Katie Lynch was a computer science major, vice president of the campus chapter of Habitat for Humanity and captain of the women’s swim team. When she died of leukemia in 2009, at age 31, family, friends and colleagues established the Katie Lynch Memorial Scholarship in her honor. Now, with a gift of $100,000, her aunt, Dr. Tobey Klass, a Manhattan psychologist, has endowed the scholarship in perpetuity. Directing her retirement plan’s minimum required distributions to Drew reduces her taxable income while adding to the world’s good. Now, generations of Katie Lynch Scholars—women, like Katie, of high academic standing with an interest in information technology—can carry her memory forward.
Find out how Drew can put the tax and income benefits of planned giving to work for you. Contact the Office of University Advancement at philanthropy@drew.edu or visit drewlegacy.org.