Despite a 13-inch difference in their heights

Charlotte and Jim Roberts, continued
Based on the many nice things the
Roberts have done over the years for
the MCV Campus, they ought to
be feeling pretty good. They recently
co-chaired the Campaign for VCU
on the MCV Campus, which raised
over $245 million, and were instrumental in raising funds for the new
VCU School of Nursing building.
Charlotte has been an active
member of the MCV Hospital
Auxiliary for over 20 years, giving
hundreds of hours of service to
the Three Bears Gift Shop, as well
as other Auxiliary activities that
support programs throughout the
VCU Health System. In recent
years, the Auxiliary has provided
over $100,000 annually to programs
at MCV Hospitals and Hospital
Hospitality House.
Jim, a partner in the law
firm of Troutman Sanders, serves
on the VCU Health System Board
of Directors, the MCV Foundation
Board of Trustees, and was
honorary chair of the $10 million
Next Generation Campaign for
the VCU Pauley Heart Center.
“We have been so darned
lucky,” said Jim. “One of life’s great
pleasures comes from taking part
in making other people’s lives better.
And it’s not just the lives you might
touch, but the wonderful folks you
get to work with along the way.”
One of the people Jim and
Charlotte have had the opportunity
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A. Thomas Memorial Foundation.
Mr. Thomas had established the
foundation to honor his recently
deceased wife, hoping that the
money would support improvements
in many aspects of health care.
And it did. From 1976 until
2003 when the foundation was dissolved under the terms of its charter,
trustees Jim Roberts, Charles Reed
and Thomas Carr disbursed almost
$30 million of foundation funds
to healthcare-related programs across
“Charlotte and Jim Roberts exemplify a Virginia
tradition that is a tremendous source of pride for the
Commonwealth. That is the tradition of private citizens
giving their time, talent and resources to make our
communities a better place. I am especially grateful for
Jim's support and service to the Virginia Health Care
Foundation. The Roberts’ generosity to the MCV Campus
of Virginia Commonwealth University, to education
programs and healthcare institutions throughout the
State, will benefit Virginians for generations to come.”
Mark S.Warner, U. S. Senator, Commonwealth of Virginia
to work with on behalf of various
MCV Campus fundraising efforts
is Richmond philanthropist, Charles
G. Thalhimer, who said about the
Roberts, “During one’s lifetime,
some experiences have a very special
meaning. My good fortune of
knowing and working with Charlotte
and Jim on activities to benefit our
fellow man has that special meaning
for me. Their dedication, their
caring, and their giving are a true
source of inspiration.”
Jim and Charlotte’s passion
for better healthcare in Virginia
found a powerful partner when, in
1975, Jim was asked by one of his
clients, George D. Thomas, to
serve as a trustee of the Theresa
Nonprofit
Organization
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Virginia. Almost $9 million of the
total came to the MCV Foundation,
earmarked for VCU School of
Nursing Scholarships, a nursing
professorship, the nursing school
building fund, Pauley Heart Center,
Massey Cancer Center, and several
other endowed and current funds.
Other programs and institutions
that have benefitted from Jim’s
trusteeship of the Theresa Thomas
Foundation, as well as Jim and
Charlotte’s personal philanthropy,
include the Richmond Hospital
Hospitality House, the MCV
Hospitals Auxiliary of the VCU
Health System, the Fan Free Clinic,
Central Virginia Meals on Wheels
and myriad other rescue squads,
MCV Foundation Board of Trustees
health clinics and health programs.
Jim points to SeniorNavigator,
Virginia’s online and volunteer network resource for aging and disability information, as a great example
of what private philanthropy can
set into motion. The program grew
out of the Virginia Health Care
Foundation, a public-private partnership established by the Virginia
General Assembly in 1992 and
funded in part by over $3 million in
Theresa Thomas Foundation gifts.
“The responsibility for making
Thomas Foundation grants was
a big one, especially after my fellow
trustees died and I became sole
trustee,” said Jim. “There were
so many worthy healthcare programs
and institutions that needed the
support. Still are. But I’ll tell you,
giving away money is a lot of
fun. You get a letter from a young
person thanking you for a scholarship that’s allowed her to pursue
her education, or see a nursing
school get built that you invested
in, or a new heart disease research
program started…it’s the best
feeling in the world.”
Ralph L. Anderson, DDS
Edward H. Bersoff
Erika M. Blanton, MD
Katherine C. Bobbitt, EdD
Austin Brockenbrough III
Louise Oliver Brooks
Ruth W. Campbell, MD
Thomas N. Chewning
Richard M. Clary, MD
Judith B. Collins, WHNP
William D. Covington, DDS
Charles F. Crone
Norwood H. Davis, Jr.
John C. Doswell, II, DDS (Chair)
Alice T. Goodwin
Bruce B. Gray
J. William Gray Jr., Esq.
L. Preston Hale
JoAnne K. Henry, EdD
Mark J. Hourigan
Gail W. Johnson, RN
Barry V. Kirkpatrick, MD
Lee B. Krumbein
John W. Martin
William E. Massey, Jr.
James W. McGlothlin
Dorothy A. Pauley
Rebecca T. Perdue
W. Baxter Perkinson Jr., DDS
Frederick Rahal, MD
James H. Revere, DDS
Randolph N. Reynolds, Sr.
James C. Roberts, Esq.
Bertha C. Rolfe, RPh
Ellen E. Spong
James H. Starkey III
Joseph M. Teefey
Harry R. Thalhimer
Bruce V. Thomas
Richard P. Wenzel, MD, MSc
Michelle V. Whitehurst-Cook, MD
Henry L. Wilton
Jane P. Wootton, MD
Dianne H. Wright
MCV Foundation’s Mission
is to inspire and steward
philanthropy throughout
the MCV Campus of Virginia
Commonwealth University.
Chartered in 1949, the
MCV Foundation works in
partnership with alumni
and friends of MCV Schools,
Hospitals and the Massey
Cancer Center.
We support the institution
in its quest:
To preserve and restore
health
To seek the cause and
cure of diseases
To educate those who
would serve humanity
Through your donations,
the MCV Foundation is an
integral support to the
dedicated teachers, clinicians,
researchers and students
whose efforts place the MCV
Campus among the world’s
leading academic medical
centers providing technically
superb and compassionate
care to patients.
Despite a 13-inch difference
in their heights, Charlotte and Jim
Roberts have seen eye-to-eye on most
everything over the course of their
55-year marriage, and that includes
giving to others. Their motto could
be,“If you want to feel good, do
something nice for
someone else.”
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George W. Vetrovec, MD (right) is Chairman of Division of the Cardiology, director of the Adult Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, Associate Chairman of Medicine for Clinical Affairs in
the Department of Internal Medicine, and serves on the VCU Health System Authority Board of Directors. He is internationally recognized for his contributions to his subspecialty, interventional cardiology, and it is not at all unusual to see his name on the roster of invited speakers at scientific meetings throughout the U. S. and abroad, or as author of articles in the top medical
journals. Many of Vectrovec‘s trainees have become leaders in cardiology in their own right, often citing his exceptional teaching and mentoring as a principal factor in their success.
Your Gifts at Work
To see the tangible results of personal philanthropy on the MCV Campus,
you need look no further than VCU Pauley Heart Center. In recent years, the
vision of a highly integrated, multidisciplinary, nationally recognized heart
center has become a reality. That reality came into sharp focus in July, 2009
when the U.S. News Group ranked MCV Hospitals among the 50 best hospitals in the
country in the specialties of heart and heart surgery, in its “America‘s Top Hospitals” report.
Philanthropy has played a critical role in the heart center’s rise to national prominence, and two successful campaigns within the
last decade have been key to the heart center’s status, moving from good to great, regional leader to national star.
The first campaign, launched in 2000 and co-chaired by James Roberts and Charles Thalhimer, brought in $8.25 million,
much of which was used to fully fund six endowed professorships and one endowed chair. The second, led by James Sanderlin and
honorary chair Charles Thalhimer, surpassed its $10 million goal in 2006. In recognition of the largest single donation, $5 million
from the Pauley Family Foundation, the VCU Heart Center became the VCU Pauley Heart Center, one of the few named major
heart centers in the nation.
“The impact that the philanthropic community has had on Pauley Heart Center cannot be overstated,” said George
Vetrovec, MD, chair of the Division of Cardiology. “We are where we are today, in terms of the high quality of our faculty, trainees
and nursing staff, the vitality of our research endeavor, and the depth and breadth of our clinical programs, in no small part because
of private support. It has provided the means for us to pursue
our strategic goals faster, smarter and more competitively.”
One of the greatest challenges to all academic medical
centers today is recruiting and retaining top-notch physicians
and scientists. Competition is particularly fierce for physician/scientists and clinicians that have significant extramural
funding and are likely to attract additional funding in the
future.
“Endowed professorships, attractive start-up packages,
state-of-the-art research labs—all of these things are essential
elements in the recruitment of outstanding new faculty, and to
ensure that our top investigators are not lured away. As a public
university we struggle to keep up with our private peers in terms
of faculty salaries and incentives. Pauley Heart Center is a fine
example of how charitable gifts help us even the playing field,”
said Jerome F. Strauss III, MD, PhD, dean of the School of
Medicine.
In the last two years alone, Pauley Heart Center has
added eight new faculty to its heart failure, interventional, electrophysiology and transplant programs. They include physicians
and investigators fresh out of specialty training as well as senior
faculty with established careers and international reputations.
“One of the primary factors in our ability to recruit talented junior faculty is the quality of our senior faculty,” said
Vetrovec. “Simply put, young MDs starting their careers in academic medicine aspire to working with faculty who are at the
forefront of their field, and that is what we offer.”
Vigneshwar Kasirajan, MD is Associate Professor in the Department of Surgery and Chairman
of the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery. He is Director of Heart Transplantation, HeartLung Transplantation and Mechanical Circulatory Support Services at both Pauley Heart
Center and McGuire V. A. Medical Center. Since joining the faculty in 2000, Kasirajan has
led the revitalization of VCU Medical Center’s heart transplantation program, developing it
into a regional referral center for patients with complex, and often, advanced heart disease. In
March 2006, Kasirajan and his multi-specialty team performed the first temporary total artificial heart implant on the East Coast, and subsequently have implanted 26 of the bridge-totransplant devices.
“Private gifts have helped the
heart center continue its long tradition
of innovation, providing the faculty
with the time, resources and most
promising technologies to ensure that
heart patients throughout the region
have the latest techniques and
treatments available to them.”
Dr. George W. Vetrovec
“The largest portion of the private funds supporting the
heart center comes from appreciative patients,” said Ken
Ellenbogen MD, vice chair of the Division of Cardiology. “This
is a wonderful compliment to our faculty, fellows and nursing
staff, and with the compliment comes benefits that accrue to all
of our programs. One of the most precious commodities in our
academic medical center, in fact, in all academic medical centers, is protected teaching and research time. Private support
helps us ‘buy time’ by expanding our faculty. The result is
greater opportunities for the faculty to pursue basic and clinical
research while mentoring the coming generation of physicians
and scientists.”
Kenneth A. Ellenbogen, MD (center) is Vice-Chairman of the Division of Cardiology and
also serves as Director of Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology and Pacing at VCU Medical
Center and McGuire V.A. Medical Center. His clinical and research interests encompass the
entire field of electrophysiology, with particular emphasis on developing and performing more
effective methods for ablation of atrial fibrillation. Recently, he and his team were the first in
the United States to use a new type of intracardiac ultrasound machine that produces
enhanced imaging of the heart, allowing cardiac electrophysiologists to better diagnose and
treat atrial fibrillation. Ellenbogen was named to the Hermes A. Kontos, MD Professorship
in Cardiology in 2000, the same year the fund was created by loyal MCV Supporter, Mrs.
Jeanette Lipman, and two anonymous donors.
Scholarship
with a
Role Model Bonus
David Jessee says that June 5, 2009
will forever be among the most
momentous days of his life.
That was the day he was informed
that he would be receiving the
Charles L. Boatwright, md
Scholarship for his first two years
of medical school at MCV.
“I am humbled, honored,
grateful, surprised and many
other emotions at the
same time,” wrote Jessee
to the Boatwright Scholarship
Steering Committee.
“After learning more about
Dr. Boatwright’s biography,
I can honestly say that he
is one of my new role models.
As I prepare to begin the
next four years at MCV,
I look to his life for inspiration and guidance.”
Dr. Boatwright was
indeed an inspiring and
revered physician, so much so
that a group of his admiring
patients and friends in
the Blacksburg, Virginia area
created the scholarship
in his name in 1996. The
endowment agreement reads:
“Dr. Boatwright is a 1953
graduate of the School of
Medicine at the Medical
College of Virginia, Virginia
Commonwealth University.
He has led a life dedicated
to healing and compassionate
outreach to those in need.
His patients and friends
now desire to continue his
exceptional legacy of caring
through a scholarship
which will serve to reward
and encourage these ideals
in future physician graduates
of MCV.”
The agreement stipulates
that preference is given
to a student from southwest
or rural Virginia that has
demonstrated financial need.
According to Michelle
Whitehurst-Cook, M‘79, H‘82,
associate dean for admissions
in the medical school,
David Jessee filled the bill
perfectly. In her letter of
recommendation to the
Blacksburg-based Boatwright
Scholarship Steering
Committee, she wrote:
“David is from Richlands,
Virginia and graduated from
UVA in May. He has wanted
to be a doctor since before
college and used his free time
in high school to volunteer
at the local hospital to explore
the reality of this career
choice. He loved working
with the elderly patients and
he has interest in primary
care. While he was at UVA
as a freshman he was chosen
to be an Echol's Scholar,
he worked at Madison House
organizing the volunteer
programs and was assigned
to a kindergarten class where
he worked for two hours every
Friday. He also worked in the
burn unit and post surgical
suites at the UVA hospitals.
He came to us with excellent
grades and MCATS and glowing letters of recommendation.
As a highly motivated rural
candidate, we were ecstatic
he chose VCU.”
“Each year we look forward to seeing what students
the MCV School of Medicine
is recommending for the
Boatwright Scholarship,”
said Phyllis Blevins, co-chair
of the Boatwright Steering
Committee. “This year was
no exception and we are
so pleased with our selection,
David Jessee. I am certain
Dr. Boatwright would be
equally pleased.”
“It is hard to express
what Dr. Boatwright meant
to this community,” Blevins
continued. “He was a
wonderful doctor, renowned
diagnostician, unhurried,
available whenever and
wherever he was needed,
concerned for the patient and
the patient’s family as well.
He could be confided in and
absolutely trusted by young
and old alike. Everybody
in this world should have a
Dr. Boatwright in their lives.”
Boatwright looked after
the people of Blacksburg,
Virginia for over 40 years as
a family practitioner. He died
in early 2002, a little over
five years after the Boatwright
Scholarship was established.
According to an article
in The Roanoke Times, he
considered the scholarship his
greatest honor.
“I’m a hick, I’ll admit it,”
Boatwright said in a 1997
interview. “My luck was
coming to a place I was
needed and growing up with
the town.”
David Jessee knows about
the benefits of living in a
small town. He is the sixth
generation of his family to be
born and raised in Richlands,
a town of about 5,000 nestled
in the Appalachian Mountains
of southwest Virginia. He
says he intends to return to
the area after he completes his
education in order to address
the needs of the people
of his hometown and region.
“Ours is a close-knit
community and it was a great
place to grow up. I was raised
with the idea that appreciating
your place in life isn’t about
money, but about doing
the most good for people,
and doing what you do well,”
Jessee said.
He continued that
thought in his thank you letter
to the Boatwright Steering
Committee. “For everything
I have done in my life, and
everything I plan to do, none
of it would have or will be
possible without the close
support and strength afforded
to me by my family, friends
and colleagues. I know there
are many people who
considered Dr. Boatwright
a close friend and respected
citizen and physician, and
though I never had the
privilege to meet him myself,
I would venture to say that
he considered his family and
friends his greatest personal
asset. It is through your
gratitude to him in the form
of this scholarship program
that Dr. Boatwright’s service
and memory live on. I cannot
convey adequately my
appreciation for this honor,
but I will strive to ensure that
my endeavors bring pride
to this program throughout
my medical career.”
endowed scholarships:
making a difference now and
for generations to come
More than 75 percent of the students on the MCV Campus
receive some type of financial aid to pursue their dreams
of a career in the health sciences. Each year, hundreds of
these students graduate with a debt load exceeding $100,000.
With the cost of tuition arguably one of the most difficult
issues facing today's students, a scholarship can make the
difference between having a dream and living it.
Currently, there are over 200 endowed scholarships
available to students attending the schools on the MCV
Campus. They made it possible for the MCV Foundation to
award more than $1 million in scholarships last year.
But that is not near enough. As the cost of higher
education continues to rise and state funding continues to
decline, privately funded student financial support is needed
now more than ever.
To increase that support, the MCV and VCU Alumni
Associations have launched Opportunity VCU, a campaign to
raise $50 million for student scholarships and fellowships
across all academic units.
“So many of our campus alumni and friends remember
well their own financial difficulties as they pursued their
education and then struggled to pay off their student loans,”
said Bill Kotti, MCV Foundation president. “Others look
back with extreme gratitude for scholarships that reduced the
financial burden on their families and allowed them more
postgraduate options because they were unencumbered
by debt.”
Opportunity VCU couldn’t be better named or better
timed. It is an opportunity to help deserving young people get
a great education, at a time when more and more families
are experiencing very difficult financial situations.”
A successful Opportunity VCU campaign will strengthen
the MCV Campus schools’ efforts to attract and retain
today’s most promising students – students who contribute
to the vitality of the classroom and are most likely to become
tomorrow’s preeminent medical professionals, dedicated
educators, and civic leaders.”
Following is a sampling of
Dr. Wenzel’s accomplishments and
contributions—to the department,
the university, and the field of
epidemiology:
. Founded and directed the
VCU Clinical Trials Institute and the
VCU Outcomes Research Institute.
. Served as President of MCV
Physicians, the Practice Plan of the
VCU Health System.
. Appointed Senior Associate
Dean for VCU Clinical Affairs School
of Medicine.
. Recruited the first woman,
Mary Nettleman, MD, and the first
African-American, Wally Smith, MD,
to become chairs of divisions in the
department.
. Instituted: Intern’s Morning
Report with the Chair; department
tie day; “Between Rounds,” the
department’s annual art and literary
journal; “Progress Notes,” the
department’s monthly newsletter;
and Celebration of Excellence,
the annual awards dinner.
Trustee Profile: Richard P. Wenzel, md, msc
Ask a dozen friends and colleagues
of Dr. Richard Wenzel’s to describe
him and you will get at least as
many answers. You will hear: avid
reader, excellent writer, accomplished photographer, art lover,
oenophile, gourmet, world traveler,
scientist, scholar, renowned epidemiologist, and always, superb teacher,
mentor and advisor. His broad
intellectual interests and numerous
accomplishments in both the arts
and the sciences make him a welcome member of any organization’s
leadership team, and the MCV
Foundation is no exception.
Wenzel has served on the
MCV Foundation board of trustees
since 1999, and now is in his
fourth three-year term.
“Dick Wenzel is a tremendous
asset to our board of trustees,”
said Bill Kotti, MCV Foundation
president. “His varied interests give
him a big-picture perspective on
issues, while the scientist in him
zeros right in on the details. Dick
has a way of engaging people—
individuals and groups—drawing
them out and synthesizing opinion
into viable solutions to even the
thorniest concerns. His demeanor,
approach and diplomatic skills
help keep people and projects
on a progressive trajectory.”
As president of MCV
Physicians, the Practice Plan of the
VCU Health System (2003-2008),
and chair of the Department of
Internal Medicine (1995-2009),
the largest department on the MCV
Campus, Wenzel has had plenty
of experience with the myriad
challenges faced by a large, public
academic medical center.
“Dick and I began serving
on the board of trustees at about
the same time, and I am continually
amazed at his wisdom and energy,”
said John Doswell, DDS, board
chairman. “His working knowledge
of this campus, particularly his
vast administrative experience and
his involvement with the medical
residency program, makes him
a powerful voice for the education
component of our mission. And,
despite responsibilities and a work
schedule that would bring most
people to their knees, he is a go-to
guy, always happy to do what is
needed to support the foundation
and the medical center.”
Wenzel’s contributions to
the MCV Campus, and to the field
of epidemiology, have not gone
uncelebrated by his friends and
colleagues. To honor him as
he passes the baton as chair of the
VCU Department of Internal
Medicine, an endowed professorship
is being established in his name.
The Richard P. Wenzel, MD, MSc
Professorship of Internal Medicine
will be awarded to a faculty member
dedicated to the study and practice
of Epidemiology within the
VCU School of Medicine.
The esteem in which Wenzel’s
colleagues hold him is nicely
summed up by one of his first
chief residents, Jonathan B. Perlin,
MD, PhD, Chief Medical Officer
and President, Clinical Affairs, of
HCA. He wrote, “We tend to orbit
around Dick because his warmth,
intellect and support captures
our spirits, engages our interests
and quite simply allows us to
be better people…better clinicians,
better leaders, better people. When
I feel like being tired and cranky,
I think of a very special mentor
who taught me that optimism
builds up while pessimism breaks
down, that warmth attracts and
an edge repels, that power is most
effective when shared, and that
leaders lead both by serving
and by running that race harder
and more enthusiastically than
those around them.”
. Grew Medical Grand Rounds
attendance from about 30 in 1995 to
an average of 155 today.
. Recruited two vice chairs,
five associate chairs, and 13 division
chairs; increased the faculty from
131 to 177.
. Elected to President of the
International Society of Infectious
Diseases and the Society for Healthcare
Epidemiology of America.
. Consultant to the U.S. Congress,
the National Institutes of Health,
the Centers for Disease Control, the
Pan American Health Organization,
and the World Health Organization.
. Chaired the National Research
Advisory Council for the Veterans
Administration.
. Awarded “Master” designation
by American College of Physicians.
. Founding Editor of the
journals, Infection Control and
Hospital Epidemiology and Clinical
Performance and Quality Health
Care; first Editor-at-Large of the
New England Journal of Medicine.
. Editor of three textbooks,
including Prevention and Control
of Nosocomial Infections, now
in its 4th edition.
. Published more than 700
papers and abstracts and made
hundreds of scientific presentations
worldwide.
. 2010 Maxwell Finland
Award for Scientific Achievement
from the National Foundation
for Infectious Diseases, the top
honor nationally for an Infectious
Diseases Specialist.
Navigating through the Financial Crisis
the mcv foundation investment committee,
all of whom serve on a pro bono basis,
includes:
The financial crisis that began in summer 2007
taining an even keel. Their work, and that of their
Austin Brokenbrough
and intensified in September 2008 has sent univerpredecessors, has allowed us to act strategically
Managing
Director,
Lowe
Brokenbrough
&
Co.,
Inc.
sity endowments across America reeling.
rather than react with uncertain consequences.”
Investment values have plummeted, shrinking a
Ellen Spong, new chair of the Audit and
Nancy Everett
key source of foundation revenue and reducing
Appropriations Committee, also pointed to her
President & CEO, GM Asset Management
distributions to university programs. Declines in
peer trustees, both past and present, for the ability
Steven A. Markel
philanthropic support and cuts in state budgets are
to avoid going into a reactionary mode. Spong has
Vice Chairman and Director, Markel Corporation
having serious repercussions, forcing university
served on the MCV Foundation Board of Trustees
Louis
W.
Moelchert,
Jr.
foundations to trim operating budgets, with serisince 2002.
Managing Partner and Co-Founder, Private Advisors, LLC
ous long-term implications.
“While many university endowments have
“This has been the greatest financial test of
had to reduce payout amounts, we have not,” said
Erwin H. Will, Jr.
Chief Investment Officer (Retired), Virginia Retirement System
our lifetime,” said Austin Brockenbrough, III,
Spong. “The foundation’s prudent management of
chair of the MCV Foundation Board of Trustees
both sides of the balance sheet has served us well,
Investment Committee. “Fortunately, we came
so even in extraordinary years—very robust or very
through relatively well, with an FY 2008-09 investweak like this past one—we have not had to deviment return of -17.9 percent. I realize that any
ate from our payout formula.”
negative return is unwelcome, but thanks to a pruA payout is how much of the endowment a
dent asset allocation and a very liquid portfolio, we
foundation uses to support the university it serves,
fared far better than many of our peer institutions.”
and is calculated based on a fund spending or pay“We have a seasoned investment committee
out policy. The MCV Foundation’s spending policomprised of professionals that have experienced
cy is determined by a formula that factors in the
many different economic climates,” said
previous year’s spending amount, the Higher
Brokenbrough. “All are successful investors with
Education Price Index (HEPI), and a percentage of
great track records. Each brings a slightly different
the trailing three-year average market value of the
perspective to the committee deliberations; togethendowment investment pool.
er their depth and breath of expertise is exception“The aim of our formula is to smooth the
Austin
Brokenbrough,
Managing
Director
al. But just as important, they understand the
effect of market fluctuations so that the schools
Lowe Brokenbrough & Co., Inc.
financial stability that a university requires from its
have a dependable source of revenue to support
endowment in order to fulfill its
their programs now, and can make good budget decisions going forward,” said
long-term mission.”
Spong.
Management of university
“There is nothing like a crisis to measure the mettle of an organization, and
endowments differs from priwe had that opportunity last September,” said Lee Krumbein, MCV
vate investment management in
Foundation Board of Trustees’ treasurer. “As the markets were melting down
two important ways. First, as a
and the possible outcomes became more uncertain, we decided that it would be
tax-exempt organization, a uniwise to take precautionary action to protect the foundation’s significant cash
versity endowment makes
assets. In a matter of hours we were able to reach a consensus on the plan, asseminvestment decisions without
ble a team to carry it out, and move the assets from money market accounts to
regard to taxes, and second, the
ultra-safe T-bills. As it turns
endowment has an infinite time
out, the cash would have been
horizon.
okay where it was, but our
“Stability of the investthinking is that we should
ment portfolio is our upmost
always be very, very safe with
Ellen Spong, Managing Director
concern,” said Brokenbrough.
our cash, following the order of
SunTrust Foundations & Endowments Specialty Practice “We must be able to meet the
protection and preservation
funding requirements of current programs and grow the endowment long term
first, meeting liquidity objecto meet the future needs and obligations. Asset allocation and manager selection
tives next, and then yield.”
are the investment committee’s primary responsibilities. The greatest challenge
“Our trustees are doing an
is always balancing risk and reward and providing appropriate diversification
exceptional job of creating the
and liquidity.”
future for the MCV Campus,
“The MCV Foundation’s endowment has weathered some pretty signifijust as their predecessors did,”
cant financial storms over the course of its 60-year history, but nothing compasaid Kotti. “Despite the finanrable to this recent one,” said Bill Kotti, president of the MCV Foundation.
cial crisis and a still-ailing econ- Lee Krumbein, President, HomeGalleryStores.com
“Fortunately, we have an incredibly knowledgeable, committed Board of
omy, we have a healthy foundation positioned for even greater philanthropic
Trustees that is capable of navigating through the roughest waters while mainsuccess.”
The MCV Foundation celebrated its 60th year in 2009, and what a memorable year it was.
The gloom of the recession was no match for the vitality of the MCV Campus. In fact, the
accomplishments of our schools and medical center, the exciting changes within the
Foundation itself, and the continuing support of our MCV Campus benefactors shined even
brighter against the somber economic backdrop.
Our cover story couple, Charlotte and Jim Roberts, light up every room they enter
with warmth and wisdom, kindness and generosity. They have been making the MCV
Campus a better place for a very long time, and we are very grateful to them.
Dr. Richard Wenzel, our featured trustee, is an international star in the field of epiJohn C. Doswell, II, DDS
demiology, a revered teacher, mentor and campus leader. Yet with all of the demands on his
time, he serves on our Board of Trustees with dedication and enthusiasm. Thank you, Dr. Wenzel.
The Pauley Heart Center is a great source of pride for our campus, our university and our state, and is a testament to
the power of private philanthropy. To everyone who has contributed to the heart center over the years we say, “Look at all you
have helped to create!”
Increasing privately funded scholarships is a top priority of the MCV Foundation, and it’s easy to see why when you
read the story about School of Medicine scholarship student David Jessee. This outstanding young man was accepted at every
medical school to which he applied, but the Boatwright Scholarship tipped the scale in our favor. Scholarships do indeed attract
the best and the brightest.
There are additional scholarship stories on our new web site, due for launch in early 2010. We hope you will visit the
site soon and often for all the latest MCV Foundation news, planned giving information, convenient, secure online giving, and
much more.
As you can see from the table and graphs below, we are including the MCV Foundation‘s 2008-2009 condensed financial information in this issue of the Chronicle. You may obtain the complete financial statements by contacting the MCV
Foundation.
Our 2009 fiscal year was a period marked by the effects of the weak economy. While we did not come through it
unscathed, our year-end numbers would have been considerably worse was it not for the exceptional fiduciary oversight of our
trustees, both past and present. For more information on how the foundation coped with the year‘s economic challenges, please
read “Navigating through the Financial Crisis” on the preceding page.
Medical College of Virginia Foundation
Assets
Statement of Financial Position
Operating pooled investments
Cash and cash equivalents
Long-term investments
For the year ended June 30, 2009
Endowment assets totaled $191.4 million, a decrease of -19.6 percent after program
payout distributions. This was due primarily to a -17.99 percent decrease in our investment
return. That compares to the S&P Composite Index return for the same period of -26.2 percent. Our three-year, five-year and ten-year average investment returns were -2.1 percent, 2.6
percent, and 2.32 percent, respectively.
Total MCV Foundation assets decreased from $380.2 million to $337.7 million. The
decrease was a result primarily of a decrease in investments and payments received on pledges
receivable. We recognized $26.2 million in contributions for the fiscal year, of which approximately $14.4 million were new pledges. Total cash received during the year totaled $30.6
William P. Kotti, PhD
million.
Our total disbursements were $31.6 million, which includes $1.9 million of supporting services expenses and $29.7 million supporting student scholarships, faculty chairs and professorships, academic and research programs, equipment and patient
care initiatives on the MCV Campus.
As our fiscal year came to a close, so did the tenures of several of our longtime trustees Wyatt Beazley, MD, Russ Evett,
MD, Marshall Gayheart, and Lou Harris, PhD. In recognition of their outstanding leadership and unwavering support, they
have been designated Lifetime Honorary Trustees. Thank you, gentlemen, for your past involvement and for your guidance and
wise counsel moving forward. We also add a special thank you to Lee Martin, Jr. for his dedicated service, especially as our
Treasurer for a number of years.
We also had the honor of presenting the W. Robert Irby, MD Award for Philanthropic Leadership to Walter Lawrence,
Jr., MD; the Michael B. Dowdy Award for Volunteer Philanthropy to Charles G. Thalhimer; and the Dr. Eugene P. Trani Award
for MCV Campus Leadership to Dr. Eugene and Lois Trani.
Nine new trustees have been elected to our board. Edward Bersoff, PhD, Louise Oliver Brooks, Thomas Chewning,
Norwood Davis, Jr., Mark Hourigan, Rebecca Perdue, Harry Thalhimer, Bruce Thomas, and Dianne Wright bring additional
expertise to our diverse group of talented volunteer leaders.
We have a superb team in place to take on the challenges ahead, we have friends and alumni with a passion for advancing the MCV Campus‘ legacy of excellence, and we have an administration with big goals and the determination to reach them.
It is a great time to be part of the MCV Campus of Virginia Commonwealth University.
Thank you for everything you have done and everything you will do.
John C. Doswell, II, DDS
Chairman of the Board, MCV Foundation
$
William P. Kotti, PhD
22,405
107,218
President, MCV Foundation
Amounts in thousands
Total operating pooled investments
129,623
Managed portfolio pooled investments
191,452
Agency assets
4,575
Other assets
Total Assets
12,302
$
337,952
Total Assets
Program Disbursements
In millions
In millions
This is a condensed version of the financial
statements submitted to the MCV Foundation.
Our independent auditor has issued its
unqualified opinion on the complete financial
statements, which can be obtained by writing
or calling the MCV Foundation office.
$26.2
$24.7
$
Total liabilities
11,670
445
4,575
4.7%
16.4%
18.8%
31.3%
28.8%
16,690
Net Assets
Donor restricted
Temporarily
Permanently
Unrestricted
Board designated
Other
07
179,940
128,401
18,640
(5,719)
Total net assets
Total Liabilities and Net Assets
Disbursements by Program
$29.7
$380.2
$359.9
$341.1
Liabilities and Net Assets
Liabilities
Debt service obligation
Accounts payable
Due to MCV Alumni Association
Due to Hospital Hospitality House
Agency liabilities
Cash Contributions by Source
321,262
$
337,952
08
09
07
08
09
Alumni
Friends and Grateful Patients
Corporations
Foundations
Organizations
9.1%
82.8%
5.5%
1.3%
.5%
.9%
Faculty salaries and support
Education, research and general
Scholarships and awards
Purchase of equipment for MCV
Indigent patient care
Other program services
The MCV Society is comprised of individuals who share a vision of excellence for the MCV Campus of Virginia
Ways to Give
A Lasting Legacy
There are a variety of charitable giving methods donors use to support the
VCU Schools of Allied Health Professions, Dentistry, Medicine, Nursing
and Pharmacy, as well as the MCV Hospitals and the Massey Cancer Center.
Some gift types provide tax-wise benefits of which you may not be aware.
Here are some frequently asked questions with brief answers. If you would
like more information, the MCV Foundation welcomes your call.
There is no more enduring way to honor the memory of a loved one or the
compassionate care of a healthcare provider, or to permanently link your own
name with a campus school or program than through a named gift.
Naming opportunities are available throughout the campus for everything
from physical facilities to new technology, research funding to new program
development. Endowed funds supporting students and faculty are our most
popular named gift option.
What types of gifts can I give and how will they be used?
Scholarships help campus schools attract the brightest, most meritorious
There are three main categories:
Unrestricted Funds Allow for funds to be directed to areas of
pressing need.
students and prepare them for careers in the health sciences. Endowed scholarships are created with a minimum $10,000 gift. The principal is invested,
and the interest is used each year for student support. These named, endowed
scholarships last in perpetuity.
Restricted Funds Designated for a specific program of the donor’s
personal interest.
Named Endowed Funds A minimum contribution of $10,000*
made through a lifetime gift or bequest establishes an endowed fund, which
can be named for a person of the donor’s choice.
What assets can I give?
Partial scholarship
Tuition and fees scholarship
Full scholarship**
Graduate fellowship
Full out-of-state scholarship ***
Fund minimum*
$ 10,000
$100,000
$200,000
$200,000
$400,000
**covers in-state tuition, fees, room and board, and provides additional funding for books.
*** covers out-of-state tuition, fees, room and board, and provides additional funding for books.
The three most popular gift assets are:
Cash A gift of cash is the simplest and most immediate way to give.
Cash gifts may be pledged over a multi-year period for fulfilling larger
commitments. Cash gifts are fully deductible up to 50 percent of the donor’s
gross income.
Appreciated Securities A gift of long-term appreciated securities
is exempt from capital gains taxes. Appreciated stock gifts are deductible
up to 30 percent of the donor’s adjusted gross income.
Real Estate In some cases, property can be given outright, and the
donor receives a charitable income tax deduction equal to the property’s fair
market value.
What are life-income gifts?
Here are three examples of gifts that provide lifetime income and future
project support:
Charitable Gift Annuities Gift Annuities provide a fixed rate of
return to one or two annuitants. Older donors receive higher rates.
Deferred Charitable Gift Annuities An excellent supplemental
retirement fund vehicle, payments are deferred to some future date with the
payout rate determined by the deferral period and the age of the donor at
the time payments begin.
Charitable Remainder Trusts A personalized trust in which the
donor selects the payout rate (unitrust) or fixed annuity (annuity trust) to
receive during the trust’s duration. Because they can require involvement of an
administrator and/or money manager, trusts are generally more cost effective
at levels of $250,000 or more.
Endowed lectureships, professorships and chairs strengthen the
MCV schools’ efforts to recruit and retain today’s most gifted teachers and
scholars. The fund principal is invested, and the interest is used each year for
faculty support. These named, endowed funds last in perpetuity.
Lectureship
Professorship
Distinguished Professorship
Chair
Fund minimum*
$ 100,000
$ 250,000
$ 500,000
$1,000,000
*Minimum endowment amounts are set by the VCU Board of Visitors and are subject to change.
Please consult the MCV Foundation development staff for the current amounts.
Limited-Time Giving Opportunity
Recently extended legislation may enable you to make charitable gifts
using tax-free withdrawals from your IRAs. Here are some highlights of this
opportunity, which is available only through December 31, 2009:
If you are 70 1⁄2 or older, you may transfer up to $100,000 per year
tax-free from an IRA to charity
The charitable distribution counts toward your Minimum Required
Distribution requirements
The charitable distribution will not limit any other charitable giving you
may have planned
The IRA distribution will not cause more of your Social Security income
to be taxable
What other ways can I give?
Bequests are a great choice For many donors, a gift made through
their will is the best way to make a substantial contribution. Donors can leave
a percentage of their estate or a specific dollar amount. A bequest can reduce
or eliminate federal estate taxes without depleting current assets.
Because the distribution generates neither taxable income nor a tax
deduction, even non-itemizers can benefit
As always, we recommend you seek the advice of your tax and/or legal counsel
before deciding on a course of action.
For more information on any of these topics
please call Bill Kotti at 804-828-9734 or 800-628-7799, ext. 2
or your campus development officer.
www.mcvfoundation.org
Commonwealth University. Through their thoughtful consideration, society members are helping to advance superior patient care, medical education and research. The MCV Foundation created the Society to recognize and extend
gratitude to those who have made estate plans in support of any of the MCV Campus schools, centers or hospitals.
The Society now has more than 250 living members.
Dr. and Mrs. Donald J. Abraham
Mr. Henry W. Addington, P‘51
Ms. Jenni Aerni, N‘73
Dr. William H. Allison, D‘57
Dr. Alden S. Anderson, Jr., D‘54
Dr. Bruce A. Baber, M‘57
Mr. Theodore C. Babinsky
Dr. Betsy A. Bampton, N‘60, N‘80
Dr. Robert Barrell* and Dr. Lorna Mill Barrell
Mr. Stephen L. Barrett, P‘77
Dr. Richard N. Baylor M‘46
Dr. and Mrs. Wyatt S. Beazley III, M‘61
Mr. Richard H. Beckham
Dr. Calvin L. Belkov, D‘57
Mrs. Helen S. Birch, N‘47
Dr. Wilsie S. Bishop, N‘70, N‘78
Dr. Erika M. Blanton
Dr. Katherine C. Bobbitt, N‘56
Miss Martha C. Booker, N‘67
Mrs. Kay K. Borden, N‘68
Dr. Helen H. Bosse, M‘50
Dr. Robert R. Bowen, M‘56
Dr. C. Paul Boyan* and Mrs. Helga Boyan
Dr. Edmund G. Brodie, D‘43
Dr. Barbara S. Brown, N‘70, AHP‘87
Dr. and Mrs. Peter W. Brown
Mrs. Nancy R. Bullock, N‘67
Dr. Charles D. Burch III, M‘54
Mrs. Bronwyn McDaniels Burnham, P‘89
Dr. Richard P. Burruss, Jr., M‘83
Dr. Joseph V. Califano, D‘84
Dr. Ruth W. Campbell, M‘57
Dr. Elizabeth R. Carmichael, M‘57
Ms. Anne G. Carpenter
Dr. Catherine S. Casey, M‘74
Dr. and Mrs. E. Todd Clark, D‘48
Mr. John L. Clark
Mrs. Bernardine A. Clarke, N‘75
Dr. and Mrs. Richard M. Clary, M‘74
Mrs. Polly Cole
Dr. Waverly M. Cole, M‘54*
Dr. Toni Marie Collado, D‘86
Dr. William A. Cook, Jr., M‘51*
Dr. John L. Corey, D‘58
Mrs. Dorothy Nance Coval Martial Trust
Ms. Maleda Tate Cox, N‘61
Mr. and Mrs. Walter W. Craigie
Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Crone
Dr. Beauty and Mr. George Crummette, N‘58
Dr. G. Curtis Dailey
Mr. and Mrs. Norwood H. Davis, Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. Rufus Marion DeHart, Jr., M‘65
Dr. Walter H. Dickey, Sr., D‘44*
Dr. John C. Doswell II, D‘79
Mr. Michael B. Dowdy
Dr. William L. Driskill, Jr., M‘54
Dr. David E. M. Drucker
Dr. George Drucker
Ms. Barbara H. Dunn, N‘70
Ms. Joan E. Eanes, N‘44
Dr. William J. Ellis, M‘29* and Mrs. Norma Ellis
Mr. Carl F. Emswiller, Jr., P‘62
Dr. Russell D. Evett, M‘57
Dr. E. Raymond, M‘30* and Mrs. Ann M. Fenton
Dr. Albert A., M‘58 and Mrs. Virginia M. Fratrick, N‘47
Dr. Arthur B. Frazier, M‘55
Dr. William N. Friedman, D‘62
Dr. David F. Gardner
Dr. Eleanor, N‘60, N‘96 and Mr. Roy Garrett, P‘59
Dr. and Mrs. Frederick T. Given, Jr., M‘53
Dr. Robert Goldschmidt
Mr. Donald S. Good, AHP‘64
Dr. John A. Goodno, Jr., M‘55
Dr. T. Winston, M‘54 and Mrs. Eleanor L. Gouldin, N‘53
Dr. Lazar J. Greenfield
Mrs. Dianne H. Griffith, N‘79
Dr. Walter L. Grubb, Jr., M‘61
Mr. and Ms. Joseph Hackett
Dr. William J. Hagood, Jr., M‘43*
Dr. Robert F. Harman, D‘60
Mr. Leonard and Mrs. Hazel W. Harris, N‘45
Dr. and Mrs. Louis S. Harris
Dr. and Mrs. Robert D. Harris, M‘70
Mrs. Sharolyn B. Heatwole, N‘70
Prof. Virginia E. Hench
Dr. JoAnne K. Henry
Dr. Ernest C. Hermann, M‘53
Dr. Roger Lew Hiatt
Mr. Laurance H. Higgins* and Mrs. Jane C. Higgins
Dr. and Mrs. Douglass O. Hill, Sr., M‘47
Dr. and Mrs. Gary S. Hoffman, M‘71
Dr. Randolph H. Hoge* and Ms. Irene Elks Hoge
Dr. William E. Holland, M‘62
Mrs. Margaret A. Hukill, AHP‘49, AHP‘57
Mrs. Phyllis A. Hussey
Mrs. Adah S. Jaffer
Mrs. Gail W. Johnson, N‘67, N‘76
Ms. Cynia A. Katsorelos, N‘58
Mrs. Janice E. Keitz, N‘80, N‘99
Dr. Harold W. Kimmerling, M‘53* and
Ms. Martha McCarty Kimmerling
Mr. and Mrs. Philip W. Klaus, Sr.*
Dr. Joseph B. Kohen, Jr., M‘55
Ms. Kathleen Sue Kwentus, N‘86
Mrs. Carole A. Lainof, N‘67
Rev. Robert B. Lantz, AHP‘64*
Dr. Bruce E. Large, P‘57
Mr. Edson Pederson and Ms. Sharon Larkins-Pederson
Ms. Ruth M. Latimer, AHP‘52
Dr. and Mrs. Walter Lawrence, Jr.
Dr. H. M. Lee
Dr. Jeffrey Levin, D‘68
Dr. and Mrs. Edward L. Lilly, M‘68
Mrs. Patricia L. Lindsay, N‘68
Dr. David L. Litchfield, M‘58
Dr. William Bruce Lundeen, M‘55
Ms. Laura G. Majeskey, N‘87
Mr. and Mrs. Steven A. Markel
Dr. N. Rudolph Mauney, Jr., M‘72
Mr. Harold E. Maurer
Dr. Nancy L. McCain
Dr. William H. McCall, M‘38*and Mrs. William H. McCall
Dr. Howard M. McCue, Jr., M‘41 and
Dr. Carolyn Moore McCue, M‘41*
Dr. Benson McCutcheon, Jr., M‘52
Ms. Susan McMakin
Dr. Francis H. McMullan, M‘51 and
Mrs. Claire McMullan, AHP‘43
Dr. and Mrs. Michael O. McMunn, D‘77
Dr. Patricia R. McQuade Koors, M‘71
Dr. and Mrs. James H. Meador-Woodruff, M‘84
Dr. and Mrs. Austin I. Mehrhof
Dr. Richard A. Michaux, M‘37*and Mrs. Julia Gray Michaux
Drs. Roberta L. and Charles D. Miller
Dr. Cyril R. Mirmelstein, D'42* and
Mrs. Evelyn F. Mirmelstein
Mr. Roy A. Moon, P‘50 and Mrs. Gladys DeWitt Moon*
Dr. W. Donald Moore, M‘44* and Mrs. Anne Tucker Moore
Dr. French H. Moore, Jr., D‘60
Dr. Steven C. Moreland
Dr. and Mrs. Perry D. Mowbray, Jr., D‘71
Ms. Elizabeth A. Moyer, AHP‘71
Dr. Mary A. Mrdeza, M‘82
Dr. Orhan Muren and Mrs. Helga Muren*
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin A. Myrick, P‘50
Dr. and Mrs. Walter E. Nance
Dr. James P. Neifeld, M‘72
Dr. and Mrs. William E. Newby, M‘51*
Mrs. Lorene H. Newman, N‘49
Ms. Debbi Nierenberg
Dr. Alva N. Osteen, D‘65
Mr. John L. Patterson
Dr. Karl E. Peace, M‘76
Dr. Donald F. Perkins, M‘65
Dr. and Mrs. W. Baxter Perkinson, D‘70
Dr. John F. Philips, D‘69
Mrs. Margaret S. Phillips
Mr. Ronald W. Phillips
Mr. Adam S. Plotikin
Dr. Michael J. Pollak, M‘68
The Honorable and Mrs. Edward A. Powell, Jr.
Dr. Julie A. Prazich, M‘72
Ms. Judith Price, N‘85
Dr. Preston P. Purdum III, M‘84
Dr. and Mrs. Richard C. Rashid, M‘62
Dr. James H. Revere, Jr., D‘65
Dr. J. Marvin Reynolds, D‘51
Dr. Louise W. Robertson, M‘60
Mr. Richard T. Robertson
Mr. Roger A., AHP‘77, AHP‘87 and
Mrs. Donna L. Robertson, AHP‘77
Mr. Norman Rolfe* and Mrs. Bertha C. Rolfe, P‘47
Mr. Donald, AHP‘73 and Dr. Michele Romano, M‘84
Dr. Stephen J., M‘95 and Mrs. Leslie A. Ronan, P‘94
Mrs. Bonnie F. Ruch, P‘94
Ms. Vickie L. Ruch, N‘75
Dr. Leroy S. Safian, M‘43
Dr. and Mrs. C. Lester Salmon, Jr., M‘43
Dr. Lisa Marie Samaha, D‘82
Dr. J. C. Moller Sanford, M‘53
Mr. and Mrs. Julian D. Sanger
Dr. Mohamadi A. Sarkar, P‘90
Mr. Alvin J. Schalow, Jr., P‘61
Dr. S. Larry Schlesinger, M‘71
Drs. Edith and Hugo Seibel
Dr. Peder M. Shea, M‘74
Mr. Nelson L. Showalter, P‘67
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Singleton
Ms. Ann Steigleder, N‘48
Mr. Harry Stein
Dr. John D. Stephens, D‘51
Mr. Henry F. Stern
Dr. Carol W. Stevens, D‘86
Ms. V. Patricia Story
The Honorable and Mrs. Walter A. Stosch
Dr. Thomas P. Stratford, M‘53
Mrs. Evalyn W. Strause*
Mr. Thomas Tabb*
Dr. Clarence W., M‘55 and Mrs. Ora Lee F. Taylor, N‘53
Mr. Joseph Teefey and Ms. Judy Collins, N‘75
Mr. Charles G. Thalhimer
Ms. Emily M. B. Thomas, N‘76, N‘78
Mrs. Dorothy Knowles Thomson, N‘34
Dr. and Mrs. Eugene P. Trani
Mrs. June H. Turnage, N‘59, N‘71
Mrs. Ernestine G. Turner, N‘57
Dr. Richard J. Unger, M‘81
Dr. Michael P. Vaughn, M‘84, M‘87
The Honorable Carolyn C. Wake
Mrs. Shirley Van Epps Waple
Mrs. Barbara F. White
Dr. Eugene V., P‘50 and Mrs. Laura White, N‘48
Dr. and Mrs. James L. White, M‘62
Dr. Kenneth R. White, N‘96, AHP‘96
Dr. Claiborne G. Whitworth III, M‘55* and
Mrs. Martha B. Whitworth
Dr. Vivian M. Wilkerson, M‘58
Dr. Lucien S. Wilkins, M‘67 and Ms. Freda Barry Hartness
Mr. and Mrs. E. Carlton Wilton
Dr. Robert B. Woodhull, M‘36* and
Mrs. Harriet A. Woodhull
Dr. and Mrs. Lauren A. Woods
Mr. and Mrs. C. Kenneth Wright
Dr. Reuben B. Young, P‘53, M‘57
*Deceased during 2008-09
79 Members have asked to remain anonymous