LeaderNotes - August, 2009

Investment Performance through 7/31/2009*

*Estimated; Private Investments marked as of 3/31/09   Endowment S&P 500 80/20 60/40 Latest Mo 2.1% 7.6% 6.4% 5.2% Calendar Yr 5.1% 11.0% 9.7% 8.4% 3 Yr AA...

Campaign Progress

Publicly Announced Campaigns Institution Announced Goal 7/31/09 Bowie 11/08 $15M $8.2M Coppin 10/07 $15M $4.4M Frostburg 10/08 $15M $10.2M Salisbury ...

Message from Chancellor William E. Kirwan to the U...

Chancellor Outlines Budget Reductions With the national recession continuing to weaken Maryland's fiscal situation, the Board of Public Works today approved Governor Martin O'Malley's recommended cut of $454 million to the state's FY 2010 budget....

USM on Pace to Reach $1.7 Million Goal

$1.25B Raised at Five-Year Mark On June 30, the USM concluded the fifth year of its federated fundraising campaign having raised almost $1.25 billion toward its federated $1.7 billion goal - 73% of the campaign target. With the economy at the wo...

Spotlight on the Board

Walter R. Fatzinger, Jr. Director Chevy Chase Trust Co. Walter R. Fatzinger is a director of Chevy Chase Trust Co., where he is also chairman of the audit committee. In addition, he is a director of two publicly-traded companies. He had prev...

Ken Brody and the Junior Tennis Champions Center a...

USM Foundation Board Member and Investment Committee Chair Ken Brody was featured in the August 16, 2009, edition of the Washington Post Magazine. In the cover story, "Net Gain," the magazine spotlighted the Junior Tennis Champions Center at College...

University of Maryland College of Behavioral and S...

In May, George Zakhem, renowned internationally for his success in the field of engineering and construction, established The Lisa and George Zakhem Kahlil Gibran Chair for Values and Peace with a $1 million pledge to the University of Maryland. Est...

Two USM Institutions Recognized by CASE

Bowie State University and the University of Maryland have received the 2009 CASE (Council for Advancement and Support of Education) WealthEngine Educational Fundraising Award for Overall Improvement. The national award recognizes fundraising progra...

Staff News

USM Foundation Chief Investment Officer Michael Barry has been named one of Institutional Investor News' 2009 Rising Stars of Foundations & Endowments. Michael is being recognized by industry colleagues and the business editors of Institutional Inve...

USM News Briefs

Dr. Robert C. Gallo, UM School of Medicine professor and director of the Institute for Human Virology, was one of three recipients of the 2009 Dan David Prize. The $1 million prize was awarded to Gallo not only for his work in HIV and T-cell leukemi...

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