Major Gift Highlights

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Outright gifts of $100,000 or more given to the university in fiscal year 2002-03

Individuals: $1 million+

From the estate of Mildred S. Corder of Fairfax, Va., to fund the Herman and Mildred Corder Endowed Scholarship providing support for students in the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine.

From the estate of Martha S. Van Oss of Howard County, Md., to provide university-wide scholarship support through the Martha Van Oss Scholarship Endowment.

From an anonymous donor benefiting the Lane Stadium expansion.

Individuals: $500,000+

From Robert B. Pamplin and Robert B. Pamplin Jr. of Portland, Ore., representing a continued commitment to the Pamplin Scholars Program.

From William B. Holtzman of Edinburg, Va., for the Alumni and Conference Center Campaign.

Individuals: $250,000+

From Florence K. Roberts of Blacksburg, Va., and the Roberts family, including Dr. and Mrs. Kent Roberts of Blacksburg, Va., establishing the C.R. Roberts Endowed Professorship of Clinical Veterinary Medicine for the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine.

From the estate of Helen Mahin of Arlington, Va., funding the Dr. and Mrs. Dorsey Taylor Mahin Endowed Professorship benefiting the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine.

From Charles M. Neviaser of Jacksonville, Fla., for the River Course renovations.

Individuals: $100,000+

From the Estate of Agnes V. Shirley of Winchester, Va., in continuing support for the Agnes V. Shirley 4-H Endowed Scholarship benefiting the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.

From Richard D. and Kristen S. Bishop of Ormond Beach, Fla., in support of the College of Architecture and Urban Studies, the Alumni and Conference Center Campaign, the Lane Stadium South End Zone Expansion, and current academic operations.

From the estate of Thomas W. Hatcher of Blacksburg, Va., for the T.W. Hatcher Professorship in Mathematics and in support of Thomas W. Hatcher university-wide scholarships.

From the estate of Robert A. Belz of Athens, Tenn., benefiting university-wide scholarships.

From Ray W. Edwards and Sallie Edwards of High Point, N.C., providing for the River Course renovations.

From the Edward Cooke Trust, providing funding for the Edward Cooke Estate Scholarship Endowment.

From William E. and Ellen P. Jamerson of Appomatox, Va., to support the Alumni and Conference Center Campaign and the "Virginia and the Civil War" Book Fund.

From William C. McAllister of Richmond, Va., to provide funding for the William C. McAllister Leadership Scholars Fund in the College of Engineering, the VTCCA William C. McAllister Endowed Scholarship, and the Lane Stadium expansion.

From Suzanne P. Thornhill of Naples, Fla., representing continuing support for the Suzanne P. Thornhill Professorship in Management Science and Information Technology.

From the Estate of Hersie B. McCauley Jr. of New York, N.Y., to establish funding for the VTCCA-Hersie B. McCauley Jr. '44 Scholarship and in continuing support of the Hersie B. and Ethel G. McCauley Endowed Scholarship.

From Earl F. Myerholtz of Chagrin Falls, Ohio, benefiting the E.F. Myerholtz Industrial and Systems Engineering Scholarship and the College of Engineering Scholarship Endowment.

From the estate of William H. Groseclose of Harrisonburg, Va., to the Class of '53 Virginia Center for Civil War Studies, the VTCCA-Class of '53 Endowed Scholarship, and the VTCCA William H. Groseclose '53 Endowed Scholarship.

From Hugh T. Adams of New York, N.Y., in memory of his father, Hugh Leander Adams, in support of the McCormick Homestead.

From Wayne A. and Barbara B. Hinman of Emmaus, Pa., to establish the T.W. Hap Bonham MBA Fellowship Endowment in the College of Business.

From the Virginia B. Land Living Trust of Monterey, Calif., providing for university-wide scholarships.

From Alfred E. Knobler of New York, N.Y., benefiting the Department of Materials Engineering in the College of Engineering.

From Floyd W. Merryman Jr. and Floyd W. Merryman III of Rustburg, Va., in continuing support of the Sonny Merryman, Inc. Endowed Professorship in Business, the Alumni and Conference Center Campaign, and the Virginia Tech Athletic Fund.

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Corporations, Foundations, and Organizations: $100,000+

$1.6 million from the Via-Bradley College of Engineering Foundation of Roanoke, Va., representing continued support for the Charles E. Via Civil Engineering Endowment and the H. L. Bradley Endowment in Electrical Engineering.

$500,675 from Ansoft Corporation of Pittsburgh, Pa., a gift of equipment benefiting the College of Engineering through the Industrial Affiliate Incentive.

$500,000 from the Pamplin Foundation of Portland, Ore., to support the Pamplin Foundation MBA Endowment.

$500,000 from the Harvey W. Peters Research Center of Roanoke, Va., in continued funding for the Harvey W. Peters Research Center for the Study of Parkinson's Disease and Other Central Nervous System Disorders.

$364,400 from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation of Seattle, Wash., for continuing support for the VITAL-Gates Fund in the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences.

$300,000 from R.J. Reynolds of Winston-Salem, N.C., to provide funds for the RJRT Postdoctoral Fellowship Program in the College of Science.

$291,640 from Intel Corporation of Beaverton, Ore., a gift of equipment for networking instructional development and funding for research in the Department of Electrical Engineering.

$212,470 from National Instruments of Austin, Texas, in support of the Department of Mechanical Engineering.

$209,600 from The Watson-Brown Foundation Inc. of Thomson, Ga., to the Virginia Center for Civil War Studies in order to develop a comprehensive online index of Civil War newspapers.

$175,370 from Beckman Coulter of Fullerton, Calif., a gift of equipment to the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute.

$165,000 from Ford Global Technologies Inc. of Detroit, Mich., in support of intellectual property donations to the College of Engineering.

$136,530 from the National Wooden Pallet & Container Association of Alexandria, Va., to the Department of Wood Science and Forest Products in the College of Natural Resources.

$122,000 from the AT&T Corporation of New York, N.Y., representing continued academic support of the AT&T Scientific Visualization program in the Pamplin College of Business.

$107,170 from Sun Microsystems Inc. of Mountain View, Calif., a gift of equipment to the Computer Science Department.

$100,000 from the Bank of America Foundation Inc. of Charlotte, N.C., to provide funding for the Bank of America Professorship in Information Technology in support of the Pamplin College of Business.

$100,000 from the Helen Whitaker Fund supporting the Theatre Arts Department in the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences.

$100,000 from the Vecellio Family Foundation Inc. of Beckley, W.Va., to fund the Vecellio Leadership Scholarships and Fellowships and the Vecellio Lecture Series.

Corporate Matching Gifts $100,000+

$149,000 from the GE Foundation of Fairfield, Conn., in matching gifts supporting 50 various designations.

$119,580 from ExxonMobil Foundation of Princeton, N.J., in matching gifts supporting 32 different designations within the university.

$118,590 from Altria Group Inc. of New York, N.Y., in matching gifts supporting 22 different colleges, scholarships, and unrestricted funding within the university.

Corporate In-kind Giving $1 million+

Ford Global Technologies Inc. of Detroit, Mich., a gift of intellectual properties.

Evolvian of Alexandria, Va., a gift of software for university operations.


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