2009 Annual Report TABLE of CONTENTS

Nonprofit Org. U.S. Postage Office of Gifts and Records Management PAID P.O. Box 3983 Atlanta, GA Atlanta, Georgia 30302-3983 Permit No. 152 RETURN SERVICES REQUESTED 2009 Annual Report TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 Message from the Foundation Chair 2 A Conversation with President Mark Becker 5 Georgia State University Foundation Board of Trustees 7 Pacesetter: Athletics Director Cheryl Levick 9 Pacesetter: Naeshia McDowell 10 Pacesetter: Coach Bill Curry 13 Pacesetter: Dr. Carole E. Scott 15 Pacesetter: Professor Binghe Wang 16 Pacesetter: Provost Risa Palm 18 Ways of Giving: Outright Gifts and Pledges 19 Ways of Giving: Planned Gifts 21 Honor Roll of Donors 21 Cumulative Lifetime Giving 26 President’s Society 32 Heritage Society 35 List of Foundation Endowments 40 Foundation Financial Highlights Fiscal Year 2009 For additional information, contact Kim Cretors at 404.413.3424 PROJECT MANAGER: Felicia Kornegay EDITORS: Adrienne Crosby, Felicia Kornegay WRITERS: Adrienne Crosby, Kirsten Tagami PHOTOGRAPHERS: Meg Buscema, Carolyn Richardson Message from the Foundation Chair Private Support Needed Now More Than Ever The rate of change in our world is university, Mark Becker became the ever increasing. President Mark seventh president of Georgia State Becker made bold predictions about University, and my son graduated from the future of the university in his the College of Arts and Sciences and state of the university address. This will start a master’s degree in report mentions some of the pace - economics in the Andrew Young setting happenings at Georgia State School of Policy Studies in the fall. University. Did I mention that the rate of While the quality of the student change in the world is ever increasing? body continues to grow, access Before I know it, I will be the grand - remains a primary value as well. parent of an alumnus! I am so proud Freshman Naeshia McDowell, and grateful for my association with profiled herein, is an example of Georgia State – as an alumna, an Catherine C. Henson, Chair, Georgia State University both. Naeshia is the recipient of our adjunct professor in the College of Foundation (left), and Nancy E. Peterman, President, Mary Peavy Girls Club Scholarship, a Law and a foundation board member. Georgia State University Foundation; Vice President foundation scholarship awarded It has given me so much more than I for Development, Georgia State University. annually to a member of the Boys & could ever give back. Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta. Robinson College of Business. Dr. Thanks for your generosity and An interview with Cheryl Levick, Scott earned a B.B.A., M.B.A. , and Ph.D. support of the university. It needs our new director of athletics, gives at Georgia State before serving as an you now more than ever. you an insider’s perspective on the economics professor for many years. progress of our football program, On a personal note, I am delighted Sincerely, which plays its first season in the to end my two-year term as chair fall of 2010 . of the Georgia State University A profile of a distinguished Foundation. During my term, the Catherine C. Henson ’89 alumna, Carole Scott, reveals a Foundation continued to raise Chair, Georgia State University generous donor to the J. Mack significant dollars on behalf of the Foundation, 2007 –2009 1 A Future Compelling and Exciting A Conversation with President Mark Becker After taking the helm of Georgia ships for the brightest students; and State University on January 1, the pushing GSU into the ranks of the energetic new president, Mark leading urban research universities, Becker, made it a point to talk to with the ability to attract major as many students, alumni, donors, grants and retain top talent. In the faculty and staff as he could. “I arena of sports, he’s working on kept hearing these phrases like the introduction of the exciting ‘best kept secret,’ and ‘we don’t get new football program, and someday credit.’ That was consistent across would like to bring all GSU sports all groups,” he said. And the more onto the campus in the heart of Becker learned about GSU, the more Atlanta. he had to agree. “It’s a dream in the distanc e... “Having been here a little bit many of our sports teams have to longer now, you start looking play near the edge of the perimeter,” around at the quality of the he said. “It would be nice if we could academic programs, the quality of bring all of our sports downtown.” the research, the quality of the community partnerships and inter - Building on Strengths national programs. I’m impressed Becker, 50 , came to Georgia with what I see and find. What we State from the University of South have here is amazing,” he added, Carolina, where he was executive noting that the College of Law, for vice president for academic affairs example, has the sixth-ranked and provost. Before that, he held health law program in the country. teaching and leadership positions As part of his mission to spread at the University of Minnesota, the the word about GSU, Becker deliv - University of Michigan, Cornell, ered this spring what is believed to the University of Florida and the be the first “state of the university” University of Washington. He address in its 96 -year history, and he succeeds Carl V. Patton, who was vows it will be an annual tradition. president for 16 years and led the In it, he laid out his plans to build on revitalization of the campus, what’s already great about Georgia launched the school’s first major State, including: improving commu - capital campaign and repositioned nication with stakeholders and Georgia State sports to a more raising Georgia State’s profile; visible conference. dramatically increasing scholar - 2 Under Patton’s leadership, Donors are Key Vital Partnerships Georgia State became known as His goals for fundraising are no Becker noted that the university one of the most respected research less ambitious. He has set his sights already has a rich array of universities in the Southeast. Becker on doubling annual gift totals from partnerships with metro Atlanta aims to channel money and energy $15 million to $30 million, with businesses, cultural institutions to take it to the next level, achieving much of the money going to a and community organizations. the status of one of the top research scholarship endowment for the He plans to build universities, period. That means university’s growing honors on that foundation strengthening the research infra - program. With the economy in a and broaden the structure to support a steady supply steep downturn, that won’t be an opportunities for of grants, he said. easy task, of course. But Becker says service learning, Growing as a research university donors understand that the needs especially in the is a little like being on a treadmill are great, especially with the sharp areas of interna - that keeps going faster and faster. cutbacks in state funding. tional business and Georgia State has been walking on “I think in this recessionary law. Atlanta is one that treadmill, and now it’s time to environment, there’s an under - of America’s few start running, Becker says. “As you standing that students are being truly global cities, gain prestige, more and more expected to carry more of their he noted, offering a students want to become part of educational expenses,” he said. “We rich array of intern - your university. So there is again also can make the case that we have ship opportunities upward pressure to grow the univer - very high-ability students who don’t for students sity and the educational programs have the financial resources to have seeking careers as well,” he said. “That takes place the full educational experiences in international Everywhere he went, President Mark and there’s this ever-increasing pace beyond the classroom.” business or law. Becker kept hearing the same thing. at which you’re trying to do more.” Becker is a strong advocate for Becker is Georgia State has so much going Becker knows what it’s like to what he calls “learning outside the looking forward to for it, but the university doesn’t yet be on that treadmill. In fact, he classroom,” whether it’s study taking Georgia have the reputation it deserves – is internationally recognized as abroad or service learning in metro State to the next for the high caliber of its academics, a researcher in biostatistics and Atlanta. “There are so many benefits level, in these and the excellence of its research and public health sciences, has to living and studying in a culture, other areas. programs, the achievements of its published more than 40 articles, and most important, perhaps, in a “There’s a very students and alumni. and has been principal investigator language that is not your native pervasive sense on research grants from the language,” he said. “For other that the university National Institutes of Health and students, it’s putting them in intern - is on an upward trajectory,” he the National Science Foundation, ships where they’re really stretched. said. “We’ve come a long way, and and co-investigator on grants from You do this in the classroom but can the future is equally compelling other agencies. you do it in the real world?” and exciting.” 3 4 Georgia State University Foundation Board of Trustees July 1, 200 8–June 30, 2009 Catherine C. Henson ’89, Chair G. Rankin Cooter E. Vachel Pennebaker ’70 Georgia School Council Institute Sports Business Solutions Sears, Roebuck and Co. (retired) Professor Emeritus, Georgia State Helen M. Aderhold ’76, ’01 University Nancy E.

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