UC San Diego Libraries Receive $1.1 Million Bequest From Alice Marquis

Newswise — The estate of Alice Goldfarb Marquis, Ph.D., an accomplished writer, historian and alumna of the University of California, San Diego, has left $1.1 million to support the UC San Diego Libraries. The gift from the Alice G. Marquis Living Trust, which represents the largest bequest ever to the Libraries, will help to maintain and enhance collections and services of the UC San Diego Libraries, with a portion of the gift specifically designated to augment the existing H. Stuart Hughes UCSD Libraries Endowment for Modern European History. The Libraries will also direct some of the funding from the bequest to establish a new study area open 24 hours, five days a week, in Geisel Library.

“Alice Marquis was a stalwart supporter of the UC San Diego Libraries, as this generous bequest clearly demonstrates,” said Brian E. C. Schottlaender, The Audrey Geisel University Librarian. “Given the fact that Alice was a UC San Diego student who spent considerable time studying and tapping into the diverse resources in Geisel Library, I believe she would appreciate that we are using a portion of these funds to open a new 24/5 study facility that will enable students to spend more time in the library. Also, having additional funds to enhance our collections is extremely helpful at a time when we are experiencing such severe budgetary challenges.”...