Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SUNDAY, March 10, 1991 TAG: 9103100130
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: E-10 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: The Associated Press
DATELINE: LYNCHBURG LENGTH: Short
The gift, the largest the college has received, was made by the Thoresen Foundation, the family foundation established by the Thoresens before their deaths, a news release said.
Thoresen majored in English and graduated in 1923. Her husband was a former president of Great Western Steel Corp. in Chicago.
The board of trustees at Randolph-Macon Women's College plan to name a building, a psychology complex and computer laboratories after the Thoresens. It also plans to establish the initial $1.5 million endowment for the Thoresen Scholarship Fund, in addition to starting several other endowed funds in their honor.
"Kay Thoresen's generosity of spirit enlivened our halls and her generosity of means sustained our mission," said Linda Koch Lorimer, president of Randolph-Macon Woman's College.
Thoresen was awarded the Alumnae Achievement Award in 1988 by the college for her philanthropic work and contributions to the college.
Thoresen had worked as a volunteer for the Red Cross and worked on behalf of Planned Parenthood and the Chicago Hearing society, along with other organizations in Chicago and Palm Beach, Fla.
by CNB