Mildred (\u201cMil\u201d) Clegg Ackerley \u201955, MA \u201976<\/a>, received a full academic scholarship to Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³». For a family supported by her father\u2019s teacher\u2019s salary, it was the opportunity that made college accessible.<\/p>\n\u201cHer talent could have taken her anywhere,\u201d said her son, Lee Ackerley. \u201cOur mom remained grateful all her life for that scholarship from Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³».\u201d<\/p>\n
Mildred Ackerley graduated magna cum laude from Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» in 1955 with a degree in mathematics, beginning her career with NASA at the Marshall Space Center. Nearly two decades later, she returned to Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» to earn her master\u2019s in education, while raising her five children. Her next 30 years were spent teaching mathematics to Long Island children and, as an active Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» alumna, serving as director of the Alumni Association and as an alumni trustee.<\/p>\n
In 2009, Mil established the Mildred Clegg Ackerley \u201955 Endowed Scholarship in Mathematics<\/strong> through a planned gift, laying the foundation for a family legacy at Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³». When she passed away in 2015, her five children honored her lifelong connection to the University with a $100,000 gift to her scholarship\u2014an amount that doubled to $200,000 through Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»\u2019s inaugural matching campaign. In 2023, her sons Lee and Bob further expanded that legacy, contributing an additional $400,000 to the Momentum 2 Endowment Matching Campaign. Mil\u2019s endowed scholarship in mathematics is now the largest in the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science.<\/p>\nIn 2025, Lee Ackerley deepened the family\u2019s commitment by pledging $500,000\u2014matched again under the Momentum 2<\/em> Endowment Matching Campaign\u2014to create the Mildred Clegg Ackerley \u201955, MA \u201976 Endowed Professorship in Mathematics and Computer Science<\/strong>, the first endowed professorship in Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»\u2019s College of Arts and Sciences.<\/p>\nTogether, these gifts\u2014initiated by Mil and carried forward by her children\u2014ensure that her gratitude for Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» and her belief in educational opportunity will continue to benefit students and faculty for generations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In 1951, as the valedictorian and class president of her local high school, Mildred (\u201cMil\u201d) Clegg Ackerley \u201955, MA \u201976, received a full academic scholarship to Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³». For a family supported by her father\u2019s teacher\u2019s salary, it was the opportunity that made college accessible. \u201cHer talent could have taken her anywhere,\u201d said her son, Lee…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":1829,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2379","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"
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