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Everette G. “Buddy” Allen Jr. ’62, President Lindgren
and Ann Allen
Click on slideshow to enjoy photos
of the evening's festivities. |
12/9/11
Randolph-Macon College alumni, parents and friends from the greater Richmond area gathered at the Country Club of Virginia on Thursday, December 8, 2011 to celebrate significant achievements of the college’s capital campaign,
Building Extraordinary, and to honor Everette G. “Buddy” Allen Jr. ’62, who will receive an honorary Doctor of Laws Degree at Commencement in May 2012.
Click on Buddy Allen to enjoy a slide show of the evening’s festivities. Allen and his wife Ann have a longstanding history of service and philanthropy to Randolph-Macon. In addition to supporting renovations for Crenshaw Gymnasium and helping construct the
Brock Sports and Recreation Center in 2007, the Allens gave a one million dollar challenge grant for an Athletics endowment, with a special gift to fund women’s athletics.
A recipient of scholarships that enabled him to attend R-MC, Allen never forgot the impact this support had on his life. The Allens created the Buddy and Ann Allen Scholarship fund to enable local area students, both from Richmond area high schools and community college transfers, to attend Randolph-Macon.
“This fund has helped the College recruit some truly extraordinary students,” said R-MC President Robert R. Lindgren. “The ten fortunate students who have been deemed Allen Scholars these past four years have had an equally remarkable benefit -- financial support for a wonderful education and the opportunity to have dinner with Buddy and Ann, to hear their story and to learn their wonderful life lessons.”
Two current Allen scholarship recipients, Regis Rollins ’12 and Cherelle Williams ’12, attended the December 8 event, as did two Allen scholarship alumnae – 2010 graduates Blanka Mazakova, from Alexandria, and Marlene Graf, who graduated on December 9, 2011 from Virginia Commonwealth University’s Accelerated Nursing program.
Recruited by R-MC football coach Joe McCutheon and basketball coach Paul Webb, Allen was a star basketball player in addition to playing baseball and football. He also had a passion for the liberal arts, majoring in philosophy and graduating as a distinguished member of Phi Beta Kappa. In the years that followed, Allen continued to serve the college in various roles: as a member of R-MC’s
Board of Trustees from 1988-1992, and as a member of the
Society of Alumni Board of Directors. In 1997, he was inducted into the Randolph-Macon
Hall of Fame to honor his basketball career.