Dear Friends and Colleagues: Thanks to all of our Board members who attended our February meeting at UMUC. The Board meeting focused on how the Foundation and USM institutions are responding during these "interesting times." The investment commi...
LeaderNotes - March, 2009
Wednesday, March 4th, 2009
The USM is saddened to learn that Doris Patz, musician, writer, and lifelong supporter of the arts, passed away Sunday, March 8, 2009. Patz was the widow of Nathan Patz, a prominent Baltimore attorney and benefactor of the University of Maryland Sch...
Wednesday, March 4th, 2009
The University of Maryland has reported that the Great Expectations campaign reached the $600 million milestone on February 27. The fundraising total for FY09, from July 1 through the end of February, is $67.3 million. The $1 billion Great Expectat...
Wednesday, March 4th, 2009
The late Constance Spates was a nurse who went beyond the traditional limits for her profession, a mentor to young nurses, an advocate for regional health care and a truly caring individual. Now, to continue to support the concerns she fought for, he...
Wednesday, March 4th, 2009
A number of friends of long-time Maryland supporter and USM Regent Barry Gossett have stepped up to support the Gossett Family Challenge. The effort seeks to turn Gossett’s $1 million gift into a $2 million scholarship fund for students from a loca...
Wednesday, March 4th, 2009
The University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) is the Tom Joyner Foundation’s “Historically Black College/University (HBCU) of the Month” for August 2009. Established by philanthropist and morning talk show host Tom Joyner, the Foundation’s...
Wednesday, March 4th, 2009
Regent David Nevins and University of Maryland University College President Susan Aldridge were cited in The Daily Record’s third annual list of the 60 most influential Marylanders. The University of Maryland has joined a collaboration of public...
Wednesday, March 4th, 2009
Performance Analyst Kaylon McInelly, and his wife Shawna, are the proud new parents of a new baby girl, Moira, who was born on January 30. She joins sisters Grace and Liliana. Linda Bowman, assistant to Leonard Raley, just returned from Costa Ric...
Wednesday, March 4th, 2009
SAVE THE DATE Wednesday, April 22, 2009 2009 Langenberg Lecture and Award Ceremony featuring P. Uri Treisman The University of Texas at Austin followed by the USM STEM Symposium Dr. P. Uri Treisman, professor of mathematics and director of ...
