Skip to main content
  • Home
  • About
  • Faculty Experts
  • For The Media
  • ’Cuse Conversations Podcast
  • Topics
    • Alumni
    • Events
    • Faculty
    • Library
    • Research
    • Students
    • All Topics
  • Contact
  • Submit
Campus & Community
  • All News
  • Arts & Culture
  • Business & Economy
  • Campus & Community
  • Health & Society
  • Media, Law & Policy
  • STEM
  • Veterans
  • |
  • Alumni
  • The Peel
  • Athletics
Sections
  • All News
  • Arts & Culture
  • Business & Economy
  • Campus & Community
  • Health & Society
  • Media, Law & Policy
  • STEM
  • Veterans
  • |
  • Alumni
  • The Peel
  • Athletics
  • Home
  • About
  • Faculty Experts
  • For The Media
  • ’Cuse Conversations Podcast
  • Topics
    • Alumni
    • Events
    • Faculty
    • Library
    • Research
    • Students
    • All Topics
  • Contact
  • Submit
Campus & Community

Palmers’ Major Gift Supports Financial Aid, Career Services for Professional Master’s Students

Tuesday, September 11, 2018, By Dana Cooke
Share
givingMaxwell School of Citizenship and Public AffairsPhilanthropy

University Professor John L. Palmer, former longtime dean of the Maxwell School, and his wife, Stephanie G. Palmer, have made a major gift commitment to the school that will create an endowed fund supporting Maxwell professional master’s students, with an emphasis on financial aid and career development services. The gift, when fully realized, is expected to be about $2 million, in the form of two already-established charitable trusts and funds from their estate.

John L. Palmer and Stephanie G. Palmer

John L. Palmer and Stephanie G. Palmer

The Palmers’ planned gift will complete a remarkable legacy of giving by the couple, and giving by others in their honor. It follows a $1-million-plus fund established by members of the Maxwell Advisory Board to honor John upon his retirement from the deanship in 2003; that fund supported assistantships for Ph.D. students across the school. The Palmers’ current, ongoing philanthropy is already providing annual support for many of the same programs targeted by their planned gift commitment.

In recognition of their support, Maxwell recently renamed its career center the John L. and Stephanie G. Palmer Career Center.

“Few people have done more for the students of the Maxwell School than John and Stephanie Palmer,” says Dean David M. Van Slyke. “In its specific emphasis on students and their post-Maxwell trajectories, the John L. and Stephanie G. Palmer Career Center is a fitting tribute to everything the Palmers have done for us.”

John Palmer was dean of the Maxwell School from 1988 until 2003 and was named a University Professor at Syracuse University as he retired from the deanship. He is an expert on federal fiscal and social welfare policy, and served two presidentially appointed terms as a public trustee for the Medicare and Social Security programs. He is a former senior fellow of the Brookings Institution and of the Urban Institute, and former assistant secretary for planning and evaluation for the Department of Health and Human Services.

He has published 13 books and dozens of professional and popular articles on a wide range of topics related to economic, budgetary and social policy concerns.

Throughout his career–and during his Maxwell deanship particularly–Stephanie has been a full and vital partner in John’s leadership roles.

  • Author

Dana Cooke

  • Recent
  • University Monitoring Wind Chill Warning for Friday, Feb. 3
    Thursday, February 2, 2023, By News Staff
  • NASA Honoring Those Who Were Aboard Space Shuttle Columbia And Other Late Astronauts
    Thursday, February 2, 2023, By Julia Mazzer
  • NFL, Eagles and Chiefs All Set To Win The Economics Game In Super Bowl LVII
    Thursday, February 2, 2023, By Julia Mazzer
  • CEOs Requiring In Person Work Is Hurting Diversity
    Thursday, February 2, 2023, By Julia Mazzer
  • Parking and Transportation Services Makes Updates to New Late-Night Euclid Loop to Include Warehouse Stop
    Thursday, February 2, 2023, By Jennifer DeMarchi

More In Campus & Community

All Carnegie Library Collections Have a New Home

All collections previously housed in Carnegie Library have been moved, with the majority transferred to the Libraries’ storage facility, which are now available upon request. When searching for an item online, University affiliates can request items through the Libraries’ delivery…

Award-Winning Comics Theorist Scott McCloud ’82 to Present Lecture Feb. 9

The College of Visual and Performing Arts’ School of Art will present a lecture by award-winning author and comics theorist Scott McCloud ’82 on Thursday, Feb. 9, at 6:30 p.m. in Shemin Auditorium, Shaffer Art Building. The talk is free…

University Monitoring Wind Chill Warning for Friday, Feb. 3

Syracuse University is monitoring weather conditions for Friday, Feb. 3, through the morning of Saturday, Feb. 4. This effort includes reviewing the most up-to-date National Weather Service data and forecasting, and consulting with an independent meteorologist about what to expect….

Super Bowl-Winning Head Coach Tom Coughlin ’68, G’69 on Overcoming Adversity, Being Forever Orange on the ‘’Cuse Conversations’ Podcast

During a tumultuous start to the 2007 National Football League (NFL) season, Tom Coughlin’s ’68, G’69 New York Giants dropped their first two games in spectacular fashion, losing to the Dallas Cowboys and Green Bay Packers by a combined score…

Parking and Transportation Services Makes Updates to New Late-Night Euclid Loop to Include Warehouse Stop

In response to feedback provided by students and faculty members who commute to and from the Warehouse, Parking and Transportation Services will adjust its new late-night shuttle route to include a stop at the Warehouse. Beginning today, the newly established…

Subscribe to SU Today

If you need help with your subscription, contact sunews@syr.edu.

Connect With Us

  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Youtube
  • LinkedIn
Social Media Directory

For the Media

Find an Expert Follow @SyracuseUNews
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Youtube
  • LinkedIn
  • @SyracuseU
  • @SyracuseUNews
  • @SUCampus
  • Social Media Directory
  • Accessibility
  • Privacy
  • Campus Status
  • Syracuse.edu
© 2023 Syracuse University News. All Rights Reserved.