Mallory Cottage Increases Access A generous gift from the Mallory Foundation is helping build a brighter future—literally—for Interlochen and for the young artists who are drawn here.
views, and space to relax. Mallory Cottage will be another draw for attracting top-tier performers with headline acts for our busy summer concert season. In other months, the cottage will accommodate visiting artists, faculty, and other campus guests as a short-term home-away-from-home.
The Mallory Foundation, a longtime, institutional funder whose name is listed prominently throughout campus, saw the impact of creating Mallory Cottage —a modern, welcoming space for campus guests— that ultimately increases revenue to be used for student financial aid.
Thanks to the Mallory
Foundation, along with generous support from Interlochen Trustee Gregg Latterman and his
wife Susan, the income from rental of the Cottage supports Interlochen’s financial aid budget, thus bolstering access to Interlochen and expanding our capacity to be the
By extensively renovating an existing storage facility, Interlochen is creating an expanded green room with lakeside frontage, stellar
destination for young artists.
“The Mallory Foundation Trustees have supported a range of projects over many years at Interlochen. Impact is important to us. Mallory Cottage shows an innovative approach to retrofitting an outdated space into a beautiful, usable one for top-class accommodations that, in turn, increase funds for more students to attend Interlochen. That’s a win-win investment.” — Riley Beckett, Chairman, Mallory Foundation
Extending Impact Beyond Family Ties
It would be a daunting task to fully count the ways Interlochen has impacted the family of Douglas Eicher (AS 74-77, IAA 77-78) and Bonnie Mills (IAC/NMC 68-70). Both attended Camp, Doug graduated from Academy, and decades later, both served on our Board of Trustees. All four children from their blended family are Interlochen alumni: Charlie Dennis (IAC 10-11) and Lauren (IAC 04-05), Hayley (IAC 10-11, 14),
history at Interlochen—but the generous scope of their gift is anything but typical. Their gift establishes three new endowed funds, supporting merit- based scholarships at both Academy and Camp, and operating funds for Interlochen Public Radio. These endowments will provide permanent support for decades for both the young artists who study at Interlochen and the radio listeners
and Julie Eicher (IAC 02-04, IAA 07-08, IAC St 09). This year, their niece attended Camp! There are many Camp and Academy alumni among their extended family, too, each with their own, cherished stories to tell. It’s perhaps no surprise that Doug and Bonnie’s recent gift to Interlochen is as multifaceted as their family
who connect to Interlochen artistry and northern Michigan on IPR. After generations of their own expe- riences of artistic growth at Interlochen, the Eicher and Mills family has established a foundation of support for generations of artists and art-lovers—enabling trans- formative impact in innumerable ways that, indeed, we could never hope to count.
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