Carnegie Currents: November/December 1998 Vol. XII, No. 6
CLRA Donates $20,000 to Princeton University's Boathouse Renewal Campaign
On behalf of CLRA, Stuyve Pell, a club founder and an officer of the Princeton University Rowing Association, presented PURA fund-raising consultant Will Rivinus with a check for $20,000 toward the Boathouse Renewal Campaign at the annual members meeting and holiday party on December 21. The donation, which came from gifts made by CLRA members in the mid-90s for a potential Laker boathouse project, was redirected to the P.U. Boathouse Campaign with the permission of the donors.
Accepting the check, Mr. Rivinus, Princeton Class of '50, said to the CLRA members assembled, "You make a tremendous contribution to the rowing program." Outgoing board president John Ellis said, "It's great that CLRA is able to participate in the project, to say thanks for 15 years of a wonderful relationship."
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CLRA founder and Princeton University Rowing Association officer Stuyve Pell (left) and outgoing CLRA board president John Ellis (right) present PURA fund-raising consultant Will Rivinus with a check for $20,000 given by CLRA to the Boathouse Renewal Campaign. |
Architectural drawings of the new boathouse were on display at the meeting and Mr. Rivinus gave a brief "tour" of the new facility, slated to start construction this spring. Viewed from Washington Road, the new complex will look very similar, he said; however from the inside and from the waterfront, many changes and improvements are planned—including new workout and locker rooms, two additional bays and a new tankhouse. The facility will be called the C. Bernard Shea Rowing Center, in honor of a class of '16 rower whose widow, Irene C. Shea of Pittsburgh, Pa., gave $4 million to the project, although the Class of 1887 Boathouse, built in 1913 as a reunion gift, will retain its original name.
Individuals who wish to contribute to the Boathouse Renewal Campaign may do so by sending a check, payable to PURA, to the chair of the fund drive: Mac Lewis, Class of '68, 5759 Long Brook Circle, Edina, MN 55439-2619.
