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Interview with Ian Brick Frank Pantridge Frank Pantridge: The Father of Emergency Medicine Interview with Ian Brick Queen’s Donor Newsletter Two Meet the team Contents Gail McMullan Three Dear Benefactor Fundraising Manager, Four Foundation Board - Trusts and Foundations Making a Difference ‘As Trusts and Foundations Fundraising Manager, Six News - Cover Story I am responsible for building and maintaining Eight Corporate News relationships with Trusts and Foundations in the UK Ten Queen’s Annual Fund Dispersal and internationally, which Thirteen Interview with Ian Brick share the University’s vision. My goal is to secure funding for priority projects such as the Institute of Sixteen Library Update and Donor Day Health Sciences, the Postgraduate and Executive Eighteen The John PB Maxwell Scholarship Education Centre at Riddel Hall and the Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s.’ Tributes to Benefactors & Friends Nineteen • Anthony Patrick Neill Alice O’Rawe Twenty • Jack Kerr Fundraising Manager, Twenty One • Vincent Ewing Major Gifts Twenty Two • T H Crozier ‘As a manager in the Major Gifts fundraising Twenty Three • Richard Bales team my role includes building the profile Twenty Four Sporting Academies of the University with Twenty Six Ruby Jubilee the long-term goal of generating philanthropic Twenty Seven Donation Form income for the ongoing Campaign for Queen’s. I work to combine the needs and interests of prospective donors with the dynamic mix of projects across the University.’ COVER Frank Pantridge Adele McMahon The Father of Emergency Medicine. Events and An Oil painting Reunions Officer commissioned by Queen’s to ‘As Events and Reunions hang in the Great Hall, Officer I am responsiblesponsibl by local artist, Martin Wedge. Full story p22 for raising the prprofileofile of Queen’s andd the Development Office by connecting graduatesraduates to the Universityty through the implementation of a dynamic programmeamme of alumni events, public lectures and reunions.nions. I plan and direct all logistical aspects ofof a variety of cultivation, fundraising andnd stewardship events in conjunction withth Contact the Editor the broader objectives of the Directorate.’orate.’ Development & Alumni Relations Office Queen’s University Belfast Belfast BT7 1NN Tel: +44 (0)28 9097 5378 Fax: +44 (0)28 9097 5188 [email protected] Queen’s Donor Newsletter Three Dear Benefactor Welcome to the latest edition of the Belfast Foundation, also established institution, at the heart of the local Donor Newsletter. A long-serving in 1999, was the driving force behind community. It will serve as a lasting member of the Development and the £150m Campaign for Queen’s. reminder of the generosity of all Alumni Relations team, I took up the This ambitious fundraising initiative our graduates and friends. I would post of Stewardship Officer in January has transformed the campus and like to thank you, the entire alumni 2009. Part of this rewarding new role enhanced the student experience community, foundations, corporate involves implementing and managing immeasurably. partners and friends for your gifts of formal programmes of stewardship time, talent and treasure. I hope we to ensure that donors are thanked, With each year the list of names can continue to rely on your generous acknowledged and recognised in on our Donor Roll grows and we support and your active involvement a timely and appropriate manner. I appreciate very much your investment as we embark on the next phase of hope that this publication goes some in Queen’s. It is an investment in the our journey! way towards recognising your very continued success of the institution generous support and demonstrates and will help us realise our vision to With many thanks. the impact your gifts are having across become a Top 100 global university. the campus. Your support is vital in ensuring that Queen’s has the capacity to contribute It has been quite a year for the and compete globally. It will enable Development and Alumni Relations us to continue to produce innovative Office. Not only has it seen the research and to support some of the culmination of years of fundraising best and brightest students from effort with the opening of the across the world, in top class facilities. magnificent Library at Queen’s, but also the Office has celebrated its 10th The Library at Queen’s is symbolic birthday. Much has been achieved in of the University’s vision to be Jacqui McCormick 10 years. The Queen’s University of an international, research-driven Stewardship Officer Queen’s Donor Newsletter Four Making a Difference Established 10 years ago, The Queen’s University of Belfast Foundation’s primary function is to generate financial support for the University’s capital development programme and academic initiatives. Under the leadership of the first with the opening of The Library at and academics to articulate priority Chairman, Sir Allen McClay, the Queen’s, in September 2009. projects that will enable Queen’s Board led the £150m Campaign to achieve its aim to be one of the for Queen’s, the most significant The present Board, led by Tom Lynch, world’s Top 100 universities. fundraising initiative in the history Director of Amarin Corporation of the University. Publicly launched and a former President of Queen’s Michael Doran based in London, in 2001, the Campaign combined Students’ Union, is made up of Sheila O’Malley Fuchs in New much-needed improvements in the 18 volunteers, with a wide range York and Ed Vernon in Belfast are University’s physical infrastructure of skills and experience. They representative of the international with support for academic work closely with the team in the dimension of the Board and of the initiatives. It transformed not only Development and Alumni Relations calibre of volunteers prepared to the campus but also the student Office and are currently collaborating advance the strategic goals and experience and was completed with senior officers of the University objectives of the University. Michael Doran A Queen’s Law graduate, Michael from Queen’s and have a successful qualified as a solicitor in Belfast career today because of this. I want before joining Clifford Chance in to ensure that Queen’s goes from London in 1989. He is now a partner strength to strength in the future. with Gide Loyrette Nouel, a leading I have seen the difference that the international law firm with 24 offices financial support from alumni and around the world. Michael, who is others to the Campaign for Queen’s fluent in French and Spanish, travels has made to the campus and the extensively and is a regular speaker student experience. The facilities at industry conferences and seminars. now compare with the best in the Married to Alex and with two young UK and many individual students children, Isabella (3) and Nicholas Paul have benefited from scholarships. I (1), Michael is proud of Queen’s and believe that all of us, who are able already has plans that his children to do so, should give back in some should attend. Still too young to way to Queen’s – with our time, our comment, we await their thoughts money or our expertise. By doing so around 2023! we ensure that this University with a great tradition will also have a great Michael is a major donor to The future.’ Library at Queen’s and made his Michael Doran joined the Foundation first gift via the Annual Fund. When Michael is chairing a committee to Board in 2004 and helped raise funds asked why he decided to give back raise funds for a current University for The Library at Queen’s particularly to his alma mater Michael says: project in the area of Green from fellow alumni in London. ‘I received a fantastic education Chemistry. Queen’s Donor Newsletter Five Sheila O’Malley Fuchs Ireland Fund for many years and Library was underway and she and has supported numerous projects Joe are key supporters of this project. throughout the island of Ireland Sheila is leading the Foundation through the Fund. Sheila, who Board in the USA and is committed has enjoyed an illustrious career in to extending the membership there marketing, is currently President of with a view to raising the profile of Rockfleet Media in New York City, Queen’s and harnessing philanthropic with management responsibilities for support for the University. With four television stations. Her interests in a particular interest in medicine the arts and in heritage also led her to she is working with fellow Board serve on the boards of the American members and leading academics Ballet Theater and the Irish Georgian in the University to make medical Society. She and her husband, Joe, fundraising an integral part of the are the parents of four children and Development function at Queen’s. recently celebrated the birth of their first grandchild. Sheila’s reasons for supporting Queen’s comes from her lifelong Sheila O’Malley Fuchs lives in New Sheila has strong links to Northern interest in her family’s Belfast roots York and joined the Foundation Ireland as her mother was born in and belief that Queen’s is the most Board in 2003. She has served on the Belfast. She joined the Board at a time important institution in the economic Board of Directors of The American when the fundraising for the new and cultural life of Northern Ireland. Ed Vernon Electronic Engineering. He co-founded designed to celebrate the best of BIC Systems which became one of local entrepreneurship and promote the leading IT systems, services and enterprise through the showcasing of training businesses in Ireland. It was role models. acquired by BT in 2004. He is now Chief Executive of Synetecs and Ed joined the Foundation Board in 2005 Chairman of Macildowie Associates.
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