2015 DONOR HONOR ROLL Dear Alumni and Friends, On behalf of the students, faculty and staff at Oakland University I want to thank you for your generosity and support during 2015. We are so grateful for the many opportunities that your gifts provide to our students and faculty. By supporting scholarships, academic programs and facilities like learning labs and student centers, you are ensuring that OU provides an exceptional education to every student on campus. Your generosity is also leading the way for the University to attract and retain renowned faculty who will accelerate our research programs and impact the community in countless ways for years to come. Your friendship and your gifts are transformational here, and we value our relationship with every donor. We are humbled and proud that you have chosen to support Oakland University and we are committed to being excellent stewards of your gift and your trust. I hope that you will visit us on campus often and help us promote the endless potential of the University we all love. With gratitude, Angie Schmucker, CFRE Vice President Development and Alumni Relations The Matilda Wilson Founders Society Cumulative gifts of $10,000,000+ Lifetime Giving Societies Gifts made to Oakland University make a tremendous difference in the lives of Oakland students. Thanks to donor support, Oakland University can continue its tradition of delivering excellence while educating the leaders of tomorrow. In appreciation for these gifts, donors receive recognition through membership in one of several giving societies. These societies honor individuals who contribute a minimum of $10,000 over their lifetime and corporations that contribute a minimum of $50,000 in cumulative gifts. Oakland is grateful for the generosity of the individuals, corporations and foundations that have made the following giving societies possible. 4 2015 Donor Honor Roll The Matilda Wilson Founders Society Cumulative gifts of $10,000,000+ The Varner The Golden Oaks Society Society Cumulative gifts of Cumulative gifts of $5,000,000 – $9,999,999 $1,000,000 – $4,999,999 The Meadow Brook The Pioneer The O’Dowd Society Society Society Cumulative gifts of Cumulative gifts of Cumulative gifts of $500,000 – $999,999 $250,000 – $499,999 $100,000 – $249,999 The Matilda R. Wilson The Alfred G. Wilson The 1957 Society Society Society Cumulative gifts of Cumulative gifts of Cumulative gifts of $50,000 – $99,999 $25,000 – $49,999 $10,000 – $24,999 To make a gift, visit isupportou.com 5 The Matilda Wilson Founders Society Cumulative gifts of $10,000,000 or more. This society honors Oakland University benefactor and founder Matilda R. Wilson and pays homage to her commitment as a University founder. Her visionary gift donating the 1,500-acre Meadow Brook estate and $2 million established MSU-Oakland. Anonymous Matilda R. Wilson Fund Rita Sharf* Stephan Sharf* and Patti Finnegan Sharf Siemens PLM Software The Varner Society Cumulative gifts of $5,000,000 – $9,999,999. The Varner Society recognizes Oakland University’s founding chancellor, Woody Varner, and his leadership and vision for OU. Beaumont Foundation Beaumont Health System R. Hugh and Nancy Elliott FCA Foundation FCA US LLC Dennis and Carlotta Pawley Craig M. and Ann S. Stinson 6 2015 Donor Honor Roll The Golden Oaks Society Cumulative gifts of $1,000,000 – $4,999,999. This society is named in honor of Oakland University’s charter faculty members, who often referred to themselves as “The Old Oaks.” Robert and Margaret A. Allesee General Motors Foundation Norma Oberhauser Gebran S. and Suzanne P. Anton Irene M. Kinsey Stare* Paul C.* and Lenore* Richardson Comerica, Inc. Barry M. and Linda Klein ROPARD Community Foundation for Stanley S. Kresge* Jerome L.* and Southeast Michigan Kresge Foundation Elyse Shulman Schostak Crittenton Hospital and Medical Center Alvin R. Larson* Schostak Family Philanthropic Foundation Crittenton Hospital Medical Howard L. McGregor, Jr.* Center Foundation Tobye S. Stein and Neal E. Alpiner Ben D. Mills* Ford Motor Company Towne Square Associates Jim and Ann Nicholson Stuart and Maxine Frankel Vision Research ROPARD Foundation Oakland University Credit Union General Motors Company W. K. Kellogg Foundation * deceased To make a gift, visit isupportou.com 7 Professor Emerita Linda Hildebrand, CAS ’79, reviews an OU student newspaper that will live on digitally through a gift from dear friend and fellow Professor Emerita Janet Krompart. The women met at the Kresge Library in 1976 and worked together until 1996. Krompart-Hildebrand Digitization Fund ensures OU past not forgotten Professors Emerita Linda Hildebrand, CAS ’79, and Janet Krompart first met during a job interview in 1976, developing a friendship that flourished as they worked together at the Kresge Library until 1996. “She has a great sense of humor, a big With knowledge of several Asian languages, heart, a warm and loving personality and the Krompart had worked as a translator of wonderful ability to make and keep friends,” captured Chinese documents in post-war Hildebrand said of her friend. Japan during the Korean Conflict. After her discharge from the Army, she worked at the Krompart’s son, Lee, said, “Linda has been East Asian Library at UC-Berkeley, her alma an important part of our life. We spent many mater. She moved to the Detroit area in 1968, Thanksgivings together and up until 2012 driving with her husband at the time and two when my mom moved to the Chicago area children (her daughter Lucia died in 2001) in near us, Linda was always there.” a VW Beetle. Krompart held several different positions at At the time of her retirement in 2013, OU over the years, but her expertise in Asian Hildebrand was the coordinator of Special studies served her well as she catalogued all Collections and Archives. Today she the Chinese language publications that were volunteers at the Archives, inventorying and added to support academic programs. 8 2015 Donor Honor Roll A generous gift from Library Professor Emerita Janet Krompart and her family will enable OU school newspapers to be digitally preserved. Nancy Bulgarelli, formerly interim Digitizing the collections and dean, University Libraries, said the making them available online $50,000 donation will fund digital will provide easily accessible projects and collections, which information for students, may include new equipment, researchers, University offices hiring student assistants or and anyone interested in the outfitting the space to better history of the University. organizing various collections function as a digital lab. under the direction of the current When she learned that the archivist, Dominique Daniel, Ph.D., “This is a special project of Linda Kromparts wanted to make the associate professor, University Hildebrand, since so much of the donation honoring her friendship Libraries. University’s history is contained in with their mother, Hildebrand these student newspapers,” added was stunned. Lee and Leona Krompart wanted Bulgarelli, associate professor “Lee and Leona Krompart deserve to honor Hildebrand’s longtime and director of the OUWB School to be recognized and lauded for friendship with their mother, but of Medicine Medical Library. their decision to make this gift to were not sure how. “Another high-priority project will Oakland,” she said. “I am amazed be to digitize approximately 1,000 “When we decided to do and honored that the donation historical photographs from the something as a thank you, we would recognize my long and Archive’s collections.” knew she would not take anything special friendship with Janet.” for herself,” Lee said. “Kerry Burke The first project using the funds Hildebrand is also thrilled that (Major Gifts Officer at Kresge will be to digitize, edit and OU’s past will be preserved Library) gave us the idea for a preserve 100 selected student through the digitization. “The donation to the library honoring newspapers and create descriptive student newspapers provide a their friendship.” data and other metadata about treasure trove of information on the records. The collection will Through a generous donation from student concerns, their activities cover several titles, including the the Krompart family, the University and all sorts of campus events, Oakland Observer (1965-69), Focus Libraries will be able to digitize all presented from a student’s Oakland (1969-74), the Oakland OU school newspapers dating point of view,” she said. “Even the Sail (1975-87), and the Oakland back 55 years. advertisements are informative.” Post (1987-present), and consist of nearly 26,400 scanned pages. By Alice Rhein, a freelance writer from Huntington Woods, Michigan. To make a gift, visit isupportou.com 9 The Meadow Brook Society Cumulative gifts of $500,000 – $999,999. Benefactors Alfred G. and Matilda R. Wilson donated their estate, which was called Meadow Brook, and $2 million to establish MSU-Oakland, now Oakland University. This society is a tribute to their gift, which made OU possible. A-G Jack’s Place for Autism Foundation JPMorgan Chase Barbara and John Allman Marvin Katke* American Heart Association Roger M.* and Helen G.* Kyes Analogy, Inc. Lear Corporation Benjamin H. Anibal* Berton L. London AT&T MacNeal-Schwendler Corporation AT&T Foundation McGregor Fund Henry Baskin Meadow Brook Music Festival George Brewer* Women’s Committee Richard J. Burke* Charles S. Mott* DTE Energy DTE Energy Foundation O-Z Alice Gustafson* Gina M. and Jeffrey C. Petherick Robert E.* and Sheri Gustafson Henry D.* and Dorothy* Price R. Hugh and Nancy Elliott Foundation H-N Ravitz Foundation Margaret T. Heftler* Roger B.* and Barbara R. Smith Patricia A. Heftler Texas Instruments Howard Hughes Medical Institute Texas Instruments Foundation HP Enterprise Services Paul H.* and Doris Eaton* Travis International Paper Company Christine L.* and Ivan C.* Wilcox Foundation 10 2015 Donor Honor Roll 1957 The Pioneer Society Cumulative gifts of $250,000 – $499,999.