Penn State Dickinson Law received a portion of a $3 million endowment gift this past summer from graduates Pat Hewitt and Jennifer Wilson Hewitt.
The Hewitt’s $3 million estate commitment to Penn State was divided equally among the Wilson Hewitt Excellence in Trial Advocacy Program at Dickinson Law; the Wilson Hewitt Professorship in Biology in the Eberly College of Science; and the Wilson Hewitt First-Year Experience Endowment in the Schreyer Honors College.
“We are honored by Pat and Jennifer’s generous commitment to the University and in particular the Wilson Hewitt Excellence in Trial Advocacy endowment at Penn State Dickinson Law,” said Danielle Conway, dean of the Dickinson Law. “Their support will promote the continued excellence of our Trial Advocacy Program and provide current and future students with opportunities to experience team trial competitions and expanded trial advocacy training.”
Pat Hewitt graduated from Dickinson Law as a U.S. Army JAG Corps member who now serves as managing partner at a Pittsburgh firm, and Jennifer as a successful litigator.
While the endowments will not be funded until the Hewitts’ bequest is realized, they have “early activated” each fund by committing to annually funding them for the next five years with a total of $268,750 in additional support.
The Hewitts had previously created the Hewitt Family Educational Equity Honors Scholarship in the Schreyer Honors College. They were recently inducted into Dickinson Law’s John Reed Society, a lifetime giving society recognizing the law school’s most generous donors.
