10240ul_cov 1/30/06 4:29 PM Page 3 Winter 2006 Leaders Best PHILANTHROPY AT MICHIGAN & Building Michigan 10240ul_cov 1/30/06 4:29 PM Page 4 Building Excellence Dear Friends, At the 1927 groundbreaking for the venerable Michigan League, a box of memorabilia, including samples of the many items sold to raise funds for the building’s construction, was placed within the cornerstone. It was a wonderful assortment, and a fitting way to preserve the creativity and determina- tion that went into raising the funds to help build this elegant campus treasure. Dona- tions for the League streamed in from the sale of baked goods and handicrafts, $50 memberships for alumnae and students, and the extraordinary drive of pioneering fundraiser Mary Barton Henderson, a U-M graduate and the wife of physics professor William D. Henderson. The League’s grass-roots support—driven by women who answered the call for more gracious meeting, entertaining and even housing space on campus—is one of my favorite tales of philanthropy at the University of Michigan. Fortunately, the story of donor generosity for U-M facilities has many more chapters. Whether it’s former Regent Arthur Hill’s bequest for the construction of the audito- rium that now bears his name, or former athletic director Charles M. Baird’s gift of the Burton Tower carillon, clock and lovely neighboring fountain, we do not have to look far to see the impact of private support on our campus. Today, we are engaged in an extraordinary new building campaign, and I am thrilled to report that the same spirit of philanthropy that shaped our campus for nearly two centuries is alive and well. In this issue, you will get an inside look at how your support for our Michigan Difference building initiatives is sustaining the Univer- sity’s excellence. Consider the planned renovation and expansion of our Museum of Art. An award- winning design preserves its majestic Alumni Memorial Hall home, while featuring a landmark new wing for much-needed exhibition, research and gathering space. Friends and alumni like you are contributing to make certain this vision for a truly world-class museum becomes reality. The promise of life-saving research and state-of-the-art patient care, meanwhile, is inspiring extraordinary giving for new medical buildings, including our proposed new C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital and Women’s Hospital. And the list goes on. From one end of campus to the other, you are responding to a variety of important needs that will provide our outstanding faculty and students, as well as the community we serve, with the facilities they will enjoy for years to come. So, the next time you are on campus, take a moment to appreciate the grandeur of the Clements Library, or the William W. Cook Law Quad, and take a look at such new buildings as Joan and Sanford Weill Hall, home of the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, or the Stephen M. Ross Academic Center. Philanthropy made these possible. Through your support, you become a part of this enduring legacy. Sincerely, Mary Sue Coleman U-M PHOTO SERVICES: MARTIN VLOET 10240ul_text 1/30/06 4:19 PM Page 1 Leaders&Best Philanthropy at the University of Michigan Winter 2006 C ntents WWW.THEMICHIGANDIFFERENCE.ORG 2 MEDICAL HORIZONS LEARNING COMMUNITY Philanthropy supports critical growth 24 Creating the optimal environment for Business PRESIDENTIAL BEARING PREMIERE 7 Ford School enjoys new landmark stature 26 Drama Center,Theater debut on North Campus NEW HEIGHTS SPECIAL EDITION 9 Generosity expands Public Health 27 Lipsey helps remake Student Publications home UMMA REIMAGINED PLACE FOR FAMILY 10 A masterpiece of form and function 28 Michigania improvements honor its beloved traditions 12 COMPLETING THE QUAD MAKING A DIFFERENCE Law makes expansion case 30 LETTER FROM JERRY MAY TEAM SPIRIT 36 14 Facilities donors give Athletics the winning edge 17 CAMPUS MAPS 20 EXCELLENCE ENGINEERED BY DESIGN Buildings gifts fuel Engineering innovation COVER PHOTOGRAPH BY CHERI SMITH PHOTOGRAPHY 10240ul_text 1/30/06 4:19 PM Page 2 Medical School ostalgia is not what it used to be. Just take Campus. The $30 million, 46,000-square-foot Center a look at the ever-changing landscape of the University will include six outpatient operating rooms, four medical of Michigan Medical Center campus, where the lovely procedure rooms and related support areas. The additional old buildings that once inspired warm memories of past facilities are expected to be capable of handling 7,000 traditions no longer exist. surgical cases and about 2,000 medical procedures each year. With construction costs of $220 million, the Biomed- Consider that the only remaining historical building on the ical Sciences Research Building, meanwhile, is nearing medical center campus is renowned architect Albert Kahn’s completion at the curve where Washtenaw Avenue becomes stately and dignified Simpson Building, and it was already Huron Street. The six-story building’s 472,000 square feet obsolete for its original purpose when it opened in 1927. feature five levels of faculty offices and research laboratories NConceived as the Simpson Memorial Institute, it was built devoted to studies of the cellular and molecular biology with a gift from the widow of a Detroit industrialist who of aging and related diseases as well as immunology, car- died of pernicious anemia, and designed as a research cen- diovascular science, cellular and molecular therapeutics ter dedicated to finding a cure for the disease. But the cure and neuroscience. The emphasis on collaborative, multidis- was discovered before the building opened, and it has since ciplinary research, and its location on the medical campus been used for a variety of purposes including the study of will make the BSRB an important hub in the University’s the history of medicine. development of a Life Sciences Initiative. Such changes reflect medicine’s dramatic evolution over As part of The Michigan Difference campaign, the Health the past century. Today, medicine stands on the brink of System will also look to philanthropy to play an important revolutionary advances with extraordinary in-roads being role in its long-range, strategically planned growth. Indeed, made at the genetic and molecular levels, creating unique donor-support, combined with Health System and Univer- demands on the infrastructure that supports medical sity financing, is providing funding for four additional research, education and patient care. medical buildings under construction or planned for the In response, the University is financing the Ambulatory near future that span a five-mile sweep from west to east Surgery and Medical Procedures Center at the East Medical across Ann Arbor. Medical H 2 Leaders&Best Winter 2006 U-M PHOTO SERVICES:U-M PHOTO MARTIN VLOET 10240ul_text 1/30/06 4:20 PM Page 3 C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital and Women’s Hospital The new hospitals will be home to the inpatient and outpatient For nearly a half-century, the C.S. Mott Children’s and Women’s services provided at the current Mott and Women’s hospitals, hospitals have set the highest standards of excellence for providing including the internationally respected Michigan Congenital specialized care. Now it is time for the brilliance of the past to Heart Center, the Birth Center and the Holden Neonatal Intensive merge with the exciting promise of the future to meet the steadily Care Center. growing demand for clinical and research facilities. The Rachel Upjohn Building—The Depression Center “Just like a child grows out of infancy into adolescence and a teen and Ambulatory Psychiatry Programs matures into adulthood, Mott and Women’s hospitals have out- Specifically designed for depression research, education, training grown their current structure,”says Robert P.Kelch, M.D., execu- and treatment, this state-of-the-art, comprehensive facility will tive vice president for medical affairs at the U-M Health System. also offer ambulatory psychiatry specialty services, including Kelch was in his last year of residency training in general pediatrics anxiety and substance abuse. The facility, slated for completion when Mott opened in 1969. this year, will provide an environment that integrates care across the life span, from child and adolescent to adult and “This is a very exciting time in the U-M Health System’s history, geriatric programs. and a proud moment in my professional career at U-M, to see this project realized. We are now on solid ground to build a modern, In addition, the Depression Center will provide a clinical and flexible and adaptable facility for the 21st century that will enable scientific base for understanding depression, bipolar disorder us to enhance research and provide the highest standards of care and related illnesses, and eliminating the stigma associated with to our patients for many more years to come.” these conditions. The building, located adjacent to the East Ann Arbor Health Center, represents the first facility of its kind in the The new facility, to be located on the central medical campus on nation devoted to the study and treatment of depressive and the site of a parking lot at the south end of the Taubman Center, bipolar illnesses. Its innovative design was deliberately intended across from the Arboretum, combines one million square feet of to create a bright, open, healing environment that is the antithesis space, and, with a price tag of $498 million, it will be the most of depression. expensive building ever constructed at the University of Michigan. It is more than halfway to reaching its $50 million fundraising “The Depression Center emphasizes research strategies and collab- objective for construction. oration with other health professionals so we can identify and treat l Horizons Leaders&Best Winter 2006 3 10240ul_text 1/30/06 4:20 PM Page 4 The Rachel Upjohn Building—The Depression Center University of Michigan Cardiovascular Center and Ambulatory Psychiatry Programs U-M PHOTO SERVICES: MARTIN VLOET depression and bipolar disorder earlier and more Kim Eagle, M.D., clinical director of the Cardiovascular Center.