The principal of the fund remains in tact so that the professorship exists in perpetuity. Burrill-Melcer Dance Resource Library Endowment Fund. Established in 1996 through the contributions of Fannie Helen Melcer and Billie Ann Burrill, professors emeritae of health and physical education, and their friends and colleagues in honor of their more than 30 years of devotion to teaching, learning, and life.
Purpose is to support the purchase of library materials on dance.
Established in 1996 through the leadership donation of a faculty member and the donations of many friends and faculty members. Interest earnings will be spent to support the acquisition of library materials consistent with the discipline of history for the Adams Library. Established through the estate of Charles C. Hoffman, professor emeritus, University of Rhode Island, to support the establishment of a rare book fund for the Adams Library. Established in 1998 by the family of Caroline A. Laudati to support an annual lecture in the Feinstein School of Education and Human Development. Established in 1984 in memory of David Emery Sweet, sixth president of Rhode Island College, by family, friends, and colleagues.