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Throughout their lives, the late William
and Arlene Snow LeSuer, who both graduated from Monmouth with science
degrees in 1942, gave generously and consistently to their alma mater.
They provided financial support for the construction of the
Haldeman-Thiessen Science Center in 1970, and a more recent gift
provided resources to obtain a 16.5-acre tract of land on the
northeast edge of Monmouth that is now called the LeSuer Nature
Preserve.
In the fall of 1999, the LeSuers died
within one month of each other, and President Richard F. Giese, who
knew the Ohio couple well from his time at Mount Union College, |
From the left, Biology Department Chairman Ken Cramer, Junior
Environmental Science major Elaine Durr, the LeSuer's daughter,
Sue Ann Vanderpool
and President Richard Giese at the LeSuer Nature Preserve dedication
on October 11, 2002. |
