The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Mary R. Kihl Leadership Fund Endowment
Mary R. Kihl Leadership Fund Endowment
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One of the leading and most influential transportation planners in the US, Mary Kihl was a professor in planning at ASU from 1996 until her death in 2007. The endowment established in her memory recognizes her dedication, leadership and contributions to ASU and the field of planning through the support of a bi-annual scholarship for an urban planning graduate student and in the alternate year, to provide support for the ongoing scholastic development of urban planning for such programs as scholastic lectures, symposia and other activities.
True leadership is hard to find, but when you do, it’s obvious. The Kihl Leadership Endowment allows us to reward, foster and grow those who lead so others may follow."
Impact of Donor Support
- More learners can pursue higher education. In 2022, 22,000 donors contributed $66.3 million for scholarships.
- More students succeed. ASU ranks #1 among the state’s public universities for its 86% first-year retention rate thanks in part to donor-funded student success initiatives.
- And donors helped ASU offer more than 4,500 hours of free tutoring.
Our family believes in giving back and sharing the blessings we have received financially and through our time."