Gifts to benefit forensics program, library at Guilford College
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
(Updated 5:33 pm)
GREENSBORO — Recent gifts to Guilford College totaling $300,000 will fund equipment for the forensic biology program, a collaborative learning center in Hege Library and other initiatives.
A $100,000 grant from the Bureau of Justice Assistance will be used to buy equipment for the forensic biology program, which is committed to working closely with local and state law enforcement agencies to train current and future officers and analysts.
The funds will help purchase, install and calibrate a gas chromatograph-mass spectrometer, used to analyze and identify illegal drugs. This equipment will be used for the instruction of forensic biology majors and interested local law enforcement personnel seeking a specialty in drug analysis.
“The analysis and identification of illegal drugs continues to be a major responsibility of forensic laboratories, accounting for more than 70 percent of the tests run each year,” said Frank Keegan, Binford Professor of Biology and director of the forensic biology major. “By providing hands-on instruction in the type of equipment used in professional forensic laboratories, we are better preparing our students to compete effectively for the new local jobs opening up in the field of forensics.”
The college received the grant from the Edward Byrne Memorial State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Grant Program as part of an appropriation request from U.S. Rep. Brad Miller.
A $100,000 gift from Winston-Salem attorney A. Lincoln Sherk III will fund the Nancy Triplett Dennis Sherk and A. Lincoln Sherk Collaborative Learning Center in Hege Library. The flexible instruction space will allow for hands-on interaction between instructors and students, and will be used for library instruction, group study and meeting space.
Sherk earned an English degree from Guilford in 1957 and a law degree from Wake Forest University in 1962. He served two terms as district court judge for the 21st District and on the Forsyth County Jury Commission, earning the State Distinguished Citizenship Award in 1974-75 in recognition of his work with youthful offenders. His wife, Nancy, also an attorney, died in 2004.
A $100,000 unrestricted gift from Dr. Robert B. Jones and Barbara M. Jones of Hillsborough will be used to fund other initiatives to be determined by college administrators. Robert Jones, a member of the college's board of trustees, is retired from the Indiana University School of Medicine, where he had taught since 1978. He earned his bachelor’s, master’s and doctorate from UNC-Chapel Hill.
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