The Class of 1980 has pledged an unprecedented $500,000 gift to revamp the Pub.

10 Drew Legends are retiring this year, so we thought it only fitting to give them a rousing send-off. We asked close colleagues and former students to tell us what these professors have meant to them—and how Drew has been shaped by their very presence.

Theater is what I want to do, it’s where my heart lies and I can’t not do it.