Create Your Legacy

The promise of discovery

Opportunities to learn by doing, through research experience, field-based work, and course-related travel.

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The promise of achievements

The contributions of our alumni in every walk of life continue to grow in vast disproportion to their numbers.

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The promise of generations

Alumni, parents, and friends have made Amherst one of the most exceptional colleges in the country.

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Gift Planning

Thank you for honoring Amherst by including the College in your estate plan. Bequests of all kinds make a real impact on the long-term health of your alma mater by creating scholarships, faculty positions and more. We are most grateful.

Amherst welcomes the opportunity to thank you and acknowledge your bequest with gift credit for your reunion and the campaign if you: 

  • Have already celebrated your 45th reunion, and
  • Have included Amherst as a primary beneficiary of your estate.

Please complete our bequest recognition form, attach a copy of the provision of the will, trust, beneficiary designation form, or other document naming Amherst College as a primary beneficiary, and mail it to the address on the form.

Thank you for your commitment to Amherst College, and please contact us with any questions.