Anniversary Celebration October 10, 2007

In 1976 the first residents moved into Westminster Village. Five years later, a committee under the chairmanship of resident Harland White recommended the establishment of a Foundation to further the mission of Westminster Village by providing funds for research on problems of the elderly, to foster educational and cultural programs and facilities for the residents and the community and to help with financial assistance for those residents who, through no fault of their own, might outlive their financial assets.

Since its founding the Westminster Village Foundation has contributed more than $500,000 to assist a few residents who outlived their assets. In 2006 the Foundation provided the “seed” money to establish the position of “Chaplain” for the Village. The current corpus of the Foundation in restricted and unrestricted funds is slightly in excess of $2,000,000.

About one-half of Westminster residents have made a gift of some size in their own name to the Foundation.

The dinner and program this evening is our expression of appreciation and thanks to the residents of Westminster Village for their support and encouragement over the past 25 years to the Westminster Village Foundation of West Lafayette, Indiana, Inc.
 

Both the Westminster Village and the Westminster Village Foundation boards are managed by rotating boards of directors of committed local community leaders and Westminster Village residents who serve without compensation. Listed below are the current Board Members of the Westminster Village Foundation.
 

Byron L. Anderson: Founded B.L. Anderson Co., in 1961. Past President of Purdue Alumni Association. Member of Purdue University Board of Trustees 1981-1995. Member of Purdue Research Foundation Board of Directors and serves on Purdue Library Advisory Board. Served on Boards of two local companies as well as North Central Health Services, Boy Scouts America, and is a past president of Home Hospital Board of Directors.
 

Bill R. Baumgardt: President of Westminster Foundation Board. Instructor in Ag Biochemistry, Rutgers University. Dairy science faculty, Univ. of Wisconsin, Professor of Nutrition and Dept. Head, Penn State University. Director of Agricultural Research and Assoc. Dean, Purdue University, 1980-1998. Resident of Westminster Village since 2002.
 

Gordon D. Chavers: Vice President of Westminster Foundation Board. General counsel for Purdue University Development Office since 1975. Directs the Planned Giving Program for the University and its affiliated Foundations. Provides legal counsel for the establishment of private sector endowment funds and the tax aspects of charitable gifts to the University.
 

William H. Farner: Treasurer of Westminster Foundation Board. Member of U.S. Air Force for 26 years. Employed 16 years at Great Lakes Chemical Corporation and 4 years as Manager of the Long Center Theatre in Lafayette. Also currently a member of the Westminster Village Board of Directors. Resident of Westminster Village since 1999.
 

Frederick R. Ford: Bachelors’ degree in Mechanical Engineering, Masters’ Degree in Industrial Administration and a Ph.D. in Management - all from Purdue University. Received an Honorary Doctorate from Purdue in 1998. Began work in the Purdue Business Office in 1959, held several different positions and retired in 1998 as Executive Vice President and Treasurer of the University. Also served as a Trustee of Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association and as Director of First Federal Bank of Lafayette and Circle Income Shares.
 

Lowell S. Hardin: After studies at Purdue and Cornell Universities joined the Purdue Agricultural Economics faculty in 1943. In 1965 moved to New York City as an international officer of the Ford Foundation. Returned to Indiana to Lake Freeman home in 1981 and became a resident of Westminster Village community a few years later. Now going off the Board after filling one year of an unfinished term.

Nina B. Kirkpatrick: Secretary of Westminster Foundation Board. Partner in Stuart and Branigin Law Firm in Lafayette. Chair of Foundation Board Nominating Committee. Her mother is a resident of Westminster Village.
 

William J. McCaw: Life long resident of Lafayette, Graduate of Purdue University. President of Tioga Distributing Company. Board member and treasurer of Pleasantview Christian School and New Community School. Treasurer, McAllister Foundation. Father was Westminster Foundation Board Member in 1982. His mother is current resident of Westminster Village.
 

Martha Schrader: Just elected to Board to complete an unfinished term. Moved to a Westminster cottage last year. Education is the key to her involvement in the community. She was President of the West Lafayette Community School Council and the West Lafayette School Board. In 1986 she became Executive Director of the Public Schools Foundation of Tippecanoe County, serving Lafayette, Tippecanoe and West Lafayette schools and was a key person in the formation of the Indiana Association of Public Education Foundations.
 

Sally J. Watlington: Retired and moved to the Greater Lafayette community in 1984 after completing a 23 year career in the U.S. Navy where she attained the grade of Captain. She is involved as a board member of numerous community agencies and currently serves as Board Chair, Tippecanoe Community Health Clinic. Serves on the Disbursement and Nominating committees of the Westminster Village Foundation.
 

Past Presidents - Westminster Village Foundation

(1982-1993) Winfield Hentschel (1999-2004) Lowell S. Hardin

(1993-1995 George DeVault (2004-2005) James L. Hanks

(1995-1997) Robert W. Whitsel (2005-2006) James R. Ransom

(1997-1999) James R. Ransom (2006-2008) Bill R. Baumgardt

Westminster Village Foundation of West Lafayette, Indiana, Inc.
 

Miss Carr was born on a farm near Hobbs, Indiana. She attended Butler University from 1931 to 1933, was a 1935 graduate of DePauw University and received her B.A. degree in Library Sciences from the Univ. of Illinois in 1942 and her M.A. degree in Library Science from the Univ. of Michigan in 1952. Miss Carr was employed in the Purdue University libraries from 1942 to 1957 as a cataloger and head of the Cord Preparation Unit. She was head librarian at Rockford College and was the acquisition librarian at DePauw University from 1963 until her retirement in 1978. She moved into her independent apartment on the third floor of “A” Building in October 1978 and indicated she greatly enjoyed her life at Westminster Village. Near the end of her life she moved back to the Tipton, Indiana area to be near the surviving members of her family. We acknowledge, with gratitude, the generous contribution (in excess of $325,000) Miss Carr has made to the Westminster Village Foundation from her estate.