Mike '69 and Nancy Hobor Fund | Sotaro Ishii '78 Fund | Robert C. "Bob" Nordvall Fund | Stephen H. Warner Fund
Mike '69 and Nancy Hobor Fund
Purpose
Chinese history, culture, politics, art and language.
About the Donors
Mike Hobor ’69 and wife Nancy Hobor established the Chinese Carpenter’s Collection Bibliotecha Chinese Serendipity in 2008. Mike and Nancy both had careers in business and teaching. Now retired, they frequently travel in Asia and Europe and collect contemporary Chinese ink and color paintings.
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Additional information about this gift can be found in the Fall 2008 Friends of Musselman Library Newsletter, p. 13.
Sotaro Ishii ’78 Fund
Purpose
Japan, Japanese Language
About the Donor
This fund was started in 1993, with a gift from Sotaro Ishii. Ishii was a student at Gettysburg College from 1977-79. He works as an investment consultant at Office Ishii in Tokyo.
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Robert C. "Bob" Nordvall Fund
Purpose
Italian language and culture.
About the Donor
Bob Nordvall (1940-2014) served in many capacities at Gettysburg College from 1972 until his retirement in 2002. He was the assistant business manager, assistant and associate dean of the college, associate provost, dean of first year students and lecturer in Interdepartmental Studies. Along the way he studied Italian and upon his retirement he moved to Pistoia, Italy. Bob always kept in touch with his friends, visiting often and sharing a blog of his insights about life in Italy for over a decade. His friends created this endowment in his name in 2014.
More Information
Read more about Bob Nordvall in the Spring 2014 issue (p. 12) of the Friends of Musselman Library Newsletter.
Stephen H. Warner Fund
Purpose
Asian Studies, Peace Studies, Conflict Resolution
About the Donors
This fund was established by Esther and Harold Warner in memory of their son, Stephen Warner, Class of 1968, who was killed in Vietnam in 1971, three days before he was to return home.
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While a student at Gettysburg College, Stephen was known for his interest in civil rights and social justice. After graduating he went to Yale Law School for one year before being drafted and assigned to the Army's public relations headquarters in Vietnam.
Stephen left behind a his photographs, notebooks, and other written commentary about the War, which are held in Special Collections.
Read more in the Spring 2008 Friends of Musselman Library Newsletter, p. 16.