Using a bequest in their wills and individual retirement accounts, Texas A&M University chemists Janet Bluemel and John A. Gladysz made provisions in their estate plan to create two future faculty chairs, a gift to benefit the Department of Chemistry and an endowment to ensure the safekeeping of three of their cats at the Stevenson Center on campus. Read more of their story here -Couple Supports Fellow Chemistry Faculty.
Personal Planner
Bypass the Estate Tax
On December 17, 2010, the President signed into law The Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010. Read More
Savvy Living
Assistive Technologies That Help Elderly Seniors Stay at Home
What types of new home technologies can you recommend to help me keep tabs on my elderly mother? She lives alone, about a one-hour drive from me and I worry about her safety. Read More
Your Plan
Hammond Scholarships
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Washington News
Coalition Supports Charitable Tax Deduction
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Finances
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Glenn Pittsford '72, Vice President for Gift Planning Will Fusselman '95, Senior Gift Planning Officer Angela Throne '03, Gift Planning Officer
Mark Matthews '80, Gift Planning Officer Mark Browning '88, Gift Planning Officer Carrie Keller '99, Gift Planning Assistant