The Steps Add Up

Superwalking Couple Supports Accounting Scholarships

:: Walking in gratitude

:: Nepal to Death Valley

:: Compulsive, not competitive

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Ron Perkins, a 1962 UO accounting graduate, is grateful to the Lundquist College of Business for launching his successful career as a certified public accountant and then chief financial officer for a venture capital firm in San Francisco. That’s why he and his wife, Carol Bruce, decided to make a pledge that will one day fund accounting scholarships in the Lundquist college.

The money that eventually will fund the couple’s gift is currently invested as part of a larger charitable remainder unitrust, which they manage themselves. The trust also provides the retired couple with an income stream that helps support an unusual hobby: long-distance walking.