{"id":308,"date":"2014-12-30T20:39:23","date_gmt":"2014-12-30T20:39:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/libraries-dev.mit.edu\/giving\/?page_id=308"},"modified":"2026-05-26T15:21:41","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T15:21:41","slug":"spotlights","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/giving\/spotlights\/","title":{"rendered":"Giving stories"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>How gifts from donors fuel our vision<\/h3>\n<hr style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-816\" src=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/05\/LMF-300x274.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"215\" height=\"215\" \/><br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/news\/bibliotech\/why-i-give-leslye-miller-fraser-sb-78-sm-80\/\">Why I Give: Leslye Miller Fraser SB \u201978, SM \u201980<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong>Fraser, who received bachelor\u2019s and master\u2019s degrees from MIT in chemical engineering and is a life member of the MIT Corporation, on the role the Libraries played in her life as a student and elevating the stories of women at the Institute.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-813\" src=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/05\/israel_s-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"215\" height=\"257\" \/><br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/news\/bibliotech\/why-i-give-sharon-israel-86\/\">Why I Give: Sharon Israel \u201886<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong>Israel, who received an SB in electrical engineering from MIT, on serving on the Libraries&#8217; Visiting Committee, supporting the Women@MIT Archival Initiative, and what more people should know about the MIT Libraries.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-683 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/01\/Library-Oasis_giving-stories-e1643290660644.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"215\" height=\"215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/01\/Library-Oasis_giving-stories-e1643290660644.png 215w, https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/01\/Library-Oasis_giving-stories-e1643290660644-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 215px) 100vw, 215px\" \/><br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/betterworld.mit.edu\/spectrum\/issues\/fall-2021\/library-oasis\/\">Library Oasis<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong>The impressively renovated library and adjoining Building 14 courtyard are designed to invite serendipitous connections.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-647 size-full alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/10\/Hopkins_giving-site.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"215\" height=\"215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/10\/Hopkins_giving-site.jpg 215w, https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/10\/Hopkins_giving-site-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 215px) 100vw, 215px\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/news.mit.edu\/2018\/institute-archives-spotlights-pioneering-mit-women-0706\"><strong>Institute Archives Spotlights Pioneering Women at MIT<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nInitiative is building collections highlighting the contributions of female faculty.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How gifts from donors fuel our vision Why I Give: Leslye Miller Fraser SB \u201978, SM \u201980 Fraser, who received bachelor\u2019s and master\u2019s degrees from MIT in chemical engineering and is a life member of the MIT Corporation, on the role the Libraries played in her life as a student and elevating the stories of women at the Institute. &nbsp; 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