{"id":1436,"date":"2016-10-04T10:13:47","date_gmt":"2016-10-04T15:13:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/campaign\/?p=1436"},"modified":"2017-10-02T10:14:38","modified_gmt":"2017-10-02T15:14:38","slug":"susan-wasowicz-lee-81-and-victor-lee-82-supporting-oles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/campaign\/2016\/10\/susan-wasowicz-lee-81-and-victor-lee-82-supporting-oles\/","title":{"rendered":"Susan Wasowicz Lee &#8217;81 and Victor Lee &#8217;82: Supporting Oles"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-modular-content-collection><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"712\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/campaign\/lee\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/campaign\/files\/2016\/10\/Lee.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=\"lee\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/campaign\/files\/2016\/10\/Lee.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-712\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/campaign\/files\/2016\/10\/Lee.jpg\" alt=\"Susan and Victor Lee\" width=\"680\" height=\"399\" \/><\/p>\n<h6>Home: White Bear Township, Minnesota<\/h6>\n<h5>Gifts to For the Hill and Beyond:<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>$3,500+ annually to the St. Olaf Fund in gifts of stock, with additional matching gifts from their employers. A major portion supports St. Olaf\u2019s women&#8217;s and men&#8217;s swimming and diving teams.<\/li>\n<li>St. Olaf Fund Leadership Circle and Loyalty Society members.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWe believe mixing academics and other activities makes for a better college experience and life balance.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Impact:<\/strong> In addition to supporting St. Olaf\u2019s ongoing operations, their gift underwrites travel and lodging for the Oles\u2019 December training trip and the three-day MIAC Championship Meet to help the athletes best prepare for competition.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why:<\/strong> \u201cWe believe mixing academics and other activities makes for a better college experience and life balance. Swimming, a lifelong sport, was an important part of that balance for us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>On the Hill:<\/strong> At St. Olaf, both Vic and Susan majored in mathematics with a computer science concentration. A scholar-athlete, Susan was a varsity swimmer, and the first woman to earn All-American honors in any athletic team at St. Olaf. A four-year letter winner, she was twice selected as St. Olaf\u2019s Most Valuable Player in women\u2019s swimming, and is now a member of St. Olaf\u2019s athletic hall of fame. Their daughters Lindsey \u201914 and Maddie \u201916 were also all-conference and record-setting swimmers for St. Olaf. Vic\u2019s parents are alumni, as are his siblings.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Beyond:<\/strong> Since leaving the Hill both Vic and Susan advanced as software engineers working for leading area firms. Initially Vic managed St. Olaf\u2019s academic computer center, and is now a vice president in Allianz Life\u2019s hedging group. Susan moved into the medical device field and works currently for St. Jude Medical. Both are active community volunteers and avid cyclists. Susan also coaches swimming, and has received consecutive recognition as a Minnesota high school section coach of the year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Of their\u00a0time on the Hill:<\/strong> In addition to their academic and extracurricular experiences, both Vic and Susan worked in the St. Olaf academic computer center over a summer. \u201cThat gave us an excellent opportunity to apply what we had learned in classes, and to experience the \u2018other Northfield\u2019 \u2013 the one with almost no students during the summer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why they give:<\/strong> \u201cOnce we started we couldn\u2019t stop \u2013 St. Olaf prepared us well for many challenges and changes we\u2019ve experienced in our fields of work. Had we been more narrowly trained, many opportunities would have been beyond our reach. Watching our Lindsey and Maddie flourish on the Hill and beyond has been another great reflection of St. Olaf\u2019s value.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home: White Bear Township, Minnesota Gifts to For the Hill and Beyond: $3,500+ annually to the St. Olaf Fund in gifts of stock, with additional matching gifts from their employers. 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