Lucy Cooper Finch Library

2010 Imprint Award Recipient

presented by the Downtown Raleigh Alliance

The renovation and expansion of Peace College’s Lucy Cooper Finch Library was completed in August 2009 and officially dedicated on Thursday, October 15, 2009, nearly 40 years to the day of its original dedication in 1969. The $3.8 million project added 2,200 square feet of space and completely renovated the building’s interior. It was the first major renovation of the building since it was built in 1969.

Among the project’s features is the creation on the main floor of a “learning commons” with pods of computer workstations. The new library houses an information technology help desk and all of the college’s tutoring programs. It also features “Peace Perk,” a coffee bar and lounge featuring Java City coffee.

In support of its fundraising efforts for the Finch Library project, Peace College submitted a challenge grant application to the Kresge Foundation of Troy, MI, in 2008, and received a $350,000 challenge grant in December of 2008. Gifts made to the Library project after Jan. 1, 2009 and before Dec. 31, 2009, counted toward the Challenge. Because of the Kresge Foundation’s support, many generous alumnae and friends stepped forward to help the College in its fundraising efforts, resulting in a completely privately-funded $3.8 M renovation project.

Finch Library Donor List

On behalf of Peace College, we extend our thanks to the following donors to the Lucy Cooper Finch Library, and to those who helped us meet the Kresge Challenge. Donors to the Kresge Challenge are denoted in bold-face font.

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James A. (Jim) Abbott
David and Mary Kathryn (Kit) Adcock
AlphaCollier, Inc.
Keith L. and Elizabeth (Beth) Ritchie Alm ’72
Marvin and Sarah Rothrock Barbour ’58
Virgil and Ann Milsaps Batten ’58
Robert G. Baynes
Martha Humphrey Beach
Fred A. and Judith Baker Beacham ’58
Laura Rush Beasley ’89
Thomas A. and Mary Davis Martin Betts ’67
Kenny and Bonnie Biggs
Warren and Laura Carpenter Bingham ’77
Julia Greer Boyd ’45
Beth R. Fleishman and Richard T. Boyette
Bill and Robin Rogers Branstrom ’70
James Brickhouse
Mary A. Brogden
Virginia R. Brogden
Frank and Sandra Broadhurst Brooks ’58
Dr. Sally L. Buckner
Stuart Upchurch Buice
Jim Noonan and Chrys P. Bullard ’75
J. Mack and Florine Currin Butler ’43
Jerry L. and Stephanie Fountain Bynum ’72
Annie Lou Lockamy Cahoon ’58
The Cannon Foundation
Kenneth and Elizabeth Bruton Cates ’95 ’97
W. Robert and Beth Chadwick Cherry ’72
Marilyn L. Chester ’55
Class of 1958
Raymond D. and Catherine (Kay) Wallace Coltrain ’66
Drs. Debora L. Cottrell and Alan Cottrell
Donald W. and Barbara Hoffman Curtis ’66
Patsy Bagley Daniels
John M. and Susan Watkins Davis ’86
Jeanette R. and Ron E. Doggett
Jim Donathan
Marshall J. and Edna D. Donathan
The Frank Eck Family Foundation
Marion F. Erwin
John and Jane Bowman Fain ’76
Ginger D. and Edward S. Finley, Jr
First Presbyterian Church of Raleigh
Polly S. Flowe
Dr. Benjamin E. and Norma F. Fountain (Jr.)
Lt. Col. John R. Frankeberger (ret)
Dr. S. David and Jean Frazier
Drs. James S. and Mary Susan Kirk Fulghum
Charles Finch (Fin) and Nancy Gaddy
Claude William (Will) and Ellen Gaddy
David and Linda Floyd Gellatly ’68
Patricia J. Gerrick
Chalmers L. and Sylvia Morrow Glenn ’54
Edwin O. and Sarah Cotton Goad ’58
Edith (Polly) Herring Goodwin ’58
Benjamin J. and Rosemary Hayes Green ’58
Kenneth B. and Cynthia D. Gwynn
William R. and Gayle Greene Hackney ’68
Tommy L. and Donna Fulk Haddock ’72
Boyce R. and Dr. Polly Cameron Haigler ’56
Lina Kirkman Hamilton ’58
Mike and Bryan Boddie Hancock
James J. and Marguerite W. Hardy
Wanda G. Henton
John F. and Sarah Moses Hickman ’58
Edward B. Hipp
Julia Rusher Howard ’68
Carl C. and Kim Campbell Huddle ’90
Terry and Rosalind Hutchens
Bryan and Gibbs Chadwick Ives ’76
Lynn Allison Ivey ’76
Jacquelin Quesenbery Jeutter ’50 and Family
Mary Anne Jobe ’54
Shirley Bartholomew Jones ’58
Walton K. and Lucy Joyner
The W. Duke Kimbrell Foundation
Paul F. King
Richard C. and Gay Seibert Kistler ’63
Gordon and Anna Cherry Kreiner ’58
Wanda Sue Lambert
Steven and Susan (SuSu) Barnes Lilly ’91
Bobby Gene and Carole Martin Lloyd ’58
John F. and Sandra L. Long
James R. and Virginia Currie Lyons ’65 & Family
Metta and Victor Luttmann
Patricia Ann Lynn ’68
Sara Jo Allen Manning ’58 ’60
Martin Marietta Materials
Robert W. and Judy May
The Honorable Betty Ray McCain
Doris Crawford McCormick ’53
The John Luther McLean and Isabelle Gray McLean Trust
Dr. Edward A. and Jenny McLeod (Jr)
Frank A. and Ann J. McNeill
John A. (Sandy) and Deborah S. McNeill
Peter J. & Prudence F. Meehan
Demetrios (Jim) and Ernestine (Ernie) Clodfelter Meletiou ’56
Paul K. and May Gayle Myers Mengert ’80
W. Franklin & Gerri Minton
Norman and Lane Aberly Mitterling ’58
The Hon. Fred and Dr. Carolyn Bond Morrison ’62
Kimball and Dottie Morrison
Jennifer and R. Donavon Munford, Jr
Jeff B. and E.A. McDaniel Neelon ’66
W. Robert (Bob) and Liz Newell
Ann Rowland Nicholson ’44
Nicole Owings
Peace College Parents’ Council
Bob and Lisa Barrett Parker ’77
Pat Palmer Parker ’75
Marion B. Patrick
Jason and Susan Willey Pintuff ’98 ’00
Sandra Upchurch Poindexter ’58
Robert H. and Gail Sutton Pope ’59
Craig and Susan Craft Quinn ’74
Dr. Phillip and Lee Adams Rast ’75
Sarah and Charles M. (Terry) Reeves III
David E. and Alice Partin Reid ’58
Reid and Julie Ricciardi
Mary Jane McCoy Rivers
Eloise and Todd A. Robinson
Marian D. Ross
Willard G. and Susan Ross
Elizabeth (Betsy) Moore Ruffin ’53
Jane Limer Rule ’58
Clemm H. and Dorothy Newton Shankle ’57
Betsy Johnson Shaw ’51
Dorothy Adams Smith ’46
Haywood C. Smith
Joel A. and Paula Cozart Smith ’74
Dr. Gavin and Elizabeth (Libby) Mason Smith ’77
L. Arnold and Molly Wiley Taylor ’58
James F. and Sue Denning Teachey ’58
John and Julia Allen Thomas ’74
Stevie McFadden Toepke ’95 ’97 and Ty Toepke
Doris Mustian Tolson ’58
Troutman Sanders, LLP
Nancy Butler Tyson ’58
Audrey Peele Ward ’84
Helen O. Whaley ’51
William M. and Sally White
Dr. Timothy E. Davis and Sue Donathan White ’72
Richard and Jackie Jones Whitfield ’71
Phillip H. and Tonja Bass Whitley ’75
Elizabeth (Lib) Kelly Wilkerson ’42
Walter and Jean Whitaker Wilkinson ’67
Betsy Weldon (Kohlrausch) Williams ’58
John C. Williams and The Chaucer Foundation
Edwin E. and Catherine (Chic) Stuart Wilson ’41
John and Betty S. Witcher
Elizabeth L. Woodman
Thomas C. and Sherry Cameron Worth ’64 (Jr)
Robert G. and Mary Brent Smith Wright ’68
G. Smedes and Rosemary York

History of Finch Library

Finch Library is named in honor of 1922 Peace graduate Lucy Cooper Finch, who along with her husband, George Finch, donated $100,000 toward the original construction of the library. Lucy Cooper Finch’s family has long ties to Peace. The relationship began with her mother, Emily Faucette Cooper, who graduated with the Class of 1890. Lucy Cooper Finch was an active alumna and served on the college’s Board of Trustees from 1953-1971. Her daughter, Lucy Finch Gaddy, obtained degrees from Peace’s high school and college programs, graduating in 1961.

Gaddy and her husband, Charlie Gaddy, served on several Peace governing boards. Lucy Finch Gaddy served on the college’s Board of Visitors and on its Alumnae Association Board. Charlie Gaddy, who served as a trustee for 18 years and as a member of the college’s Foundation Board for 15, led several capital campaigns for Peace.

In honor of the Gaddys, their sons Fin Gaddy of Manteo and Will Gaddy of Asheville, made a leadership committment in support of the library renovation project in 2008, and have dedicated a memorial reflection garden located adjacent to the Library.

Finch Library Directors
Julia Skinner (1958-1966)
Carol Ann Combs (1966-1968)
Linda Picard Osterman (1968-1971)
Paul F. King (1971-2009)
Anne Burke (2009-present)