Donor Profile: Peter '76 and Miriam Storb Kimball '76
Peter ‘76 and Miriam Storb Kimball ‘76
After forging careers in service of the common good, Peter ‘76 and Miriam Storb Kimball ‘76 are giving back to the alma mater that brought them together and provided the foundation for their impactful work.
The Kimballs met at Dickinson during their second day of Freshmen orientation at a photo shoot where their class formed the number “200” to commemorate the college’s bicentennial in 1972 and the country’s bicentennial in 1976. They dated throughout their college years.
Miriam, a Dana Scholar and a member of Phi Beta Kappa, majored in history, was co-captain of the field-hockey team and played recreational squash—alongside Peter. She served as president of Alpha Delta Epsilon and volunteered on several campus committees. Peter majored in psychology with minors in economics and education. He was a varsity soccer athlete and recreational-tennis player, sang in choral groups and volunteered as a Big Brother.
They married in December 1977, raised two daughters and have two grandchildren. In 2013, their nephew, Everett Kimball ’07, took a page from their book when he married his Dickinson classmate Elizabeth Cone.
A career teacher and higher-ed administrator, Peter retired last year as director of planned giving at Harvard University, where he’d worked for 31 years. Miriam worked in marketing at Armstrong, then pivoted to nonprofits, serving as director of development and public relations at a school, a soup kitchen and a local YMCA. She retired in 2017.
The Kimballs recently established deferred annuities to fund a Dickinson scholarship. Because the annuities supplement their retirement incomes during their lifetimes, with higher income payments and a higher immediate tax deduction than if they’d elected to receive the income immediately, they’re able to provide for a more generous scholarship than they’d originally anticipated.
“It’s a win-win, but the greatest benefit is the legacy that will support students in the generations to come,” says Peter. “We believe that education is an important key to unlocking many of the problems our communities face, but accessibility is a barrier for many families. Financial aid makes it possible for deserving women and men to be able to attend Dickinson.”
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Published November 1, 2023