EDWARD L. TOWLE MEMORIAL FUND FOR SUSTAINABLE ISLANDS 
In 2010, Judith Towle established a memorial fund to honor her husband, Dr. Edward 
Towle, the founding president of Island Resources Foundation. The Edward L. Towle Fund 
for Sustainable Islands serves to recognize the multifaceted career and contributions of 
Ed Towle  a naval officer, historian, educator, environmental leader, island advocate 
and Caribbean conservationist. 
In February of 2013 Ms. Towle donated a dialysis machine to the Peebles Hospital in 
Tortola, British Virgin Islands as the first award facilitated under the Edward L. Towle 
Memorial Fund. During a ceremony at Peebles Hospital, Ms. Towle stated that the very 
professional and caring treatment afforded her husband at the BVI's Dialysis Unit during 
his last years made it possible for Ed to continue to work in the Caribbean. "I shall always 
be grateful to the BVI and to the excellent staff at its Dialysis Unit," stated Ms. Towle, 
"and wanted to say 'thank you' in a way that could expand health services in the 
territory." 
The Edward L. Towle Memorial Fund is managed by the Community Foundation of the 
Virgin Islands (CFVI) in St. Thomas, USVI. To support the goals of the Fund, contributors 
may send a check payable to “Community Foundation of the Virgin Islands,” with a 
Memo notation “For Edward L. Towle Memorial Fund,” to:  PO Box 11790, St. Thomas, VI 
00801. The CFVI is a 501(c)3 charitable organization, and donations are fully tax 
deductible for US tax payers. For further information about donating to the Edward L. 
Towle Memorial Fund, contact Dee Baecher-Brown, president, at the address above, at 
1-340-774-6031, or via e-mail at DBrown@cfvi.net.