Dr Della Suantio Lee’s gift of scholarships, bursaries, fellowships and grants
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Dr Della Suantio Lee and the D.S. Lee Foundation have made a generous donation of $2.777 million to help needy students, support research excellence and nurture artistic talents at SMU.
In recognition of the munificence of the gift, SMU named its gallery “de Suantio Gallery”, after the Suantio family. The Gallery, a 180 square metre space on the ground floor of the School of Economics and School of Social Sciences Building, showcased the works of well-known Indonesian photographer Indra Leonardi as its first exhibition. The naming ceremony was graced by Singapore President Tony Tan Keng Yam and Mrs Mary Tan, and attended by some 60 guests, including Dr Della Suantio Lee and her husband, Dr Lee Seng Gee.
Together with matching grants received from the Singapore government, the gift will amount to nearly S$7 million. It has been allocated to support:
- two bond-free de Suantio undergraduate scholarships with preference given to Singaporeans, Permanent Residents and Indonesians, and special consideration for those in financial need
- three bursary grants – named after Dr Della Suantio Lee’s late parents, Thio Kok Foe and Choo Kim Beng – to help needy undergraduate students of any nationality
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[Photo: (L—R) SMU President Prof Arnoud De Meyer, Singapore President Tony Tan Keng Yam, and Dr Della Suantio Lee at the Dedication Ceremony and launch of the De Suantio Gallery at SMU.]
- two fellowships for outstanding young faculty, to support research excellence and develop new collaborations with industry
- D.S. Lee Foundation Inspiration Grant for the Arts to nurture artistic talents, particularly in SMU’s performing arts groups
