LibraryLinks Fall 2007/Spring2008

Library Mourns Loss of Benefactor

By Georgia H. Vieira

The late Benamin Surovy enjoyed reading books in the Benjamin Surovy Group Study Room. The study room in the Bartle Library was made possible by a generous gift from Mr. Surovy. Photo by Jonathan Cohen. Library benefactor, Benjamin Surovy, passed away on June 19, 2008. Before his passing, Surovy had decided to support his alma mater. He rolled funds from his IRA into the Benjamin Russell Surovy University Libraries Endowment, building on prior gifts, and has included the University in his estate plan. “I chose to support acquisitions for the libraries because the library became important to me while at Binghamton,” he said. “I did a lot of studying and research in the library and still use libraries to find general information.”

For more information about estate planning, please visit the Binghamton University Foundation website at http://giveto.binghamton.edu/.