International Affairs board member makes gift to create student emergency fund
Former Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Mary Beth Long speaks to SIA students at an event held prior to the pandemic.
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International Affairs board member makes gift to create student emergency fund
February 22, 2021
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. Former Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Mary Beth Long, a 1985 honors graduate of Penn State’s Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications and member of the Penn State School of International Affairs (SIA) Board of Advisors, has committed $25,000 to SIA to provide financial support for students. The gift is being directed to two funds $20,000 to the Ken and Betsy Long School of International Affairs Student Emergency Fund, named after her parents; and $5,000 to the SIA Future Fund.