Legacy for Future Generations - Elizabeth City State University

Founders’ Circle$100,000 and AbovePlatinum Viking Society$25,000 – $49,999CIAANC GlaxoSmithKline FoundationAT&T FoundationLorimer Midgett Trust FundDeirdre PearsonViking Leadership Circle$50,000 – $99,999AT&T Check PresentationMary A. DouglasTriangle Community FoundationWachovia FoundationThe Mary AlbrittonDouglas AuditoriumMs. Cynthia Marshall, president, AT&T of North Carolina, presented a $25,000 checkduring the Founder’s Day Scholarship Gala on March 7. Standing left to right, U.S. Rep.G.K. Butterfield, Mrs. Willie (Jacqueline) Gilchrist; Chancellor Willie. J. Gilchrist; Ms.Cynthia Marshall, president, AT&T of North Carolina; U. S. Rep. Maxine Waters (keynotespeaker for the event) and Venessa Harrison of AT & T.Ms. Cynthia Marshall, President, AT&T of North Carolina,presented a $25,000 contribution to the ECSU Foundationduring the 2009 Founders Day Scholarship Gala.Standing left to right: Mrs. Jacqueline Gilchrist, ECSU Chancellor Willie J. Gilchrist, Mr.Frederick A. Douglas, Jr., Mrs. Mary Albritton Douglas, Dr. Harold Mitchell, chairman ofthe ECSU Board of Trustees, and Dr. Charles Cherry, president of the ECSU NationalAlumni Association.The ECSU Foundation recently named the theater in theWalter N. & Henrietta B. Ridley Student Center in honorof a 1952 graduate (Elizabeth City State Teacher'sCollege), Mrs. Mary Albritton Douglas. Mrs. Douglas isa native of North Carolina. ECSU Foundation anduniversity administrators recently unveiled the newnameplate, The Mary Albritton Douglas Auditorium, onthe second floor of the ‘Ridley Student Center. Inaddition to the bachelor of science earned here, Mrs.Douglas earned a Master of Arts and a professionaldiploma from Teachers College-Columbia University.Further studies were done at Bank Street College and theUniversity of Puerto Rico. She was a student member ofAlpha Kappa Mu, Sigma Rho Sigma and later joinedSigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. Douglass retired in1985 after teaching 33 years in Maryland and New York.After retiring she completed all the requirements for theCertified Nursing Assisting program and currentlyvolunteers at St. Barnabas Hospital.Gold Viking Society$10,000 – $24,999ECSU National Alumni Association, Inc.Exxon Mobil FoundationHertford County SchoolsDarnell and Stephanie JohnsonTom Joyner FoundationLCP Transportation, LLCMatthew Lewis, Jr.Silver Viking Society$5,000 – $9,999Ronald and Velma B. BlackmonElizabeth City Pasquotank PublicSchool FundElizabeth City – PasquotankTourism Development AuthorityG.E. FoundationWillie and Jacquelyn GilchristAnthony A. LewisMatthew MedleyNC Legislative BlackCaucus FoundationNucor Plate MillFrank SkidmoreState Farm Mutual AutomobileThompson HospitalityNCAAOxley Hill Missionary Baptist ChurchPresidential Inaugural Ball CommitteeBillie J. ReidState FarmVerizonElijah Whitewww.ecsu.edu 2009 Elizabeth City State University Donor Report 5