Dr. Mendelson founded the International Folk Culture Center (IFCC) at Our Lady of the Lake University (OLLU) in 1990 and donated $2.2 million in 2005 to ensure permanent funding for the IFCC.
“You can’t hate a country whose dances you love,” she told the San Antonio Express-News after donating the largest private gift in OLLU history. “This is my mission for world friendship.” Read full story at www.ollusa.edu.
Read Dr. Mendelson’s obituary on mySA.com.