Jean Pfeiffer Burt: Equine Health Studies Program

Jean Pfeiffer Burt of Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, has made a generous planned gift that will benefit the Equine Health Studies Program at the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine.

Her estate will provide for a gift to the LSU Foundation to establish the Jean P. Burt Fund. This fund will be used to support and benefit the programs and activities of the LSU Equine Health Studies Program, including scholarships for veterinary students and faculty support.

When the Jean P. Burt Fund is established, the equine lameness building will be named the Pfeiffer-Burt Equine Lameness and Performance Evaluation Unit. When completed, the 125 x 75-ft. lameness facility will contain a farrier's room, examination room and holding stalls.

Burt and her late husband, William, owned a cattle ranch in Hailey, Idaho, and lived in Maui, Hawaii, prior to moving to Hilton Head. The family has been avid horse enthusiasts.

Burt's granddaughter, Lauren Ashley Beebe, is a 2003 graduate of the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine.

Mrs. Burt's generosity will provide for extraordinary opportunities and results for the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine and its students. The legacy she leaves will help strengthen LSU's ever growing national prominence.