Veritas, Vol. 48, No. 05, February 2006

              3 The Coral Gables campus landscape is on
the mend after suffering damage from last season’s storms.
4 The Frost School’s Ress Family Hospital Performance Program brings the world of music to young hearts.
5 The Department of Sociology’s Health Economics Research Group studies the costs and benefits of health care.
Volume 48 ■ Number 5 ■ February 2006	For the Faculty and Staff of the University of Miami
www.miami.edu/veritas
$ 1 Billion and counting
The goal of Momentum: The Campaign for the University of Miami will now be extended by $250 million
scholarships; attracting gifted professors, scholars, and technicians; endowing new interdisciplinary centers and institutes; and enhancing research initiatives.
TOP DONATIONS TO THE MOMENTUM CAMPAIGN
With the announcement that it has exceeded the fundraising goal of its Momentum campaign, the University of Miami joins a small group of elite universities that have reached the $1 billion club. The accomplishment comes 18 months ahead of schedule in the seven-year campaign. Momentum: The Campaign for the University of Miami seeks to accelerate progress, empower learning and discovery, and intensify the University’s impact on people in the city, across the country, and around the world. Here’s a look at the top donations to the campaign to date:
• The Leonard Miller Family: $100 million to support the Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine. •Diabetes Research Institute Foundation: $65 million to support the Diabetes Research Institute at the Miller School of Medicine. •Phillip and Patricia Frost: $33 million to name the Frost School of Music; one of the largest gifts ever to a university-based music school.
• The Buoniconti Fund to Cure Paralysis: $25 million to fund research at The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis.
• The Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation: $17.5 million to support a school-based health program, a Center for Medical Genetics, and to create Miami GeneCure Diagnostic Laboratory.
• The Reverend Marta S. Weeks and the late L. Austin Weeks: $15 million to support the Frost School of Music and for general scholarships. • Wallace H. Coulter Foundation:
$13 million to establish the Wallace H. Coulter Center for Translational Research at the Miller School of Medicine. •Papanicolaou Corps for Cancer Research: $12 million to fund cancer research.
• The Harcourt M. and Virginia W. Sylvester Foundation: $11.5 million to support the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center.
•Michael Fernandez: $10 million to name the Michael B. Fernandez Family Entrepreneurship Building at the School of Business Administration.
More than two years after it announced an ambitious fundraising campaign to accelerate its progress and empower learning and discovery throughout the institution, the University of Miami has surpassed its $ 1 billion goal ahead of schedule, recording unprecedented levels of giving from alumni and trustees alike.
With the $1 billion objective of Momentum: The Campaign for the University of Miami now reached, the institution has set its sights on a new challenge: raising an additional $250 million by the end of 2007.
“Hitting the billion-dollar mark is the best incentive to keep going,” says Dean Colson, chairman of the Board of Trustees and campaign co-chair. “The Board of Trustees understood from the beginning that success would not only be measured by the dollars raised but also by the fulfillment of specific funding priorities. Everyone should feel extremely proud of their hard work.” “When we decided to launch the Momentum campaign, we knew we had the institutional commitment and community support to reach our goal. What has been very exciting is that we have done so ahead of schedule, and our Board of Trustees plans to keep going. The Momentum campaign has truly lived up to its name,” says President Donna E. Shalala.
The total of $1,028,578,781 raised to date is from a record 104,364 donors, of which 167 have given $ 1 million or more. The campaign has generated unprecedented levels of giving from University alumni and trustees, with total contributions from alumni at $314 million, and trustees at $278 million. A total of 17 endowed chairs and 116 endowed scholarships have been established, which will have a significant and enduring impact on the recruitment of outstanding faculty.
“These gifts are really investments that will help leverage an unparalleled concentration of productivity,” says Sergio M. Gonzalez, vice president for University Advancement. “Every dollar will be returned many times over to the community through an educated workforce, enhanced health care delivery, and civically engaged citizens.”
The largest gift to the campaign to date is a $100 million gift from the family of the late Leonard M. Miller, a longtime South Florida businessman,
Board of Trustees chairman, and philanthropist. In recognition of the largest gift ever to the University of Miami, the School of Medicine was named the Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine in December 2004.
Enriching the undergraduate
Myrna Palley was an art student in the early 1970s when she fell in love with studio glass. Back then, the movement was just gathering momentum, and over the next 30 years, she and her husband, Miami lawyer Sheldon Palley, would accumulate what is considered one of the world’s finest collections of glass pieces.
Now, the University of Miami alums are giving their extensive collection a new home.
UM’s Lowe Art Museum has broken ground on a new wing that will house a 100-piece glass collection donated by the couple and valued at more than $2.5 million.
When completed, the 3,500-square-foot Sheldon and Myrna Palley Pavilion will consist of four galleries:
experience, funding research facilities, and providing faculty support are among the goals of raising the additional $250 million.
For more information on the University’s Momentum campaign, visit www.miami.edu/campaign.
three of which will house the permanent collection of glass pieces, which includes works by top artists such as Dale Chihuly, William Morris, Marvin Lipofsky, and UM’s William Carlson;
and one that will feature an annual rotating exhibition of studio arts such as ceramics, glass, wood, and fiber arts.
The wing, designed by Coral Gables architect Roney Mateu, is scheduled for Continued on page 3
Lowe breaks ground on Palley Pavilion