Their Legacies Live On: Honoring Our Rogers Society Members
The Henry and Emma Rogers Society recognizes alumni and friends who have included Northwestern in their estate plans. We will remember the Rogers Society members we have recently lost for their generosity and vision for the future. In this issue, we highlight several of these donors and the impact of their planned gifts across the University.
Jan Achenbach (1935–2020)
Achenbach was one of the University's longest serving and most distinguished faculty members, having taught at the McCormick School of Engineering for nearly 60 years. He will be remembered for his contributions to the field of applied mechanics; enduring relationships with students and colleagues; and many honors, including the National Medal of Science—the nation's highest honor for innovation in technology and science. His legacy will live on at the University through a series of endowed engineering professorships that he and his wife, Marcia Achenbach '65 MA, created through a bequest and charitable gift annuities.
Lee Phillip Bell '50 ('18 GP) (1928–2020)
After earning a degree in biology from Northwestern, Bell pivoted to a career in television. She hosted several popular talk shows before co-creating two of America's longest-running soap operas, The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful, and was later honored with the Daytime Emmys' Lifetime Achievement Award. During their lifetimes, Bell and her husband made plans to establish the William and Lee Phillip Bell Fellowship for Writing for the Screen and Stage through a bequest in their estate plan. The scholarship will support graduate students in the School of Communication.
Henry D. Bullock '80 MBA ('17 P) (1955–2019)
Bullock earned an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management before embarking on a career in commercial real estate. When he passed away in 2019, Kellogg received a bequest from his estate to establish a professorship in real estate or finance. The professorship will be awarded to an outstanding member of the Kellogg faculty.
Mary Ann Frable '59 MD, '64 GME ('97 P) ('24 GP) (1935–2020)
Frable graduated from Northwestern's medical school—where she was one of just nine women enrolled—in 1959 and went on to complete a residency in otolaryngology at the University's affiliate hospital. Along with her husband, Jack Frable '59 MD, '60 GME, '64 GME ('97 P)('24 GP)—whom she met during her first year as a med student—Frable helped lay the foundation for the scholarship program at the school. A bequest from Frable's estate added to the Jack and Mary Ann Frable Medical Student Scholarship Fund.
Richard R. Tootelian '50 (1925–2021)
After graduating from Northwestern's School of Commerce—predecessor to the Kellogg School of Management—Tootelian embarked on a distinguished career as an Air Force officer, and then in specialty accounting and finance. He ensured that his support for Kellogg would continue beyond this lifetime through a series of charitable gift annuities and a bequest in his estate plan and accomplish your charitable goals.