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Braham Fund celebrates former Institution president, family’s dedication to Chautauqua

August 23, 2012 by The Chautauquan Daily 0 Comments

Before W. Walter Braham had ever been to Chautauqua, N.Y., he paid his way through law school as a lecturer on the tent Chautauqua circuit.

Years later, he served as president of Chautauqua Institution, from 1956 to 1960.

Braham’s wife, Selina, had a history with the Institution, and introduced Walter to the place.

“My mother had been coming since her childhood,” said Isabel Pedersen, Walter and Selina’s daughter. “She and Dad rented for five years before we bought the family house. He was a new Chautauquan when he got married.”

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Karlan to lecture on Justice Jackson’s legacy

August 22, 2012 by The Chautauquan Daily 0 Comments

Pamela Karlan will speak at 4 p.m. Wednesday in the Hall of Philosophy on pressing issues before the Supreme Court and Justice Robert Jackson’s legacy.

The Kenneth and Harle Montgomery Professor of Public Interest Law at Stanford Law School, Karlan is also the co-director of the Supreme Court Litigation Clinic.

“The issues I will focus on include this past term’s decision in the Affordable Care Act case, where Jackson’s New Deal-era opinion for the court in Wickard v. Filburn was a focal point,” Karlan said.

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Yvonne and Jack McCredie, 2012 co-chairs of the Chautauqua Fund, speak during a recent luncheon at the Athenaeum Hotel recognizing annual fund volunteers. Photo by Adam Birkan.

Fund chairs continue work beyond season to meet goal

August 21, 2012 by The Chautauquan Daily 0 Comments

Though the season is winding down, Chautauqua Fund Chairs Jack and Yvonne McCredie will not be winding down their efforts to gather support for Chautauqua.

“There’s still a lot of work to do,” Jack said.

The job of the McCredies is a year-round one. From conversations with their team of volunteers, the 2012 Chautauqua Fund has so far been a success. All 110 annual fund volunteers meet several times with their teams and team captains during the season, and the 12 team captains meet four times each summer.

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John Jureller and Mary Giegengack Jureller.
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Jurellers’ support for Chautauqua grounded in interfaith programming

August 20, 2012 by The Chautauquan Daily 0 Comments

Like so many vacationers, John Jureller and Mary Giegengack Jureller expected their trip in the summer of 1992 to result in relaxation, with entertainment and quaint sights and, maybe, if they were lucky enough to stumble upon a decent place, church on Sunday morning. But the Jurellers were going to Chautauqua.

“You can’t often find a vacation place where you can expect to have your spiritual life nourished and expanded. Mostly you go searching about for a church that’s tolerable,” Mary said. “We found the Sunday morning ecumenical service here just wonderfully enriching.”

Since finding Chautauqua much better than “tolerable” — both spiritually and in other regards — the Jurellers of Syracuse, N.Y., have returned for another 20 seasons.

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Sylvia Faust with her grandchildren, from left, Will Alexander, Anna Faust, Lilly Alexander, Kate Alexander, Sylvia Faust and Sarah Faust. Submitted photo.

Faust Fund honors former chairman with range of support

August 16, 2012 by The Chautauquan Daily 0 Comments

During Old First Night earlier this summer, the Institution recognized some of Chautauqua’s many leaders who have helped guide the Institution to what it has become today. Among those leaders was H. David Faust, former chairman of the board of trustees.

A longtime Chautauquan, Faust served for two years on the board before he became chairman. In Faust’s time as chairman, he helped organize a conference at Chautauqua between Soviet and U.S. citizens in 1986.

Upon Faust’s death in 1988, his law firm established the H. David Faust Leadership Fund in his memory. Though the fund was established with the original donation from the law firm, others contributed as well.

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Scholarships help voice student Ashcroft further career

August 14, 2012 by The Chautauquan Daily 0 Comments

There is a video of Sarah Ashcroft when she was 2 years old belting out “The Little Mermaid” from the confines of her stroller.

Now 22, the Chautauqua School of Music student working toward her master’s degree at the Eastman School of Music realizes singing was meant for her all along.

Through the Chautauqua Connections program, a community volunteer organization that links Chautauqua families with School of Music, dance and art students, Ashcroft was paired with Hale and Judy Oliver, who invited her and their other Connections students to dinner each Sunday. The students all bring a piece to play or sing.

As it turns out, the Olivers also provided scholarship support for Ashcroft to study at Chautauqua this summer. The Chautauqua Foundation reaches out to scholarship donors in the spring, inviting them to contact the scholarship recipient and connect during the season.

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For Maddy family, Chautauqua is ‘a little piece of heaven on earth’

August 13, 2012 by The Chautauquan Daily 0 Comments

Not many can say they still have their gate pass from the Chautauqua Assembly in 1883.

The Maddy family, however, retains its great-grandmother’s ticket from Chautauqua that year, ringing in at a whopping $4. Back then, a photo was attached to each ticket to identify the holder, and Katherine Hartman smiles faintly under a large flowered hat on the ticket the Maddy brothers still have.

Richard and Anna Mary, who died in 2006 and 2011 respectively, arranged for a bequest that created the Anna Mary and Richard M. Maddy Music Scholarship Fund, which will fully fund one student in the School of Music each year in perpetuity, beginning in 2013.

“I think we’re all delighted that Mom and Dad decided to make a lasting contribution to the Institution through the establishment of the scholarship,” Peter said. “And that lasting gift is now part of our family’s history with Chautauqua.”

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Five years after renovations, School of Music is finally at home

August 12, 2012 by The Chautauquan Daily 0 Comments

Chautauquans often speak about how much the presence of young artists and musicians contributes to the atmosphere on the grounds. It seems as though creativity walks up and down the avenues all day and far into the night, with music drifting out of this hall or that.

Five years ago, the Chautauqua Foundation’s Idea Campaign sought to improve the halls from which the music flows at Chautauqua. The generosity of many dedicated Chautauquans made possible an expansion and renovation to the School of Music.

The renovations and new facilities have earned Chautauqua, among other things, the endorsement of Steinway and Sons and the increased ability to recruit the highest-caliber students, as well as a reputation for environmental consciousness.

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Braham Fund celebrates former Institution president, family’s dedication to Chautauqua

Karlan to lecture on Justice Jackson’s legacy

Fund chairs continue work beyond season to meet goal

Jurellers’ support for Chautauqua grounded in interfaith programming

Faust Fund honors former chairman with range of support

Scholarships help voice student Ashcroft further career

For Maddy family, Chautauqua is ‘a little piece of heaven on earth’

Five years after renovations, School of Music is finally at home

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