Major and Planned Giving
The Harris-Tight-Huffman Society
What is it?
Membership
in the Harris-Tight-Huffman Society recognizes those thoughtful friends
of Denison who have included the University in their estate plans
through life-income gifts, trusts, will commitments, and life
insurance.
Benefits of the Society
Members of this
special group are listed in the University's Annual Report of Donors,
and their names appear on a permanent display on the Denison campus.
They are invited to selected campus events, as well.
History of the Society
The Harris-Tight-Huffman Society is named after three distinguished Denisonians who graduated in the 1910s. Each combined leadership in his or her professional life with a life-long loyalty to Denison University. Each made significant provisions for the continued well-being of this college through estate plans:
- Dr.
Laura C. Harris, Class of 1916, was a pioneering medical educator and
an advocate for an increased role for women in science. Her 1990
bequest remains one of the largest gifts to Denison from an individual.
- Dexter J. Tight, Class of 1912, was a successful
entrepreneur and visionary in the field of planned giving, almost
single-handedly creating the planned giving program at Denison as it
exists today.
- William P. Huffman, Class of 1911, was a
businessman whose devotion to alma mater manifested itself in
exceptional philanthropy during his lifetime and magnanimous support
via his estate.