Friday, August 26, 2011

John H. Adler Fund to Finance Research on Veterans' Affairs ...

August 24, 2011, 9:11 am By THE NEW YORK TIMES

The family of the late John Adler, a former New Jersey politician, have created a fund to support research into veterans? affairs at Harvard, the university said.

The John H. Adler Memorial Fund for Veterans? Affairs will be based out of the John F. Kennedy School of Government, but grants will be available for research and programs at all schools at the university.

?It is our family?s intent to continue John?s legacy of respect and support for veterans,? Mr. Adler?s widow, Shelley, said in a statement. ?It is a population that is sometimes sadly neglected, despite the tremendous personal sacrifices made by those individuals and their families. This fund will lead to better governmental treatment of our service men and women after they are no longer in active duty.?

Mr. Adler who would have turned 52 on Tuesday, when the fund was announced, died in April after contracting an infection in the tissue around his heart. A graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School, he had served in the New Jersey State Senate and one term in Congress from a district in southern New Jersey. He was on the House veterans? affairs committee while in Congress.

An associate dean for the Kennedy School, Melodie Jackson, said that the family had started the fund with a ?generous gift,? but she could not disclose the amount. Ms. Jackson said the family?s goal is to raise enough additional money to create an endowment. She said it was not clear when the first grants would be issued.

Contributions to the fund can be sent to:
Harvard University, Office of the Recording Secretary,
124 Mt. Auburn Street
4th Floor
Cambridge, Mass., 02138.
Checks should be made payable to ?Harvard University,? attention The John H. Adler Memorial Fund for Veterans? Affairs.

Source: http://atwar.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/24/john-h-adler-fund-to-finance-research-on-veterans-affairs/

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