News for and about people supporting the University of Oregon • SPRING 2014 Tee to Green

Evans Scholar Hannah Rice is a UO freshman studying theater arts.

Hole in One john b a u g uess by photo A new partnership t is said that being a caddie instills a work the Pacific Northwest. The scholarship will with the Western ethic into the young people who help provide tuition and housing for as many as fifty Golf Association I golfers navigate the links. scholarship recipients, who will live together will triple the as they pursue their degrees. Now, a new partnership between the University number of Evans of Oregon and the Western Golf Association’s “I am a very different person from the nervous Scholars at the Evans Scholars Foundation will empower even caddie dropping clubs during her first day UO and establish more caddies to apply that work ethic in the on the job,” said Hannah Rice, a scholarship the university pursuit of higher education. recipient who is currently a freshman theater as the site for a arts major. The current Rose Festival Queen, Scholarship House, The Evans Scholars Foundation has selected whose family’s modest means made paying the first of its the University of Oregon as the site for a for college a near-insurmountable challenge, scholarship house, the first of its kind in kind in the Pacific Continued on page 2 Northwest History in the Making UO’s distinct mission and laid the foundation for assuming governance of the university on July 1, 2014. This January, the UO’s new Board of Trustees elected Chuck Lillis, PhD ’72, as “The board members’ focus and efficiency chair and Ginevra Ralph ’83, was remarkable,” said UO President Michael MA ’85, as vice chair. Gottfredson. “I was absolutely impressed with the level of questions they asked and the way they immediately dove into advocating on behalf of the University of Oregon.”

hotos by mich a el M c D ermott by P hotos The trustees elected Chuck Lillis, PhD ’72, as chair and Ginevra Ralph ’83, MA ’85, as UO’s new Bo ard The University of Oregon made history in vice chair and selected members for three committees: the Executive and Audit Committee, of Trustees will January. It may not have looked like a historic moment to anyone passing by the Giustina the Academic and Student Affairs Committee, open the doors to Ballroom at the Ford Alumni Center—fifteen and the Finance and Facilities Committee. new philanthropic people wading through thick reports on the “I am honored by the confidence my peers opportunities university’s mission, financial position, academic have in me to assume the position as the board plan, and strategic direction. But it was. chair,” said Lillis. “This is a critical time for the For the first time, the university’s new board of University of Oregon, and we take our roles very trustees met on campus. They focused on the Continued on page 3 photo by j a ck liu by photo

Evans Scholars celebrate February 20th announcement. Tee to Green Continued from page 1 “We are is now putting her background as a caddie to In 2015, the Evans Scholars Program at the work for her academically. University of Oregon will begin expanding delighted to to an eventual fifty scholars and will “Golf is about pursuit,” said Rice. “About provide housing in Eugene for all UO Evans welcome these the struggle. About determination and skill Scholars. Each Evans Scholars award is development. When someone asks me, valued at $70,000 over four years, and the promising ‘Who cares about golf?’ I can confidently total scholarship commitment for a four- answer, ‘I do.’” year cohort of UO Evans Scholars will be scholars into approximately $3.5 million. In a highly competitive selection process, the our campus UO was selected to join fourteen universities “We’re honored and elated to be entering community, and nationwide that are residential chapters. into this partnership with such a prestigious Representatives from the UO and the Evans institution,” said John Kaczkowski, president we are deeply Scholars Foundation made the announcement and CEO of the Western Golf Association. on campus this February. “The University of Oregon is synonymous appreciative of with excellence in education, and we’re “We are delighted to welcome these promising pleased that our future Pacific Northwest scholars into our campus community, and we the Western Golf Evans Scholars will benefit from all the are deeply appreciative of the Western Golf university has to offer.” Association’s Association’s recognition of the transformative recognition of the power of higher education,” said University “The University of Oregon is thrilled that the of Oregon President Michael Gottfredson. Western Golf Association selected the UO as transformative “Expanding access to the highest-quality the sole Evans Scholars chapter in the Pacific educational experience is central to our Northwest,” said Roger Thompson, vice power of higher academic mission.” president for enrollment management. “The University of Oregon has produced almost Evans Scholars must have worked as caddies education.” 200 Evans Scholars alumni since the program for at least two years and are selected based began on campus almost sixty years ago. This —University of Oregon President on a combination of need and merit. Michael Gottfredson program provides countless Oregonians with “I know what kind of life I want and the educational opportunities. We look forward to steps I need to take to get there,” said Jaira expanding the program’s impact and its legacy Chaffee, a junior Evans Scholar from Empire, for many years to come.” Oregon, who is studying advertising and To watch a video of the Evans Scholars caddied at Bandon Dunes Golf Resort. “This announcement, go to giving.uoregon.edu/ scholarship has opened the door to countless evans. opportunities. I’m very grateful.”

The university has been an Evans Scholars —Julie Brown ’99 site since David Gault became the first Evans Scholar at the UO in the Class of 1960. The university currently has twelve Evans Scholars.

2 The Board of Trustees of History in the Making the University Continued from page 1 of Oregon

For the latest news seriously as we gather information and deepen administration, faculty, and staff to ensure and member bios, visit our knowledge of the university.” Oregon students have access to a top-tier trustees.uoregon.edu. education at one of the nation’s premier public The new board is historic because it offers research universities. the University of Oregon the opportunity to Connie Ballmer ’84 refinance its academic mission by looking for The Oregon legislature passed laws during Peter Bragdon new resources and effective financing models, the 2013 legislative session to change higher- Rodolfo (Rudy) Chapa ’81 including new bonding authority and leveraging education governance in the state, authorizing the generosity of donors and supporters who are the University of Oregon and other universities Andrew Colas ’04 rooting for the university to reach new levels of to be governed by independent boards. In Ann Curry ’78 excellence. the past, the Oregon Higher Education Board oversaw all seven state universities. Allyn Ford The UO Board of Trustees will look to create Joseph Gonyea III efficiencies in operations, leverage additional The board takes over governance of the Michael Gottfredson support for innovation and research, and open University of Oregon on July 1. the doors to new philanthropic opportunities. (ex officio) —Jennifer Winters With the support of a board focused on the Ross Kari ’80, MBA ’83 individual mission of the university and Chuck Lillis, PhD ’72 intimately connected to the University of Ginevra Ralph ’83, Oregon campus, trustees can work with the MA ’85 Mary Wilcox ’76, JD ’80 Student: Sam Dotters-Katz ’09 Faculty member: Susan Gary The University of Oregon Nonfaculty staff member: Kurt Willcox, MA ’81 PioneerPioneer AwardAward GalaGala

honoring Lloyd Powell ’55 Phyllis ’56 and Andrew S. Berwick Jr. ’55

Friday, May 16, 2014 At The Nines, 525 SW Morrison, Portland

SINCE 1993, the net proceeds from The University of Oregon PIONEER AWARD the Pioneer Award Gala have funded the honors select individuals of outstanding Pioneer Award Presidential Scholarship, character who have taken risks that led to which enables Oregon’s most talented great success in business, philanthropy, and promising high school graduates to and community service. attend the University of Oregon. The earnings from this endowment provide Donations and table purchases for the Pioneer Award Gala scholarships for five to six Presidential make a real, lifelong impact for these students well beyond Scholars each year and have funded their time on campus. TO FIND OUT MORE about the event and what portion of a student’s education you can the education of twenty-three fund with your gift, please call 541-346-2113 students since its creation. or visit giving.uoregon.edu/pioneeraward

3 “When a donor creates a scholarship, we call it a gift. And that’s what it is—a huge gift that my family and I will never forget.”

—UO senior Eunice Wright hoto by S teve bloch by P hoto

Giustina Scholar Eunice Wright waited tables throughout her college career.

unice Wright took a look around “Dan Giustina described how his family’s A Decade and knew what her strategy was going company had decided to start planting and E to be. harvesting their own trees even though the rewards of such an investment would take Helping Graduating from Eugene’s Churchill High School, decades to reap,” Mike said. “That image Wright saw that many of her peers were a little helped me to understand the purpose of my anxious about how they’d pay for school. As she education and was a major reason I decided to Ducks prepared to enter the UO, she decided to save come back to Oregon to practice law.” money by keeping her high school job at the Over ten years, Sushi Station and living at home. Following graduation, Katie Cobb ’09 moved to the Giustina a small town in Kenya to volunteer in a local Foundation The biggest boost, though, came in the public hospital and started a scholarship fund Presidential award of a Giustina Foundation Presidential for impoverished secondary-school students. Scholarships Scholarship. She is now working toward her master’s have rewarded “My friends were getting stressed about money degree in public health at George Washington high-achieving and loans,” Eunice recalled. Now a UO senior University. “I believe that my experiences with Oregon preparing for life beyond—and one without the Giustina family are partly responsible for students and student debt—she’s filled with gratitude. “I’m my desire to help these children.” so thankful for this gift. I worked so hard to taught life get to where I am now, and I was able to do so Chelsea (Beebe) Saldivar ’10, now an optical lessons without a loan and go on to grad school starting engineer for nLIGHT near Portland, gained a fresh.” sense of mentorship and guidance. “Receiving the scholarship impacted my adult life,” she The Presidential Scholarship program was said, “by instilling a sense of community and established in 1982 as a way to encourage generosity.” outstanding Oregon high school graduates to remain in-state for college. Through a highly What was the impact for Kevin Minderhout ’10? competitive selection process, approximately fifty freshmen receive this four-year, renewable “Enormous,” said the journalism major, scholarship each year. who started his own sports-media business. “Graduating debt free gave an aimless graduate The Giustina Foundation has had a profound the freedom to use his liberal-arts perspective impact on this program, funding one in five and explore life for himself.” Presidential Scholars. That same freedom has allowed Eunice Wright Endowed ten years ago, the Giustina to focus on academics and life experiences scholarships have now benefitted a generation such as working in a research lab and interning of students. They’ve taken their place in with Relief Nursery. A marketing internship the world as teachers, farmers, social media with A Family for Every Child sparked experts, pharmacists, and energy policy her interest in a possible career blending specialists. They work in medicine, marketing, psychology and business. law, and technology. Like her fellow Giustina scholars and alumni, And many—touched by the family’s personal Eunice is very grateful. commitment to their success—have been inspired to work hard, continue learning, and “When a donor creates a scholarship, we call it give back. a gift,” she said. “And that’s what it is—a huge gift that my family and I will never forget. We Following his Duck days, Mike Mohr ’07 are always thankful and feel so blessed.” earned his law degree from Michigan and returned to work in Portland. Beyond his —George Evano degree, he also learned about patience and investment. 4 TEN ways to support the UO

Highlighting some of the w ays you can make an impact at the University of Ore gon

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1 Research Easter Island 3 Travel the Kelp Highway 6 Kick-Start a Business 9 Support Grad Student This summer, Clark Honors Who were the first Career Excellence College undergrads will Americans? Did they travel Through the Lundquist At the Graduate Forum, travel to Easter Island along a “kelp highway” College of Business’s grad students from across with Dean Terry Hunt to from Asia? Your $2,500 Job Shadow Program, thirty disciplines present unravel the mysteries of its gift funds a research students spend time at panels, projects, research, history, ecology, and iconic, expedition to California's such companies as Deloitte, and creative work in a colossal statues. Hunt’s Channel Islands, where Intel, KeyBank, Yahoo!, rigorous and competitive work, featured in National archaeologists from the and KPMG. Your gift of environment. Your gift Geographic, informs daily UO Museum of Natural $500 enables one student of $2,500 helps fund travel field research. Your gift of and Cultural History are to participate in a hands- awards to national and $6,500 supports travel for searching for clues about on learning experience and international conferences one student. Contact how humans first arrived in significantly expand his or or workshops to further Paul Elstone, 541-346-2166. the Americas. Contact her professional network. their careers. Contact Matt Patty Krier, 541-346-5089. Contact Kurt Zimmerman, Hutter, 541-346-2837. 2 Unveil 35,000 541-346-5491. Woodblock Prints 4 Back a Euro Jazz Tour 10 Explore the Global UO Help create access to more The UO’s award-winning 7 Advocate for Legal Aid Coming in time for than a thousand years of Oregon Jazz Ensemble The UO School of Law’s the IAFF World Junior Chinese history. Your gift will tour Europe for the Loan Repayment Assistance Championships in of $9,800 can fund the first time July 9–19 and Program makes forgivable Track and Field, the UO UO Libraries’ purchase of perform at renowned loans available to recent law Excellence interactive The Complete Collection festivals in Vienne, France; school graduates working in map demonstrates, with of Chinese Buddhist Montreux, Switzerland; public service jobs. Your gift a click or touch, how the Woodblock Prints. The and Perugia, Italy. Your gift will help support Oregon international work of eighty-two-volume set will help fund this swingin’ law graduates as they work UO faculty members and would be an immensely opportunity and will help to increase legal support and students is making the valuable resource to students win new Ducks music to ensure access to justice world a better place. and faculty members in the fans overseas. Contact Bob for those most in need. Your sponsorship of the fields of art, history, and Darrah, 541-346-5687. Contact Jessica Merkner, map project will help Asian culture. Contact Keri 541-346-1558. broaden the UO’s global Aronson, 541-346-1890. 5 Create Digital Space reach. Contact John Collaborative courses that 8 Connect Students to Manotti, 541-543-9908. examine local communities the Art Museum and diversity (such as Help strengthen the bond Latino Roots I and II) between UO students produce high-quality and the Jordan Schnitzer resources that require Museum of Art. Your $2,500 significant digital storage donation to the JSMAC space. Your gift of $2,500 student-member group will help the UO Libraries can help raise awareness, preserve these projects fund student-run events for the future and make and exhibitions, or create the excellent work of UO opportunities for those students accessible to pursuing careers in the arts. the public. Contact Keri Contact Tom Jackson, Aronson, 541-346-1890. 541-346-7476.

5 Composing a Future A rekindled passion for writing music inspires gift named for dynamic young composer

Gary Ferrington reads the After one concert, he did a score for the saxophone simple thing that would change sonata Sacred Spaces with his life for the second time. He the composer, Brandon Scott Rumsey ’12. Ferrington’s gift, liked a student-written piece named for Rumsey, provides so much that he sent a note of $2,000 each year to help praise to the composer, Brandon UO students majoring in Scott Rumsey. composition. “I was moved by Gary’s response to my work,” Rumsey said. The two began meeting for coffee once a week.

“When we started talking about music, it brought back all those feelings I had for composing,” Ferrington said.

Shortly before Rumsey graduated in 2012, Ferrington asked him for ideas about hoto by m a x mcdermott by P hoto ways to help the music school. ike many of us, Gary Ferrington set aside Rumsey suggested a gift to provide funding La dream to do something practical. for composition majors.

As a young man, he wanted to be a composer. Ferrington thought about it, and then he did However, when he received a scholarship to something unusual. study instructional technology, he changed gears. He wanted his gift to carry the name of a living person who could be an inspiring He gave up writing music and moved on to role model for UO composers: a successful a successful teaching career capped by more graduate of the UO composition program than thirty years on the UO faculty. whose music is performed across the nation, Brandon Scott Rumsey. Still, he enjoyed hearing students practice as he walked by the music building on the way “I am so honored and delighted,” said to his office in the education complex. When Rumsey, who is now a Kent Kennan he retired, he immediately began going to as Endowed Graduate Fellow at the University many of their concerts as he could. of Texas at Austin’s Butler School of Music, where he is finishing a master’s degree in composition this spring.

Last fall, Ferrington’s gift enabled four students to participate in the Oregon Bach Festival Composers Symposium.

Robert Kyr, Philip H. Knight Professor of Music and chair of the composition department, said Ferrington’s gift is special because recipients may use it to help fund any opportunity that will further their artistic development and career.

hoto by E rin Zysett by P hoto “We are all deeply grateful for From left, Jacob Walls, Robert “Bobby” Chastain, and Andrew Stiefel received Gary’s kindness and generosity Brandon Scott Rumsey Awards last fall. The fourth recipient, Nicole Portley, was serving in supporting our young as a translator at the Sochi Winter Olympics when this photo was taken. composers, who are the future of music,” Kyr said.

Ferrington greatly enjoys being able to help, but feels as if he received the greatest gift of all.

He’s writing music again.

Learn more about Brandon Scott Rumsey at www.brandonrumseymusic.com. 6 —Melody Ward Leslie ’79 hoto by steve bloch by P hoto

Now switch coasts and fast-forward to 1974, when Ed Kemp, UO special collections librarian, contacted Grant’s widower, retired Fortune literary editor William B. Harris, about acquiring the papers of his late wife. Harris not only donated her papers to the UO library but also changed his will to bestow a $3.5 million endowment to the university for the study of women.

As graduate student Jenée Wilde, a coordinator of the CSWS fortieth anniversary events, said, “The Harris gift could have ended up anywhere, but because certain people at the UO recognized the value and need to invest in women, the university received an incredible legacy.”

At the time, it was the largest contribution from a single donor the university had ever received. With the endowment, what had begun as a small center in the Department of Sociology was expanded to become the CSWS, with a mission to generate, support, and disseminate research on women. Carol Stabile, director of the Center for the Study of Women in Society, and Gabriela Martinez, the center’s associate director. And now, as the CSWS celebrates forty years, its leaders reflect on their gratitude for the ability to carry on Jane Grant’s work “This is one through research, scholarship, teaching, and of just a few Forty Years activism. endowed “This is one of just a few endowed women’s centers in the nation,” said Director Carol women’s centers of Feminism Stabile. “It’s kind of dizzying, the impact that in the nation. It’s the William Harris gift has had on the UO The UO’s Center for the Study and beyond.” kind of dizzying, of Women in Society got its The CSWS supports a wide range of the impact that start with a gift on behalf interdisciplinary research across campus, of early feminist Jane Grant— enabling thousands of faculty members and the William a gift that, at the time, w as the graduate students to do research around the Harris gift has largest the university had world. ever received from a single And for the next forty years? had on the UO donor and beyond.” The “CSWS will continue to enhance ow can you measure the impact of a gift to and expand its programs,” Stabile said, —Director Carol Stabile H the University of Oregon? “responding to changes in how we think about gender and gender equality as well In the case of the UO’s Center for the Study of as continued efforts to address social Women in Society (CSWS), try time-traveling inequalities. We’ve seen incredible progress back four decades to a time when gender over the past forty years, but there’s still inequality was rampant and an academic much work to be done.” research center on the subject of women was nothing short of radical. Then read about —Cheri O’Neil ’79 Jane C. Grant, a pioneering woman reporter at The New York Times before she cofounded The New Yorker in 1925. Grant fought for a woman’s right to keep her name in marriage and cofounded the Lucy Stone League, a precursor of the 1960s women’s liberation movement.

7 EMU on the Move hase one of construction for the new EMU has begun, and some student P groups have moved to temporary offices in Mac Court. The downstairs, southeast corner of the student union (which formerly housed the multicultural center, student unions, the outdoor program, and a computer lab) will be transformed into a new craft center this summer.

This first stage marks the beginning of a renovation and expansion project slated for completion in 2016. It will cost $95 million, and student fees will fund $90 million. The university is asking alumni and friends to contribute $5 million in private gifts so we can fully realize the potential of this project. To learn more, go to giving.uoregon.edu/emu. hoto by steve bloch by P hoto

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