{"id":1432,"date":"2016-10-03T10:02:08","date_gmt":"2016-10-03T15:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/campaign\/?p=1432"},"modified":"2017-10-02T10:22:29","modified_gmt":"2017-10-02T15:22:29","slug":"steven-fox-77-honoring-excellence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/campaign\/2016\/10\/steven-fox-77-honoring-excellence\/","title":{"rendered":"Steven Fox &#8217;77: Honoring excellence"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-modular-content-collection><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"655\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/campaign\/stevefox\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/campaign\/files\/2016\/10\/SteveFox.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"680,399\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Steven Fox \u201977\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/campaign\/files\/2016\/10\/SteveFox.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-655\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/campaign\/files\/2016\/10\/SteveFox.jpg\" alt=\"Steven Fox \u201977\" width=\"680\" height=\"399\" \/><\/p>\n<h6>Home:\u00a0North Oaks, Minnesota<\/h6>\n<h5>Gifts to For the Hill and Beyond:<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Robert Scholz \u201961 Endowed Chair in Music, and the Patrick J. Quade \u201965 Endowed Chair in Theater, recognizing faculty whose long and distinguished service greatly enriched St. Olaf\u2019s music, theater, and international study programs.<\/li>\n<li>Program gifts, including the Steven Fox Fund for Theater and the Steven Fox Fund for International Studies, supporting St. Olaf theater productions and helping students afford international study.<\/li>\n<li>Manitou Heights Society member<\/li>\n<li>St. Olaf Fund Loyalty Society member<\/li>\n<li>St. Olaf Fund Leadership Circle member<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cGiving back is a way I can express my gratitude, and ensure others have access to similar life-changing experiences.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h5>Impact<\/h5>\n<p>The endowed chair funds support continued innovation in research, teaching, and programming, and are currently held by St. Olaf Orchestra director Steven Amundson, and theater professor Karen Peterson Wilson \u201977. Fox\u2019s gift doubled theater production funding, and up to 55 students a year who may find international study cost-prohibitive now receive support.<\/p>\n<h5>Why<\/h5>\n<p>\u201cAs students we only spend a short time on campus, but many of the faculty spend most of their career at St. Olaf. Even so, educators are often underappreciated. I wanted to recognize the impact professors like Scholz and Quade had on me and other students, as well as their passion and dedication for their programs, and to help make the same opportunities available for other Oles.\u201d<\/p>\n<h5>On the Hill<\/h5>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"659\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/campaign\/stevefox2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/campaign\/files\/2016\/10\/SteveFox2.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"680,399\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Steven Fox \u201977\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/campaign\/files\/2016\/10\/SteveFox2.jpg\" class=\"alignright wp-image-659 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/campaign\/files\/2016\/10\/SteveFox2.jpg\" alt=\"Steven Fox \u201977\" width=\"680\" height=\"399\" \/><br \/>\nAs a student, Steven majored in economics and theater, and sang in the Viking Chorus under Schloz\u2019s direction for four years. Fox also worked on many theater productions, and studied internationally during an interim in the British Isles, and a semester in the Middle East investigating historical and biblical sites. \u201cIt was an amazing experience, and I learned so much,\u201d says Steven. \u201cIt was 1975, and in the United States, everyone was gearing up for the Bicentennial. And then you go to Israel, and 200 years is like a drop in the bucket. I\u2019d never seen anything like that before, and it changed my whole perspective.\u201d<\/p>\n<h5>Beyond<\/h5>\n<p>Since graduating from St. Olaf, Steven has owned and operated several businesses, including a wholesale travel company sparked by his study. Fox has also maintained a lifelong interest in theater, working as a lighting designer and stage manager.<\/p>\n<h5>Of his time on the Hill<\/h5>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re entirely adaptable. The whole point is that you\u2019re not learning a particular trade, but you\u2019re learning a way to think and how to learn. I took what I learned at St. Olaf, used it as a base, and went from there.\u201d<\/p>\n<h5>Why he gives<\/h5>\n<p>\u201cIn the simplest terms, I consider philanthropy to be one means of service. St Olaf, being a college of the Church, encourages us to be of service. Giving back is a way I can express my gratitude, and ensure others have access to similar life-changing experiences.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home:\u00a0North Oaks, Minnesota Gifts to For the Hill and Beyond: Robert Scholz \u201961 Endowed Chair in Music, and the Patrick J. 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