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August 19, 2004 Local business leaders provide gifts to Purdue golf, tennis, Crew ClubWEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. –Purdue President Martin C. Jischke announced Thursday (Aug. 19) that the university has received four gifts from local business leaders totaling $135,000, bringing the community portion of the Campaign for Purdue to $24 million.
The announcement was made at Purdue's new Bowen Civil Engineering Lab during a Lafayette-West Lafayette Chamber of Commerce event. Charles R. Vaughan and his wife, Tudy, made a $100,000 gift, half of which will go toward the Tom Spurgeon Golf Training Center and the remainder will go to the golf program and scholarships. Jischke also recognized Gary D. Henriott and his wife, Shelly, Lafayette, for their $15,000 gift to the Dennis J. and Mary Lou Schwartz Tennis Center. It also was announced that the Purdue Crew Club's campaign to build a new rowing complex would benefit from two gifts – each of $10,000 – from Dr. Arthur R. and Connie Euler, Lafayette, and Donald G. DeLion, West Lafayette. "All of these generous gifts will benefit the community in a significant way," Jischke said at the Chamber After Hours event. "The Vaughans and Henriotts are helping to make it possible for students and residents of Lafayette and West Lafayette to enjoy new, state-of-the art golf and tennis facilities, and the Eulers and Donald DeLion are helping our Crew Club build a facility that will improve the program and give fans a great place to watch the club compete." Charles Vaughan, Lafayette, is an attorney with the law firm of Vaughan & Vaughan, established in 1913. He is listed among the Best Trial lawyers in America and was named Indiana Trial Lawyer of the year in 1987 by the Indiana Trial Lawyers Association. Vaughan earned his undergraduate degree from Indiana University in 1953 and in 1957 earned his law degree from Valparaiso. Tudy Vaughan, also a Purdue alumna, is a 1953 graduate of home economics from what is now called the School of Consumer and Family Sciences. The Vaughans' gift to the Tom Spurgeon Golf Training Center will assist in the completion of the all-weather, 11,400-square-foot facility, which will cost an estimated $2.7 million. The center will include an undulated indoor chipping and putting area, as well as a computerized video system to help golfers improve their swings, and will provide a virtual reality introduction to courses where Purdue golfers compete. Also included will be eight heated driving bays for year-round use. The center is named in honor of Tom Spurgeon, a Purdue alumnus from Peoria, Ill., who made the lead gift of $750,000. Construction is expected to begin this fall. Gary D. Henriott, a 1972 Purdue graduate from the Krannert School of Management, is CEO of Henriott Group. The Henriott Group was established in 1963 by his father, Charles D. Henriott. Today, the Henriott Group provides services in personal insurance and financial services, risk management, commercial insurance and employee benefits. The Henriotts' $15,000 gift to the tennis center will help fund the new, 60,000-square-foot facility that will be located at the corner of Cherry Lane and McCormick Road, adjacent to the varsity soccer complex. The center will include playing courts, locker facilities, offices, a pro shop and seating areas for fans. It also will include outdoor courts that will be free and open to the public. Lead donor Dennis Schwartz, a retired banking executive from Mishawaka, Ind., pledged $3 million toward the more than $7 million facility in honor of his late wife. Construction is expected to begin in 2005. Earlier this summer, the Purdue Employees Federal Credit Union also committed gifts totaling $500,000 to Purdue Intercollegiate Athletics, benefiting both the golf and tennis centers. Arthur R. Euler, who received his bachelor's degree in biology from Purdue in 1965, is president of Euler Consulting Ltd., Lafayette. He is a physician and consultant to the pharmaceutical industry for the design of clinical trials in the evaluation of new drugs. The Eulers have both been longtime supporters of the Crew Club. DeLion, who earned his bachelor's degree in supervision from Purdue in 1983, is a team leader at Subaru of Indiana Automotive Inc. and a longtime volunteer and supporter of the club. The Purdue Crew Club, which launched a campaign to build the new boathouse, has raised $818,000 toward its $1.5 million goal. The boathouse will be located near the John T. Myers Pedestrian-Bicycle Bridge on the West Lafayette side of the Wabash River – a location that provides a straight 2,000-meter water run between the U.S. 52 Bridge and the former Brown Street Bridge. It also will provide areas for training, boat storage, repairs, docks and an observation tower to allow spectators a better view of crew events and races. The new boathouse also will offer a venue for a community rowing program. Organized in 1949, Purdue Crew is among the oldest university clubs in the United States. Members practice five days a week on the Wabash River. The 50-year-old program is a club sport, but the men's and women's teams regularly compete at the intercollegiate level. The Campaign for Purdue, announced in the fall of 2002, has raised more than $947 million to support efforts to increase student scholarships; recruit and retain faculty; fund programs, centers, and facilities; and purchase equipment. Sources: Murray Blackwelder, senior vice president for advancement, (765) 496-2144 Carolyn Gery, associate vice president for development, (765) 494-6902 Writer: Jesica E. Webb (765) 494-2079, jwebb@purdue.edu Purdue News Service: (765) 494-2096; purduenews@purdue.edu PHOTO CAPTION:
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