{"id":41,"date":"2015-08-27T13:08:52","date_gmt":"2015-08-27T20:08:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magazine.hmc.edu\/summer-2015\/?p=41"},"modified":"2015-09-04T15:14:40","modified_gmt":"2015-09-04T22:14:40","slug":"van-hecke-endowment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magazine.hmc.edu\/summer-2015\/van-hecke-endowment\/","title":{"rendered":"Van Hecke Endowment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Founding class members,<\/strong> chemistry alumni, members of the Alumni Association Board of Governors and friends came together this spring to establish the Gerald R. Van Hecke \u201961 Endowment for the Advancement of Chemistry, in honor of Van Hecke\u2019s 45-year legacy of teaching, research, mentorship, administration and service to the College.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_272\" aria-labelledby=\"figcaption_attachment_272\" class=\"wp-figure wp-figure-size-full aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/magazine.hmc.edu\/summer-2015\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/08\/faculty-hecke-body-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-272\" src=\"https:\/\/magazine.hmc.edu\/summer-2015\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/08\/faculty-hecke-body-1.jpg\" alt=\"A donor plaque honors Jerry Van Hecke \u201961 \u201cfor his 45-year legacy of teaching, research, mentorship, administration and service to the College.\u201d\" width=\"1060\" height=\"707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazine.hmc.edu\/summer-2015\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/08\/faculty-hecke-body-1.jpg 1060w, https:\/\/magazine.hmc.edu\/summer-2015\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/08\/faculty-hecke-body-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/magazine.hmc.edu\/summer-2015\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/08\/faculty-hecke-body-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1060px) 100vw, 1060px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"figcaption_attachment_272\" class=\"wp-caption wp-caption-text-size-full aligncenter-figcaption\">A donor plaque honors Jerry Van Hecke \u201961 \u201cfor his 45-year legacy of teaching, research, mentorship, administration and service to the College.\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Fellow Founding Class member Don Gross \u201961 proposed the endowment, and the response was strong, with contributions exceeding $160,000\u2014well over the $100,000 goal. Funds from the endowment will be used at the discretion of the chemistry department chair for summer research, lab equipment, attendance at scientific meetings or general departmental support.<\/p>\n<p>An overflow crowd of friends and colleagues surprised Van Hecke with an award ceremony during Alumni Weekend 2015. Van Hecke expressed gratitude for the honor. \u201cIf I\u2019ve touched your life in some way, that\u2019s great,\u201d he said. \u201cGo forward. Keep doing it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Founding class members, chemistry alumni, members of the Alumni Association Board of Governors and friends came together this spring to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-faculty"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazine.hmc.edu\/summer-2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazine.hmc.edu\/summer-2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazine.hmc.edu\/summer-2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.hmc.edu\/summer-2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.hmc.edu\/summer-2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.hmc.edu\/summer-2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazine.hmc.edu\/summer-2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.hmc.edu\/summer-2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.hmc.edu\/summer-2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}