The Albright Endowment Tops $53 Million
Donors Margaret K. Schumo (right)
and Cynthia S. Lynn at the dedication of
the new Schumo Center for Fitness and
Well-Being (below).
Building the Albright endowment was one of the
three goals of Crossing Boundaries: The Campaign for
Albright. Over the past 60 months, gifts designated for
endowment totaled $12,677,136 – one third of all funds
raised – bringing the total endowment from about $40
million to $53 million as of June 30, 2007.
Major gifts to the endowment include the largest
bequest in Albright’s history, $3.5 million from Ella Rist;
a gift of $1.5 million from Lillian and Robert R. Gerhart Jr.;
and a bequest of $800,000 from Elizabeth Blecker Bergstedt’37. Rist, the widow of Charles A. Rist ’51, established
a scholarship for Berks County students to study
business. The Gerharts’ gift was to establish a faculty
chair in communications. Bergstedt’s gift established the
Elizabeth and Gustave Bergstedt Endowed Scholarship
for financially needy and deserving students.
According to President Lex McMillan, Albright’s
endowment is far smaller than that of peer schools. “A
healthy endowment is the underpinning of an institution’s
financial stability. It allows us resources to expand
the educational experience and provides scholarships
and significant aid to outstanding students with need.
An institution of Albright’s size should have an endowment
of about $100 million. I am delighted that we have
made such major strides in building the endowment in
such a short time.” |
Schumo Center for Fitness & Well-Being
Officially Open; First Director Appointed
The new center was
officially dedicated at a
ceremony in September. It
houses a cardiovascular fitness
room; a weight room; a group
fitness room; a wellness room;
conference space; offices;
locker rooms; an atrium;
and Jammin’ Juice, a café
promoting healthy cuisine. 
 Just shy of a year and a half ago, Albright broke
ground on the Schumo Center for Fitness and
Well-Being. The new center, made possible with a
$4.75 million gift from Margaret K. Schumo and her
daughter Cynthia S. Lynn, was officially dedicated
at a ceremony in September. Alison Camlin, the
center’s first director, was also recently appointed.
The 22,000-square-foot facility, attached to
the north and west side of the Bollman Center, is
built for athletes and non-athletes alike. It houses
a cardiovascular fitness room; a weight room; a
group fitness room; a wellness room; conference
space; offices; locker rooms; an atrium; and Jammin’
Juice, a café promoting healthy cuisine. Computers
with software programs that track fitness goals are
available, as well as group fitness classes such as
yoga, Pilates, kickboxing and hip hop dance, to
name a few.
Prior to joining Albright, Camlin served as an
instructor and coordinator of group fitness at Body
Works in Temple, Pa., and as director/coordinator
of group fitness at LA Fitness International in
Wyomissing, Pa. She is owner of Jersey Girl Fitness
in Leesport, Pa., and has worked as an aquatic
specialist and exercise physiologist in New Jersey
and Hawaii.
Camlin received a bachelor of science degree in
exercise physiology from West Chester University,
and is certified in a number of areas including
group fitness instruction, yoga, Pilates, CPR and
First Aid. She is working toward certification in
personal training.
The programs and facilities at the Schumo
Center are open to students, staff, alumni and
friends of the College, as well as the Berks County
community. |
