NEWS
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ABOUT
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UNIVERSITY
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SUMMER
2014
PHOTO BY ERIC EVANS
Student-athletes from the UO
women’s softball team celebrate
their win over Minnesota on May 25,
when they clinched their third trip to
the Women’s College World Series.
Home Run for Oregon Softball
T
he University of Oregon softball
team enjoyed tremendous success on
the field this season. And the Ducks
will enjoy a brand new softball facility in the
not-too-distant future.
A $10 MILLION
GIFT FROM ROBERT
SANDERS ’49 IN HONOR
OF HIS LATE WIFE,
O. JANE SANDERS ’50,
WILL LEAD THE DRIVE
TO CONSTRUCT
A NEW SOFTBALL
STADIUM
This June, Director of Intercollegiate Athletics
Rob Mullens announced a $10 million gift
from Robert Sanders ’49 to Oregon softball that
will lead this drive to construct a new softball
stadium.
“I’m thrilled to announce a leading gift to
Oregon softball that will pave the way to a new
era for our highly successful program,” said
Mullens. “Thanks to Mr. Sanders’ generosity,
we will be able to ride the momentum of this
amazing season and create a new home for
Ducks softball.”
The facility will be named in honor of Sanders’
wife, O. Jane Sanders, who passed away in late
2013. Jane Sanders graduated from the UO in
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Historically Informed
BEFORE MAKING THE LARGEST GIFT TO DATE FOR THE OREGON BACH FESTIVAL,
THE BERWICKS DID THEIR HOMEWORK
history. It’s also a stellar example of donors
helping to create a transformative program
through their time and leadership as well as
their philanthropy.
Donors Andrew ’55 and
Phyllis Berwick ’56 with John Evans,
president and general director of the
Oregon Bach Festival.
PHOTO BY RYAN POSTMA
Scheduled to launch in summer 2015, the
Berwick Academy will be dedicated to the
historically informed performance practice of
music from the seventeenth to the nineteenth
centuries.
The gift enables the academy to be tuition-free,
essentially removing all barriers for talented
young artists to pursue their passion.
T
hanks to a $7.25 million gift from Phyllis
’56 and Andrew Berwick ’55, the Oregon
Bach Festival (OBF) will soon boast an
orchestral training and touring program that will
be one of the first of its kind in the country.
Their generous gift isn’t just the largest single
contribution in the festival’s forty-five-year
“We really wanted to give a significant gift to
the University of Oregon and the Oregon Bach
Festival,” Andrew Berwick said. “This is a great
festival, better than almost any in the world.”
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A Visionary Friendship
LOKEY GIVES $8 MILLION TO NAME NEW SCIENCE LIBRARY FOR ALLAN PRICE
PHOTO BY MICHAEL MCDERMOTT
Susan Price and
Lorry Lokey look
forward to breaking
ground next winter
for the new Allan
Price Science
Commons and
Research Library.
“Oy vey.”
That’s what UO benefactor Lorry Lokey
said on seeing the university’s bunkerlike Science Library six years ago. It
was like entering a buried time capsule,
circa 1969.
But that’s about to change in a big
way—the same way that many UO
facilities were transformed by donors
inspired by Allan Price, the UO vice
president who championed President
Emeritus Dave Frohnmayer’s vision
for a vibrant campus during Campaign
Oregon (2001–8).
In an almost unheard-of gesture of
love and respect by a donor for a
professional fundraiser, Lokey has
given $8 million to build an all-new
academic and social center named for
Price, who died in 2012.
“Allan was good at his work and, at
the same time, was such a good friend,
along with Susan,” Lokey said. “He
made you feel good about Oregon and,
more important than that, made you
feel good about giving—about investing
in the future. This building will be a
testimony to Allan.”
“This project will greatly
change the experience for
our students and faculty.”
—Margaret Bean
Science Library Head
Lokey joined Allan’s wife, Susan,
project donors, and UO Foundation
trustees on campus to imagine the
library’s future and take a last look
at its forty-five-year-old past during
the official reveal of preliminary
drawings for the $16.75 million
Allan Price Science Commons and
Research Library.
“We are sitting atop one of the most
well-worn facilities on campus,”
Science Library Head Margaret Bean
told guests gathered on the concrete
courtyard that doubles as the
existing library’s roof. “This project
will greatly change the experience
for our students and faculty.”
The project addresses the urgent
need created by a 72 percent
increase in science majors since
2000—a trend that mirrors the UO’s
ascendance as a leading research
institution.
Designed to take the UO’s highly
successful collaborative approach
to scientific research and teaching
to new levels, the Price Science
Commons and Research Library will
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rise from the old library’s location
in the heart of the Lorry I. Lokey
Science Complex by spring 2016.
“I love how we’re taking old
buildings and making them into
beautiful, light-filled, modern
facilities,” said foundation trustee
emeritus Dave Petrone ’66, MBA
’68. “Faculty members are so
appreciative of these gifts.”
Petrone and his wife, Nancy, are
among those whose gifts helped to
secure matching funds for the project
in the form of bonds authorized by
the 2013 Oregon Legislature.
—Melody Ward Leslie ’79
To watch a video and read
more about how the Price
Science Commons will
transform the teaching and learning
across scientific disciplines go to
giving.uoregon.edu/price
PHOTO BY ERIC EVANS
Junior infielder Jamie Rae
Sullivan, former UO softball
coach (1974–79) Becky Sisley,
and Senior Associate Athletic
Director Lisa Peterson celebrate
the announcement of a $10
million gift for Oregon softball.
Home Run
Continued from page 1
—Rob Mullens, Director of
Intercollegiate Athletics
1950. The two met at the University of Oregon
while Robert was a fullback on the football
team and Jane was a cheerleader.
The Sanderses enjoyed great success in the
lumber industry, having held businesses in
California, Oregon, and Washington.
“We cannot thank Robert enough for
his generosity,” said President Michael
Gottfredson. “The university is grateful and
proud to help honor the legacy of Jane Sanders.
Our softball team is a tremendous point of
pride for this university, and this gift will
only serve to bolster it.”
With the gift, work will now begin in earnest
to find a site for the new stadium, with an
anticipated groundbreaking and opening
still yet to be determined.
“This gift is a major step forward in this
project,” said Mullens. “We are as eager
as our fans, student-athletes, coaches, and
donors to turn this dream into a reality.”
Historically Informed
PHOTO COURTESY OF EUROPEAN UNION BAROQUE ORCHESTRA
“Thanks to
Mr. Sanders’ generosity,
we will be able to ride
the momentum of this
amazing season and
create a new home for
Ducks softball.”
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While historically informed performance
has long been the standard in Europe, few
specialized training opportunities exist in the
United States—a need that led the Berwicks to
endow the program. First, they took the time to
learn about the approach and fully understand
the potential impact the academy could have.
“I think the Berwick Academy will set the stage
for young musicians to enhance what they’ve
already learned in their conservatory,” said
Phyllis Berwick. “It will give them a deeper
understanding of where all this began, especially
with Bach.”
John Evans, OBF’s president and general
director, announced the gift on May 16 in
Portland, when President Michael Gottfredson
presented the Berwicks with the university’s
prestigious Pioneer Award (see story, page 6).
The Berwick Academy’s period-instrument performance format is
modeled after the European Union Baroque Orchestra (EUBO)
pictured here. OBF Artistic Director Matthew Halls is a graduate
and trustee of the EUBO.
To watch a video about the Berwick
Academy, visit giving.uoregon.edu/
Berwick
“The Berwicks’ contributions to this university
are simply astounding,” said Gottfredson.
“The Oregon Bach Festival and the university
are incredibly lucky to count them among our
friends and trusted advisors.”
—George Evano and Ed Dorsch ’94, MA ’99
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T E N W AYS T O S U P P O R T T H E U O
PHOTO BY STEVE BLOCH
H I G H L I G H T I N G S O M E O F T H E WAYS YO U C A N M A K E A N I M PA CT AT T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F O R EG O N
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PathwayOregon students Marquia Rivers
and Sabrina Jimenez
4 A Fighting Chance
6 Not a Red Herring
U.S. Secretary of Education
Arne Duncan this year lauded
the UO as a national leader
because of PathwayOregon,
a highly successful scholarship
program that covers four years
of tuition and fees for qualified
Oregonians from lower income
families. Your gift will help
deserving students come to
the UO and stay on the right
path. Contact Josh McCoy,
541-346-0386,
[email protected].
For the School of Architecture
and Allied Arts, recruiting funds
help us compete for the nation’s
most talented graduate students.
Your gift ensures that we can
bring new talent to Oregon
and keep it here. Contact
Kyle Harris, 503-412-0464,
[email protected].
Your $4,000 gift helps
anthropology professor Madonna
Moss study the ancient DNA
of 5,000-year-old herring bones.
An eroding Alaska site contains
samples from this rare time
period. Learning more about
these bones could help conserve
Pacific herring—a species that’s
key to the health of Pacific
Coast ecosystems. Contact the
College of Arts and Sciences
Development Office,
541-346-3950.
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Summit Scholarships award
Oregon’s top scholars $20,000
over four years. Out-of-state
UO Service Learning Program
students receive $32,000 over
students, Dominican community
members, and Peace Corps
four years. To be eligible,
volunteers set up a basketball hoop.
students must have a high school
GPA of at least 3.80. Contact
Josh McCoy, 541-346-0386,
[email protected].
5 At Your Service
Through the Service Learning
3 Bring Excellent Students
Program, UO undergraduates
to the UO
travel overseas, where they live
Incoming freshmen with a
in a community, learn about its
high school GPA of 3.65 or
history and needs, and work to
higher are eligible for the UO's
make a difference. For example,
new Apex Scholarships. The
UO students work with the
scholarships award bright
nonprofit Courts for Kids to
students from Oregon $12,000
build basketball courts in the
over four years. Out-of-state
Dominican Republic. Your gift
students will receive $16,000
of $1,800 will support travel
for one student. Contact Kelly
over four years. Contact
Menachemson, 541-346-1681,
Josh McCoy, 541-346-0386,
[email protected].
[email protected].
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PHOTO BY ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR GYOUNG-AH LEE
2 Help Bright Students Reach
the Summit
PHOTO BY SHOSHANA KEREWSKY
1 On the Right Path
new programs. Contact
David Welch, 541-346-3951,
[email protected].
8 Sponsor Global Expo
The UO’s excellent academic
programs will be on parade
when the International
Association of Athletics
Federations World Junior
Championships come to
Hayward Field this July. Learn
how your gift can help us show
our best to the world. Contact
Sheila Bong, 541-346-1586,
[email protected].
9 Adopt an International Scholar
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Herring vertebrae from Coffman
Cove, Alaska. Each is approximately
2 mm in diameter.
7 Make Things Happen
What do the popular new
Cinema Studies Program and
the new general social sciences
major have in common? Both
began with support from
gifts large and small to the
unrestricted dean’s fund in the
College of Arts and Sciences.
Your gift can help launch other
Our researchers and students are
forming research partnerships
around the globe. Find out
how you can help make
travel to campus possible for
our collaborators in developing
countries. Contact John Manotti,
541-346-1677,
[email protected].
10 Jolly Good Fellows
Only a few students from
Africa and Latin America have
the means to come to the UO.
Your gift of a fellowship for
study in our Intensive English
Program will transform
someone’s life and help build
an even more international
student body. Contact
John Manotti, 541-346-1677,
[email protected].
PHOTO BY ERIC EVANS
Student-athletes from all eleven of the university’s women’s Pac-12 teams will benefit from Women in Flight.
Double Vision
“It’s exciting,
giving to Women
in Flight and
Sports Product
Management at
the same time.”
—Dave Petrone
N
ancy and Dave Petrone ’66, MBA
’68, asked five key questions before
making their two most recent gifts
to Dave’s beloved alma mater.
Is it new, entrepreneurial, and
interdisciplinary? Does it make sense in the
context of the entire university? Finally,
does it connect people?
Anyone who knows Dave Petrone will tell
you—for him, people come first.
Fortunately, two UO startups made
the grade.
Women in Flight, a program to raise
awareness and funds for women’s sports,
started this June. And the UO’s Sports
Product Management (SPM) initiative will
launch in fall 2015.
“It’s exciting, giving to Women in Flight
and Sports Product Management at the
same time,” said Dave Petrone.
“Both are entrepreneurial. It’s seed money.
We wanted to send a message, and it’s a
good message: ‘It’s time.’ Both initiatives
resonate today.”
Women in Flight will support the
university’s eleven women’s sports
programs through fundraising efforts and
team-building opportunities.
“Nancy and I had this idea,” said Petrone.
“What would happen if we gave $1 million
to women’s athletics? Not just for one, but
all the women’s teams?”
Another $500,000 gift will launch the SPM
initiative at the UO in Portland.
Dave Petrone ’66, MBA ’68, and James C. Bean, associate dean
for integrated programs at the Lundquist College of Business.
“With any investment, I want to know
who, what, when, where, and why,”
said Petrone. “What’s the balance sheet?
How fast can you grow?”
Petrone honed his investment acumen in a
career with Wells Fargo & Company, where
he served as vice chairman. Currently, he’s
chairman of Housing Capital Company,
which began as a joint venture with (and is
now a division of) U.S. Bancorp.
In creating this program, the UO did its
homework. More than 800 sports-products
businesses call Oregon home, and they’re
clamoring for trained graduates. Those two
key facts helped satisfy Petrone’s criteria
for a good investment.
“Wowed, I was just knocked over,” he said.
“SPM has a sound business plan.”
—Ed Dorsch ’94, MA ’99,
and AnneMarie Knepper-Sjoblom ’05
To watch a video about SPM, visit
giving.uoregon.edu/spm
For Dave Petrone, giving seed money
to the initiative—which includes
certificate programs, a master’s degree in
product design, and executive education
programs—was an easy decision.
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Modern Pioneers
PIONEER AWARDS BESTOWED AT EVENT THAT BENEFITS STUDENTS
PHOTO BY STEVE BLOCH
The 2014 Pioneer Awards
were presented to Lloyd
Powell ’55 and Phyllis ’56
and Andrew Berwick ’55.
A
t the 1919 unveiling of the thirteenfoot bronze sculpture The Pioneer on
the UO campus, benefactor Joseph
Teal said, “The pioneer represents all that is
noblest and best in our history.”
The Berkwicks met while they were active
students at the UO. She chaired the dance
committee; he was on the board of the Erb
Memorial Union. He was a Beta Theta Pi;
she was an Alpha Chi Omega.
And so it is with these three—Lloyd
Powell ’55 and Phyllis ’56 and Andrew
Berwick ’55—honored for their
accomplishments, dedication, and
pioneering spirit at the Pioneer Award Gala
on May 16.
Phyllis taught and dedicated herself to
music and helping children through
church, Scouts, and school-parent groups.
Andrew founded Berwick-Pacific Corp., a
real estate development company in San
Mateo, California. He’s one of the founders
of Robert Half International, a former mayor
of Hillsborough, California, and a UO
Foundation trustee.
For the last thirty-five years, the gala has
recognized leaders and risk takers who have
achieved success in business, philanthropy,
and community service. At the same time, the
gala’s attendees at The Nines hotel in Portland
contribute to the Pioneer Award Presidential
Scholarship Endowment, which has enabled
twenty-three of Oregon’s brightest high school
students to attend the UO and excel in the
pursuit of higher education since 1993.
The 2014 Pioneers, whose service to the
UO spans six decades, should inspire all
students—past, present, and future.
Powell played football and ran track for the
Ducks, participated in ROTC, and graduated
in business administration. He went on to
found Lloyd Powell & Associates Inc., one of
the Northwest’s top property development
firms. He and his son, Peter, started Powell
Development Company, which builds,
develops, and manages commercial real estate
properties in Bellevue, Washington.
Hayward Field’s Powell Plaza is named for the
Powell family, whose contributions helped
create the field’s plaza entryway. Powell has
also supported improvements to the UO’s
Charles H. Lundquist College of Business and
other ventures. The UO recognized him with
the prestigious Presidential Medal in 1997.
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The Berwicks established the university’s
Richard C. Williams Endowed Student
Leadership Fund, which combines the
academic theory of leadership with skills
gained from working inside and outside of
the classroom. They’ve also been generous
donors to the Oregon Bach Festival and
received the festival’s highest honor, the
Saltzman Award.
—Cheri O’Neil ’79
To watch videos from the
Pioneer Award Gala, visit
giving.uoregon.edu/pag
Thanks to You
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CLASS OF 2014, WHOSE FUTURES ARE
BRIGHTER BECAUSE OF YOUR GENEROSITY
This June more than 5,000 students received
their University of Oregon degrees—many
thanks to the help of donor-funded
scholarships. Here are just three examples
(out of thousands) of lives transformed by
scholarships.
Donor-supported scholarships help the
university recruit top students. They also
enable students who otherwise could not
afford college to attend the university.
Tenzing Atsentsang
Dean’s Scholar and
PathwayOregon Recipient
Hometown: Beaverton
Major: Business Administration
PHOTO BY KELLY JAMES
Future plans: Atsentsang plans to work in
finance for a few years before pursuing an
MBA. Ultimately, he hopes to parlay his
education, experience, and fluency in Hindi,
Tibetan, Nepali, and English into a career
in international business. “My prime goal
in life is to make my parents happy, to make
them feel proud of me.”
Kristina Johnson
A long road: Born to Tibetan parents in India,
Atsentsang was eight years old when he, his
brother, and his mother followed his father
to this country. “Dad left for America with
nothing more than the clothes on his back
with the hope that one day my brother and I
would go on to college and be able to make a
difference. My parents worked every day to
bring us to this point.”
The big picture: “If I can become successful
and show younger Tibetans that we are able to
be successful, that we’re able to make it, I can
motivate them to be different. At the same time,
if I have more financial stability, I can help
other people in my community.”
Major: Economics
Future plans: Johnson will attend the
Message to donors: “Thank you, thank you,
Hometown: Portland
PHOTO BY KELLY JAMES
To watch videos of these
three UO graduates, go to
giving.uoregon.edu/grads
“My scholarships gave me the opportunity
to come to college. And they also gave me
the opportunity to go to college without
having to worry about finances. I have friends
who talk about not taking certain classes
because they’re worried about how much it’s
going to cost. I’ve never had to be concerned
with that because I have a full ride.”
Donald W. and Grace L. Hall
Presidential Scholar and
PathwayOregon Recipient
Marshall-Wythe School of Law at the College
of William & Mary beginning this fall. “I’ve
wanted to be a lawyer since middle school.”
Scholarship impact: Johnson and her brother
were raised by their mother, whose low
income ruled out funding college education.
“I could not have attended college without
my scholarship.”
Joseph Bitney
thank you from the bottom of my heart.
If I could, I would walk up to my donors and
say, ‘Thank you for what you do.’ People
always tell me, ‘You’re impressive.’ But I
think the impressive thing is that there are
people who are so generous and who can
do that kind of thing for other people.”
Go Ducks: “What’s great about the UO is that
Major: English
it will take you as far as you want to push
yourself to go.” Bitney was accepted by six of
the eight highly competitive graduate programs
to which he applied. “You can get as good an
education here as anywhere else. You just have
to want it and make it happen.”
Future plans: This fall, Bitney enters a PhD
Message to our donors: “I am grateful for
Class of 1913 Karl W. Onthank
Presidential Scholar
Hometown: Tigard
PHOTO BY KELLY JAMES
Because of donors and friends like you,
these graduates will begin the next chapter
of their lives with a college degree, as well
as knowledge, experience, and some great
memories. Good luck to the class of 2014.
program at the University of Chicago—the
next step toward his goal of becoming an
English professor.
Donor impact: “Donors will keep the good
students here or encourage good students to
come here. I probably wouldn’t have come
here if I hadn’t had the funding. A lot of my
friends who were doing well in high school
came here because of funding. It’s key.”
the wonderful English department here,
but perhaps the biggest debt I owe is to my
scholarship donors. If I had been worried about
financial concerns or had been burdened by
debt during my time here, I simply would not
have been as successful in my pursuits.”
—Bonnie Henderson ’79, MA ’95
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Attitude of Gratitude
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his February, the UO Student
Alumni Association organized
Oregon Made Possible, a special
event to educate their peers
about the impact of private
gifts—and to give Ducks a
chance to thank first-time donors. Students
learned about the impact of philanthropy
on their university and wrote hundreds of
thank you cards to donors. They also wrote
and produced a thank you video.
To watch the thank you video, visit
giving.uoregon.edu/thanks
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