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Elizabeth Verdow
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Elizabeth Verdow, a former Detroit Institute of Arts volunteer and Detroit Public Schools art teacher, has donated $1.71 million to the museum, it announces.
Verdow died in June 2014 at the age of 86. She taught art in the Detroit Public Schools system her entire career. She lived in Farmington Hills for more than 20 years and volunteered at the DIA from 1990 to 2009, the museum said.
Verdow stipulated that $1.26 million of the $1.71 million gift be used for contemporary art acquisitions of painting and sculpture and $450,000 go towards the museum’s operating endowment, the museum said.
“We are humbled by Elizabeth’s longtime dedication to and support of the DIA,” Salvador Salort-Pons, the DIA director says in a statement.. “She enriched the lives of countless visitors during her 19 years of volunteer service, and her gift will help enhance our contemporary art collection, greatly benefiting our community. We are so inspired by her philanthropy and civic commitment.
"She has set a very high example for all, and her legacy will live on for years to come. We are deeply grateful and moved.”
