The Miami University Campaign - Giving Tribute Fall 2006

Fall 2006

Hodge Inaugural celebrated

In October, the Miami University community joined together to celebrate the inauguration of Miami’s 21st president, David C. Hodge.

The event began with a processional to Millett Assembly Hall. Nearly 1,000 people witnessed the event, including President Emeritus Phillip Shriver and Martha Shriver, President Emeritus James Garland and Carole Garland, and Winifred Pearson, the widow of President Emeritus Paul Pearson.

Hodge cited two leadership campaign gifts in his Inaugural Address. He discussed the impact of the recently announced $10.5 million commitment by Joyce ’57 and Roger ’57 Howe (see story on page 8) and said the Howe Center for Writing Excellence will not only benefit students, but will help faculty teach students to use writing as a learning tool.

Hodge also referred to a $5 million gift from Mike Armstrong ’61 and the Armstrong Family Foundation that is designated to improve technology and other programs on campus.

The full text of his address is at www.muohio.edu/president.

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COMMITMENT UPDATE

Gifts received between March 31, 2006, and September 30, 2006.
Several major gifts and pledges were made during the last quarter to the Miami University Campaign For Love and Honor. These commitments include:
$10.5 million from Roger ’57 and Joyce ’57 Howe for the Center for Writing Excellence.
$1.6 million from Edna Kelly as a gift-in-kind to the Miami University Art Museum
$1.1 million from the estate of Dr. John F. Mee ’30 for the
School of Business to endow a professorial chair or institute an educational program to advance the science and practice of management.
$1 million (anonymous gift) for the Men’s Ice Hockey Foundation Endowment
$1 million from Higgin Kim ’69 to endow the School of Business’s Asian Business Program. Income from the endowment will enhance the school’s Pacific Rim summer study program and semester long exchange programs with premier universities in Asia.
$460,562 as a Charitable Remainder Unitrust from Claire ’68 and Donald Fitton for use on the Miami University Hamilton campus.
$266,217 for expendable programs from the Charles E. Schell Foundation