TABLE OF CONTENTS 5 Letter from Elson S. Floyd, President, Washington State University 7 Letter from Brenda Wilson-Hale, Vice President, University Development, and CEO, WSU Foundation; and Larry Culver, President, WSU Foundation 8 Feature Stories 16 Financial Report 20 Foundation Leadership 23 Honor Roll of Donors 24 Laureates 28 Benefactors 43 President’s Associates 52 Legacy Associates 53 In Remembrance 54 Corporations, Foundations, and Associations 57 Memorial Gifts 57 Gifts Made in Honor 58 Endowments 4 | WSU FOUNDATION | 2007-2008 Dear Friends, I would like to thank each of our generous donors and corporate partners for contributing to the margin of excellence at Washington State University during fiscal year 2008. You have given deserving students the opportunity to achieve quality undergraduate and graduate educations at WSU. Your generosity empowered our talented faculty to pursue solutions to some of the world’s most pressing issues through cutting-edge research and discovery. By supporting our outreach and extension programs, you have improved the quality of life in communities across Washington, the United States, and the world. The continued generous support from our many alumni and friends, as well as from our corporate and foundation partners, is essential as WSU continues its transformation from a very good land-grant research university to one of marked distinction. Opportunities abound at WSU. Your ongoing generosity provides these opportunities for WSU students, faculty, and staff in research and academic programs throughout our state and around the globe as together we endeavor to fully realize the tremendous potential of Washington State University. Sincerely, Elson S. Floyd, Ph.D. President, Washington State University WSU FOUNDATION | 2007-2008 | 5 6 | WSU FOUNDATION | 2007-2008 Dear Supporters of Washington State University, For the third consecutive year, Washington State University and the Washington State University Foundation have experienced record fund raising, with more than $143.6 million in total fund-raising activity during fiscal year 2008. Highlights include the largest single private commitment in WSU history—a $25 million grant toward the construction of a research facility for the School for Global Animal Health in WSU’s College of Veterinary Medicine. This remarkable commitment and the impressive support from more than 65,000 additional donors enabled the WSU Foundation to raise more than $100 million in a single year for the first time in its 34-year history. WSU’s ability to provide a quality undergraduate experience and to enable cutting-edge research at a public land-grant research institution is integrally linked to the level of support from donors like you. On behalf of the WSU Foundation and the students, faculty, and staff of Washington State University, thank you for your leadership and commitment, and for your continuing support in the years to come. Sincerely, Brenda Wilson-Hale Vice President, University Development Chief Executive Officer, WSU Foundation Larry Culver President, Washington State University Foundation WSU FOUNDATION | 2007-2008 | 7 Solutions TO global challenges The generous support of the Washington State University has long been at the center of this country’s most exciting and productive research on infectious diseases that affect animal and Gates Foundation is truly human health. Now, with the support of generous donors, WSU is poised to transformational. The work expand and enhance the research capabilities of its internationally respected scientists in the new School for Global Animal Health. of WSU researchers will be A $25 million grant from The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation—the largest private financial commitment dramatically enhanced, and the in the University’s history—will help construct a $35 million facility that will be the centerpiece of the new school in WSU’s College of Veterinary Medicine. While facility plans are on the drawing board, the result of their efforts will positively important work of this research center is well under way, and the need is urgent. impact countless lives in this People everywhere are inextricably linked to animals, whether for food, for work, or for companionship. In the world’s poorest countries, animal health is pivotal to human health and financial well-being. country and around the globe. In many places, the loss of a single goat or cow to disease can be devastating to families and entire communities. The potential for diseases to spread from animals to humans compounds these risks. During the past 30 –Elson S. Floyd, WSU President years, diseases spread by animals accounted for 70 percent of all human disease, making early detection of animal-borne pathogens crucial. Led by Dr. Guy Palmer, a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers in WSU’s School for Global Animal Health are working to prevent some of the world’s most deadly diseases through investigation and discovery of vaccines, diagnostics, and other strategies to control transmission of animal pathogens, especially those communicable to humans. Their work is 8 | WSU FOUNDATION | 2007-2008 making a difference in communities across the United States and around the world, contributing to More than 2.7 billion people live on less than economic stability in underdeveloped countries and helping to keep our homeland safe. $2 per day and many are smallholder farmers Through its innovative interdisciplinary approach to global health, the new school also advances understanding of the influence of economic and cultural factors on human health. In the African country whose physical, social, and economic well- of Chad, for example, the challenge of getting needed vaccines to children of nomadic farmers in rural areas seemed impossible until public health officials realized that people working to protect animal being are directly linked to the health of their health faced similar issues, says Dr. Terry McElwain, executive director of the Washington Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory at WSU. livestock and crops. “The Chadian animal health system already had refrigerated trucks to deliver livestock vaccines,” Dr. McElwain says. Through a new partnership between the two health systems, more life-saving vaccines can now reach the children who need them. – Dr. Guy Palmer, Director, School for Global Animal Health WSU FOUNDATION | 2007-2008 | 9 innovative research At WSU, students from around the globe tackle the world’s most pressing issues through life-changing research. Growing up in Humacao, Puerto Rico, Elsa Silva-Lopez never imagined where the study of chemistry It is my hope that, through our would take her. research, we can help more After graduating with degrees in biology and industrial chemistry from the University of Puerto Rico, Elsa wanted to advance her understanding of chemistry to make a difference in the lives of others, including men survive prostate cancer and her ailing father. Intrigued and excited by the potential of radiochemistry and its critical use in the medical field, she decided to study at Washington State University, which produces almost half of the improve many people’s lives. nation’s annual graduates in radiochemistry. Today, the ambitious 25-year-old is earning her doctoral degree as a Richard R. and Constance M. Albrecht –Elsa Silva-Lopez, 2008 Albright Fellow Graduate Fellow through WSU’s Analytical, Environmental, and Radiochemistry Division. Her research focuses on developing technology for the early detection of prostate cancer. Working alongside Dr. Paul Benny, assistant professor of chemistry, Elsa researches the development of bifunctional ligands that can be used as imaging tools in cancer detection using the radioactive element technetium. “It is my hope that, through our research, we can help more men survive prostate cancer and improve many people’s lives,” Elsa says. When she graduates from WSU, the first-generation college graduate plans to return to Puerto Rico to teach chemistry while continuing her research as a postdoctoral candidate. “I love teaching students how understanding chemistry can help solve real medical problems,” she says. “My life here at WSU goes far beyond the research itself—the entire graduate experience has helped me grow as a person.” 10 | WSU FOUNDATION | 2007-2008 Elsa Silva-Lopez is a recipient of the 2007-2008 Richard R. and Constance M. Albrecht Fellowship and a McNair Achievement Program scholar. Richard Albrecht is a former WSU Regent, first appointed in 1987. He never forgot the values instilled by his family and community of Hartley, Iowa. They helped shape his achievements in law and government, including his role as general counsel for the U.S. Department of the Treasury. Richard also served for 22 years as executive vice president at the Boeing Company, and in 1968, he began a partnership with the Pacific Northwest’s largest law firm, Perkins Coie. Richard and his wife, Constance, have supported many areas of WSU, including The Museum of Art, the Graduate School, the College of Liberal Arts, International Programs, scholarships, science programs, student services, and undergraduate education. WSU FOUNDATION | 2007-2008 | 11 Leaders and educators In today’s complex world, effective educators are especially critical for preparing tomorrow’s leaders. An investment in WSU’s College Expert faculty in WSU’s College of Education understand that elevating and maintaining the quality of Education is an investment of our educators is necessary to equip students to become leaders at home and abroad. They know that resolving local and global challenges begins in the classroom, and they are designing powerful new in our children and in the many approaches to teaching and learning. Because the ability of our nation’s workforce to compete in the global marketplace corresponds directly academic and social disciplines to the quality of teachers, schools, and administrators in communities, College of Education faculty are finding new ways to address communities’ educational needs. At WSU, it’s how we build stronger necessary to develop a child’s communities that sets us apart. potential for success in life.