Your support is moving USD Onward
Donor Support Moving USD Onward
By Nancy and Tom Gallagher
Co-chairs, Onward: The Campaign for South Dakota
The October 2014 campaign total
was $135 million.
Today, Onward: The Campaign for
South Dakota has raised more than
$200 million!
As we look back over the last four years of USD’s $250
million Onward: The Campaign for South Dakota, the first
thing that comes to mind is: How remarkable the USD
community is!
How remarkable President Abbott has been—his
leadership and vision for the university have been
transformational. How remarkable the students are — they
inspire all of us with their enthusiasm and love for the U.
How remarkable our alums and other friends of USD have
been—their generosity is pushing the Onward campaign ever
closer to its goal.
Here are some of the remarkable results:
• 13,000 alumni and friends have touched the lives of USD
students and faculty through the power of philanthropy.
• For more than 3,500 of those 13,000 donors, that
commitment to the Onward campaign is their first gift
to the university.
• Together those 13,000 donors bring the Onward
campaign total to $200 million of the $250 million
goal — with the new Sports Enhancement Complex
(basketball/volleyball arena, track and soccer facilities)
for athletics and the departments of physical therapy,
occupational therapy, kinesiology and sports sciences
already nearing completion.
Scholarships, student and faculty enrichment funds,
endowed chairs and professorships and facilities are the pillars
of the Onward campaign, but it is the student body that is
the core, the purpose, the focus of all we do. Please know the
students appreciate your investment and benefit each day from
the change you made possible.
Think of it: 13,000 donors! Every gift merits thanks—
every gift impacts the students—every gift moves the
university Onward. Many donors provided leadership
gifts, and their names are listed on the opposite page. Your
generosity shows that you recognize the need of the university
to attract the best and brightest students.
We invite all who have enjoyed the experience of higher
education to take an active role. While reaching the quarter
of a billion dollar goal has—and will—require continued
dedication and support, the University of South Dakota
Foundation is committed to moving USD Onward!
THANK
YOU
1st Financial Bank USA
Agnes J. Ringley Trust
Avera Health System
Avera Sacred Heart Hospital
Bernard and Barbro Foundation
of the Jewish Community
Cannon Valley Communications
Foundation
Citi Foundation
City of Vermillion
CorTrust Bank
Cutler Law Firm, LLP
DakotaCare
Delta Dental Philanthropic Fund
Dokken Family Foundation –
Jane and Russ Dokken
E W Freeman Trust
Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund
First Bank & Trust – Brookings
First Bank & Trust – Vermillion
First Dakota National Bank
First Data Resources, Inc.
First National Bank in Sioux Falls
Fishback Financial Corporation
Great Plains Education Foundation, Inc.
Great Plains Medical
Research Foundation
Gunderson, Palmer, Nelson &
Ashmore, LLP
Haines Charitable Remainder Unitrust
Heartland Consumers Power District
John T. Vucurevich Foundation
KPMG Foundation
Leona and Harry Helmsley
Charitable Trust
Lulu B. Wheeler Trust
Midco Sports Network
Mildred Saterlie Trust
Prostrollo Auto Mall
Rapid City Regional Hospital
Foundation
Regional Health, Inc.
Ronald O. Barkl Memorial
Roost Family Foundation
Sanford Health Foundation
Sanford Health
Sanford Medical Center Medical Staff
Schwab Charitable Fund
Seventh District Medical Society
Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation
The Evangelical Lutheran
Good Samaritan Society
The Freedom Forum, Inc.
Since the beginning of Onward: The Campaign for South Dakota, 13,000
individuals and organizations have invested in the students, faculty and future
of the University of South Dakota. We are ever grateful for the generosity of
these alumni and friends whose support is the key to preserving and advancing
the traditions of quality and value embodied by the university.
With immense gratitude, the campaign leaders—those who have committed
over $100,000 to the campaign as of May 1, 2016— are listed below.
The Joe R. Utley and Joella F. Utley
Foundation, Inc.
University Physicians
Vanguard Charitable
Endowment Program
Woods, Fuller, Shultz & Smith P.C.
Bailey and Kathleen* Aalfs
James W. and Colette* Abbott
Jim and Shirley Ahrendt
Loren and Mavis Amundson
Vern* and Bonnie* Anderson
Dr. Walter* and Carol Anyan
Miles and Lisa Beacom
Robert and Mary Beal
Donald Bechtel
Jamie Beisch
Dean Belbas
Mary Bergman
Bill and Carolyn Bloemendaal
Tom R. Brisbine Jr.*
Barbara Brisbine*
Barbara* and Joseph* Butler
Mike and Nancy Casey
Sheryl Caudry
Anthony and Brenda Cleberg
Terry Craft
Russell and Kathryn Cranston
Clayton and Karen Cudmore
David and Kathleen Cullen
Richard and Sharon Cutler
Kathleen Delzeit
Cliff Deverell
Russ and Jane Dokken
William and Beverly Donaldson
James and Kaye Drennan
Murray and Jami Droescher
Edgar Storey and Wanda DuCharme
Ken and Pat Duncan
Donna Dwyer
Jim and Joy Dyer
Orrin and Shirley Estebo
Sheryl Etling
Perry Evans
Juliet Everist
Frank and Patricia* Farrar
Arnold and Alanna Fenske
Robert and Gloria Fletcher
Rick and Connie Foreman
Greg and Anna Freiberg
Bush and Susan Fullerton
Tom and Nancy Gallagher
Daniel and Candace Garry
Richard and Mary Garry
Steven and Allison Garry
Gerald and Cecelia Gaul
Randall Gingiss
Max and Jeanne Gonzenbach
Thomas and Sarah Graf
Patricia Grover
William and Elizabeth Groves
Jack and Patti Grundhofer
Dr. Charley F.* and Elizabeth R.* Gutch
Bradley and Gaylene Hammer
Bryan and Shelly Hammer
Janet Harding
James E. Harrenga
Lorraine Hart
Robert and Kimberly Hayes
Kristine Heine
Tom and Jane Heinz
Constance Hoag
Alan and Brenda Hodgson
DeWayne* and Barbara Hofer
Robert and Addie Hollingsworth
Vern and Joan Holter
Boyd and Dody Hopkins
John and Karla House
Dave and Paula Hultgren
Ty Inglis
Charles Jacob
Anita Johnson Gwin
Clark Johnson
Scott and Lisa Jones
Dan and Mary Jo Kelly
Charles and Ellengray Kennedy
Gerald Kerkhove
Dan and Arlene Kirby
Doyle and Rachel Knudson
William Kromminga
Robert and Rita Kuester
Emma Ledbetter
Joseph and Samene* Lesser
Paul and Linda Lewis
John L. Lieffort
John and Linda Lillibridge
Thomas and Cynthia Lillibridge
Robert Litke*
John and Mary Lohre
Joy Love
Joe and Janice Lundsgaard
Donald Lungren
Joseph M. Malters and
Kathryn Kirk-Malters
Joseph Massa
Robert and Colette Matousek
Gary and Debra McKellips
Mark and Judith Meierhenry
Linda Mickelson Graham
Earl* and Margaret Moe
Adam J. “Jack” Mueller*
Douglas Mulder
Rudolph and Marilyn Nef
Benard and Evelyn Nelson
Ronald R. Nelson*
Larry and Diane Ness
Keith Nolop
Philip and Marjorie Odeen
Kay and David Olson
Jeff and Carol Parker
Michael and Karen Pekas
Magnhild Pettersen
Steve and Gerianne Pfeiffer
William A. “Bill” Phelps*
Joel and Kari Portice
Mary Rath
Marjorie Rawlins*
Robert and Lora Rhodes
Carlyle and Sheila Richards
The Riles Families
Christine Roberts and Richard Larson
William Rothwell
John C. Sall, M.D.*
Patrick and Renee Sand
Roger Schaffer
Don and Donna Schempp
Kevin Schieffer
Al Schoeneman
Susan Shapiro
Dennis and Luana Shull
Edith B. Siegrist*
Lt. Colonel Vernon E. Staum*
Daniel and Jill Stevenson
M. Robert Stoner
Mark Swanson
Richard and Kathleen Sweetman
Gary and Sheila Swenson
Ryan Taylor
Ted Thoms
Norman Torrison
Douglas and Susan Tuve
Joella Utley
Paul and Karen Van Buren
Lewis Vanderboom*
Kenneth and Catherine Vogele
E. Robert Pullman and Sylvia Wagner
James and Ruth* Weaver
Orval Weegar
Karl* and Margaret Cash Wegner
John Wicks*
Bill and Judy Wittrig
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INSPIRING
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SUPPORT
The University of South Dakota will help shape the future of more
than 10,000 students this year alone. It could be a class, a professor
or activity that challenges an individual to think, to act, to do—and
alters the course of a life. That is the power of a liberal arts university.
Volunteer leaders of USD’s $250 million Onward: The Campaign
for South Dakota reflect on its impact on individuals and the university.
Lorraine Hart
My education at USD unlocked so many
opportunities for me—a wonderful
career and a wonderful life. I want to
help provide the opportunities I found
at USD to students today and in the
future. As public funding for higher
education decreases, it is alumni,
corporations and foundations that will
keep and expand higher educational
opportunities for students.
Doyle Knudson
Serving on the USD Foundation Board
was a great inspiration and motivation
for supporting the Onward campaign.
Understanding the needs and thinking
back on the great experience I had at
USD definitely inspired me to participate
both personally and financially. It is our
opportunity as alumni and friends to give
back to our great university.
Dan Kelly
My support of this campaign is fueled
by a desire to create the opportunity
for today’s students to have the same
experiences I had in the 1960s when
I received an athletic scholarship.
Scholarships remain among the most
important considerations in 2016, as
70 percent of students receive them at our
flagship university. I encourage everyone
who had a positive educational and social
experience at USD to consider paying it
forward to aid the students of today and
tomorrow, so they can have the same
positive experience.
Tom and Cindy Lillibridge
Inclusion of the National Music
Museum’s capital campaign as part
of the Onward campaign has prompted
our involvement in fundraising for
USD. The preservation and display of
the world’s premier collection of musical
instruments that resides on the USD
campus deserves enthusiastic support.
Mary Jo Kelly
Seeing how well the university is run
financially and getting to know our
president, many of the deans/professors/
coaches, and some of the enthusiastic
students has made coming back to visit
USD a real pleasure. This all makes
financial support very worthwhile;
it’s our opportunity to give back.
Jeff Nelson
One common factor that all of us share
and can be proud of is the ongoing success
of the young athletes who represent USD.
For many of us, USD was the start of our
adult lives, careers and families. Renewing
commitment to our school is an easy
decision after all that USD has brought to
our lives. Each of us must decide how we
give and what we give, but as you think
of the major impacts of your life, please
remember what USD has meant and
provided to you.
Mission
The University of South Dakota Foundation
provides private resources for the University
of South Dakota to increase the excellence of
students’ educational experience.
Onward: The Campaign for South Dakota will help the University of South Dakota advance
its priorities for students, faculty, programs and facilities through scholarships,
student and faculty enrichment funds, endowed chairs and professorships, and facilities.
To learn more, contact
University of South Dakota Foundation
1110 North Dakota Street | Vermillion, SD 57069
800-521-3575 | www.onwardsd.org
P.O. Box 5555 • Vermillion, SD 57069-5555
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