Gifts promise growth and challenge others to give
As the College of Engineering celebrates gifts during National Engineers Week this week (Feb. 20-26), it is recognizing gifts that are funding scholarships, study abroad and a variety of other key strategic thrusts throughout the college.
G. Wayne Hawk (AE '51) and his wife, Charline Hawk, of Alma, N.Y., have generously agreed to provide the School of Aeronautics and Astronautics a deferred gift of $500,000. They determined that the donation should go to whatever areas or programs within the school have the greatest need at the time it's given.
Hawk held various titles, including that of executive vice president, atMoog Inc. in East Aurora, N.Y., from 1957 to 1981. Moog designed and manufactured electro-hydraulic, electro-pneumatic and electromechanical control systems for aircraft, spacecraft, missiles, ships and ground vehicles. "During my tenure, the company grew from $5 million in annual sales to over $180 million in sales," Hawk says.
Hawk is president of the Ira G. Ross Aerospace Museum, in Buffalo, N.Y., and is on the board of directors for the Meals on Wheels Foundation in Buffalo.
Another gift being celebrated this week is an anonymous $580,000 gift to the School of Materials Engineering. The gift prompted Keith Bowman, professor of materials engineering and head of the school, to fund an endowment-matching program.
Called the MSE Endowment Challenge Match, the program allows donors to give a minimum of $12,500 for an undergraduate scholarship or study abroad endowment. Once the $12,500 is received, the school will match the donation to create a $25,000 endowment that bears the name of the donor. Gifts of above $12,500 will be matched dollar for dollar until the $150,000 allocated for the matching program is all applied.
