Thomas Cooper Library
Science and Mathematics Journals Endowed Fund

Dr. John M. Herr in the Science Library Located on the fourth floor of Thomas Cooper Library.

A challenge has been issued to the faculty and staff of the departments that comprise the Biological Sciences, Marine Science, the Geological Sciences, Physics and Astronomy, Chemistry and Biochemistry, and Mathematics.

 The specific nature of this challenge is as follows:

$1,250 will be placed in the Thomas Cooper Library Science and Mathematics Journals Endowed Fund.

Challenge:  If the faculty and staff of the Science and Math departments, in the College of Arts and Sciences, collectively contribute $3,250 to Thomas Cooper Library Science and Mathematics Journals Endowed Fund, John and Lucrecia Herr will add an additional $1,000 to their contribution to this fund for a total of $2,250.

Faculty of Biology, Marine Science, Geology, Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics are being asked to participate in this challenge to secure funding for the critically needed journals to support Science and Math.

The Thomas Cooper Library Science and Mathematics Journals Endowed Fund was established by Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Dr. John M. Herr, Jr. and his wife, Lucrecia, to assist in offsetting the increasing costs of journals for the Thomas Cooper Library in the fields of science and mathematics. Recognizing the heavy burden placed on library acquisitions funds by increasingly expensive science and mathematics journals, the Herrs wish to assist in providing needed journals for future generations of students.

Professor Herr has been a strong supporter of the libraries since beginning his career at USC in 1959. He also served as an outstanding president of the library's support group, the Thomas Cooper Society in 1998-99.

In addition to his own donation to this endowment, Professor Herr is leading the effort to encourage contributions from colleagues at the University and elsewhere. The University Libraries will benefit greatly from the forward-looking efforts of Dr. and Mrs. Herr and are very grateful for their generosity.

Donations to the endowment are welcome. They should be made payable to the USC Educational Foundation for fund "A11064" and mailed to Annual Giving Programs, USC Development Office, Byrnes Building, 901 Sumter Street, Columbia, SC 29208.