Port Washington residents Angela and Scott Jaggar have generously made a series of gifts to Adelphi University, where Angela received her bachelor’s degree in 1962 and her master’s degree in 1965 from the Ruth S. Ammon School of Education. In recognition of the Jaggar’s $875,000 commitment, the university has renamed its Community Fellows Program—the Jaggar Community Fellows Program. The university-paid internship program allows students to work at nonprofit organizations and earn $10 an hour. The Jaggars’ most recent gift will increase the endowment for the Community Fellows Program and fund internships for the increasing number of students in the annual program. 
According to Scott, “the program provides students with the opportunity to learn the importance of nonprofits in our society,” while also giving the nonprofit organizations “extra help for the summer that allows them the chance to do things they wouldn’t otherwise do.”
Angela has served on Adelphi’s board of trustees since 2008, and she and Scott are members of the university’s Million Dollar Round Table and Adelphi’s Ruth S. Harley Society, which recognizes those who have made provisions for the university in their estate plans. She spent 30 years teaching at NYU as a professor of education with a specialty in children’s language and literacy development, retiring in 2000. Scott attended Colorado University, volunteered for the army during World War II, was then sent by the army to Yale University to learn Japanese and finished his bachelor’s and master’s degrees at the University of Michigan. He was the national systems and data processing manager at United Parcel Service (UPS), where he worked for 30 years until he retired in 1986.
The Jaggars have lived in Port Washington since 1989 and have been actively involved in many community organizations. Among other things, Angela has been on the board of the Landmark Theater, which she describes as not only “a wonderful entertainment venue on Long Island,” but also “a wonderful community center.” Their foundation, the Angela and Scott Jaggar Foundation, has supported many nonprofit organizations in town and throughout Long Island. “It is such a pleasure to meet, work and consult with people who are really trying to make life better for others,” Angela said. “We are happy to be able to support these organizations.” Because of the Jaggar’s gifts to Adelphi, many students will also have the opportunity to experience the rewards of contributing to nonprofit groups.
