CHARLOTTE FILER: Leaving a Boxer Legacy
By
Jenni Luckett Dec. 4, 2015. Pacific U,
Forest Grove, Oregon
For 15 years, Filer served as public
information director at Pacific and editor of Pacific magazine, then
called Pacific Today.
Like some 60 percent of today’s
employees, Filer considered Pacific more than a place to work, giving back not
only with her time, but with her money. During her years of employment, she
made several gifts, little contributions of $15 or $30 to the library fund or
Old College Hall Museum.
Upon her retirement in 1989, though,
she started planning more long-term, establishing the roots of the Charlotte
Filer Scholarship Fund.
In March, Filer passed away at the age of 83. Her
estate included a bequest to Pacific, endowing the scholarship fund and
ensuring that it will benefit students in perpetuity.
Filer was not alone in leaving
bequests to Pacific in the past year.
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This story first appeared in the
Winter 2015 issue of Pacific Magazine. For more stories, visit pacificu.edu/magazine.
