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  • UAA students Abbie Lampman, Maile Johnston and Daniel Ogden photographed on the Anchorage campus.

    UAA announces largest estate gift in university history

    May 19, 2021

    The University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA) announced today it received the largest estate gift in the university’s history from the late Caroline “Carrie” E.B. Lewis. A longtime university supporter, Lewis passed away on Nov. 10, 2020, at age 90. Her gift, valued at approximately $15 million, will support two endowments that build educational opportunities for first-generation college students and foster student success initiatives at UAA.