Purdue meets $1.5 billion Campaign for Purdue goal

William and Mary Ann Bindley

Purdue has met or exceeded goals in four out of five of the campaign's target areas: student support, faculty support, academic program support and unrestricted gifts. Fundraising for facilities is at nearly 91 percent of its goal.

"The support the university has received from alumni, faculty, staff, friends, and corporate and foundation partners during the past six years has been unprecedented for a university in Indiana," said Purdue President Martin C. Jischke. "The funds raised are making a great university even better — from improving the learning environment for students to recruiting and retaining faculty to upgrading our facilities.

"The Campaign for Purdue has been an overwhelming success, but our work is not yet over. As we head into the final months, we will work to add support toward all the campaign's priority areas. The contributions we continue to receive are making a lasting impact on the university, and this allows Purdue to do an even better job serving the state of Indiana."

The Campaign for Purdue began in 2000 and was publicly announced in 2002. It is scheduled to end June 30. The campaign is both the largest in Purdue history and the largest university campaign in Indiana.

Between July 1, 2000, and December 20, 2006, the following amounts were raised in each of the five categories:

• $211.9 million for student support, which is at 106 percent of the $200 million goal. Funds raised for student support go toward funding merit-based and need-based scholarships for recruitment and advancing diversity.

• $210.6 million for faculty support, which is at 105 percent of the $200 million goal. Faculty support funds go toward faculty training, endowed chairs and professorships, conference participation, enhancing diversity and providing other resources.

• $317.2 million for programs, which is just over 106 percent of the $300 million goal. Funds raised for programs help support experiential learning, research centers, community services, Extension programs, and partnerships between business and industry.

• $221.6 million in unrestricted funds, which is more than 111 percent of the $200 million goal. Unrestricted funds are discretionary funds that allow the university to allocate money where the need is the greatest.

• $544.8 million has been raised so far for facilities and equipment, which is 90.8 percent of the $600 million goal. In addition to improving Purdue's physical infrastructure, funds for facilities also go toward improving the infrastructure of the university's information technology system.

Among the facilities projects for which Purdue is still seeking full funding are the Wayne T. and Mary T. Hockmeyer Hall of Structural Biology, the Seng-Liang Wang Hall for the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, the Bill and Sally Hanley Hall that will house the Human Development Institute, the Niswonger Aviation Technology Building, and the Marriott Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management building.

Since 2000, fundraising has been completed for 37 facility additions and renovations. The list of projects includes:

• The Birck Nanotechnology Center

• Bindley Bioscience Center

• Gerald D. and Edna E. Mann Hall (e-Enterprise Center)

• Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship

• Discovery Learning Center

• Biomedical Engineering Building

• Neil Armstrong Hall of Engineering

• Richard and Patricia Lawson Computer Science Building

• Yue-Kong Pao Hall of Visual and Performing Arts

• Robert L. and Terry L. Bowen Laboratory for Large-Scale Civil Engineering Research

• Chao Center for Industrial Pharmacy & Contract Manufacturing

• CVS Pharmacy Practice Laboratory

• Forney Hall of Chemical Engineering

• Jerry S. Rawls Hall (School of Management)

• The Beck Agricultural Center

• The Belin Volleyball Court renovation

• The Blake Wrestling Training Center

• The Boilermaker statue

• The Class of '53 Purdue Memorial Union South Lawn

• The Class of '79 High Ropes Course

• The David C. Pfendler Hall of Agriculture

• The Ross-Ade Stadium renovation

• The Tom Spurgeon Golf Training Center

• The Dennis J. and Mary Lou Schwartz Tennis Center

• The Dick and Sandy Dauch Alumni Center

• The Fred and Mary Ford Dining Court

• Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne Music and Performing Arts Center

• Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne residence hall

• Linda and William Fleischhauer Radiation Therapy Facility

• Mackey Arena video board

• The Purdue Calumet residence hall

• The Roger B. Gatewood Wing of the Mechanical Engineering Building

• The Lambert Baseball Field renovation

• The Crew Club Boathouse facility

• The Mollenkopf Indoor Practice Football Field renovation

• The Hageman Student Achievement Center facility

• The Class of 1958-59 Gateway to the Stadium Mall

The top 12 gifts made during the Campaign for Purdue are as follows:

• $116.1 million in software — the largest corporate gift in Purdue history — from Partners for the Advancement of CAD/CAM/CAE Education (PACE), an alliance involving General Motors Corp., Sun Microsystems and EDS. PACE donated 1,205 computer-aided design, manufacturing and engineering software packages.

• More than $105 million from Lilly Endowment Inc. during the seven-year campaign. Included were gifts for Purdue's interdisciplinary research center, Discovery Park, challenge grants to increase alumni and governing board giving, challenge grants to increase the number of endowed professorships systemwide, and gifts to promote pharmacy education, outreach and research.

• $52.5 million from Indianapolis executive and Purdue alumnus William E. Bindley — Purdue's largest individual gift ever. Of that gift, $7.5 million was earmarked for construction of the Bindley Bioscience Center at Discovery Park and the remaining $45 million funded endowments for faculty chairs, student scholarships and fellowships, and academic programs.

• $30 million from Michael and Katherine (Kay) Birck for the Birck Nanotechnology Center.

• A $23.65 million gift-in-kind from EMC Corp. to provide storage capacity and storage-area network management for the university.

• $21 million in timberland to the Department of Forestry and Natural Resources from the estate of Fred van Eck, a New York financier.

• A $20 million anonymous planned gift for the School of Chemical Engineering to support biotechnology initiatives.

• $12 million from Donald and Carol Scifres for the Birck Nanotechnology Center and for an endowed professorship in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

• A $10.5 million anonymous gift to support the School of Mechanical Engineering and for unrestricted purposes.

• $10.1 million from Robert and Marilyn Forney to construct the Forney Hall of Chemical Engineering.

• $10.1 million from Jerry S. Rawls to construct a new facility named for Rawls in the Krannert School of Management.

• $10 million from the Weldon Family Foundation to name the School of Biomedical Engineering.

The Campaign for Purdue is part of an overall six-year strategic plan adopted for the university in 2001. The plan's goal is to make Purdue a preeminent university by advancing quality in all areas, including basic and applied sciences and engineering, and contributing to societal progress, especially in Indiana.

Writer: Kim Medaris, (765) 494-6998, kmedaris@purdue.edu

Sources: Murray Blackwelder, senior vice president for advancement, (765) 496-2144, mblackwelder@purdue.edu

Martin C. Jischke, (765) 494-9708

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