For the Gartley ‘ohana, generosity is a tradition that has supported a century of Punahou students and will continue to do so for generations to come. The Ada Jones (1889) Gartley Endowed Scholarship Fund was established in 1903 with a gift of $750 by Ada’s parents, who created endowed funds in honor of their three children and a fourth fund named after Cornelia Hall Jones (1861). Each of these funds was set to provide tuition support to a Punahou student every year in perpetuity.

Since then, members of successive generations have come forward to ensure the fund’s vitality. More recently, family members have made their gifts through charitable estate planning. Ada’s great-granddaughter, Lynne Gartley ’74 Meyer, described her family’s ongoing commitment to strengthening the fund: “My parents, Fred ’49 and Erminie Crockett ’48 Gartley, looked into these scholarships around the time of my father’s 50th Reunion, and decided to bolster the endowment by contributing through a bequest.”

Revocable planned gifts to Punahou provided in a will or trust such as this one count as Reunion gifts, and all individuals who include Punahou in their estate plan become members of the School’s Ka Punahou Society (KPS). Lynne continued, “My parents encouraged me to join them in increasing that endowment for my 50th as well. Now that my parents are gone, I feel it is important to honor the goal they set a quarter-century ago, and I have also encouraged my children to do the same.”

In 2024, Lynne made a gift by naming Punahou as a revocable beneficiary of her life insurance policy, the face value of which counted in full toward her 50th Reunion class gift. This year, Lynne’s daughter Valerie Galluzzi ’05 Liptak followed suit and made her 20th Reunion class gift with a life insurance beneficiary designation as well. As a result, both mother and daughter are now members of Ka Punahou Society.

Valerie shared, “Attending Punahou was a great blessing and continues to pay dividends for me even today. While the cost of attendance was paid for through sacrifices by my family, no student pays the whole cost of their Punahou education. Without the support of generous donors, attending Punahou would have only been a dream for me. I want to give thanks and repay that help by continuing to donate.”

From the time of the original gift, the fund has grown and makes a meaningful difference for a Punahou student each year. Endowed funds like these allow Punahou to continue attracting and retaining the best and brightest students from across Oahu, and help us to offer need-blind admissions. Meaningful new planned gifts created each year ensure a source of future support for Punahou’s students, faculty and staff, programs and campus grounds and facilities.