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The year 2003 marked the 10th anniversary of the naming of
the Margaret Warner Graduate School of Education and Human
Development. In October 2003, the School was named to honor
a multimillion-dollar gift from William Scandling, in memory
of his wife, alumna and trustee Margaret Warner Scandling.
The gift enabled the School to advance its efforts in teaching
and research and to promote education reform. Since the School
renaming, the Warner Center for Professional Development and
Education Reform was created to give teachers the opportunity
to collaborate with other community partners on classroom
practices and reform models. In addition, important strides
have been made to integrate technology into the teacher training
curriculum, and administrative and student services systems
have been improved.
William Scandling’s gift to honor his wife allowed the
School to hire more faculty, offer more student scholarships
and advance student programs, create more partnerships with
urban and suburban school districts, and invest in student
and faculty research that, in turn, has attracted federal
and state grants.
“Without Mr. Scandling’s vision and foresight,
as well as that of other generous friends of Warner, we would
never have accomplished all that we’ve achieved so far,”
said Raffaella Borasi, dean of the Warner School.
The Warner School came into being as the University of Rochester’s
College of Education in 1958. In the 1970s the School stopped
offering an undergraduate degree in education and initiated
a Ph.D. program to complement its Ed.D. program.
The Warner School held a reception to commemorate 10 years
since the naming. Michael Scandling, son of William and Margaret
Scandling, spoke at the reception about his mother’s
belief in the value of education and the self-sufficiency
it produced—whether for the larger community or for
her own son. In videotaped comments, William Scandling expressed
support for the leadership of the Warner School and the accomplishments
achieved in these 10 years.
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| Scandling Scholars pose with Michael
Scandling at a reception marking the 10th anniversary
of the naming of the School: (left to right) Cecilia Rios
Aguilar ’03W (MS), Rachel Jordan, Stephen Demanchick,
Michael Scandling, Katherine Orem ’95W (MS), Laura
Farra, Paul Stein, Judith Fonzi ’03W (PhD), Margie
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Margaret Warner Scandling,
Advocate for Education Reform,
Friend of the University
Margaret Warner Scandling
was a Rochester native and a member of the University of Rochester’s
Class of 1944. She supported a wide spectrum of youth-oriented
charities and educational foundations. Before her death in
1990, she and her husband made several generous gifts to the
School; among them were gifts to establish student scholarships
and an endowment that would create a professorship in the
name of Mrs. Scandling’s aunt and Rochester alumna,
Frederica Warner.
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