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Caroline T. Fisher, 1938
Caroline T. Fisher attended Roland Park Country School for only two years, graduating in 1938. While a student, she was editor-in-chief of the Quid Nunc and was voted Wittiest in her Class. Caroline was described by her best friend and classmate Mary Elizabeth (Bettie) Harper Porth, 1938 as "a serious student who valued what the School had to offer academically and who took full advantage of it. She had a wonderful sense of humor and loved the outdoors. She particularly liked politics, history and the opera." Miss Faissler and Miss Castle were her favorite teachers.
Miss Fisher may have spent little time as a student at RPCS, but clearly those years had a great impact on her. In 1995 she joined the Red & White Legacy by creating a Charitable Remainder Unitrust followed in 1997 by a Charitable Remainder Annuity Trust. Income from the trusts was paid to Miss Fisher's beneficiaries for a specified number of years. When the trusts matured, the principal and interest were distributed to Roland Park Country School to be used as financial assistance for qualified students. Specifically, Miss Fisher desired to assist middle income parents who had a difficult time making tuition payments because they had more than one child or had other expenses such as supporting an elderly parent. In a letter to Head of School Jean Waller Brune she wrote: "I feel it is safe to project that as time passes and tuitions and incomes fluctuate, the need for middle income parents to provide private school education for their children will continue."
Today the Caroline T. Fisher, 1938 Scholarship Endowment, which was established through her two Charitable Remainder Trusts, provides financial assistance for qualified students from middle income families. RPCS is grateful for Miss Fisher's wisdom and vision. Because of her foresight generations of girls and young women who never met Miss Fisher will benefit from her perceptive spirit and generous heart for years to come.