Our Benefactors
The Samuel W. and Marilyn C. Seidel Endowment
In 1997, ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ business man and civic leader Samuel Seidel and his wife, Marilyn Seidel, a retired nurse, gave $1 million to endow the Seidel School of Education at ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ (then known as the Seidel School of Education and Professional Studies).
In 1984, Mr. Seidel joined the ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ Foundation Board, serving on several significant committees and eventually serving as president. During his time on the Board, the Foundation grew from $200,000 to $17 million, making ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ the largest endowed comprehensive university in the University System of Maryland.
Mrs. Seidel, who retired as an operating room nurse, maintained high interest in nursing education and endowed a nursing scholarship at the University.
Before his death in 2001, the visionary Mr. Seidel said, "The real goal of the endowment is to get good people into education."