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Ben and Judy Kohl
The arts have had a profound influence on the lives of a Betterton, Maryland, couple. Their gift to the performing arts campaign helps ensure that today's students may also experience the beauty and power of the arts.
With their gift of $500,000, Benjamin G. and Judith C. Kohl, parents of Benjamin Kohl '83, have funded the creation the College's first art gallery, located on the first floor of the Gibson Center for the Arts. Ben Kohl, who joined the Board of Visitors and Governors in 2006, serves on the Gibson Center Campaign Committee.
"Our spending so much time in Italy has made the visual arts an integral part of our lives," remarked Ben Kohl, a Renaissance scholar who taught medieval and early modern history at Vassar College. "Funding the Kohl Gallery meant enhancing that importance by assuring a state-of-the-art venue for the visual arts at Washington College."
The Kohls' involvement with the College began with their son's education and has deepened over the years. Both have taught and volunteered for the Washington College Academy of Lifelong Learning (WC-ALL) and Judy chairs the Friends of Miller Library.
The art gallery gift follows the couple's major gift in 2005 to support innovations in the Miller Library.