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Jefferson Scholars Foundation 2017 ANNUAL REPORT 2017 JEFFERSON SCHOLARS FOUNDATION ANNUAL REPORT 01 INTRODUCTION 01 Letter from the President & Chairman 06 Board of Directors 10 DEVELOPMENT & FINANCE 1O FEATURE: Celebrating a record year for development 12 Benefactors 19 Finance Overview 22 FACULTY 24 FEATURE: Appointing the Foundation’s first endowed chair 26 Faculty Awards 28 UNDERGRADUATE SCHOLARS & GRADUATE FELLOWS 30 FEATURE: Demonstrating the Jefferson Scholar difference 36 Scholar Yearbook 66 National Fellowship Program 68 Fellow Yearbook 80 ENRICHMENT 86 APPENDIX LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT & CHAIRMAN THE 2016-17 YEAR HAS Members of the class served as been extraordinary in president of the Student Council, as T almost every way for president of the Asian Student Union, the Jefferson Scholars and as president of the Black Student Foundation, and it is indeed a privilege Alliance. Two members served on the to share some of the highlights of the Honor Committee, and two received year with you. We hope and trust you Shannon Awards at Final Exercises. will be inspired by, and take pride in, the Ten members were selected to live on TIMOTHY INGRASSIA success achieved. the Lawn. The cumulative GPA for the Chairman In April at our annual black tie class was 3.76. dinner in honor of the 4th Year Class, While the record made by the Class we celebrated the unprecedented of 2017 will be difficult to surpass, record of accomplishment made by the Scholars returning to Grounds will our 33rd graduating class. In the class most assuredly build upon the legacy of 2017 were two Rhodes Scholars, of excellence to which they are heirs. three Marshall Scholars, a Fulbright Among the returning Scholars will be Scholar, a Rotary Global Grant Scholar, a Harry S. Truman Scholar, a Mock JAMES H. WRIGHT and a Coro Fellowship recipient. Trial All-American, the Minority Rights President 1 LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT & CHAIRMAN Coalition Chair, and the editors of the with a wide audience. They are in the Seriatim Journal of American Politics, Academy’s vanguard. the Wilson Journal of International Just as we were bidding farewell FALL 2017 Affairs, the Oculus Research Journal, and good luck to the graduating and the Spectrum Engineering and classes, we were preparing to welcome Science Journal. Eight rising 4th Years the newest Scholars and Fellows. The will live on the Lawn. Jefferson Scholars Class of 2021 will be We also recognized the tenth composed of 36 outstanding students 902 graduating class of Jefferson from 21 states and one foreign country. STUDENTS Fellows in April. Their record of Our Graduate Fellowship ranks now HAVE ENTERED publications in scholarly journals will include 12 new and very talented and presentations at scholarly individuals who are pursuing a Ph.D. THE UNIVERSITY conferences, along with the or M.B.A. at the University. Our new AS JEFFERSON recognitions they receive for teaching Scholars and Fellows have exemplary SCHOLARS excellence, continue to impress. records and will make positive impacts Equally impressive are their devotion on the University. to the intellectual enterprise and their In July the Foundation assumed eagerness to share their knowledge responsibility for the well-established 2 LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT & CHAIRMAN National Fellowship Program created Foundation Professorship was 16 years ago by Brian Balogh, the successfully completed in February. Dorothy Danforth Compton Professor Jianhua ‘JC’ Cang will hold the of History at the University, and Paul T. Jones Jefferson Scholars designed to support the dissertation Foundation Professorship. A Self-reliance year of some of the most outstanding renowned neurobiologist, Mr. Cang “ is a virtue; it is Ph.D. candidates in the country. and his spouse, Xiaorong Liu, also a Recipients are attending leading star neurobiologist, will be departing empowering. universities, including the University of Northwestern University to join the Independence Virginia, and will present their work at University this fall. and self-reliance an annual academic conference held The Foundation could not enjoy have meant that at the Jefferson Scholars Foundation. this record of achievement without the Next year we will welcome eight extraordinary generosity of our many we and we alone National Fellows to our Jefferson loyal benefactors. This past year we determine our Scholars community. received new commitments totaling aspirations and The Foundation reached another $33.6 million, an amount that shatters limitations.” milestone when the search for the our prior development high watermark — JIMMY WRIGHT first holder of a Jefferson Scholars of $19.4 million. Included in the new Benefactors Event, May 6, 2017 3 LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT & CHAIRMAN commitments were over $10 million in Foundation’s history with events in Darden Fellowship gifts made in part honor of our benefactors who have to celebrate Professor John Colley’s named a Scholarship, Fellowship, or 50 years of service to Darden. Also Professorship. Those in attendance included were over $12 million in new recognized the Foundation’s commitments that establish three unyielding commitment to excellence new Jefferson Scholars Foundation and learned about its future Professorships, as well as a generous aspirations. They also heard from estate gift totaling more than $9 an inspirational panel of four of the 754 million from longtime friend and Foundation’s longtime benefactors LIVING supporter of the Foundation Dr. and founders: Bill Blue, Landon ALUMNI Randolph Pillow. Powered by these Hilliard, Buford Scott, and Eli Tullis. development results and a positive Visitors to the Foundation this investment return of 11.7%, the spring saw significant construction Foundation ended the fiscal year with activity on Clarke Court. Ground total assets of $415 million. was broken for Cochran House, The weekend of May 5, we and this major new addition to celebrated the year and the the Foundation is scheduled to be 4 LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT & CHAIRMAN completed next May. and benefactors. This past year we present at most of our events during Throughout its history the lost Jane Brockenbrough, Austin the course of her tenure. Foundation has benefited Buck, Stapleton Gooch, and Frances The 37th year of the Foundation’s immeasurably from the exceptional Heiner, all of whom supported and history witnessed unprecedented talent of its Board of Directors. This year served the Foundation in meaningful success. The coming years offer the terms of service for Debby Hirtle, ways. We also lost an alumna, Eliza unprecedented opportunity that Rick Kellogg, Greg McCrickard, and Evans, and a current Scholar, Rose we eagerly embrace. To all who Lavinia Touchton ended. All four served Randolph. Their too early departures have helped make this past year so the Foundation tirelessly and selflessly; leave us with an abiding void. successful and who share in our Rick Kellogg also served as Board The past year also saw the future aspirations, we are deeply and Chairman with grace and distinction. retirement of Carmen Warner after forever grateful. We will miss their wise counsel. Robert nearly 18 years of devoted service. Byron, Frank Edmonds, Lonnie Howell, Carmen was often the first person any and Anna Nekoranec will join the Board, visitor to the Foundation met, and her and we look forward to their active welcoming smile and eagerness to help TIMOTHY INGRASSIA Chairman participation. always made everyone, and especially Each year the Foundation Scholars, feel immediately right at JAMES H. WRIGHT experiences the loss of loyal friends home. Her deft planning hand was also President 5 BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2016— 2017 CHAIR Timothy J. Ingrassia (Col ’86) Shelley L. Boyce (Nurs ’83) Marilyn Bartlett Hebenstreit George K. Martin (Col ’75) Partner and Co-Chairman of Chief Executive Officer Vice Chairman Managing Partner, Global Mergers and Acquisitions MedRisk Inc. Bartlett & Co. Richmond Office Goldman Sachs Group Inc. King of Prussia, Pennsylvania Mission Hills, Kansas McGuireWoods LLP New York, New York Building and Grounds Committee, Chair Richmond, Virginia Executive and Strategic Planning Landon Hilliard III (Col ’62) Committees, Chair Frank M. Conner III (Col ’78) Limited Partner Marcus L. Martin Partner Brown Brothers Harriman & Vice President and Chief Officer VICE CHAIR Covington & Burling LLP Company for Diversity and Equity Stephen S. Crawford (Col ’86) Washington, D.C. New York, New York Office for Diversity and Equity Senior Advisor University of Virginia Capital One Financial Corporation Edward J. Dobbs (Col ’93) Deborah R. Hirtle New York, New York President Hirtle Callaghan & Co. Gregory A. McCrickard (Col ’81) Undergraduate Advisory Dobbs Management Service LLC Saint Davids, Pennsylvania Managing Director Committee, Chair Memphis, Tennessee T. Rowe Price Associates Inc. Robin Robinson Howell (Col ’86) Tiffany B. Armstrong (Com ’90) Towson, Maryland Peter M. Grant (Col ’78, GSBA ’86) Atlanta, Georgia Investment Committee, Chair Managing Director Partner Harris Williams & Co. Anchormarck Holdings LLC Thomas V. Inglesby (GSBA ’84, Law ’86) Tracy V. McMillan (Com ’86) Richmond, Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia Managing Director Managing Principal Audit Committee, Chair HCGA Consulting Partners Clifford W. Bogue (Col ’81, Med ’85) Saratoga Partners New York, New York Fairfield, Connecticut Professor of Pediatrics Sarah A. Hamlin (Col ’89) (Critical Care) Dallas, Texas Richard C. Kellogg Jr. (Col ’74) Michael A. Pausic (Engr ’86) Yale School of Medicine