2009–10 Investors' Report

2009–10 Investors’ Report 1 url coming url For additional 2009-10 Invetors’ Report information Invetors’ additional2009-10 For On May 21, 2010, the University of Oregon and Eugene community members celebrated Richard W. Lariviere’s Investiture as the university’s sixteenth president. 2 url coming url url coming url Letter from our president Dear Friends, Thank you for supporting the University of Oregon last year. I am For additional 2009-10 Invetors’ Report information Invetors’ additional2009-10 For For additional 2009-10 Invetors’ Report information Invetors’ additional2009-10 For encouraged by the donors who continued to sustain us in 2009–10 despite the economy. We are grateful for each gift, regardless of the size. Because of friends like you, last year was outstanding for our students, our faculty, and our campus. Student enrollment was strong in 2009–10—in terms of sheer numbers as well as the average GPA of our incoming freshmen. Thanks to many of you, through our PathwayOregon program we are making good on our promise to help outstanding young Oregonians attend college, regardless of their ability to pay. Our faculty also had an impressive year. One achievement worth noting is Professor Emeritus Michael Posner, who was awarded the National Medal of Science by President Obama. Thanks to donor support, we are bringing renowned scholars to campus and adding Table of Contents great teachers to a faculty that is already remarkable. 2009–10 Giving 4 Our campus is changing every day. As I write this, construction crews are working on a new residence hall, the Matthew Knight Arena, the Student Connection 6 Cheryl Ramberg Ford and Allyn Ford Alumni Center, and the Lewis Faculty Connection 7 Integrative Science Building—the largest science facility built on campus since Willamette Hall opened in 1990. Research Investment 8 None of this success would be possible without your Growing Campus 9 steadfast support. I thank you all and I encourage you to visit Vibrant Campus 10 http://investorsreport.uoregon.edu to see our Honor Roll of Donors and to read more about how your gifts help the University Donors Making the Difference 11 of Oregon. Foundation and Corporate Support 12 Sincerely, By the Numbers 13 Ways to Give 14 Richard W. Lariviere President, University of Oregon 3 2009–10 Giving More than 39,000 donors made gifts to the University of Oregon in 2009–10. This vital funding came from individuals and corporations, bequests and foundations, and supported the entire university. Endeavors in research and the classroom, as well as cultural and athletic opportunities, were transformed thanks to the generosity of UO alumni, friends, and investors. When Tinker Hatfield ’77 graduated from the University of Oregon, he was a star athlete, renowned for his prowess in track and field. His time away from the university didn’t last long, though, and now he—or at least his work—is widely known across the campus. As a codesigner of the much-discussed football uniforms, Tinker continues to be involved in UO athletics. This year, the leader of Nike’s creative enterprise also offered his support to the School of Architecture and Allied Arts. Because of the unrestricted gift from Tinker and his wife, Jackie ’77, the school has been able to explore exciting opportunities such as expanded study-abroad research and classroom options, and interdisciplinary multimedia work. Tinker Hatfield 4 2009–10 Giving Thanks to a bequest by the late Robert E. Nelson, MD ’37, health premajor students are the recipients of a new resource library. The Robert E. Nelson Book Fund, housed in the Department of Human Physiology, will support the studies of more than 500 undergraduates who have determined an interest in practicing medicine. Dr. Nelson was a graduate of the former UO Medical School and left a lasting legacy to those who also wish to follow their dreams into the field of medicine. Avid supporters of the Chamber Music at Beall series, University Symphony Orchestra concerts, and student recitals at the School of Music and Dance, Mari and Mark Dembrow, MEd ’74, are particularly impressed with the close relationship between faculty members and students. In addition to currently supporting classical music performance students through the Mark G. and Mari E. Dembrow Music Scholarship, they recently decided to extend their commitment through the promise of a gift that will endow the scholarship in perpetuity. A special note of thanks for the private support that funded the John E. Jaqua Academic Center for Student Athletes. John E. Jaqua Academic Center for Student Athletes 5 Jill Torres Student Connection Donors are transforming the lives of students across Jill Torres ’10 was raised in Eugene—a major campus through support for academic programs, influence on her decision to attend her hometown the mentoring of students, and enthusiasm at music university. She excelled academically, rising to the top and athletic events. In addition, donors support of the class at the Robert D. Clark Honors College thousands of students through scholarships each and graduating Phi Beta Kappa. But she didn’t limit year, including more than 3,800 Dean’s Scholars and her focus to the classroom. Torres participated in 200 Presidential Scholars in 2009–10. Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán (MEChA), the Women’s Center, KLCC, and Ganas, the bicultural, bilingual afterschool mentoring program for middle school students in Lane County. While she did hold several jobs throughout her four years at the UO, she was also able to stay involved in the community thanks to the private support of a Dean’s Scholarship as an undergraduate and now, as a graduate student in the College of Education, with the Diversity Excellence Scholarship. When she finishes her degree, she plans to give back to her community. “This is about what I can do to contribute to making the area a better place to live,” Torres says. 6 David Tyler Faculty Connection A leading university needs faculty members who can Chemist Charles Jacobs, a descendant of the conduct advanced research and inspire students with Oregon pioneer family that founded the city of committed teaching. The UO has many teachers who Albany, came to the UO in 1930 and loved it here. fit this bill. This year, the UO was fortunate to count Ironically, it was a University of Oregon faculty two prestigious Guggenheim Fellows as part of its advisor who suggested he transfer to Stanford faculty. Judith Eisen, Department of Biology, and to pursue industrial chemistry. He headed south, Carol Silverman, Department of Anthropology, were earned his degree, and started a successful career among 180 artists, scientists, and scholars named. as a scientist—but he always considered himself They join sixty-two other members of the UO faculty a Duck. Thanks to an estate gift from Jacobs, who have been Guggenheim Fellows. Private gifts Professor David Tyler became the first Charles J. make all the difference in attracting and retaining and M. Monteith Jacobs Professor of Chemistry. the best educators. Thanks to our generous donors, Tyler’s colleagues across the country credit him with there are 132 endowed chairs at the UO, providing foreshadowing the emergence of the hot new field resources to help these leading faculty members known as green chemistry. conduct their research and develop new teaching methods. 7 Don Gerhart, Charles Williams, Shawn Lockery, Manish Giri Research Investment As one of only sixty-three members of the The University Venture Development Fund (UVDF) Association of American Universities, the UO is is an innovative program to encourage research from recognized as a leading research university. Our all of Oregon’s public universities to move off campus faculty members once again had a record year in and into the wider commercial marketplace and research grants, receiving more than $135 million community. Donors to the fund at the UO who are tax in FY 2010. They lead their fields in basic research, payers in Oregon receive the usual federal deduction while also pushing their discoveries out into the for their gift plus an additional 60 percent state tax world at an ever more impressive rate. In the past credit. year, the UO received $7.5 million in licensing Donors have contributed approximately $1 million to revenue, a new record for the fifteenth consecutive the UVDF at the UO, some of which helped to recruit year. Sixteen Oregon-based companies, employing Manish Giri from Hewlett-Packard earlier this year. more than 200 people, have their roots in research An instructor in the Technology Entrepreneurship conducted at the UO. Program, Giri is also working with UO biology professor Shawn Lockery to form a new company based on Lockery’s cutting-edge research on nematodes. Nematodes (roundworms) are among the most abundant organisms on the planet, and their adverse impacts on society, both as human pathogens and as agricultural pests, are important to the developing world. Lockery and Giri’s new company will establish a new way to test compounds using nematodes, the end result of which could be new medicines and agricultural chemicals that will benefit millions of people. 8 Signs of construction have been a common sight across campus. So much is happening that even President Lariviere and the Duck are pitching in. Growing Campus Maps of campus cannot be updated fast enough When asked to assist the Lundquist College of to reflect the ongoing changes and growth of UO Business with proposed renovations to Gilbert Hall, facilities. Donors are having a visible impact across Hope Anstett saw a wonderful way to recognize her campus—from academic buildings to theaters to late husband, Joseph, while preserving their shared athletic fields. commitment to the study of accounting.

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