
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, February 23, 1995                   TAG: 9502230101
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C-4   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: LISA K. GARCIA
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Short

HOLLINS GETS $2 MILLION IN DONATIONS

Hollins College has announced nearly $2 million in donations for a new library and an endowment for a professor.

Jane Bassett Spilman, Hollins trustee chairwoman, said $1 million was given to the library fund by an anonymous alumna.

The remaining gifts included an anonymous donation in memory of Mary Phlegar Smith, dean of the college from 1939-64, and donations from family and friends in memory of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Mary Wells Ashworth, the first recipient of the Hollins Medal in 1967.

The library is expected to cost about $11 million. Construction is to begin within the year. The college has raised $3.8 million for the project.

Spilman also announced the endowment of a professorship in liberal arts funded by a bequest from Richard and Marion (Tommy) Koonce Berry of Birmingham, Ala. Marion Berry is a 1925 Hollins graduate.

The endowment will provide money for salary, research and professional development for a distinguished professor at the college.

by CNB