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THE ANNUAL REPORT ON PHILANTHROPY FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2016 Changing Lives and FLAGSHIP Communities Through ACHIEVEMENTS Knowledge and Unity THE UNIVERSITY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI OLE MISS ATHLETICS MISSISSIPPI FOUNDATION MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION TOTAL ENDOWMENT PRIVATE SUPPORT BENEFITING THE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI ENDED JUNE 30, 2016 36% $603 MILLION $61.45 21.2% $118.8 MILLION ACADEMIC AND PROGRAM SUPPORT NEW PLEDGES % MILLION FACULTY SUPPORT 38.8 RECEIVABLE IN FUTURE YEARS LIBRARY SUPPORT % SCHOLARSHIP SUPPORT 4 CASH AND $14.12 DEFERRED AND REALIZED GIFTS MILLION PLANNED GIFTS $194.3 RECENT PRIVATE SUPPORT $133.2 IN MILLIONS $122.6 $114.6 $118 $80.3 $78 $68.2 $65.2 $69.1 $67.8 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 TABLE OF CONTENTS MESSAGE FROM THE CHANCELLOR ............................................................... 4 UMMC Academic Leadership ................................................................... 42 Introduction: UMMC Development and Alumni Staff ..................................................... 43 FLAGSHIP ACHIEVEMENTS ..................................................................... 6 Major Donors ........................................................................................... 10 MESSAGE FROM OLE MISS ATHLETICS FOUNDATION CHAIR .......................... 44 MESSAGE FROM UM FOUNDATION BOARD CHAIR ......................................... 20 Ole Miss Athletics: TEAM VICTORIES, FACILITIES MIRROR HISTORIC SUPPORT ............... 46 UM Foundation: GIFTS TRANSFORM ACADEMICS, EXPAND OPPORTUNITIES ............... 22 Recognition: APPLAUDING STUDENT-ATHLETE ACHIEVEMENTS BY SPORT ........... 48 UM Senior Leadership Group ................................................................... 28 Forward Together: UM Academic Leadership ........................................................................ 29 CAMPAIGN FOR THE AGES .................................................................... 60 UM Foundation Board .............................................................................. 30 Ole Miss Athletics Leadership ................................................................... 64 Joint Committee of University Investments ................................................ 31 Ole Miss Athletics Foundation Board of Governors .................................... 65 UM Foundation Staff ................................................................................ 32 Ole Miss Athletics Foundation Staff ........................................................... 66 UM Development Staff ............................................................................. 33 Alumni Affairs Staff .................................................................................. 34 DONORS: University of Mississippi Foundation ........................................... 70 DONORS: University of Mississippi Medical Center ..................................... 86 MESSAGE FROM VICE CHANCELLOR FOR HEALTH AFFAIRS............................ 36 DONORS: Ole Miss Athletics Foundation .................................................... 92 UMMC: LEADING THE CHEERS FOR THE HEALTH OF MISSISSIPPI’S CHILDREN .........38 PUBLISHERS: EXECUTIVE EDITORS: EDITORIAL WRITERS: DESIGNER: PHOTOGRAPHERS: Wendell W. Weakley EDITOR: Bill Dabney CONSULTANTS: Tina Hahn Alan Burnitt Kevin Bain Thomas Graning Sandra McGuire Guest Tina Hahn Donna Patton Travis Bradburn Tom Fortner Bill Dabney Robert Jordan University of Mississippi Foundation Dan O’Dowd Lauren McMillin Jay Ferchaud LETTER FROM THE CHANCELLOR FLAGSHIP ACHIEVEMENTS 4 THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI t is quite an honor for me to write my inaugural message for the Annual Report on Philanthropy. I would like to thank our dedicated donors, alumni, and friends for such a remarkable 2015– I 2016 year: Through your generosity, we raised $194.3 million in private support, breaking all previous single-year records. Your support is enabling our role as a flagship university to advance society through learning, discovery, and engagement – whether it is through the innovations at our Medical Center to save and improve lives, the enhancements to our infrastructure like the STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) building to support bold academic goals, or our student-athletes competing at unprecedented levels on and off the field. Our charge can only be carried out with deeply committed students, parents, faculty, staff, alumni, and friends willing to strengthen the University of Mississippi and help us reach new heights of excellence. We are so extremely grateful for your belief in our mission and vision. With less than 15 percent of the university’s operating revenue from state appropriations, private resources are essential for the flagship programs we provide. The innovative programs you have invested in have attracted a record 24,250 students across all our campuses this fall. While the majority, 59.4 percent, are Mississippians, our university also has students from around the nation and world, including representatives from every state, the District of Columbia, and 90 foreign countries. The rich diversity of the Ole Miss family is one of the qualities that makes this place so special and positions our graduates to succeed in the globally interconnected world in which they will live and work. The level of support Ole Miss enjoys is reflected in our flagship achievements, including our recent designation as a Carnegie R-1 (highest research activity) institution – a prestigious ranking shared by only 2.5 percent of the nation’s universities. To maintain such standings, we must continually strive for higher levels of excellence. We are developing strategic plans and identifying key opportunities, especially at the intersections of the arts, sciences, humanities, and technology. We are strengthening STEM, medical, and entrepreneurship education to grow our economy and meet future workforce needs. We are developing leading multidisciplinary research and education programs in data science and population health. And we are expanding opportunities as a cultural gateway to foster creativity and innovation in the sciences and liberal arts, as only Ole Miss can. Your continued support will provide flagship opportunities for generations of students to come. Since becoming your chancellor in January, I have visited with thousands who love this institution and invest their time and resources in our mission and vision to transform lives and communities. I am convinced that together we will move forward boldly and craft a vibrant future for Mississippi, our nation, and the world. Thank you for your role in making the University of Mississippi a truly great flagship institution. JEFFREY S. VITTER THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI CHANCELLOR FLAGSHIP ACHIEVEMENTS The moon shines brightly over the Peddle Bell Tower of Paris-Yates Chapel. THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI 5 Changing Lives and FLAGSHIP Communities Through ACHIEVEMENTS Knowledge and Unity THE ANNUAL REPORT ON PHILANTHROPY FOR THE YEAR ENDED FLAGSHIP ACHIEVEMENTS JUNE 30, 2016 6 THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI he University of Mississippi is a flagship university by 2016: FLAGSHIP ACHIEVEMENTS many standards. As the state’s largest university, it boasts T a major academic medical center, a nationally recognized …Changing lives and communities through knowledge and unity law school and 15 academic divisions – with a new one, the School of Population Health, opening next year at the Medical Center. For 23 years, Ole Miss was the state’s only public institution of higher RECORD $194.3 MILLION in private support learning and for 110 years the state’s only comprehensive university. RECORD 54,996 gifts Today it is defined by its preparation of outstanding leaders, pro- fessionals and change agents; the pursuit of world-class research, RECORD 33,563 joint donors innovation and health care; and the successes and teamwork of RECORD 24,250 students enrolled highly-competitive student-athletes. RECORD 3,982-MEMBER freshman class ACHIEVEMENTS IN PRIVATE SUPPORT The year, in fact, could best be described as a “flagship year” RECORD 3.57 GPA for incoming freshmen because of the many striking accomplishments from all angles. The RECORD 6,650 degrees conferred arrival of the university’s 17th chancellor, highly-regarded academic leader Jeffrey S. Vitter, was among these exciting developments as RECORD NATION’S TOP 2.5% research universities was the receipt of a record-breaking $194.3 million in private gifts. RECORD $19.9 MILLION NIH award to the UM Medical Center Donors not only expressed their commitment by making major gifts but also recognized the power of combining gifts of all sizes. RECORD 33,825 inpatient visits at the Medical Center; Representing five consecutive years of private support exceeding 990,136 outpatient visits at Medical Center and surrounding clinics $100 million, the FY16 total was the result of 54,996 gifts. Cash gifts RECORD $100 MILLION Campaign for Children’s Hospital launched combined for a total of $118.8 million – another record – with new pledges adding up to more than $61 million. Benefactors also com- RECORD 400 student-athletes mitted more than $14 million in planned gifts. Records were again RECORD $200 MILLION Forward Together athletics campaign expanded set in support of Ole Miss Athletics at $45.6 million and gifts to the Medical Center at more than $60 million. RECORD 17,773 Ole Miss Athletics Foundation members Private support, the