It
gives me great
pride to announce
to you that
NASFAA has
officially
begun its
fundraising
campaign for
the Dallas
Martin Endowment
for
Public Policy
and Student
Aid.
When
we look
back over
the
last three
decades
of financial
aid work,
it’s
difficult
to think
of another
person who
has
contributed
more to
helping
students
pay
for college
than Dallas
Martin.
He dedicated
his career
to helping
students
achieve
their
higher education
goals. His
was the
constant
voice of
reason
when legislation
and regulations
endangered
equity in
student
aid.
For 32 years
as NASFAA’s
president,
he united
the higher
education
community
around the
Association’s
goals to
increase
access to
higher education.
Dallas
was often
referred
to as “Washington’s
most effective
lobbyist” and
his passion
for the
public policy
and
technical
dimensions
of
student
financial
aid are
still having
positive
impacts
on
students
today.
But
we are a
long way
off
from reaching
the goals
that Dallas
worked
so diligently
to achieve.
Unfortunately,
lack of
funding
still prevents
many low-income,
disadvantaged,
and underrepresented
students
from
attending
college
or completing
their degrees.
More must
be
done.
More will
be
done!
The Dallas
Martin
Endowment
for
Public
Policy
and Student
Aid will
honor
Dallas’s
accomplishments
by increasing
our public
policy
and student
aid efforts
and growing
the next
generation
of leaders
in the
student
aid arena.
Endowment
funds
will
be used
to support
at least
two,
semester-length
internships
for upper-division
undergraduate
or graduate
students
who have
an interest
in student
aid with
a
particular
focus
on policy
analysis
and/or
research.
The
work of
these
interns
will
contribute
significantly
to the
knowledge
base and
advocacy
efforts
of the
financial
aid
community.
DME funds
will also
be used
to
create
an
Information
Resource
Center
and Library
on Public
Policy
and Student
Aid -
the
first
of its
kind
in the
United
States.
Please
join
me in contributing to this
worthy
cause.
As a
501(c)(3),
all
contributions
to NASFAA
are
tax
deductible.
NASFAA
will
send
receipts
to all
donors
and
publicly recognize
them
on
the
NASFAA Web
site.
Donations
of $100
or more
will
be listed
in the
Student
Aid
Transcript
and
donations
of $500
or more
will
be recognized
on a
commemorative
plaque
that
will
hang
inside
the
newly constructed
Resource
Center
and
Library.
NASFAA
will
accept
donations
by
check or credit
card,
as
well
as
noncash donations
such
as
tangible
personal
property,
real
estate,
insurance
policies,
or
stocks and
other
securities
(in
some
cases,
investors
can
avoid
capital
gains
taxes
by
donating
stocks
to
a charitable
organization).
You can
learn more
about
making a
contribution
on the
Dallas
Martin
Endowment
Web site.
There you
will find:
Donation
information
Biographical
information on
Dr. A.
Dallas
Martin,
Jr.
Details
about the
mission
and
purpose of
the endowment
Contact
information for
additional questions,
noncash donations,
or planned
giving
Kindest
regards,
Dr.
Philip
R.
Day,
Jr.
President
and CEO |
