Summer 2007
Thank You
The following donors have made gifts of $25,000 or more in recent months. During the same period, hundreds of additional donors have made gifts of up to $25,000. The university is grateful to all of you for helping to transform lives.
INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILY FOUNDATIONS
Terri and Jon Anderson—$25,000 to the Track and Field Facilities Fund.
The Cameron Baird Foundation—$50,000 pledge to the Baird Family Scholarship Endowment Fund.
Gretchen and Walter Barger—$30,000 to the Duck Athletic Fund, $10,000 to the Bellotti Family Library Quasi Endowment Fund, and $10,000 to the Library Technology Fund.
Edmund Belsheim Jr.—$25,000 to the Dean’s Fund for Excellence in the School of Law.
Timothy Blixseth—$50,000 to the Pioneer Award Presidential Scholarship Endowment Fund.
Carol Bruce and Ronald Perkins—$50,000 pledge to the College of Education Building Fund.
Lisa and Tim Clevenger—$25,000 to the Alumni Center Capital Fund and a $15,000 pledge to the Ad Council Endowmentin the School of Journalism and Communication.
Stephanie and Tom Connor—$150,000 pledge to the College of Education Building Fund.
Leon Davis—$196,321 to benefit pre-engineering studies in the College of Arts and Sciences.
Leona and Bob DeArmond—Gifts to the College of Education Building Fund, Library Fund, Vivian Olum Child Development Center Fund, Oregon Basketball Program, Women’s Basketball Program, Oregon Football Program, Duck Athletic Fund, President’s Special Projects Fund, School of Music and Dance for a concert grand piano in honor of Leona DeArmond, DeArmond Football Scholarship Endowment Fund, DeArmond Scholarship Endowment Fund, and DeArmond Business Endowment Fund.
Diane and John Dimmer—$30,000 to the Lundquist College of Business New Venture Championship Fund.
Colleen and William Gardner—$25,000 pledge to the Lundquist College of Business Investors Fund and the College of Arts and Sciences Gift Fund.
The Giustina Foundation—$100,000 to the Track and Field Facilities Fund.
Kelly Hale—$25,000 pledge to the Library Technology Fund.
John T. Hartley—$50,000 pledge to the M.B.A. Scholarship Fund in the Lundquist College of Business.
Monte L. Johnson—$50,000 to the Securities Analysis Center in the Lundquist College of Business.
Joseph Kanter—$60,000 to the Department of German and Scandinavian in the College of Arts and Sciences.
Gwen and Chuck Lillis—$150,000 for the Gwendolyn H. Lillis Costume Studio in the James F. Miller Theatre Complex.
Donna and John Luger—$100,000 pledge to the Warsaw Sports Marketing Center in the Lundquist College of Business.
Ellen and Desmond Lynch—$56,000 pledge to the Desmond and Ellen Lynch Family Scholarship in the Lundquist College of Business.
J.P. Lynch—$45,000 pledge to the Pat Lynch Scholarship Endowment Fund.
Sam E. Moss III—$50,000 to the Ronnie Owens Moss Memorial Scholarship Endowment in the School of Journalism and Communication.
Maylee and Paul Murphy—$25,000 to the Autzen Stadium Expansion Fund.
John Natt—$25,000 to the John Natt Arts and Sciences Endowment Fund.
Kay and Don Parr—$50,947 to the Dorothy Carlson Parr Scholarship Endowment in the College of Education.
Barbara and Gilbert Pease—$55,280 for scholarships in the College of Education.
Donald Peting—$25,750 to establish the Betty Peting Traveling Fellowship Fund.
Nancy and David Petrone—$250,000 pledge to the Track and Field Facilities Fund.
Mary Poss—$25,000 pledge to the Mary Sakakibara Poss Scholarship Fund.
Marni and Jim Reinmuth—$50,000 to the Gilbert-Peterson Hall Renovation Fund in the Lundquist College of Business.
Shirley and James Rippey—Significant gift to the Securities Analysis Center in the Lundquist College of Business.
Pam Saltenberger—$25,000 pledge to the Library Fund.
Richard Seow—$50,000 pledge to the Charles A. and Jackie Swenson Scholarship Endowment Fund for international students from Asia.
Georges St. Laurent Jr.—$25,000 to the Lundquist College of Business New Venture Championship Fund.
Richard Ward—$105,000 to the Richard Ward Executive-in-Residence Program in the School of Journalism and Communication.
Donna Woolley—$35,000 to the Lundquist College of Business Program Support Fund.
ESTATES
Estate of Mary Lue Baer—$350,880 to the Foundation Unrestricted Fund.
Estate of Robert Nye—$579,570 to benefit the School of Music and Dance
CORPORATIONS AND FOUNDATIONS
Aequitas Capital Management—Significant pledge to the Securities Analysis Center in the Lundquist College of Business.
Blue Star Gas Company—$30,000 pledge to the Lundquist College of Business Entrepreneurship Program Fund.
Central Oregon Duck Club—$220,216 to the Duck Athletic Fund.
Coquille Indian Tribe—$50,000 to the Oregon Tribes Professorship in the School of Law.
Dodds Athletic Tours—$25,000 pledge to the Alumni Center Capital Fund.
IDC Architects—$25,000 to the Brian Mostue Memorial Scholarship Endowment Fund.
Intel Corporation—$25,000 to the Lundquist College of Business New Venture Championship Fund.
Neil Kelly, Inc.—$50,000 pledge to the Sustainable Supply Chain Management Center Fund in the Lundquist College of Business.
Medical Research Foundation of Oregon—A grant of $30,000 to the Institute of Neuroscience.
National Multi Housing Council—A grant of $28,000 to the School of Architecture and Allied Arts Dean’s Office.
Oregon Club of Portland—Gifts totaling $146,264 to the Duck Athletic Fund, the Oregon Wrestling Program, Rally and Duck Mascot Travel Fund, and the Oregon Club of Portland Presidential Scholarship Endowment Fund.
Princeton University—A grant of $75,810 to the Robert Donald Clark Honors College.
The Regence Group—$25,000 for the Oregon Economic Forum in the College of Arts and Sciences.
Royal Caribbean International—$45,000 to the Oregon Institute of Marine Biology.
Selco Community Credit Union—Gifts totaling $111,000 to the College of Education Building Fund.
The Spencer Foundation—A grant of $40,000 to the Department of Counseling Psychology and Human Services in the College of Education.
UO Alumni Association, Lane County Chapter—$25,965 to the UOAA Lane County Scholarship Endowment Fund.
Wildhorse Foundation—$40,000 pledge to the Oregon Tribes Professorship in the School of Law.
Yellowstone Park Foundation—A grant of $40,000 to the Department of Geography in the College of Arts and Sciences.
Juan Young Trust—$12,000 to the Juan Young Trust Scholarship Fund and $20,000 to the Oregon Young Scholars Program.