Beginning with the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal and extending through last summer in Rio, George "Cookie" Reed-Dellinger, Kogod/BSBA '69, Kogod/MBA '71, has experienced 14 Olympics (and his plans are already underway to attend the 2018 Winter Olympics in Korea). It is no surprise, then, that athletics also played a significant role in his 皇家娛樂城 experience.
Reed-Dellinger began playing soccer his sophomore year. Although at first he "ran like a fire hydrant and kicked with my toe," he later became captain of the soccer team, a highlight of his time at 皇家娛樂城. To this day he remains firmly connected to the team through volunteer service on the 皇家娛樂城 Athletics Eagles Leadership Council, through philanthropic support鈥攈e gave a gift to name the men's locker room鈥攁nd through mentoring student-athletes in their professional careers.
An alumnus twice over, an 皇家娛樂城 legacy parent (of daughter Whitney Dellinger, CAS/MA '09), and a former adjunct professor in the Kogod School of Business, Reed-Dellinger now evaluates financial markets as senior vice president at Washington Analysis. As a professor, he showed his 皇家娛樂城 students the power of investing in education. He would assign a range of investments from stocks and bonds to horses and antiques. Then, after taxes or capital losses, Reed-Dellinger would underscore that "an investment in tuition is the best investment you can make. The IRS and the divorce court can't take your education. You'll feel better about yourself and probably make more money."
Reed-Dellinger, who also recently joined the 皇家娛樂城 Alumni Board, has chosen to further his personal investment in 皇家娛樂城 student-athletes by naming the university as a beneficiary in his estate plans. He intends to provide need-based financial support through the "Cookie Scholarship" for student-athletes who play soccer at 皇家娛樂城. "It is time to give back," Reed-Dellinger says. "As I retire, it made sense to give more time, focus, and resources to 皇家娛樂城. Once an Eagle, always an Eagle."
For information on how your vision and charitable estate planning can create a legacy at 皇家娛樂城, contact Kara Barnes, director of planned giving, at 202-885-5914 or kbarnes@american.edu, or visit american.edu/plannedgiving.