial aid to 13 percent of the student population.
Standing before the school’s faculty and staff with the R-L Foundation President John A. Luetkemeyer Jr. and McDonogh Board President Marc P. Blum ‘60, Headmaster W. Boulton Dixon announced that McDonogh has already raised $10 million toward the challenge. The generous grant and matching gifts are earmarked for endowment to support the school’s major priorities—student scholarships and faculty compensation.
The announcement marks the beginning of a multi-year fundraising effort to address needs identified in the school's 2001 strategic plan. Endowment projects are the top funding priority, and the school's Board of Trustees is working to finalize the specific plans for the transformational campaign.
Said foundation president Luetkemeyer, “It is my privilege to support McDonogh and its clear vision for its future. Bo Dixon and the Board of Trustees are committed to two ideals that mark an outstanding school: excellent teachers and an exceptional student body. This gift will help McDonogh honor its teachers with improved compensation and make the school even more financially accessible to qualified students for whom a McDonogh education can be a life-altering experience. I am quite excited and hopeful that this matching gift and challenge will keep McDonogh as one of the pre-eminent private schools.”
Added Headmaster Dixon, “My dream for McDonogh has been to ensure the continued excellence of the faculty and the student body. This has never been an option but an imperative. I am thrilled that Jack and the Rollins-Luetkemeyer Foundation share this passion.”
The Rollins-Luetkemeyer Foundation is named for McDonogh School alumnus H. Beale Rollins and banker John A. Luetkemeyer Sr. Rollins, a scholarship student and valedictorian of the Class of 1915, became an attorney, businessman, and 27-year McDonogh trustee who repaid the school many times over until his death in 1985.
Rollins built his fortune as president of Johnson Motor Lines, a trucking company that once operated 35 terminals between New Orleans and Boston. Rollins and his wife, May, lived on McDonogh’s campus and remained committed benefactors, particularly of the scholarship program.
Rollins’ banker, John Luetkemeyer, provided astute management of the Rollins trust over the years, influencing Rollins to sell Johnson Motor Lines before the trucking industry’s decline. Along the way, the two business associates became personal friends. In 1961, they established the Rollins-Luetkemeyer Foundation to perpetuate their charitable interests in education and the arts.
Founded in 1873, McDonogh School enrolls 1,271 boys and girls from all over the Baltimore metropolitan area. The school awards more than $2.1 million in financial aid to 13 percent of the student population.