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July 21, 2006
Ann B. Sullivan Children's Literature Student Conference Fund
Members of the International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts may be aware of the recent unexpected death of Ann Sullivan, wife of past President C. W. Sullivan and herself a frequent visitor to the Conference. IAFA members may want to express their affection for Chip and Ann and their concern for his loss through a donation.
A memorial fund, the Ann B. Sullivan Children's Literature Student Conference Fund, has been set up to assist students in the Hollins Children's Literature Program in travel to conferences. The fund "is designed to aid the students [Ann] loved and mentored and advance the art of storytelling, at which she was so gifted." Many students in the program at Hollins, where both Chip and Ann have taught, are regulars at the ICFA.
The Sullivan Fund will require a $10,000 endowment before awards can be made to students, which Hollins hopes to raise by June 30, 2007. Gifts and/or pledges to the fund may be made to Alumni/ae and Donor Relations, Hollins University, P.O. Box 9629, Roanoke, VA 24020-1629. Pledges may be made for a five-year period. Additional information about the fund may be obtained by writing the director of the Children's Literature Program, Amanda Cockrell, e-mail acockrell AT hollins.edu.
Posted by ChrissieMains at July 21, 2006 12:10 PM