Leaders Best Philanthropy at Michigan Summer 2010 North Quad A new home for living and learning Discovery and Innovation A conversation with Stephen Forrest U-M’s research leader Shipman Scholars Recruiting the best students to campus Residential Life at U-M Dear Friends, Under construction since 2007, our newest campus land- mark—the North Quadrangle Residential and Academic Complex—will be ready and waiting for students when they return to campus this fall. Described in detail in the pages ahead, North Quad helps fulfill the vision of our Residential Life Initiative (RLI), a multi-year plan launched in 2004 to revitalize and renovate campus housing. Through RLI, we have tapped into the best ideas of our students, faculty and administrators. Their input helped guide the recent renovations of the Mosher-Jordan and the now-co-ed Stockwell residence halls where archi- tectural elegance has been enhanced with modern amenities like wireless access. RLI also inspired construction of the new Hill Dining Center, which unites our Hill residential community by replac- ing the Alice Lloyd, Couzens, Mosher-Jordan and Stockwell dining rooms. The RLI furthers our efforts to strengthen the con- nections between students’ living and learning expe- riences. North Quad epitomizes that commitment. As we consider North Quad’s impact on the way students will live, study and interact, it’s instruc- tive to look back to 1841 when classes began for the first seven undergraduates enrolled at the new Ann Arbor campus. These young scholars lived together on the top floor of the U-M’s sole class- room building at the site of what is now Mason The Residential Life Initiative Hall. They attended classes there and studied in its library. They chopped their own firewood and furthers our efforts to strengthen pumped their own water. They even endured faculty room inspections for cleanliness. the connections between students’ Clearly times have changed. Yet in some ways, they remain the same. Like these early students, North living and learning experiences. Quad residents will live and learn under one roof. Many will attend class there, interact with faculty, North Quad epitomizes that and enjoy easy access to important academic resources. In short, they, like their predecessors, commitment. will be immersed in the best aspects of campus, —Mary Sue Coleman right where they live. Sincerely, Mary Sue Coleman President Contents 02 Good Intentions Donors’ bequests make amazing things possible at Michigan 04 Discovery at Michigan A Q&A with Vice President for Research Stephen Forrest 06 A Gift in Time Shipman Scholars program gives U-M the edge with top students 10 North Quad A new vision for student life 12 Making a Difference From financial aid to a new professorship, generosity transforms the University Scan the Questions…comments? 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Stern and For address changes | Call (734) 647-6190 | [email protected] Einhorn Yaffee Prescott University of Michigan, Office of Development 3003 South State Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1288 Phone: (734) 647-6000 | Fax: (734) 647-6100 02 | Leaders & Best—Summer 2010 Good intentions Donor bequests fulfill remarkable promises to Michigan ome of the University of Michigan’s Vashon Island, Wash. “This gift reflects the greatest gifts came from donors who support they received as students and the Sknew they wouldn’t be around to affection they both had for Michigan.” experience the impact of their generosity. The elder Bartuses met as U-M undergradu- With no connection to the U-M, but an ates, marrying just before the start of the appreciation for the pioneering acceptance of Second World War. During the war, Julius, women into its Medical School, Dr. Elizabeth a New York state native, served as a com- Bates in 1898 left the Medical School missioned civil engineering officer in the $100,000 in her estate to establish the Bates European Theater, drawing heavily on his Professorship of the Diseases of Women and U-M engineering degree and ROTC training. Children. It was the U-M’s first endowment Following the war, the couple settled in Ann for a named professorship and has since been Arbor to raise their family in the univer- held by seven physicians. sity environment they had grown to love as students. Julius went on to launch his own A successful playwright who honed his business as a sales representative, playing an talents at Michigan, the Class of 1905’s important role in the development of King Avery Hopwood left $314,000 in his estate Engineering, an Ann Arbor-based supplier of to encourage U-M student writing. His gift instrumentation for a wide range of manufac- launched the Hopwood Awards program in turing industries. Zelda, who died in 2008, 1931. Over the last eight decades, an esti- was one of eight children from a DeWitt, mated 3,200 U-M writers have earned one of Mich. farming family. She was the only one these prestigious prizes. to attend college and applied her education This special brand of support endures at the as a high school Latin and French teacher. U-M and is reflected in three recent contribu- Zelda and Julius Bartus each received schol- tions that are certain to have a lasting impact arships at Michigan. across campus. A love of history…and the U-M Earlier this year, the estate of the late Zelda A cherished U-M experience also inspired V. Bartus (BA ’39, CERTT EDUC ’39) provided a major estate gift from Patricia B. Hoffman, “Zelda and Julius Bartus [pictured above the initial distribution of $5.15 million on commemorating the academic roots of her on their wedding day] and their children, an anticipated $6.3 million bequest for Michael and David, together earned seven late husband, J. Frederick Hoffman (AB ’44), U-M degrees,” said David Munson, the Robert need-based scholarships in the College of who died in 2003. J. Vlasic Dean of the College of Engineering. Engineering. The funds will be split equally “Their magnificent gift will ensure that future generations of students enjoy the same between the departments of Civil and A history major at Michigan, J. Frederick opportunities.” Environmental Engineering and Chemical Hoffman enjoyed a distinguished law career Engineering. The gift came in memory of in Indiana, where he was remembered by Zelda’s late husband, Julius (BSE CE ’36), his colleagues for “combining formidable who died in 1995. legal skills with a gentlemanly demeanor, a genuine concern for the best interest of his “My parents’ lives were changed by what the clients and a strong sense of civic respon- University opened up to them,” said David sibility.” Honored by the Indiana State Bar Bartus (BSECH ’79, MSE ’81, Ph.D ’87), of | 03 for his pro bono work, he also received an the U-M extends back to the 1950s, when official commendation by the state governor he served on the first U-M fundraising for his community commitment. During their campaign, the Michigan Memorial Phoenix lives, the Hoffmans gave consistently to the Project, which was organized to raise money U-M, including programmatic support for for research on the peacetime use of atomic the College of Literature, Science, and the energy. He went on to volunteer for a range of Arts (LSA). U-M fundraising leadership positions. Over the years, his generosity established four endowed professorships in Pharmacy, the “When donors choose to make SMTD, LSA and the School of Education as gifts after they are gone, that well as scholarships in each of these schools. choice builds not only on life- He and his wife Jean also made a $10 million times dedicated to philanthropy discretionary gift to Michigan for use in the and service, but also shows area of greatest need. Then-President Lee an incredible faith that the Bollinger directed the funds for the construc- recipient will use their funding tion of a teaching, learning and performance for the intent and in the spirit facility at the SMTD. Today, the Charles R. it was given.” Walgreen, Jr. Drama Center and Arthur Miller —Michael Bartus, whose family has supported Theatre stand as testament to Walgreen’s U-M scholarships special impact on Michigan. A lesson for all of us The Bartus, Walgreen and Hoffman gifts Patricia Hoffman died in January 2009. Last represent the culmination of lives devoted to fall, the U-M received $1.5 million as an giving back. Growing up, Michael Bartus (AB initial distribution from her estate on an ’70, MPH ’75), of Bloomfield Hills, Mich., said anticipated $3 million bequest to establish he and his brother, David, witnessed that the J.