By Anthony Fillippleo
May 14, 2021
After living frugally all her life, a woman built up a secret fortune that she left to the universities that shaped her career. Evelyn Lutz, known as “Evie,” quietly saved so she could give back to the thing that meant so much in her life: her education.
Evie grew up during the Great Depression and went on to put herself through college, first earning a bachelor’s degree in nursing from the University of Rochester, then a master’s degree from the University of Colorado. She went on to earn her doctorate from Case Western Reserve University in Ohio and had a career in nursing and as a professor and college administrator.