This endowment was created to administer an unrestricted bequest from the estate of Dortha Pooley.
Pooley (1903-1992) was a graduate of West Aurora High School. In the early 1920’s, she was employed as a stenographer for the Prudential Insurance Company.
In 1932, she graduated from the University of Wisconsin and, in 1940, she received her Master of Arts degree from Columbia University.
Pooley was a teacher in the East Aurora School System for thirty-three years. She taught at the elementary school level and later became an art instructor at East Aurora High School until her retirement in 1968. She was a gifted artist and studied at the Art Institute of Chicago.
