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The
American College of Heraldry is embarking on its most ambitious
enterprise to date – The American College of Heraldry Endowment
Fund.
For over 30 years, the College has survived solely as a result of the expert and devoted leadership of the late Dr. David Pittman Johnson, with assistance from a literal handful of individuals who have donated their time and talents to the continuation of this worthwhile cause. We’ve been diligent in our efforts to date to get the maximum benefit out of minimum resources.
The College has grown from a small, obscure group with a simple, basic publication, to an internationally-recognized heraldic entity with numerous publications and a strong internet presence. Since its inception, we have registered over 2,500 Armorial Bearings.
However, in order to survive and flourish in the years ahead, the College sorely needs to expand its scope, and resources. With a core working group of a mere handful of individuals to run the College, we need to broaden our personnel base, infusing new artists and experts in the field of heraldry into the College’s staff. We have been asked to expand our services through outreach to various educational institutions nationwide. We have the potential to develop the College far beyond its current successful, but limited, levels.
The goals of The American College of Heraldry Endowment Fund include:
- Outreach to colleges and universities, government entities, and businesses, to include registration of their current armorial bearings, or development of new arms;
- Regional Heraldry Seminars and Conferences hosted by the College;
- Annual Meeting of the College, to include domestic and international guest lecturers from all fields of heraldic expertise;
- Expanded publishing of “The Armiger’s News” in a full or partial color format; “The Heraldic Register of America”; and continuing releases of additional volumes of “American Heraldry in Color” CDs;
- Membership Recruitment;
- Children’s Outreach Program, to include development of syllabi for elementary education in the field of heraldry and heraldic principles;
- Study plans for Colleges, Art Schools, Universities.
The Fund intends on soliciting resources from various private foundations. The College is currently working with a professional grant writer to develop the best strategies for procuring resources for the Fund. During the coming months the Fund will be working with numerous personal and private foundations to solidify ongoing financial support for the College.
We encourage College members to take an active role in this process. We are not coming to you for ongoing financial requests at this point, though of course we are immensely grateful to those Patrons who have stayed with us through the years and assisted with the publication and dissemination of numerous College publications. We are simply asking for your help.
If you have established a personal/family foundation, know of someone who has established such a foundation, or have contact with members of private foundations or individuals with a philanthropic streak who would be interested in seeing the College grow, we would encourage you to contact the Fund’s Executive Director, David R. Wooten, as per below. Even if you don’t have such contacts, but would like to find out what more you can do to grow the College into the future, we ask that you contact us.
Thanks to the very generous donations of those individuals listed herebelow, the College has been able to maintain a solid financial base. Of primary importance this year was the first General Meeting of the College in Charleston, South Carolina. Donations to the Fund enabled us to conduct this event, and the subsequent dinner in cooperation with The Imperial Society of St. George of Lalibela, in a venue that I believe all who attended will agree was most accommodating and enjoyable - The Harbour Club.
Continuing donations to the Fund will enable future publications of the College, as we expand our ambitious plans for the growth of heraldry in this country.
Charter Patrons of The American College of Heraldry Endowment Fund include:
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Ms Mary Stuart Beil, Oak Ridge, Tennessee Orlando Ivan Benedict MD, Grand Blanc, Michigan Robert S. Bohannon, Arab, Alabama Juan Manuel Bracete JD, Miami, Florida Robert Comas, Tuscaloosa, Alabama Russ W. Copping, Covington, Louisiana Frank L. Dallas, San Antonio, Texas Leonard D. DeMaio, Wethersfield, Connecticut Dr Brett A. Gordon, Pembroke Pines, Florida George B. Gordon, Tuscaloosa, Alabama Ronald Logan Hardaway, Springfield, Tennessee Dr Peter Lea Heineman, Council Bluffs, Iowa Eugene Leroy Jeffers, Jr, Hedgesville, West Virginia The Rev'd Andrew MacAoidh Jergens, Cincinnati, Ohio Linda June Russell Johnson, Tuscaloosa, Alabama Rutherford B. Johnson, Huntsville, Alabama Leonard W Keane, Wakefield, Massachusetts William Giles Keane, MD, Dartmouth, Devon, United Kingdom The Chev Daniel F Kelly, Scarsdale, New York Dr George Korey-Krzeczowski, Don Mills, Ontario, Canada Michael Duane Lamb, Tuscaloosa, Alabama Alan B. Lewis, Providence, North Carolina Robert Tor Lofberg, PhD, El Paso, Texas Adam P. Misturado, JP, North Providence, Rhode Island Steven Moore, Chapel Hill, North Carolina MG Oliver L Peacock, Sheldon, South Carolina Christopher David Phillips, MD, Utica, New York Dr James W Ramage, ASDF, Northport, Alabama Steve Richardson, Tuscaloosa, Alabama Pierre August Rioux, MD, Austin, Minnesota Jorge Luis Rivera, III, Southport, Connecticut Joe Christopher Rudé, III, MD, Atlanta, Georgia St Andrews Society of Tuscaloosa, Inc., Tuscaloosa, Alabama Col. the Hon. John Michael Thoma, Galveston, Texas David Robert Wooten, Charleston, South Carolina Dr & Yanko A. Yankov, San Antonio, Texas Brig Gen Dr David T Zabecki, USAR, Freiburg, Germany |
If you wish to donate to the Fund, please CLICK HERE.
Through
our combined efforts, we can truly make The American College of
Heraldry a world-renowned and respected heraldic organization for
generations to come.
David R. Wooten
Executive Director
THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF HERALDRY ENDOWMENT FUND
1643B Savannah Highway, Suite 396
Charleston, SC 29407 USA
Fax 904.216.7403