Even though they were transplants to the area, 汤姆 and 南希•戴维森 supported 新葡京app State University as if they were lifelong fans.

这对夫妇于1951年结婚，并于20世纪70年代搬到奥格登地区。

汤姆在空军服役了十年，在退休前在私营部门担任过几个营销和工程职位，并与南希一起参与了社区活动。

理查德•戴维森 one of the couple’s grandsons, said they were both drawn to the university as a pillar of the community, with 汤姆 eventually serving on the Utah State Board of Education, the WSU Board of Trustees and WSU Athletic Board. 两人都获得了华盛顿州立大学的荣誉人文博士学位，汤姆1998年获得，南希2010年获得。

“My grandpa loved education, but my grandmother loved the people,” he said.

汤姆于2013年去世，南希于2015年去世。 然而，他们对韦伯州立大学的支持仍在继续，因为他们是通过建立捐赠奖学金致力于韦伯州立大学长期成功的众多捐助者之一。

WSU supporters and donors 芭芭拉 and 诺曼·坦纳，里昂 and 弗朗西斯Staciokas and 迪安 and 简Morrin are also among those who have set up these scholarship endowments. 捐赠基金包括已投资的、捐赠的资金，这些投资产生的一些利息收入用于资助奖学金。

戴维森夫妇在过去的27年里向华盛顿州立大学捐赠了大约140万美元。 这些捐款的收入被捐给了韦伯州立体育学院、工程学院、应用科学与技术学院、科学学院、特里萨·e·林德奎斯特艺术与人文学院以及杰里和维姬·莫耶斯教育学院。

Greg Larsen BS ’03, another one of the couple’s grandsons who is a 新葡京app State alum and cousin to Richard, said WSU was always a part of his life thanks to his grandparents. 他说，汤姆和南希会想尽办法去了解学生运动员，他们通常是像他们一样搬到这个地区来的。

“You throw yourself at it,” Larsen said. “If you say you’re a part of something, you’re a part of it. Those are the lessons I learned from them.”

拉森说，他和他的家人从他的祖父母那里学到了很多关于参与和帮助他人的重要性。

“When he was a fan, he was a fan,” he said of his grandfather. “When he was engaged, he was engaged. He was all in.”

理查德说，他的祖父母总是在韦伯州立大学参加戏剧和体育赛事，并热情地支持这些学生。

“They were very thoughtful in their giving,” he said. “The things they supported had to have value and purpose.”

要了解更多关于如何通过捐赠或其他礼物帮助华盛顿州立大学学生实现他们的目标，请访问 give.weber.edu。