Ruth A. Trout '36 Individual Founders Society Plaque. A former librarian and teacher, Ms. Trout and her sister Helen established The Trout Gallery in honor of their parents Brook and Mary Agnes Cook Trout. She also established the Ruth Trout Endowment Fund for the support of the Trout Gallery in 1986. In addition, Ruth established the Helen E. Trout Memorial Fund also in support of the Trout Gallery after the death of her sister in 1990. Dedicated in Inaugural Founders Society Ceremony on Friday, May 6, 2011.