Religion and Conflict Transformation Estate Gift received from Dr. Judith Oleson
The Boston University School of Theology (BUSTH) is grateful to announce a generous gift made by Dr. Judith Oleson, late professor and director of the Tom Porter Religion and Conflict Transformation Program (RCT) through her estate. Dr. Oleson passed away in June 2023 after a lengthy illness, and her legacy and the impact of her work is still felt among the community at BUSTH. As part of the Tom Porter Religion and Conflict Transformation Program Endowment Fund, this significant gift will support in perpetuity practical engagement (practicums, workshops, community outreach), curriculum development, events, and more as RCT continues building peace through imaginative action, the life’s work of Dr. Oleson.
“Dr. Judith Oleson’s generosity, like her influence, continues to overflow at the School of Theology,” says James McCarty, clinical assistant professor of religion and conflict transformation and director of the Tom Porter Religion and Conflict Transformation Program. “Earlier this summer I was teaching students who had studied with her, and they shared lessons they’d learned from her. These lessons not only deepened our class conversation but they were gifted to another generation of STH students. And now with this estate gift her generosity and influence will continue for years to come. The Tom Porter Religion and Conflict Transformation Program is deeply grateful for all that Judith has gifted to it, and humbled that she would see to it that even in death she would be supporting the program and its students. What a legacy she has left!”
All gifts including Dr. Oleson’s are currently being matched dollar for dollar. For more details on the match and to make a gift in Dr. Oleson’s memory, please click here.