our moment to shine: final campaign report 2007
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Momentum: The Campaign for the University of Miami was publicly announced in October 2003 with a billion-dollar goal and a bold vision of propelling UM into a new era as one of the nation’s leading research universities. Raising more than $1.4 billion in less than seven years from its original inception in May 2000, Momentum has strengthened every aspect of University life—and made our future brighter than ever.TRANSCRIPT
Final Campaign Report 2007
M O M E N T U M T H E C A M PA I G N F O R T H E U N I V E R S I TY O F M I A M I
OUR MOMENT TO SHINE
$156M FOR FACILITIES AND
EQUIPMENT, INCLUDING
33 NEW OR ENHANCED
BUILDINGS
$74M FOR FACULTY,
INCLUDING 35 NEW
ENDOWED CHAIRS
$116M FOR STUDENT PROGRAMS,
INCLUDING 166 ENDOWED
SCHOLARSHIPS
$868MFOR MEDICAL CARE,
RESEARCH, AND
EDUCATION
$105MFOR ACADEMIC
PROGRAMS
$376MFROM ALUMNI
INDIVIDUALS AND
ENTITIES
$472M IN FOUNDATION
GRANTS
$1.4 BillionRAISED BETWEEN MAY 1, 2000 AND DECEMBER 31, 2007
$151M IN CORPORATE
SUPPORT
$335M IN TRUSTEE
GIVING
A UNIVERSITYMomentum: The Campaign for the University of Miami
was publicly announced in October 2003 with a billion-dollar
goal and a bold vision of propelling UM into a new era as one
of the nation’s leading research universities. Raising more than
$1.4 billion in less than seven years from its original inception
in May 2000, Momentum has strengthened every aspect of
University life—and made our future brighter than ever.
$59MFOR MULTIDISCIPLINARY
INITIATIVES
ON THE RISE
$209M IN ENDOWED
FUNDS
B O L D B R I L L I A N T S U C C E S S ,
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It has been an extraordinary and exciting
venture that has enriched every area of our University and prepared it for further
greatness. The remarkable success of Momentum: The Campaign for the University of
Miami has fueled a sweeping transformation throughout our institution. The greatest
fundraising initiative in the University’s history, Momentum has been the catalyst of one
of our most dynamic periods and is propelling us to unprecedented levels of distinction.
Everywhere you look, the University is being reinvigorated,
and we are taking advantage of this momentum to
further accelerate our progress.
Our rising academic excellence, reflected in prominent
national rankings, distinguishes us as one of the nation’s
most rapidly improving institutions of higher learning. We
are admitting the most outstanding students in our history
and recruiting a growing cadre of highly renowned scholars.
New state-of-the-art facilities reshape our campuses. Leading-
edge research programs yield breakthrough solutions to real-
world problems and contribute to humanity’s storehouse of
intellectual capital. Our expanding patient care enterprise
is essential to South Florida’s health care system.
The phenomenal outpouring of generous support from
our friends has been instrumental to these accomplish-
ments. Your investment in our students, faculty, and pro-
grams ensures a bright future for the University.
Momentum’s monumental success attests to the power
of people sharing a bold vision—and it has redefined
where the University stands in the landscape of American
higher education. We are grateful for your support, trust,
and belief in our mission—and look forward to your con-
tinued partnership in our quest to build one of the world’s
great research universities.
Donna E. Shalala
President
S T R AT E G Y
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As chair of Momentum, Dean Colson, J.D. ’77, played
a vital role in this historic fundraising initiative. The
campaign’s success is vivid proof of Colson’s extraordinary
ability to galvanize unprece-
dented levels of support among
all of the University’s key
constituencies.
Colson served as chair of the
University’s Board of Trustees
from 2004 to 2007. A highly
respected attorney, he is a partner
in the law firm Colson Hicks
Eidson. In 2000, Colson was
appointed by Governor Jeb Bush
to the State of Florida Commis-
sion on Ethics; in 2002, the gov-
ernor appointed him to the
Judicial Nominating Commission
for the Florida Supreme Court.
A Miami native, Colson is equally renowned for his
commitment to his community. For the past quarter-
century, he has devoted his prodigious energy and talents
to a broad array of regional causes and issues. Among
many other recognitions, Colson is a winner of the Mayor
of Miami’s Citizen of the Year
award for his civic contributions
to South Florida.
“Dean Colson embodies the
word ‘commitment’ to the Univer-
sity of Miami,” President Shalala
has said of him. “He is truly dedi-
cated to the betterment of UM
and to ensuring that this extraordi-
nary institution becomes one of
the premier universities and
medical centers in the country.”
The University of Miami
community thanks Dean Colson
for his inspiring guidance and
outstanding leadership of the Momentum campaign. The
positive results will be felt for decades to come in every
aspect of University life.
Guiding Momentum to a Triumphant FinaleCampaign Chair Dean Colson
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M O M E N T U M
THE MILLER FAMILY
In 1954, Leonard Miller, newly arrived in
Miami, founded a small homebuilding
firm that would ultimately evolve into
Lennar Corporation—a Fortune 500
company that helped shape the Florida
landscape. Half a century later, on
December 6, 2004, Miller’s family made
a landmark gift of $100 million to the
University of Miami, bringing its total
support of UM to more than $112 mil-
lion. The Leonard M. Miller School of
Medicine was named in recognition of
this extraordinary gift—the largest ever
received by the University. By enabling
the University to recruit outstanding
physician-scientists, build state-of-the-art
new clinical and research facilities, and
implement an array of innovative initiatives
and programs, the Miller gift has ushered
in a bold new era of excellence for the
school and the thousands of people—
throughout South Florida and far
beyond—whose lives it touches every day.
E L E VAT I N G T H E U N I V E R S I T Y T O A N E W L E V E L O F E X C E L L E N C E
The Momentum campaign invited friends
of the University of Miami to accelerate the University’s evolution into one of the
nation’s—and the world’s—leading intellectual engines. Among the thousands who
responded were individuals and organizations who have transformed the University
with consistent generosity and laid the groundwork for even greater achievements
with extraordinary campaign gifts, such as those highlighted here.
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T H E C A M P A I G N F O R T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F M I A M I
DIABETES RESEARCHINSTITUTE FOUNDATION
Contributing critical mass to the
quest for a cure, the Diabetes
Research Institute Foundation
committed $94 million during
Momentum to the University’s
Diabetes Research Institute (DRI), a
world leader in cure-focused diabetes
research led by Camillo Ricordi
(above). Since 1971, the foundation’s
gifts of more than $135 million to the
University have funded the DRI’s
multidisciplinary facility and estab-
lished seven endowed chairs and
fellowships; they continue to support
new research initiatives, ongoing
scientific programs, and global collab-
orations. In addition to its pioneering
work in islet transplantation, the
DRI is currently pursuing innovative
cell-based therapies in several other
promising areas.
EUGENIA J. DODSON
For more than half a century, Eugenia
“Gene” J. Dodson lived frugally while
tending an inheritance from her
beloved husband, Joseph Enloe
Dodson, who died in 1949. When
she passed away in 2005, just shy of
her 101st birthday, Dodson left the
amazing results of her careful and
shrewd financial management—
a fortune of $37 million—to the Uni-
versity of Miami. This extraordinary
legacy, divided between the Diabetes
Research Institute Foundation and
the University of Miami Sylvester
Comprehensive Cancer Center,
provides both entities with unprece-
dented opportunities to expand
current research activities, explore
promising scientific areas, develop
new treatments, and accelerate
progress toward cures.
L. AUSTIN AND MARTA WEEKS
When L. Austin Weeks passed away
in 2005, he left $15 million to the
University, $10 million of which was
designated for scholarships. Weeks
and his wife, Marta (above), who
now serves as chair of the University’s
Board of Trustees, have given $39 mil-
lion to UM over the years. Two out-
standing facilities at the Frost School
of Music are named in their honor:
The L. Austin Weeks Center for
Recording and Performance and
the Marta and Austin Weeks Music
Library and Technology Center.
Other programs that have been bene-
ficiaries of the couple’s extraordinary
generosity are the Miller School of
Medicine, Mailman Center for Child
Development, Division of Continu-
ing and International Education,
Rosenstiel School of Marine and
Atmospheric Science, and School
of Nursing and Health Studies.
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DR. JOHN T.MACDONALDFOUNDATION
A longtime supporter of
genetics-focused initiatives at
the Miller School, the Dr.
John T. Macdonald Founda-
tion provided initial funding
for the school’s genetics
program. A $2 million gift
named renowned genetic
scientist Margaret Pericak-
Vance (above left) the Dr.
John T. Macdonald Founda-
tion Professor of Human
Genomics. Honoring other
major foundation gifts, the
school named the Dr. John
T. Macdonald Foundation
Department of Human
Genetics and Genomic
Medicine, led by acclaimed
geneticist Jeffery Vance
(above right). The founda-
tion also supports nursing
scholarships and an innova-
tive school-based health
program for at-risk children;
its total campaign giving
surpassed $18.6 million.
WALLACE H.COULTERFOUNDATION
The ability to accelerate
promising research from
scientific laboratories to
patients’ bedsides has taken
a giant leap forward at the
Miller School of Medicine,
thanks to campaign support
totaling $20.5 million from
the Wallace H. Coulter
Foundation. A $13 million
campaign grant from the
foundation established the
Wallace H. Coulter Center
for Translational Research at
the Miller School. Directed
by Norma Kenyon (above),
the Martin Kleiman Chair
in Diabetes Research,
the center focuses on fast-
tracking breakthrough treat-
ments for diabetes, cancer,
arthritis, spinal cord injury,
and paralysis, as well as
other advances in biomed-
ical technologies.
M O M E N T U M
BUONICONTI FUNDTO CURE PARALYSIS
Since its 1985 founding by
the Miller School’s Barth
A. Green and NFL Hall of
Fame linebacker Nick
Buoniconti, The Miami
Project to Cure Paralysis has
sought a cure for paralysis
resulting from spinal cord
injury. The Buoniconti
Fund’s gifts of more than
$27 million during the
Momentum campaign
brought its total contribu-
tions to The Miami Project
to more than $51 million.
This amazing level of sup-
port has already led to signifi-
cant research advances that
could ultimately benefit
Nick and Terry Buoniconti’s
son, Marc (center, above,
with Green and Nick
Buoniconti)—the original
inspiration for The Miami
Project—and millions of
others affected by spinal cord
injury around the world.
PHILLIP AND PATRICIA FROST
Phillip Frost, chair and CEO
of IVAX Corporation, and
his wife, Patricia, a retired
educator and dedicated phi-
lanthropist, are well known
for their generous support
of education and the arts.
The Momentum campaign
hit a high note of success
in 2004 with the Frosts’ gifts
totaling $30 million to name
the University’s School of
Music—the largest ever
made to a university-based
music school in the United
States. “Music is a unifying
force,” Phillip Frost said.
“Patricia and I wanted to
create a legacy that would
enhance and sustain the
school’s important work.”
With this transformational
gift, that goal has been more
than achieved.
250250 campaign gifts were for $1 million or more.
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PAPANICOLAOUCORPS FOR CANCERRESEARCH
This 17,000-member South
Florida volunteer organiza-
tion, a vital and growing
source of support for cancer
research at UM for more
than half a century, raised
more than $18.5 million
for UM/Sylvester during
the campaign, including a
$3.15 million gift made in
2007 to celebrate its 55th
anniversary. The ongoing
commitment of the Pap
Corps—more than $24.5
million to date—funds
critical research programs
at UM/Sylvester, including
clinical trials and evalua-
tions of new diagnostic
technologies. “We believe
that tomorrow’s cure is in
the minds and hands of
the gifted physicians and
scientists at UM/Sylvester,”
says Pap Corps president
Barbara Pessel.
HARCOURT M. AND VIRGINIA W.SYLVESTER FOUNDATION, INC.
A proud tradition of support
for the University’s medical
mission began with the foun-
dation’s commitment in 1986
of $27.5 million to establish
the Sylvester Comprehensive
Cancer Center, followed in
1988 with a $5 million gift.
The Sylvester family pledged
an additional $11.5 million
to UM/Sylvester, as well as
$5 million to establish the
Sylvester Family Children’s
Cancer and Neonatology
Research Center within
the Batchelor Children’s
Research Institute. The foun-
dation’s gifts of more than
$51 million honor the vision
of its late founder, Harcourt
M. Sylvester Jr. (above, with
daughters Laura Cameron
and Jayne Malfitano).
MIGUEL “MIKE” FERNANDEZ
Self-made multimillionaire
Miguel “Mike” Fernandez,
chair and CEO of several
rapidly growing Florida-
based health care compa-
nies, embodies the ideal of
entrepreneurial success.
In 2004, Fernandez, now
a University trustee, made
a $10 million gift to the
School of Business Adminis-
tration. The gift is intended
to inspire, inform, and guide
entrepreneurial efforts
among business students.
With five children of his
own, Fernandez says, “I rec-
ognize how important it is to
help UM and South Florida
continue to thrive as leaders
in business innovation—and
to create an environment
that will help students reach
their potential.”
GEORGE E. BATCHELOR
Aviation pioneer and philan-
thropist George E. Batchelor
cared deeply about children.
The Batchelor Children’s
Research Institute, created
with a $10 million leader-
ship gift from Batchelor, is
a magnificent monument
to his compassion. At the
institute’s dedication in 2001,
Batchelor pledged an addi-
tional $5 million to establish
the Micah Batchelor
Research Endowment
Fund. In 2006, a $5 million
challenge gift from the
Batchelor Foundation
endowed three leadership
positions within the Depart-
ment of Pediatrics—support-
ing cure-oriented research,
bringing the foundation’s
total support of UM to more
than $26 million, and fur-
ther burnishing Batchelor’s
inspiring legacy.
T H E C A M P A I G N F O R T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F M I A M I
M O M E N T U M
THE CLOSE-KNIT ’CANES COMMUNITY
Since Momentum was launched,
alumni participation in philanthropic
support of the University—as both
individual contributions and gifts or
grants from organizations led by
alumni—has grown to nearly 20
percent. This remarkable rise in
alumni representation during the past
several years is due in large part to the
dedicated efforts of the University of
Miami Alumni Association (UMAA).
The UMAA continues to expand
its impressive array of alumni pro-
grams. These resources range from
Internet-based networking services
and news publications to expanded
Alumni Weekend activities to inti-
mate “meet and greets” in major
U.S. cities with several of the Univer-
sity’s outstanding new deans. The
’Canes family has responded warmly
to these efforts, becoming one of the
nation’s most loyal and engaged
alumni communities.
ANNUAL FUND THRIVES
The majority of alumni giving during
Momentum came in the form of
donations to the University’s Annual
Fund. Contributions to the Annual
Fund support scholarships, facilities,
research, libraries, athletics, and
many other programs and activities
across campus.
Unlike gifts to the University’s
endowment, annual fund dollars pro-
vide immediate support to the Uni-
versity’s annual operating budget.
This timeliness and flexibility make
donations to the fund at every giving
level an important and deeply appre-
ciated form of philanthropy.
JONATHAN T. “JACK” LORD AND HIS WIFE, ALICE
John K. Schulte and his wife, Judy, are
strong supporters of the University’s
medical programs.
’ C A N E S S P I R I T I N S P I R E S H I S T O R I C A L U M N I S U P P O R T
With more than 147,000 living alumni
in 50 states and 148 foreign countries, the spirit that links Hurricanes past and pres-
ent gets stronger every year. Momentum sparked that spirit—inspiring more than
$376 million in gifts from alumni and alumni-led organizations, complemented by
powerful personal commitments to lead the University to new levels of excellence.
180,714Alumni made more than 180,714 gifts to Momentum.
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P R O G R A M H I G H L I G H T
STEPPING UP FOR SCHOOLSUM alumni not only gave generously during Momentum, but
gave of themselves—by volunteering to lead several individual
schools’ campaigns. Among them:
Barbara Hecht Havenick, A.B. ’72, J.D.
’75, chaired the School of Education’s capi-
tal campaign, which raised $11.2 million.
“Education opens doors,” says Havenick, a
University trustee who is continuing a
family heritage of University support.
The life of University trustee Carlos A.
Saladrigas, B.B.A. ’71—who went from a
penniless Cuban immigrant to a leader of
the South Florida business community—is
a dramatic success story. Saladrigas took
over leadership of the College of Arts and
Sciences campaign in 2004, helping to
bring in some $30.7 million in donations
that are ushering in a new era of excel-
lence at the college.
Successful in business and active in
the community, Hilarie Bass, J.D. ’81, and
Wayne Chaplin, B.B.A. ’79, J.D. ’82, co-
chaired the campaign of the School of Law,
helping to raise some $22.5 million for
their alma mater and propelling the school
to exciting new heights as a global leader
in legal education.
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INVESTING IN THEIRALMA MATER
Initiatives ranging from innovative
research to endowed chairs to a daz-
zling new campus gathering place
for UM alumni are moving ahead
thanks to the generosity and involve-
ment of thousands of alumni, such
as those profiled here.
The 53-year-old UM Iron Arrow
jacket of John K. Schulte, A.B. ’54,
has never been in a drawer or a box.
Schulte’s love of his alma mater has
fueled his philanthropic drive and
inspired him and his wife, Judy, to
give the Miller School of Medicine
some $2.3 million during the
Momentum campaign. They are
longstanding members of the
Merrick Society; he is a member of
the Board of Governors of Sylvester
Comprehensive Cancer Center and
the University of Miami Hospital
and Clinics.
University trustee Phillip T.
George, M.D. ’65, has been a
strong friend to the University for
decades. He and his wife, Judith,
donated more than $2 million in
2006 to support the University of
Miami Libraries, the Rosenstiel
School of Marine and Atmospheric
Science, The Miami Project to
Cure Paralysis, the College of Arts
and Sciences, and diabetes research.
“I am very proud of my alma mater,”
says George.
Hilarie Bass
and Wayne Chaplin
Barbara Hecht
Havenick
Carlos A. Saladrigas
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M O M E N T U M
It was appreciation for support of
his own academic aspirations that
prompted Miller School alumnus
Carl Alving, M.D. ’66, and his
wife, Barbara, to endow an annual
research award. The Alvings made
a generous gift to establish the
Drs. Carl and Barbara Alving
Endowment Award, which will be
presented to medical students for
their research achievements.
Jill Viner, A.B. ’77, after living
outside of South Florida for several
years, rekindled her connection with
her alma mater when she moved
with her family to Boca Raton.
Recently, Viner donated $1 million
to the University to support the
Diabetes Research Institute, The
Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, the
College of Arts and Sciences’ Beyond
the Book program, and the president’s
unrestricted fund. “I have been for-
tunate in my life, so it’s important
to give to others,” she says. “There
is so much work to do.”
Jonathan T. “Jack” Lord, B.S. ’73,
M.D. ’78, and his wife, Alice, com-
mitted $5 million in unrestricted
funding to support the University.
“We know how important it is for an
organization to receive unrestricted
funds, and we wanted to support
the University and help to get others
involved,” says Lord, who is chief
clinical strategy and innovation
officer of Humana, the University’s
primary health care provider.
“We truly see UM as an interna-
tional leader.”
P R O G R A M H I G H L I G H T
A TOUCH OF GLASSFrom elegant galleries to neighborhood art fairs, the dazzling
artistic medium known as studio glass seems to be everywhere.
Thanks in large part to the enthusiastic support of alumni
Sheldon Palley, B.B.A. ’56, J.D. ’57, and his wife, Myrna, B.Ed. ’56,
the University’s glass art program is
making its mark in this white-hot
field.
“The Palleys’ support is great for
the entire educational environment
here at the University,” says acclaimed
glass artist William Carlson, who
directs UM’s studio glass program.
During the past 30 years, the
Palleys amassed one of the nation’s
finest collections of studio art glass,
which they donated to the Univer-
sity’s Lowe Art Museum during
Momentum. Gifts from the Palleys
also supported the Lowe’s new Palley Pavilion for Contemporary
Glass and Studio Art and endowed the glass collection, bringing
their total campaign commitment to more than $5 million. Says
Myrna Palley: “This is our community, and the Lowe is our gem.”
Alumni Myrna and Sheldon
Palley have added luster
to the University’s
studio glass program.
B U I L D I N G E X C E L L E N C E
A WARM ’CANE WELCOME
Agathering place for the extended ’Canes family is just what the Robert and
Judi Prokop Newman Alumni Center will offer when it opens. The landmark
building “will be a welcoming place to gather and to showcase UM traditions,”
says Judi Prokop Newman, B.B.A. ’63. She and her husband, Robert, made a lead
gift to launch the campaign for the center, which brought
in some $17 million during Momentum; construction is
now under way. Among the other generous alumni gifts
received thus far:
A $1 million gift from Jerome Gumenick, B.B.A. ’52,
Jeffrey Gumenick, B.B.A. ’86, and Randy Gumenick, will
name the Gumenick Family Lobby. The Gumenick family’s
generosity has left a lasting imprint on UM, supporting
a range of initiatives.
Bruce Toll, B.B.A. ’65, has donated $1 million to name
the center’s library, which will be a showcase for
University memorabilia and alumni-produced material.
Mack Roper, B.S.E.S. ’49, and his wife, Betty, donated
two residential properties to the University as a charita-
ble gift annuity in support of the new Alumni Center.
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, B.G.S. ’95, and Dany Garcia
Johnson, B.B.A. ’92, made a generous gift of $2 million to fund the center’s living
room—helping to shape the future of the alma mater that helped shape theirs.
David McCrea, J.D. ’77, and his wife, Janet, donated $500,000 to name the
business center the Sloan and Genevieve McCrea Business Center.
Randy Johnson, A.B. ’71, and his wife, Fran, made a $1 million commitment to
name the conference room at the center—which he sees as a tangible sign of the
University’s devotion to its alumni. The feeling is obviously mutual.
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Judi Prokop Newman and her
husband, Robert, launched the
Alumni Center campaign.
Artist’s renderings of the
Robert and Judi Prokop
Newman Alumni Center,
clockwise from top left: The
Gumenick Family Lobby
provides a gracious welcome;
the Bruce Toll Alumni Library
houses UM yearbooks and
others materials of interest;
the Hurricane Hall of Fame
features a museum of
University artifacts.
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M O M E N T U M
S T E L L A R S T U D E N T- AT H L E T E SS T E P U P T O T H E P L AT E
The University has a proud tradition of
intercollegiate athletics and a strong commitment to students who are as talented on
the field as they are in the classroom. The Momentum campaign saw a dramatic
increase in donor support that will help create a future of winning seasons for
Hurricane Athletics. Here’s a recap of some representative highlights, which include
inspiring gifts from several UM alumni who have played to win on the field and in life.
TOUTING TOP-NOTCHFACILITIES
Recognizing the importance of
education and athletics, Alex
Rodriguez—a Miami native, UM
trustee, honorary alumnus 2004, and
the All-Star third-baseman for the
New York Yankees—has led the
effort to rebuild the University’s his-
toric baseball stadium. Rodriguez
pledged $3.4 million for reno-
vation of Mark Light Field at
Alex Rodriguez Park, as well as a
$500,000 endowed scholarship.
As a defensive lineman for the
Miami Hurricanes during the early
1990s, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson,
B.G.S. ’95, turned a historic game
against the Florida State Seminoles
around. Today a famous actor,
Johnson is still giving a boost to UM
football. Along with UM Trustee
Dany Garcia Johnson, B.B.A. ’92,
founder of the wealth management
firm JDM Partners and a former
member of the UM rowing team, he
donated $1 million to the Football
Facilities Renovation Fund. In
recognition of the gift—the largest
ever by former UM student-athletes
to the athletic department—the
football locker room has been
named The Dwayne “The Rock”
Johnson Football Locker Room.
GOING THE DISTANCE
Although Kenneth McNeil, B.B.A. ’62,
who earned a football scholarship to
UM in 1957, passed away last spring,
his passion for his alma mater lives
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and UM
Trustee Dany Garcia Johnson contributed
$1 million to renovate the University’s
football facilities.
$83MCampaign gifts to athletic programs exceeded $83 million.
KENNETH MCNEIL
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an accident. But his coaches and
colleagues left his football scholar-
ship in place—in exchange for his
assistance in the coaches’ box. Years
later, Hunt repaid the favor with a
$500,000 gift to fund a scholarship
for the running back position on the
Hurricanes football team.
on. The successful commercial real
estate developer left more than $3 mil-
lion to the University, an extraordinary
gift that will support UM Athletics
and several other programs.
Darin McMurray’s love for UM
athletics didn’t end after he gradu-
ated from the University. McMurray,
B.S.Ed. ’86, a defensive lineman on
the team that won the school’s first
national football championship, has
continued to support the UM ath-
letic program. As a board member
for the Southwest Florida Chapter of
the Hurricane Club, he has helped
raise more than $250,000 for the club
by leading the Southwest Florida
Hurricane Club Golf Tournament.
A UM halfback in 1962, Ken
Hunt, B.B.A. ’65, saw his dreams of
playing professional football ruined
when his right ankle was shattered in
Mark Light Field received extensive
renovations thanks to $3.9 million from
baseball star Alex Rodriguez.
P R O G R A M H I G H L I G H T
HISTORIC ‘ SPR INT ’ TO GREATNESS
The biggest sprint in the history of UM athletics isn’t taking place
on the track or gridiron. The Sprint for Hurricane Athletics is an
ambitious fundraising initiative designed to ensure that the University’s
legendary intercollegiate athletic program stays at the top of its game
and that student-athletes have access to opportunities on and off the
playing field.
Seeking to raise $75 million over three years, the Sprint campaign
will transform the athletic program with new scholarships for student-
athletes, improvement of key facilities, and expansion of the program’s
endowment and annual giving.
To date, Sprint has raised more than $23 million. With help from
thousands of alumni and other impassioned fans, this exciting campaign
will triumphantly reach the finish line.
SUPPORT PAREXCELLENCE
Within the Hurricanes’ outstanding
women’s golf program, talented
young women have excelled both
on and off the green. Under the
guidance of acclaimed coach Lela
Cannon for nearly a quarter-century,
the program has won three state
championships and launched several
LPGA careers. UM women’s golf
scored a hole-in-one during the
campaign with a $4 million bequest
from Michele Bowman. Bowman’s
generosity extends to medical initia-
tives as well: She gave $3 million
for research into women’s health
issues and $2 million for research
initiatives in diabetes and macular
degeneration.
The Sprint campaign will further enhance UM’s
legendary intercollegiate athletic program, which
has produced world-class athletes such as Olympic
silver medalist Lauryn Williams, B.B.A. ’05.
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E N A B L I N G O U R S T U D E N T S T O A C H I E V E T H E I R D R E A M S
For a university rapidly rising in the ranks
of academic institutions, attracting stellar students is a top priority. High-quality
campus resources and robust scholarship opportunities are as important as
academic programs in achieving this goal. Thanks to Momentum, greater numbers
of outstanding young people are flocking to UM to discover their talents, explore
an astonishing variety of learning experiences, and contribute their energy to the
campus and the community.
SCHOLARSHIPS SOARED
Anchored by the extraordinary gen-
erosity of a $10 million bequest from
the late L. Austin Weeks and his
wife, Marta, to assist students
throughout the University, scholar-
ship funds in a broad array of aca-
demic disciplines poured into the
University throughout Momentum.
Some served as affectionate memori-
als to loved ones; many reflected
donors’ interests and academic back-
grounds. All helped deserving stu-
dents pursue their educations. The
following scholarships are a small
sampling of the many gifts that are
changing the lives of students.
Architects of change: The Reitz
Family endowed a scholarship for
students of urban planning in mem-
ory of their late son, Howard, an
architecture student. The family
of the late Barry Boggio, B.S. ’74,
M.B.A. ’75, honored his life with an
endowed scholarship at the School
of Architecture. John Steffian, who
helped establish the architecture
program, added to a scholarship he
founded more than 20 years ago.
Helping biologists bloom: The
Krasnow Endowed Scholarship
assists deserving undergraduate
students in the College of Arts and
Sciences’ Department of Biology.
Larry Rutherford endowed the Lisa
D. Anness UM/Fairchild Tropical
Botanic Garden Graduate Fellow-
ship in honor of his late friend, a
passionate horticulturalist.
Sophomore Anna Baez, one of two stu-
dents awarded Boggio scholarships, hopes
to teach as well as practice architecture.
166Campaign gifts endowed 166 scholarships.
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from his days at UM, provides merit-
based tuition support to School of
Education students studying early
childhood education—Rackoff’s
own major.
A leg up for legal eagles: The
Lenore Carrero Nesbitt Endowed
Scholarship, created by the late
judge’s colleagues and friends, pro-
vides annual scholarships to students
in the School of Law. Law school
P R O G R A M H I G H L I G H T
PRODUCTIVE PARTNERSHIP
An innovative program that expands access to quality education,
enhances the University of Miami’s diversity, and helps meet our
society’s growing need for nurses received generous support during the
Momentum campaign. Made possible by a $2 million gift from North
Dade Medical Foundation and a $600,000 gift from Blue Cross and Blue
Shield of Florida, the Educational Partnership B.S.N. Program enables
students from St. Thomas University and Florida Memorial University to
spend their junior and senior years at the University of Miami, where they
earn nursing degrees. The program, which graduated its first cohort in
spring 2007, continues to grow—a true win-win for students, the health
care system, and the community.
A boost for young scientists:
A grant of $1.9 million from the
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
enhances the University’s Under-
graduate Science Education Pro-
gram, which helps to prepare future
biomedical scientists through a part-
nership with Miami Dade College.
Future M.D.s move ahead:
Among many generous gifts to help
aspiring physicians, the North Dade
Medical Foundation gave $5 million
to fund future physicians’ educa-
tions; in addition, Harry and Jean
Fiegelman left $5 million to the
Miller School to fund scholarships
for “worthy medical students”—one
of the medical school’s single largest
bequests for student scholarships.
Preparing tomorrow’s educators:
The Shelley Lyn Pine Rackoff
Endowed Scholarship, created by
Paul Bloomberg, A.B. ’74, in mem-
ory of a dear now-deceased friend
alumni Jay Shapiro, J.D. ’87, and
Robert Weissler, J.D. ’70, L.L.M.T.
’73, endowed scholarships for
second- and third-year law students
based on merit and financial need.
A RESOURCE FOR SUCCESS
The University’s Academic Resource
Center (ARC) offers an array of serv-
ices—including in-depth orientation
programs, free one-on-one tutoring,
leading-edge learning technologies,
assistance with disabilities, and coor-
dination with campus health
resources—to help students thrive
and realize their full potential. An
anonymous $2 million campaign
endowment provides a vital boost for
the center, allowing it to more fully
meet the needs of hundreds of stu-
dents who require extra support to
achieve their goals.
Students fulfill their potential with
services of the Academic Resource Center.
Educational Partnership B.S.N. students
enjoy new opportunities at UM’s School
of Nursing and Health Studies.
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M O M E N T U M
P I O N E E R I N G A D VA N C E S T H ATE N H A N C E H U M A N H E A LT H
The resounding success of the Momentum
campaign provided vital support for the development of an unparalleled academic med-
ical enterprise. Thanks to hundreds of generous gifts like those highlighted here, our
world-class facilities, pioneering research, innovative education, and advanced treat-
ments benefit the lives of people throughout our community and around the globe.
THE MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINECAMPAIGN TOTAL:
$867.7 million
The School of Medicine
launched a bold new era
with the announcement of
the historic $100 million
naming gift from the family
of the late Leonard Miller.
Individual centers of excel-
lence and research initia-
tives across the Miller
School also received power-
ful support during the
Momentum campaign,
among them:
Bascom Palmer Eye Insti-
tute, once again named the
nation’s finest center of oph-
thalmic care in U.S.News &
World Report, is making sig-
nificant strides toward cures
for common causes of blind-
ness, including glaucoma
and age-related macular
degeneration. The institute
unveiled a state-of-the-art,
$22 million facility in Palm
Beach Gardens.
The Diabetes Research
Institute continued to garner
strong support, anchored by
campaign gifts of $94 million
from the Diabetes Research
Institute Foundation, for
cutting-edge research into
more effective treatments for
this devastating disease.
The Miami Project to
Cure Paralysis gained an
outpouring of support that
has already led to promising
new insights in the effort to
cure paralysis caused by
spinal cord injuries.
Cancer research and care
inspired philanthropic sup-
port from hundreds of indi-
viduals and organizations.
Ambitious plans to
improve transplant medicine
by combining organ-specific
transplant programs—and
linking them with research
efforts—came together in
the creation of the new,
multidisciplinary Miami
Transplant Institute.
Please see the accompa-
nying stories for details and
additional highlights.
M O M E N T U M
61.7%Support for the Miller School of Medicine comprised61.7 percent of the campaign total.
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F A C U L T Y P R O F I L E
BUILDING A WORLD-CLASS TEAMThanks to the vision and leadership of Dean Pascal J. Goldschmidt, who
joined the Miller School of Medicine from Duke University in 2006, the school
is making dramatic strides in a broad array of important medical disciplines.
The dynamic new dean has brought a constellation of illustrious leaders in
biomedical science, clinical care, and academic leadership to UM.
Internationally renowned geneticists Margaret Pericak-Vance and her
husband, Jeffery M. Vance, are now leaders of the University’s genomics
initiatives. Pericak-Vance, the Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Professor
of Human Genomics, directs the Miami Institute for Human Genomics;
Vance leads the Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human
Genetics and Genomic Medicine.
Bart Chernow, former vice dean of research at The Johns Hopkins
University School of Medicine, is vice president for special programs and
resource strategy, vice provost of technology advancement, and senior
advisor to the dean.
Joshua M. Hare is the Louis Lemberg Professor of Medicine, director of
the Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Institute, assistant dean for research, and
chief of cardiology. The renowned cardiologist joined UM from The Johns
Hopkins University School of Medicine.
Julio Licinio, whose groundbreaking work on obesity and depression led
to the first successful hormonal treatment of a genetic form of obesity in
adults, is chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. He
joined UM from UCLA, where he directed multiple medical programs.
Marc E. Lippman, chair of the Department of Medicine, joined UM after
serving as chair of internal medicine at the University of Michigan. He has
pioneered several advances in breast cancer research.
Ralph L. Sacco, an internationally respected expert on stroke, was
recruited from Columbia University to lead the Miller School’s Department
of Neurology with the philanthropic support of the Nieves and Isaac
Olemberg Chair in Neurological Disorders.
Renowned physicians and scientists
who have joined the Miller School of
Medicine during the Momentum
campaign include (from upper left)
genomics researchers Jeffery M.
Vance and Margaret Pericak-Vance,
cardiologist Joshua M. Hare,
cancer expert Marc E. Lippman,
and neurologist Ralph L. Sacco.
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ADVANCES AGAINSTPARALYSIS
Momentum helped advance efforts to
enable millions of people paralyzed
by spinal cord injuries to walk again.
In addition to leadership support
from The Buoniconti Fund, The
Miami Project to Cure Paralysis
received generous donations from
several individuals and foundations.
Philanthropist Christine E. Lynn
made a gift of $5 million to create
two endowed chairs supporting treat-
ment-focused research: one in honor
of Miami Project cofounder Barth
A. Green, the other in orthopaedic
trauma in honor of Gregory Zych.
Green appointed senior researcher
Mary Bunge to the chair created in
his honor, emphasizing the impor-
tance of Bunge’s research on the
regeneration of axons damaged
due to spinal cord injury.
The creation of a human clinical
trials program—essential to expedite
cure-focused spinal cord injury
research—has been made possible
by major gifts from supporters
including University of Miami
trustee Gloria Estefan, A.B. ’78, and
her husband, Emilio, D.M.U. ’01;
Christine Lynn; University Trustee
Paul DiMare and his wife, Swanee;
Gary and Pennie Abramson; Jim and
Maddy Berlin; Gisela and Marvin
Tucker; and Kandy and Jeffrey
Kramer.
The Great Sports Legends
Dinner raised over $16 million and
has generated more than $35 million
to support the quest for a cure.
Events including Destination
Fashion in Bal Harbour, the Annual
P R O G R A M H I G H L I G H T
BATTLING BREAST CANCERBreast cancer is diagnosed in some 200,000 U.S. women each
year—and the rate of breast cancer deaths in Florida is among
the nation’s highest. The University of Miami Sylvester Compre-
hensive Cancer Center launched a new era in breast cancer
research and care with the creation of the Braman Family
Breast Cancer Institute at UM/Sylvester,
made possible by a $5 million gift from
the Braman Family Foundation.
Led by world-renowned breast cancer
researcher Joyce Slingerland, the insti-
tute is a center for prevention, early
diagnosis, and treatment of breast
cancer, all informed by the latest dis-
coveries. A major focus is the study
of cell changes that precede cancer—
insights that could lead to effective
new therapies.
“We’re doing this for women every-
where,” says Irma Braman, whose own
sister fought breast cancer. The insti-
tute’s comprehensive approach will
ultimately benefit many other cancer
patients as well; UM/Sylvester leaders
plan to use it as a model for the creation
of multidisciplinary centers for prostate,
colon, and other cancers.
Top: Joyce Slingerland
leads the Braman
Family Breast
Cancer Institute at
UM/Sylvester. Above:
Norman and Irma
Braman, cofounders of
the Braman Family
Foundation; Norman
Braman, a University
trustee, co-chaired the
Miller School campaign.
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Buoniconti Fund Celebrity Golf Invi-
tational hosted by Jack Nicklaus at
the Bear’s Club, and the Roger King
Gold Invitational in Atlantic City
have garnered worldwide awareness
for cutting-edge spinal cord injury
research and significant funding.
During the campaign, The
Miami Project to Cure Paralysis
announced the exciting results of
breakthrough research focusing on
treatments for spinal cord injury.
Thanks to the ongoing outpouring of
support, founder Nick Buoniconti’s
vow that “Nothing will stand in the
way of research to conquer paralysis”
is truer than ever.
HELPING CHILDRENHEAL AND THRIVE
Miller School programs designed to
improve the health of infants and
children inspired leadership grants
from the Batchelor and Sylvester
Foundations, as well as many other
generous donations. A highlight was
the $3 million gift from the Toppel
Family Foundation, which sought to
spur progress in the care of young-
sters with leukemias, lymphomas,
and other serious blood-borne ill-
nesses by creating the Toppel Chair
in Pediatric Hematology/Oncology.
The chair was filled in 2006 by
Julio Barredo, who recently won the
2007 Micah Batchelor Award for
Excellence in Children’s Health
Research. “Clinical trials will allow
us to make a real difference in the
lives of the children who currently
cannot be cured,” he says.
B U I L D I N G E X C E L L E N C E
EXPANDING HEALTH CARE HORIZONS
Campaign gifts funded sophisticated new facilities to provide better patient care, nurture biomedical
research, and extend the reach of the Miller School of Medicine.
In December 2007, the University of Miami completed the purchase of Cedars Medical Center. The 560-bed,
13-floor facility, now known as University of Miami Hospital (left), provides outstanding services in several
specialties and serves as the clinical flagship of the University’s academic medical enterprise.
The 15-story Clinical Research Building (center) is home to programs including the Michael S. Gordon Center
for Research in Medical Education. Another facility currently under construction, the 188,000-square-foot
Biomedical Research Building, will significantly increase the Miller School’s wet-lab space and house programs
such as the Miami Institute for Human Genomics.
The new Bascom Palmer Eye Institute at Palm Beach Gardens (right) is the nation’s most technologically
advanced eye care center, providing the latest ophthalmic technologies, sophisticated surgical and outpatient
services, and direct access to promising clinical trials for area residents.
Joycelyn Lawrence leads a school-based
health initiative made possible by The
Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation.
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EYE-OPENING ADVANCES
Promising new treatments developed
at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute for
age-related macular degeneration
(AMD) have revolutionized the
treatment of the world’s leading
cause of blindness in people over 50.
Retina specialist Philip J. Rosenfeld
pioneered the off-label use of Avastin
to treat the wet form of AMD, now
a standard treatment in several
nations; donors funded his ground-
breaking work.
Enriching programs in glaucoma,
age-related macular degeneration,
and diabetic retinopathy, Helen
Herold left the Bascom Palmer Eye
Institute a bequest of more than
$1.5 million for vision research.
Grateful Bascom Palmer patient
Lorheta Higgins left the institute an
exceptional $3.3 million bequest.
Estelle and George Rosenfeld con-
tinued their generosity to the Univer-
sity and established an imaging center
to support a spectrum of vision
research. Anne and Matthew Smith
created a $1 million endowment to
fund research in pediatric eye diseases.
In December 2006, a crowd of
more than 600 Bascom Palmer Eye
Institute supporters, joined by Florida
Governor Charlie Crist, celebrated
the dedication of the $22 million
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute at Palm
Beach Gardens. Gifts of more than
$1 million each from Tamar and
Milton Maltz, Samuel and Connie
Frankino, Isabel Collier Reed, Hugh
and Sally Lalor, Iris and Carl Apfel,
and Morty and Gloria Wolosoff pro-
vided essential support for the creation
of the 7.5-acre campus, a state-of-the-
art, multidisciplinary model for 21st-
century eye care centers.
ENHANCINGCOMMUNITY HEALTH
Innovative approaches to improve
the health and well-being of area res-
idents inspired significant campaign
support.
A $6.25 million grant from The
Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation
funded a school-based primary care
program for at-risk children, while
grants totaling $5 million from
United Health Foundation to the
Jefferson Reaves Sr. Health Center
support the delivery of coordinated,
comprehensive health care services
for families in Miami’s impoverished
Overtown neighborhood.
To help children living in poverty
in Miami-Dade County, the Dyson
Foundation’s Anne E. Dyson Com-
F A C U L T Y P R O F I L E
PROBING VITAL LINKSRenowned endocrinologist and Nobel laureate Andrew V. Schally
joined UM in 2007 as Miller Distinguished Professor in the
Miller School of Medicine. Schally was one of a pair of scien-
tists to first isolate, analyze,
and synthesize several impor-
tant chemical links between
the brain and the pituitary
gland. Camillo Ricordi, scien-
tific director and chief aca-
demic officer of the Diabetes
Research Institute, also
received a distinguished pro-
fessorship, the University’s
highest faculty honor.
Among other gifts desig-
nated to support medical
faculty research, the Walter G.
Ross Interdisciplinary Medical
Research Program received
more than $8 million from the
Walter G. Ross Foundation,
named for the distinguished
diplomat and avid supporter of the University. During the
campaign, the foundation also funded chairs in ophthalmic
research, developmental neuroscience, and vascular biology.
Nobel laureate Andrew V. Schally
is developing novel hormone
therapies for breast, prostate, lung,
colorectal, and brain tumors at
the Miller School.
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T H E C A M P A I G N F O R T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F M I A M I
munity Pediatrics Training Initiative
provides up to $500,000 per year for
five years for outreach programs
designed to meet their needs.
The Miller School’s commitment
to community health on a global
scale received a $2.5 million boost
with the 2003 creation of the Green
Family Foundation Initiative in
Pediatric Infectious Diseases and
Immunology and International
Health. In addition to supporting
extensive programs to improve care
for pediatric infectious diseases such
as HIV in Florida, a portion of the
funds will train health care workers
in the treatment and prevention of
HIV and tuberculosis in Haiti. The
grant also sent medical teams spe-
cializing in infectious diseases to
Thomonde, Haiti, where a Project
Medishare clinic operates.
Barry Schwartz and his wife,
Sheryl, made a $1 million gift to the
Jay Weiss Center for Social Medi-
cine and Health Equity at the Miller
School to honor the memory of
Miami philanthropist and Miller
School campaign co-chair Jay Weiss,
a longtime champion of under-
served communities and vulnerable
populations.
OTHER NOTABLE GIFTS
A $5.6 million gift from Harry
Feldman and his wife, Beatrice,
supported leading-edge education
of health care professionals by
establishing the Harry and Beatrice
Feldman Division of Multiprofes-
sional Health Education at the
Miller School’s Gordon Center for
Research in Medical Education.
Renal vascular disease, a variety of
conditions that affect the arteries and
veins of the kidneys, can be difficult
to diagnose and treat, and often leads
to severe complications. To help the
Miller School build leadership in
this challenging medical discipline,
The Harold Katz Family Foundation
recently donated $5 million to
establish the Peggy and Harold Katz
Family Center for Kidney and Vascu-
lar Disease Research. The gift also
created an endowed chair in kidney
and vascular disease research, a
physician-scientist fund, and a
research investigator fund.
A $5 million gift from the
McKnight Brain Research Founda-
tion helps scientists and physicians at
the Miller School unlock the myster-
ies of the aging brain. The gift cre-
ated the Evelyn F. McKnight Center
P R O G R A M H I G H L I G H T
COMMUNITY ‘DOCS ’
Every year, more than 100 medical students—volunteers
in the nonprofit Mitchell Wolfson Sr. Department of
Community Service (DOCS)—provide blood tests, physical
exams, and other screening services to evaluate thousands of
needy South Florida residents for common diseases and several
types of cancer. DOCS health fairs and clinics are operated by
the students under the supervision of Miller School faculty
members in Little Haiti, Hialeah, and several other underserved
communities in Miami-Dade, Broward, and Monroe Counties.
Recently named in honor of the Mitchell Wolfson Sr.
Foundation’s ongoing support of the Miller School’s community
service activities, DOCS won a 2007 Health Care Heroes Award
from the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce.
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for Age-Related Memory Loss, with
the goal of becoming the nation’s
foremost center of research into the
causes and treatment of memory loss
and other age-related disorders of the
brain.
The Miller School’s quest for bet-
ter therapies for liver disease was
boosted by Philip and Linda Corey’s
gift of $4 million; $1.5 million estab-
lished an endowed fellowship in the
Center for Liver Diseases, $1.5 mil-
lion endowed a clinical fellowship in
the Division of Liver and Gastroin-
testinal Surgery, and $1 million
established a research endowment in
the Division of Gastroenterology.
Clinical care and research initia-
tives in the departments of surgery
and neurology received significant
support from a $3.5 million commit-
ment from the estate of David
Kimmelman, B.B.A. ’49.
A $2.5 million gift from Miami
philanthropist Donald Carlin and
his recently deceased wife, B.,
endowed a chair in thoracic surgical
oncology. Renowned UM surgeon
Richard Thurer is the initial holder
of the chair.
In support of research geared to
the discovery of breakthrough treat-
ments for an array of deadly diseases
and devastating conditions, Univer-
sity of Miami trustee Laura Gene
Coulter-Jones gave $3 million to the
Coulter Pathology Research Labora-
tory. Coulter-Jones also provided
generous support of interdisciplinary
pediatric translational and genetic
research in the Miller School’s
Department of Pediatrics.
Shoshana and Leroy Schecter
committed $2 million to support the
Miller School’s innovative care and
research, bringing their total giving
to the University to $3 million.
With generous donations to the
Gordon Center for Research in
Medical Education, the Department
of Pediatrics, Bascom Palmer Eye
Institute, and the Center for Family
Studies, The Kennedy Foundation
funded nearly $2.5 million in
University-affiliated programs.
The Miller School’s Division of
Kidney and Pancreas Transplanta-
tion in the Department of Surgery,
one of the top five programs of its
kind in the nation, was renamed in
memory of Lillian Jean Kaplan. The
$2 million gift was made in apprecia-
tion of the care Kaplan received as
a kidney transplant recipient and
longtime patient.
Thanks to generous commit-
ments by Patricia M. Papper and
several other major donors, the
Miller School will endow the
Emanuel M. Papper Chair in Anes-
thesiology. A renowned clinician,
scientist, advocate, and mentor, the
late Emanuel Papper served as vice
president for medical affairs and
dean of the medical school from
1969 to 1981.
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A $1.6 million gift from Univer-
sity trustee David Fuente and his
wife, Sheila, launched a multidisci-
plinary graduate program in the
biology of cancer.
Transplant medicine was the
focus of a $1 million gift made by
Robert Cornfeld and his wife, Judith,
to the Miami Transplant Institute at
UM/Jackson Medical Center.
ANDREAS TZAKIS, PHIL COREY, AND EUGENE SCHIFF
T H E C A M P A I G N F O R T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F M I A M I
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$418MCampaign support for research programs surpassed $418 million.
of a magnificent new home,
the M. Christine Schwartz
Center. A testament to the
vision and generosity of
alumni, University leaders,
and community members
who value world-class nurs-
ing and health science edu-
cation, the project reflects
the contributions of more
than 750 individuals, corpo-
SCHOOL OFNURSING ANDHEALTH STUDIESCAMPAIGN TOTAL:
$21.2 million
On February 15, 2007, the
School of Nursing and
Health Studies celebrated
the realization of a dream
more than half a century in
the making: the dedication
rations, and foundations.
In addition to the $5 mil-
lion lead gift from Chicago
businessman Ted Schwartz in
honor of his wife, Christine,
the school’s building cam-
paign received significant gifts
from South Florida philan-
thropist R. Kirk Landon, The
Kresge Foundation, Miami
Children’s Hospital, HCA-
East Florida Division, and
Virginia and Roger Medel, a
UM trustee. The hundreds of
alumni who supported the
endeavor include Joan Abess,
B.S.N. ’68, in whose honor
the new facility’s lobby is
named, and Anne Marie
McCrystal, B.S.N. ’59, who
with her husband, Hugh
McCrystal, named the stu-
dent services reception area.
Funds raised by the nurs-
ing school, which signifi-
cantly surpassed its original
goal, will also support
endowed chairs, scholarships,
program development, and
ongoing infrastructure needs.
Among the University’s
campaign highlights was a
$5 million bequest from
Dolores Jean Chambreau,
B.S.N. ’67—who led a distin-
guished career in health care,
community service, and
University leadership before
B U I L D I N G E X C E L L E N C E
A CENTER OF SUPERBNURSING EDUCATION
Designed to enhance education, improve practice,
expand knowledge, and build community, the M.
Christine Schwartz Center dramatically increases the
ability of the School of Nursing and Health Studies to
meet the urgent need for well-trained health professionals.
The four-story, 53,000-square-
foot structure—made possible
by a lead gift from Chicago
businessman Ted Schwartz in
honor of his wife, Christine—
incorporates an array of “smart”
technology communications,
instructional media, and Web-
based capabilities. The school’s
state-of-the-art, 5,500-square-foot International
Academy for Clinical Simulation and Research is the
largest facility in the nation dedicated to fulfilling the
vast potential of high-fidelity simulation to improve
nursing and health science education.
her recent death—and her
late husband, William J.
Chambreau. Split equally
between the School of Nurs-
ing and Health Studies and
the University’s Sylvester
Comprehensive Cancer
Center, the Chambreaus’
extraordinary gift will fund
cancer research at UM/
Sylvester as well as an
endowed chair in education
and administration at the
nursing school that will bear
Dolores Chambreau’s name.
Grants from Blue Cross
and Blue Shield of Florida
($600,000) and North Dade
Medical Foundation ($2 mil-
lion) supported the Educa-
tional Partnership B.S.N.
Program, a joint initiative
that allows students from
St. Thomas University and
Florida Memorial University
to complete their nursing
education at UM. In addi-
tion, the William Randolph
Hearst Foundation and The
Dr. John T. Macdonald
Foundation provided schol-
arship funds that address the
national nursing shortage
through financial assistance
to outstanding undergradu-
ate and graduate nursing
students.
Christine and Ted Schwartz
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I N F L U E N T I A L D I S C I P L I N E S A C H I E V EN E W L E V E L S O F D I S T I N C T I O N
Whether improving energy management
or enhancing environmental protection, solving complex business and legal challenges
or seeking enduring values in a changing world, high-profile University programs
address today’s challenges and set tomorrow’s agendas. These varied academic endeavors
were strengthened by benefactors who share their pioneering spirit and ambitious goals.
COLLEGE OF ARTSAND SCIENCESCAMPAIGN TOTAL:
$30.7 million
With a distinguished new
dean guiding an ambitious
plan to enhance scholarly
achievement, the college—
the University’s largest aca-
demic unit—is making its
mark in several important
fields.
Patricia Aresty, B.S. ’76,
and Jeffrey Aresty, B.S. ’77,
first met as UM biology
students conducting field
research in Ecuador. In
appreciation for the Univer-
sity’s impact on their lives,
the Arestys donated $2 mil-
lion to endow the college’s
Aresty Chair in Tropical
Ecology.
The late Fred C. and
Helen D. Flipse gave more
than $3 million over the
years to support various Uni-
versity programs, primarily
within the Department of
Psychology and the Counsel-
ing Center. In recognition of
their generosity, the Univer-
sity named the state-of-the-art
facility that now houses the
psychology department the
Fred C. and Helen Donn
Flipse Building.
Miami philanthropist and
University trustee Rose Ellen
Meyerhoff Greene, A.B. ’69,
made a $1 million gift to the
college, saying it “represents
the best a university can
offer its students.”
A global perspective is the
focus of the Alan and Ann
Raff Endowed Scholarship.
To help ensure that today’s
young people are informed
33Momentum provided support for 33 new and renovated facilities.
Alumni Jeffrey and Patricia
Aresty are helping reshape the
University with their generous
philanthropy.
ROSE ELLEN MEYERHOFF GREENEAND HUSBAND GERALD
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about other countries and
cultures, the scholarship
benefits students who are
studying international rela-
tions and are studying abroad
during their college career.
The campaign for the
Lowe Art Museum, led by
University trustee Marilyn
Holifield, raised some
$33 million, including nearly
$20 million in donated art.
In addition to generous
support from UM alumni
Sheldon and Myrna Palley
(see page 10), highlights
include Thea Katzenstein’s
$1 million bequest for art
acquisitions, gifts of ancient
American art from Ed
Roberts valued at $5 million,
and more than $1.7 million
in African art from Alan
Potamkin. Other significant
gifts of art came from Dr.
and Mrs. Joseph Kurstin,
the Rubin-Ladd Foundation,
Marcie and James Henderson,
and Dr. Marta Freyde.
SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATIONCAMPAIGN TOTAL:
$37.5 million
Drawing on its cultural diver-
sity and unique location, the
school produces entrepre-
neurial leaders and helps
shape global enterprise.
The Momentum campaign
marked the school’s largest
P R O G R A M H I G H L I G H T
LINKING SCIENCE AND POLICY
An innovative interdisciplinary approach to
addressing the new millennium’s complex environ-
mental issues was given powerful support with a gener-
ous gift of $5 million from Leonard and Jayne Abess.
The Leonard and Jayne Abess Center for Ecosystem
Science and Policy draws upon the University’s inter-
nationally recognized programs in marine science,
ecology, and environmental law and policy to foster
creative and effective strategies for environmental
management and decision-making. The gift helps posi-
tion the program as an international academic leader
in this urgently important field.
single gift to date: $10 mil-
lion from Miguel (Mike)
Fernandez, a South Florida
health care entrepreneur.
A campaign gift from
businessman Thomas A.
Curtis, a longtime supporter
of the University, funded the
Augustina Curtis Chair in
Accounting in memory of his
wife, who always encouraged
her husband to continue his
education.
Other campaign highlights
at the School of Business
Administration include a
multimillion-dollar bequest
from David Kimmelman,
B.B.A. ’49, to the Department
of Accounting to establish the
Eloise Kimmelman Endowed
Scholarship, a $1 million
commitment from Gabelli
Asset Management to create
professorships in the Depart-
ment of Finance, and several
gifts totaling $700,000 from
the George B. Storer
Foundation.
Faculty member Matthew Potts
(above) conducts sustainability
research at the Abess Center
for Ecosystem Science and
Policy, which received leader-
ship support from Jayne and
Leonard Abess.
Thomas A. Curtis has made
contributions to programs
throughout the University.
LAURIE S. SILVERS
P R O G R A M H I G H L I G H T
INFORMING VALUEJUDGMENTS
From Enron accounting practices to end-of-life
dilemmas, ethical questions are everywhere in
contemporary life. The UM Ethics Programs provide an
interdisciplinary, campus-wide approach to nurturing
critical thinking on these issues through a variety of
activities. The programs collaborate
with schools throughout the University,
as well as with organizations such as
the Florida Bioethics Network and the
Pan American Health Organization.
A $1 million campaign gift from
community leader and philanthropist
Adrienne Arsht to the Ethics Programs
greatly expanded their impact, funding
ethics debates, a distinguished speaker
series, and research grants. The programs
also recently received a major grant from
the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
In 2007, the UM Ethics Society’s debate team—
with support from Arsht; Karl Schulze, B.B.A. ’74;
and the UM Citizens Board—emerged victorious
from its very first competition in the 13th National
Championship Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl. “We
worked incredibly hard and debated with style and
flair,” said Joshua Morales, a member of the team.
“We took the room in our hands and compelled the
audience to listen.” Thanks to visionary leadership
and support, that audience is growing rapidly.
M O M E N T U M
SCHOOL OF LAWCAMPAIGN TOTAL:
$22.5 million
With its highly regarded fac-
ulty and comprehensive
programs, the School of Law
provides extraordinary prepa-
ration for the next generation
of lawyers and leaders. Dur-
ing the Momentum cam-
paign, alumni made all of
the school’s major gifts—
remarkable proof of its
importance among those
who earned their law degrees
at UM. Their investment of
over $22 million will allow
the school to train the finest
lawyers, recruit outstanding
faculty, and build facilities
that will equal those of the
finest law schools in the
country.
Among the many leader-
ship gifts received during the
campaign from alumni are
those from media entrepre-
neur Laurie S. Silvers, A.B.
’74, J.D. ’77, and her hus-
band, Mitchell Rubenstein;
Washington, D.C. attorney
and businessman Michael
Klein, B.B.A. ’63, J.D. ’66;
successful business and com-
munity leader Stuart Miller,
J.D. ’82; and the co-chairs of
the school’s campaign, Hilarie
Bass, J.D. ’81, and Wayne
Chaplin, B.B.A. ’79, J.D. ’82.
The international law firm
of Greenberg Traurig hon-
ored one of the school’s most
distinguished alumni, Larry J.
Hoffman, J.D. ’54, by creat-
ing the Larry J. Hoffman
Greenberg Traurig Distin-
guished Professorship in the
Business of Law. The family
of Meyer Simcha Leiter,
J.D. ’02, established in his
memory the Meyer
S. Leiter Judaic Collection
and Study Area in the Law
Library, one of the most
complete and unique
collections of its type in
South Florida.
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERINGCAMPAIGN TOTAL:
$16.4 million
Dedicated to educating
tomorrow’s engineers to deal
effectively with complex
physical, societal, and envi-
ronmental challenges, the
College of Engineering
offers dynamic programs,
real-life learning opportuni-
ties, and innovative interdis-
ciplinary studies in a broad
array of technical specializa-
tions highly relevant to busi-
nesses and governments.
A $500,000 grant in
2006 established the Office
Depot Innovation Labora-
tory, which seeks to make
business more efficient by
developing methodologies
for tracking and modifying
energy consumption. This
exciting academic-industry
partnership provides a set-
ting in which students can
analyze real-world problems
in areas such as supply-
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Programs such as the
Ethics Society debate
team (top) have
expanded with support
from Adrienne Arsht.
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chain management and pur-
sue innovative solutions.
Structural design expert
and building components
entrepreneur Salvador Jurado,
B.S.C.E. ’73, M.S.C.E. ’76,
a member of the college’s
visiting committee, made a
$500,000 gift to the college to
establish the Jurado Family
Endowed Scholarship.
The Florida Power and
Light Group Foundation
donated $250,000 to endow
a scholarship for engineer-
ing students; recipients cross
engineering disciplines.
ROSENSTIELSCHOOL OF MARINEAND ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCECAMPAIGN TOTAL:
$33.1 million
One of the nation’s premier
oceanographic and atmos-
F A C U L T Y P R O F I L E
SERVING WITH DISTINCTION
pheric research and educa-
tion institutions, the
Rosenstiel School musters
robust resources to fulfill a
vital role in helping to
address crucial environ-
mental issues.
The school’s new Pew
Institute for Ocean Science,
funded with a $2.9 million-
per-year renewable grant
from the Pew Charitable
Trusts, seeks to improve the
health of the world’s oceans
through marine research
and promotion of conserva-
tion solutions.
Assistant professor
Alexandra Z. Worden
received a Gordon and Betty
Moore Foundation Young
Investigator in Marine Sci-
ence grant. The $875,000
award, spread over three
years, supports Worden’s stud-
ies of microbes that are vital
College of Arts and Sciences faculty members Susan Haack, Charles S.
Carver, David R. Ellison, and Howard R. Gordon were honored wih
distinguished professorships during the Momentum campaign.
to the marine ecosystem.
Two p-Series Model 690
systems donated by IBM
dramatically increase the
school’s ability to build
high-fidelity models that are
critical to research programs
while training students in
state-of-the-art technologies.
The school’s innovative
partnership with Royal
Caribbean International
launched an extraordinary
research project on the ship
known as Explorer of the
Seas. Equipped with high-
tech atmospheric and
oceanographic laboratories,
the ship is providing robust
learning experiences and
helping scientists collect an
unprecedented wealth of
data that could guide the
development of effective
solutions to issues such as
global warming.
Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science students conduct
research aboard the school’s boat, the F. G. Walton Smith.
Several new distinguished professorships to support the
research activities of outstanding faculty scholars were
created by an anonymous 2006 gift to the campaign.
Four of the professors honored by the award are
affiliated with the College of Arts and Sciences. They are
Charles S. Carver, a nationally renowned professor of
psychology who studies stress, emotional experience,
and personality; David R. Ellison, a professor of French
who brought numerous innovations to the college while
serving as chair of the Department of Foreign Languages
and Literatures; Howard R. Gordon, a physics professor
who specializes in experimental ocean optics; and
Susan Haack, a Cooper Senior Scholar and professor of
philosophy and law.
Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, dean of the School of
Architecture, also received the honor.
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E N G A G I N G C O M M U N I T I E S A N D E N R I C H I N G L I V E S
Creating harmonious new towns that
nurture community spirit. Composing music that harnesses the latest technologies or
honors hallowed traditions. Redefining education in an increasingly diverse society.
Reaching out to people around the globe to address common concerns. With impassioned
support from donors who share their aspirations, superb University programs that
engage communities and enrich lives soared even higher during Momentum.
SCHOOL OFARCHITECTURECAMPAIGN TOTAL:
$9.1 million
Led since 1995 by Dean
Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, a
renowned architect and Uni-
versity of Miami distinguished
professor, the School of
Architecture is a leading
center of the international
and highly influential New
Urbanism movement. To
support that vision, the John
S. and James L. Knight
Foundation awarded the
school a $1.1 million chal-
lenge grant that continues
the successful Knight
Program in Community
Building, established in 2001.
In 2005 the school
expanded into a new 8,600-
square-foot building, funded
in part by University trustee
and Miami developer Jorge
M. Perez. In addition to
donating $1 million to the
school, Perez pledged
$250,000 toward construc-
tion of the facility. Designed
by European architect Leon
Krier, the facility houses a
state-of-the-art lecture hall
named for Stanley Glasgow,
B.S.A.E. ’53, and his wife
Jewell; a multimedia class-
room named for The Marshall
and Vera Lea Rinker Founda-
tion, Inc.; and an exhibition
gallery.
SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATIONCAMPAIGN TOTAL:
$18.2 million
With exemplary graduates
and innovative programs,
the school plays a pivotal
role in expanding the poten-
tial of communications
technologies and expertise
to meet global challenges.
In an effort to address some
of the world’s most urgent
yet underreported problems,
the University created the
21Twenty-one new centers and institutes were createdduring Momentum.
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“Jack,” B.B.A. ’66, made a
generous bequest to fund
scholarships for education
students. Real estate busi-
nessman Richard J. Kurtz,
B.S.Ed. ’62, made gifts total-
ing more than $260,000 to
support the school’s building
fund.
The school also gives spe-
cial thanks to the following
alumni for their support:
Michael and Judy Adler;
Ilene Massarsky Dresner and
Bruce M. Dresner; Lewis
and Eddi-Ann Freeman;
Philip Charles Genet;
Stewart and Lori Karger;
Nancy G. Pastroff; Dr.
Pamela Jo and Richard J.
Mooney; Jules Reich; Albert
Vara Jr. and his wife, Ana;
J. Scott Watt; and Edward
W. Welch, who made a joint
gift with Robert L. Strong.
Other notable gifts came
from the Florence Bayuk
Educational Trust; Creed
Family Foundation; the
Dauer Family Foundation;
Gallagher Financial Sys-
tems; Lee Osiason and the
Osiason Educational Foun-
dation; Ronald McDonald
Charities; Constance and
Robert McGee; Shepard
Broad Foundation; Taplin,
Canida & Habacht; Mr. and
legendary for his teaching,
mentorship, and generosity,
made gifts totaling some
$5.5 million to the school
and other University
programs.
Sheryl A. Weisinger,
B.Ed. ’66, established a
charitable lead annuity trust
to name world-renowned
psychotherapist Donald
Meichenbaum a distin-
guished visiting professor in
the school. An anonymous
$500,000 bequest endowed a
scholarship. The Children’s
Trust made a $610,671 grant
to fund Miami SPECS:
Learning by Changing and
Doing, based on Dean Isaac
Prilleltensky’s research on
personal, organizational,
and community change.
Linda Eads, B.S.Ed. ’69,
and her husband, Harvey Jr.
high-definition cameras,
a projector, simultaneous
translation technology, and
other advanced capabilities
for global teleconferencing.
SCHOOL OF EDUCATIONCAMPAIGN TOTAL:
$11.2 million
The School of Education
prepares leaders,
researchers, and change
agents in education and the
community. The school’s
three departments—Teach-
ing and Learning, Educa-
tional and Psychological
Studies, and Exercise and
Sport Sciences—work
together to build educa-
tional, psychological, and
physical well-being in multi-
cultural communities.
Jay W. Jensen, B.Ed. ’60,
$10 million Knight Center
for International Media at
the School of Communica-
tion. The center, which will
house endowed chairs in
visual journalism and cross-
cultural communication,
was launched with the help
of a new grant of $3.5 mil-
lion from the John S. and
James L. Knight Foundation
and previous Knight endow-
ments totaling more than
$5 million.
A $1.5 million gift from
UM alumni Masoud Sho-
jaee, B.S.E.E. ’83, M.S.E.E.
’85, and his wife, Maria, A.B.
’85, named Shoma Hall, a
state-of-the-art lecture facility
in the school’s new Interna-
tional Building, and pro-
vided funds for general
scholarships. The 140-seat
auditorium features three
The Knight Center for International Media, led by Sanjeev Chatterjee,
vice dean of the School of Communication, was launched with grants
totaling $8.5 million from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.
Jay W. Jensen supported
education, theatre, medical,
and other programs.
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Mrs. Michael Wohl; and
Russell Wright.
FROST SCHOOL OF MUSICCAMPAIGN TOTAL:
$64 million
With graduates making their
marks in every aspect of
musical composition, pro-
duction, and performance,
the renowned school
entered a new era thanks to
gifts totaling $30 million
from philanthropists Phillip
and Patricia Frost.
The 2005 opening of the
Marta and Austin Weeks
Music Library and Technol-
ogy Center (see page 31)
was another remarkable
milestone in the school’s his-
tory. Later that year, when L.
Austin Weeks passed away,
he left a $5 million bequest
for the Frost School of
Music to utilize as needed
and an additional $2 million
for music scholarships.
Three-time Grammy win-
ner Bruce Hornsby, B.M. ’77,
is one of the Frost School’s
many illustrious graduates.
He and his wife, Kathy, made
a landmark gift of $600,000
to endow a scholarship and
create an innovative pro-
gram: The Bruce Hornsby
Creative American Music
Experience.
With the retirement of
Dean William Hipp, many
trustees, alumni, and friends
joined to establish a scholar-
ship fund in his honor.
More than $700,000 has
been raised to assist gradu-
ate students majoring in the
Departments of Music Edu-
cation/Music Therapy and
Instrumental Performance.
Other campaign high-
lights include generous gifts
from M. Lee Pearce, J.D.
’66, in support of the
Salzburg Summer Program
and student scholarships; a
gift from Peggy Hollander
and The Succession Group
to sponsor Jazz on the
Green concerts; a gift from
the Ress Family Foundation
to create the Ress Family
Endowed Hospital Perform-
ance Project; a $500,000
scholarship gift from
Virginia Medel, M.D. ’75,
and Roger Medel, M.D. ’75,
M.B.A. ’89; a gift annuity
worth nearly $500,000 from
Jay Morton-Levinthal to
name the lobby at the Gus-
man Concert Hall; and a
$500,000 gift from Penny
and Roe Stamps to create
the Stamps Family Charita-
P R O G R A M H I G H L I G H T
EXPLORING JUDAISM
Established in 1998, UM’s Sue and Leonard
Miller Center for Contemporary Judaic Studies
is one of the first U.S. academic centers of its type—
a multidisciplinary, community-oriented resource
for the study and exploration of all aspects of mod-
ern Jewish society and culture.
The center, which is affiliated with the College of
Arts and Sciences, received a major gift of $5 million
from the Miller family during Momentum.
The Miller Center also received generous support
from Gloria Scharlin, A.B. ’54, who pledged $2 mil-
lion in memory of her late husband, Howard, and
donated the five striking sculptures of Hasidic rab-
bis that now grace the center’s leafy patio.
In 2005, the University’s Judaic Studies Program
was renamed for George Feldenkreis in honor of a
$2 million gift from the Cuban-born University
trustee and clothing entrepreneur. Managed by the
Miller Center, the gift enables the program to invite
visiting scholars and guest lecturers to the University
and supports a variety of enrichment programs.
Campaign support for Judaic studies at the
University totaled more than $12.6 million; among
many other generous gifts, it included $1 million
from the Gumenick Family Foundation and $500,000
from Woody Weiser and Donald Lefton.Bruce Hornsby endowed a
scholarship and program in
American music.
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ble Foundation Distin-
guished Visitors Series,
now in its fifth year.
STRENGTHENING THE STUDENT EXPERIENCECAMPAIGN TOTAL:
$9.3 million
Enhancing the student expe-
rience to ensure that the
University continues to
attract the best and brightest
was a key priority of the
Momentum campaign. A
planned Student Center
Complex comprising a stun-
ning new Student Activities
Center and a renovated
University Center is the focus
B U I L D I N G E X C E L L E N C E
MUSIC-MAKING MECCAThe 2005 opening of the Marta and Austin Weeks Music
Library and Technology Center was a milestone in the
history of the Frost School of Music. The $10 million
facility created more than 160 seats for studying and
reading and added cutting-edge technology labs and
playback equipment.
The library portion of the 28,000-square-foot facil-
ity places under one roof the school’s collection of
scores and sound recordings, as well as other holdings
that include the nationally known Larry Taylor–Billy
Matthews musical theatre archive. The adjoining 5,200-
square-foot music technology center features five state-
of-the-art computer-based laboratories, including a
music engineering lab, a multimedia instruction and
learning lab, an electronic lab, a media writing and
production lab, and two keyboard/computer labs.
of this effort, to be built with
additional philanthropic sup-
port and University funding.
UM LIBRARIESCAMPAIGN TOTAL:
$9.1 million
With extensive collections
and state-of-the-art technolo-
gies, University of Miami
Libraries are full partners in
the University’s academic,
scholarly, and teaching enter-
prises. This dynamic library
system is now ranked among
the top 50 academic research
libraries in the nation.
UM Libraries received an
anonymous campaign gift of
$1.5 million to endow its first
faculty chair: the Esperanza
Bravo de Varona Chair,
named for the current direc-
tor of the Cuban Heritage
Collection. During the cam-
paign, de Varona—who has
played a pivotal role in the
development of this premier
research resource—also
secured a striking new home
for the collection: the Roberto
C. Goizueta Pavilion.
Campaign gifts from long-
time benefactors, including
the Helen C. Purdy Founda-
tion and Friends of the
Library, funded lectures and
outreach programs, helped
to expand collections of
historic Floridiana, and
supported other exciting
acquisitions, such as a rare
16th-century volume that
became the libraries’ three
millionth book last fall.
Esperanza Bravo de Varona,
director of the University’s
Cuban Heritage Collection,
holds a $1.5 million chair
named in her honor.
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T O D A Y ’ S A C H I E V E M E N T,T O M O R R O W ’ S O P P O R T U N I T Y
A t every turn, Momentum: The Campaign
for the University of Miami has been distinguished by extraordinary levels of enthusiasm,
optimism, and energy. Thanks to an outpouring of generous support from individuals, founda-
tions, and the corporate sector, our total campaign proceeds rose to more than $1.4 billion—
a remarkable 40 percent beyond our original one-billion-dollar goal.
Dramatically increased levels of alumni participation were one of the
most gratifying aspects of Momentum. The number of ’Canes giving back to
their alma mater increased by more than 50 percent; alumni were responsi-
ble for one out of every four dollars donated to the campaign.
Already, Momentum has made a dramatic and lasting impact through-
out the University. Every dollar given during the campaign will be returned
many times over to our community through an educated workforce,
enhanced health care delivery, and civically engaged citizens.
Because every achievement holds the seeds of new ambitions and aspi-
rations, our efforts to propel the University of Miami to higher levels of excellence are a con-
tinuing quest. We will continue to raise the bar, to demand more of ourselves, to seek new
ways to expand knowledge and meet the needs of our rapidly changing world.
At this moment, however, with the triumphant close of Momentum, we celebrate our suc-
cess and honor the thousands of supporters who have made this proud milestone possible.
Again, my deepest gratitude to all of you for sharing and supporting our vision.
Sergio M. GonzalezVice President for University Advancement and External Affairs
U N I V E R S I T Y O F M I A M I
B O A R D O F T R U S T E E S A N D A D M I N I S T R A T I O N *
Marta S. Weeks 1, 2, 3, 4Chair
Leonard Abess 1, 2, 4Vice ChairChairman and Chief Executive OfficerCity National Bank of Florida
Norman Braman 1, 4Vice ChairPresident, Chairman and Chief Executive OfficerBraman Management Association
Michael I. Abrams Director, Miami Policy GroupAkerman Senterfitt
Betty G. Amos 2, 3PresidentThe Abkey Companies
Joe R. ArriolaHilarie Bass, Esq. 1Chair, National Litigation Practice GroupGreenberg Traurig, P.A.
Jon BatchelorExecutive Vice PresidentThe Batchelor Foundation
Joaquin F. BlayaNicholas A. BuonicontiAlfred R. Camner 2Chairman and Chief Executive OfficerBankUnited Financial Corporation
Paul L. CejasChairman and Chief Executive OfficerPLC Investments, Inc.
Wayne E. Chaplin 1, 2President and Chief Operating OfficerSouthern Wine & Spirits of America, Inc.
Preston J. Clark Laura G. Coulter-Jones Edward A. Dauer 1PresidentFlorida Medical Services, Inc.
Paul J. DiMare 1, 2PresidentDiMare Homestead, Inc.
Edward W. Easton Chairman and Chief Executive OfficerThe Easton Group
David L. EpsteinManaging PartnerPresidential Capital Partners
Richard D. Fain 2Chairman and Chief Executive OfficerRoyal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd.
Enrique C. Falla, Sr. 2, 3Executive Vice President (Retired)Dow Chemical Company/Guidant Corporation
George Feldenkreis 2Chairman and Chief Executive OfficerPerry Ellis International
Michael B. FernandezChairman and Chief Executive OfficerMBF Healthcare Partners, LP
David I. FuenteBoard MemberOffice Depot, Inc.
Phillip T. George 1ChairmanBrava, L.L.C.
Thelma V. A. GibsonPresidentTheodore R. Gibson Memorial Fund
Steven J. GreenManaging DirectorGreenstreet Partners
Rose Ellen GreeneBarbara Hecht HavenickPresident and CEOFlagler Greyhound TrackGeneral Partner, Hecht Properties, Ltd.
Marilyn J. Holifield, Esq.1PartnerHolland & Knight, L.L.P.
Dany Garcia Johnson 2Chief Executive OfficerJDM Partners, LLC
Randall C. Johnson 2Private Investor
Manuel Kadre, Esq.1Vice President and General CounselCC1 Companies, Inc.
Michael R. Klein, Esq.Chairman, The Sunlight Foundation Chairman, CoStar Group, Inc.
Bernard J. Kosar Jr.BJK Enterprises
Jayne Sylvester MalfitanoRobert A. MannPresidentR.A. Mann Florida
Arva Parks McCabePresidentArva Parks & Company
Roger J. Medel 1, 2, 4Chief Executive OfficerPediatrix Medical Group
Stuart A. Miller 2President, Chief Executive Officer and DirectorLennar Corporation
William L. Morrison 1President – PFS Northern Trust
Judi Prokop Newman 4
M. Lee PearcePrivate Investor
Jorge M. PerezChairmanThe Related Group
Aaron S. Podhurst 1Senior PartnerPodhurst Orseck, P.A.
Lois B. PopePresidentLeaders in Furthering Education, Inc.
Fredric G. ReynoldsExecutive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer CBS Corporation
Alex E. RodriguezMajor League Baseball PlayerNew York Yankees
Steven J. Saiontz 1Banyan Street Partners
Carlos A. Saladrigas Vice ChairmanPremier American Bank
Eduardo M. SardiñaFrank ScruggsAttorneyBerger Singerman
Laurie S. Silvers, Esq.PresidentHollywood Media Corp.
H. T. Smith Jr., Esq. 1H. T. Smith, P.A.
Steven Sonberg, Esq.Managing PartnerHolland & Knight, L.L.P.
E. Roe Stamps, IV 1, 2, 3, 4Founding Managing PartnerSummit Partners
Ronald G. Stone 2PresidentThe Comprehensive Companies
Robert C. StraussPatricia W. Toppel 1General PartnerToppel Partners
Barbara A. Weintraub
LIFE TRUSTEES
Stanley H. ArkinPresidentArkin Consulting, Inc.
Jose P. Bared Chairman (Retired)Farm Stores/Gardner’s Supermarkets
Fred Berens 2Managing Director - InvestmentsWachovia Securities
M. Anthony BurnsChairman EmeritusRyder System, Inc.
Charles E. Cobb 1, 4Senior Managing Director and
Chief Executive OfficerCobb Partners, Limited
Dean C. Colson 1, 4PartnerColson Hicks Eidson
Nicholas A. CranePresidentNucrane Corporation
Carlos M. de la Cruz Sr. 1, 4Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive OfficerCoca-Cola Puerto Rico Bottlers
Alfonso FanjulChairman and Chief Executive OfficerFlo-Sun Incorporated and
Florida Crystals Corporation
Phillip Frost 4Chairman Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services, Inc.
Florence Hecht General Partner, Flagler Greyhound Track, and Director, Southwest Florida Enterprises, Inc.
Arthur H. Hertz 2, 3Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive OfficerWometco Enterprises, Inc.
David KraslowVice President (Retired)Cox Newspapers
Archie L. Monroe 2, 3
David R. Weaver Managing Partner and ChairmanIntercap Institutional Investors LLC
Sherwood M. WeiserChairman and Chief Executive OfficerThe Continental Companies
G. Ed Williamson II 4Chairman and Chief Executive OfficerWilliamson Automotive Group
Thomas D. WoodChairman Thomas D. Wood and Company
EX OFFICIO MEMBERS
Stewart L. Appelrouth 2Immediate Past President, Citizens BoardPrincipalAppelrouth, Farah & Co., P.A.Certified Public Accountants and Advisors
Patrick K. BarronPresident-elect, Alumni AssociationFirst Vice President and Chief Operating OfficerFederal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Gregory M. Cesarano, Esq.Immediate Past President, Alumni AssociationShareholderCarlton Fields, P.A.
Steven E. Chaykin, Esq. 2President, Citizens Board Shareholder Akerman Senterfitt
Jacqueline F. Nespral President, Alumni AssociationAnchorWTVJ – NBC6
Donna E. Shalala 1, 2, 3, 4PresidentUniversity of Miami
EMERITI MEMBERS
Bernyce Adler Executive Vice ChairmanAdler Group, Inc.
Victor E. ClarkePresident and Chief Executive OfficerGables Engineering, Inc.
Gloria EstefanEstefan Enterprises, Inc.
Peter T. FaySenior United States Circuit JudgeUnited States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
Richard W. McEwenCharles E. RiceVice Chairman, Corporate DevelopmentBank of America
Marilyn SegalDean Emeritus Family and School CenterNova Southeastern University
Robert H. SimmsPresident and Chief Executive OfficerBob Simms Associates, Inc.
Peter StorerPresidentThe George B. Storer Foundation, Inc.
Gonzalo F. Valdes-FauliChairmanBroadspan Capital, L.L.C.
Frances L. WolfsonCharles J. ZwickChairman and Chief Executive Officer (Retired)Southeast Banking Corporation
CORPORATE OFFICERS
Donna E. ShalalaPresident
Thomas J. LeBlancExecutive Vice President and Provost
Joseph NatoliSenior Vice President for Business and Finance
and Chief Financial Officer
Pascal J. GoldschmidtSenior Vice President for Medical Affairs and
Dean, Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine
Bart ChernowVice President for Special Programs and Resource
Strategy, Vice Provost for TechnologyAdvancement, and Senior Executive Advisor to the Dean
Diane M. CookVice President and Treasurer
William J. DonelanVice President for Medical Administration and
Chief Operating and Strategy Officer, Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine and University of Miami Health System
Rudy FernandezVice President for Government Affairs
Alan J. FishVice President for Business Services
Sergio GonzalezVice President for University Advancement
and External Affairs
Larry D. MarbertVice President for Real Estate and Facilities
Jacqueline R. MenendezVice President for Communications
Paul M. OrehovecVice President for Enrollment Management
and Continuing Studies
M. Lewis TemaresVice President for Information Technology
Roosevelt Thomas, Jr.Vice President for Human Resources
Aileen M. UgaldeVice President, General Counsel,
and Secretary of the University
Patricia A. WhitelyVice President for Student Affairs
Aida Diaz-PiedraAssociate Vice President and Controller
Leslie Dellinger AceitunoAssistant Secretary
DEANS
Elizabeth Plater-ZyberkSchool of Architecture
Michael R. HalleranCollege of Arts and Sciences
Barbara E. KahnSchool of Business Administration
Sam L GroggSchool of Communication
Isaac PrilleltenskySchool of Education
James M. TienCollege of Engineering
Terri A. ScanduraGraduate School
Dennis O. LynchSchool of Law
William D. WalkerUniversity Libraries
Otis B. BrownRosenstiel School of Marine
and Atmospheric Science
Pascal J. GoldschmidtLeonard M. Miller School of Medicine
Shelton G. BergPhillip and Patricia Frost School of Music
Nilda P. PeragalloSchool of Nursing and Health Studies
Members of board committees authorized to conduct business and financial affairs of the University:1 Member of Executive Committee 2 Member of Finance Committee 3 Member of Audit and Compliance Committee 4 Member of Trustee Service Committee
*As of April 7, 2008