Mr. and Mrs. G. Kirk Swingle Foundation

**Mission** To support charitable causes benefiting the citizens of Davis, California and Yolo County, California. **About the Foundation** The Mr. and Mrs. G. Kirk Swingle Foundation was established in 1983 pursuant to the Last Will and Testament of Eleanor Iva Swingle. Eleanor named the foundation for her husband George Kirk Swingle and herself. Eleanor Iva Hughson was born in Sacramento in 1876. She graduated from Sacramento High School in 1893 and went on to become a school teacher. A newspaper clipping from June 1898 lists Iva as a first grade teacher at Fremont Primary School. Iva had an active social life and was noted many times in the social columns of Sacramento area newspapers. George Kirk Swingle was born in Yolo County in 1873. He graduated from Sacramento High School in 1892 and received a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of California in 1896. After his father passed away in 1895, Kirk followed in his footsteps and joined his mother in managing the family farm. He became extensively engaged in stock raising, specializing in registered Shropshire and Hampshire sheep. Kirk was a director of the Davis Chamber of Commerce, and a member of the Faculty Club of Davis, the Sutter Club of Sacramento, and the Wool Growers Association of California. Kirk and Iva married in Sacramento in 1919. They were both in their 40s at the time. The couple never had children. Kirk passed away in 1955 and Iva followed in 1968.