Obituary: Linda Kester Cotter
CONCORD, Mass. - Linda Kester Cotter, 83, died peacefully at home on Jan. 8, 2021, surrounded by her family.
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Linda Kester Cotter
CONCORD, Mass. – Linda Kester Cotter, 83, died peacefully at home on Jan. 8, 2021, surrounded by her family.
Linda was born on Sept. 19, 1937 in Brooklyn, N.Y., the daughter of Harold E. and Rose Rothstein Kester and grew up in Brooklyn with her younger sister, Marjorie, and a large, close extended family of cousins.
An unusually capable student, Linda graduated at the age of 16 from James Madison High School and went on to Wellesley College, where she was President of Forum and in 1956 served as Massachusetts statewide Chair of the Students for (Adlai) Stevenson Presidential Campaign. During the campaign she enlisted William “Bill” Cotter, president of the Harvard Young Democrats to recruit student volunteers. As Bill was fond of saying, Linda was his boss. They became friends and later, b
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Participation goals surpassed in Westminster’s 2020 Giving Tuesday campaign
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Alumni and friends of Westminster College responded to the nationwide Giving Tuesday challenge this year by generously donating to the New Wilmington, Pa., institution, surpassing last year’s successful campaign.
In a two-week challenge ending on Giving Tuesday, Dec. 1, potential donors were offered six different student-impact projects or funds to support through the crowdfunding platform GiveCampus.
By the end of Giving Tuesday, a total of 440 individuals Westminster alumni, employees, parents, students and friends had come together to support Westminster, surpassing the 370-donor goal, and raising $136,541, an increase of more than $76,000 from 2019’s campaign.