Stories of giving
Leaving a legacy

As a little girl, Miriam (Korver '74) Hector watched Dr. Rodney Jiskoot play organ at Alton Reformed Church. "My family didn't have a piano yet," she says, "but I'd go home and pretend to play like him, with my fingers on two levels of a windowsill."

When Hector came to Northwestern, she was thrilled to study with the musician who first inspired her to play. "He said, when accompanying hymns, to read the words and convey their meaning through my playing," she says. "People tell me my accompaniment is worshipful. He taught me that. He gave me so much." That's why Hector wanted to give back, helping to establish the Dr. Rodney Jiskoot Organ Scholarship in memory of her mentor.

To contribute to the Dr. Rodney Jiskoot Organ Scholarship—or to give to one of 33 other scholarships that honor the legacies of Northwestern professors and staff members—contact Northwestern's director of planned giving.