Books Forever

Books Forever is a new endowment program at the Library which allows a donor to have one book a year bought in their name or in the name of someone they would like to honor-forever. A gift of $1,789 (in recognition of the year Georgetown University was founded) is added to the new Books Forever Fund, and will generate enough interest income to purchase a book a year for the Library's general collections. To mark that purchase, each year the Library will place a commemorative bookplate in a book in its collection. In addition, the name(s) of donor/honoree will appear in the book's electronic listing on GEORGE, the Library's online catalog.

A Books Forever gift will keep alive the memory of Robert Edward Leonard L'41, husband of Mrs. Robert E. Leonard (left), and father of Robert Altham Leonard C'74 (center) and Mrs. Eileen L. Fay (right).

The first of these gifts comes from the Leonard family in loving memory of Robert Edward Leonard, Law 1941. The Library is delighted to have the opportunity to keep Robert Leonard's memory alive in this way.

At this writing Books Forever gifts have been given in memory of Edwin A. Heafey Jr. by his wife Mary Heafey, in memory of Dr. and Mrs. William Gaston Chorba by the Hon. Timothy A. Chorba C'68, and by Dr. Joan M. Maloney G'58, G'61, in memory of Francis Maloney L'23.

If you are interested in the program and would like to know more about it, please contact us and we will send you more information.