{"id":13060,"date":"2022-02-23T13:31:08","date_gmt":"2022-02-23T18:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/?p=13060"},"modified":"2022-03-23T14:39:09","modified_gmt":"2022-03-23T19:39:09","slug":"late-nasa-engineer-bequeaths-3-3-million-to-umes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/late-nasa-engineer-bequeaths-3-3-million-to-umes\/","title":{"rendered":"Late NASA engineer bequeaths $3.3 million to UMES"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Dr. Heidi M. Anderson flanked by George Miles’ nephew Rand Underwood<\/strong> and niece Peyton U. Bender<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

George E. Miles, a proud 1960 graduate of the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, understood the value of higher education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, his legacy will live on through students on the lower Eastern Shore, thanks to recent gifts from his estate to local colleges and universities, including approximately $3.3 million each to the University of Maryland Eastern Shore and Salisbury University, and $2.32 million to Wor-Wic Community College.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Each gift will benefit students through scholarships and financial aid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Born and raised in Memphis, Tenn., Miles spent most of his adult life in the Salisbury area.  After earning his Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from Georgia Tech, he took a job at NASA\u2019s Wallops Flight Facility on Virginia\u2019s Eastern Shore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There, he worked on projects that included sounding rockets<\/strong><\/a>, which conduct brief flights into space ranging from 30 miles to more than 800 miles above the earth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We are grateful Mr. George E. Miles remembered the University of Maryland Eastern Shore in his estate plans,\u201d said UMES President Heidi M. Anderson. \u201cThis is all the more fitting, given his work at NASA\u2019s Wallops Flight Facility and the strong relationship UMES has with Wallops with respect to our engineering and aviation science programs. Mr. Miles\u2019 legacy will live on in meaningful ways for many years to come.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Miles\u2019 gift to UMES is the second largest from an individual philanthropist in the university\u2019s 135-year history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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George E. Miles<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAccording to Mr. Miles\u2019 family, his education and career were points of pride throughout his life,\u201d Salisbury University President Charles Wight said. \u201cThis generous gift from his estate will afford similar educational and career opportunities to countless SU students in the form of scholarships and financial aid. We are grateful for his posthumous support and that of his family.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Members of Miles\u2019 family said they hoped his donations will inspire others to support higher education on the Eastern Shore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 \u201cWor-Wic is proud to establish the George E. Miles endowed scholarship fund with this transformative gift,\u201d Wor-Wic President Ray Hoy said. \u201cIncome from the endowment will be used to bring life-changing education in the form of scholarships that will enhance the learning experience and opportunities for students on the lower Eastern Shore.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

George Ernest Miles died March 7, 2018 at his home in Salisbury. He was 79.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

George E. Miles, a proud 1960 graduate of the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, understood the value of higher education. Now, his legacy will live on through students on the lower Eastern Shore, thanks to recent gifts from his estate to local colleges and universities, including approximately $3.3 million each to the University of…Read more Late NASA engineer bequeaths $3.3 million to UMES<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":13061,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-13060","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13060","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13060"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13060\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13061"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13060"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=13060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}