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Magazine of the University of Wisconsin-River Falls Alumni Relations Update Your Alumni Record or Submit Classnotes |
Spring 2008
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2007 Outstanding Service Awardjerome photo The University of Wisconsin-River Falls has presented its 2007 Outstanding Service Award to alumna Mary Ella Jerome of Barron, whose appreciation for music and educational opportunities has led her to provide extraordinary financial support through scholarships and investments in piano assets. Jerome has established funding for five scholarships each year in music, agriculture or education that are named for her parents, the late Wallace and Marion (‘40) Jerome (founders of Jerome Foods), and her twin aunts, Lila Estenson Byng (‘47) and Lola Estenson Yde (‘48). She has additionally provided funding for talented UWRF student musicians to attend or perform at such summer programs as the Aspen Music Festival. Jerome has underwritten the rebuilding and restoring of 12 Steinway pianos, including the music department's grand pianos that support all performing arts activities. She has collaborated with UWRF to ensure the appropriate storage facilities are provided, and her support has increased the value of the pianos more than four-fold. She has also demonstrated continuing efforts to encourage promising young musicians to enroll at UWRF and provided performance venues for music department ensembles and faculty at the Barron Area Community Center. |
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