LeaderNotes - May, 2010

President’s Message

Dear Friends and Colleagues: We have much to celebrate as we close out another academic year across our campuses.  The Foundation can be proud that our work stewarding philanthropic funds for the each of our client institutions has made the a...

Investment Performance through 4/30/10

    *Estimated; Private Investments marked as of 12/31/09   Endowment S&P 500 80/20 60/40 Latest Mo 1.2% 1.6% 1.5% 1.4% CYTD 3.6% 7.1% 6.2% 5.4% ...

Campaign Progress

Publicly Announced Campaigns Institution Announced Goal 5/31/10 Bowie 11/08 $15M   $9.2M Coppin 10/07 $15M $5.2M Frostburg 10/08 $15M $13.1M Salisbury...

Spotlight on the Board

B. Gary Dando Partner (Retired) Ernst & Young Gary Dando retired from Ernst & Young in June 2001. He had been with Ernst & Young since 1964 and he became a partner in 1976. In addition to client engagement responsibilities, Mr. Dando held pos...

Bob Bedingfield Named Recipient of Scouting Citize...

The National Capital Area Council, Boy Scouts of America (NCAC), honored USM Foundation Board member Robert Bedingfield, senior partner at Ernst & Young, with the "Citizen of the Year" award at a dinner earlier this month. Mr. Bedingfield was selecte...

Osher Foundation Grants Towson University $1 milli...

The Bernard Osher Foundation has awarded a grant of $1 million to establish an endowment to sustain the Osher Reentry Scholarship program at Towson University. Osher began its investment in reentry students at Towson University with a $50,000 grant...

Robert H. Smith School of Business to Receive $1.5...

The University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business will receive $1.5 million from the BB&T Foundation to support business ethics and leadership programs. Awarded over a 10-year period, the gift will fund new curriculum and the BB&T Collo...

Smith School Receives $1M from Kaufman Foundation ...

The University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business today announced it will receive a $1 million endowment from the Henry and Elaine Kaufman Foundation to support a fellowship in business history, in affiliation with the school's Center f...

Frostburg State University Foundation Gives Pinnac...

The Frostburg State University Foundation Inc. has honored Ken Kennedy of Frostburg with the Pinnacle Award, its highest honor, in recognition of the nearly quarter-century of expert guidance and time he has offered to the FSU Foundation. Kennedy, on...

USMF News Briefs

Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley has announced the appointment of new USM Regents. Louise Michaux Gonzales, J.D. UMCP '71, UMB '76, has previously served on the board. She is a partner and co-founder at Hylton & Gonzalez, a law firm specializing i...

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