July 24, 2003

Adler Foundation Supports Nazareth College Expansion

A $50,000 grant from the Max A. Adler Charitable Foundation is helping transform the Motherhouse of the Sisters of St. Joseph into Nazareth College's new Academic Center.

The Nazareth College capital campaign has received a major boost, thanks to a $50,000 grant from the Max A. Adler Charitable Foundation of Rochester, N.Y. The grant helps put Nazareth at the $16.25 million mark of its $20 million capital campaign for campus expansion.

"The essence of the Adler Foundation is to benefit the greater Rochester community," said Foundation President David M. Gray. "By helping Nazareth, we are also making a genuine investment in the long-term welfare of Rochester and its residents."

Nazareth recently entered the final, public phase of its capital campaign, which is supporting a long-term, $45 million strategic expansion. Nazareth's recent acquisition of 73 acres of land and property from the Sisters of St. Joseph has nearly doubled its size. Capital campaign funds are being used to transform the Sister's 130,000-square-foot Motherhouse into a multi-purpose Academic Center and the 55,000-square-foot Convent Infirmary into a 110-private room residence hall. A 2,200-seat athletic complex and an intercampus public roadway system are also under construction.

For more than three decades, the Max A. Adler Charitable Foundation has served the greater Rochester area by supporting organizations with programs in education, human services, the arts, and the humanities. The foundation's namesake was a Harvard-trained businessman who started a local company in the 1920s called Tapetex Products, whose business was converting textiles and included the making of linings for suits and jackets. Under Adler's leadership, Tapetex prospered and expanded into many related ventures, before being sold to Seneca Foods in 1969.

Gray said Adler was an avid reader and deep thinker, with a strong affinity for schools and libraries. "He believed that education was the key to having the diverse members of our community grow, prosper, and participate in society."

Based in Rochester, Nazareth College is a nationally ranked private co-educational institution with a comprehensive liberal arts and sciences core. For more information, log on to www.naz.edu.

Contact: Rob Enslin
E-Mail: rmenslin@naz.edu
Phone: (585) 389-2457