College of Business and Economics

Dean: Michael J. Ginzberg

Development contact: Kevin O'Brien, associate vice president of University development

(302) 831-2104, [kobrien@udel.edu]

Campaign for Delaware goal: $21.1 million

Gifts and commitments as of Aug. 1: $17.9 million  

Outstanding needs:

Two programs in the College of Business and Economics that have been identified as priorities for funding support are the Center for Corporate Governance and the Center for Economic Education and Entrepreneurship. The College is seeking both operating and endowment funds for these centers and their programs.

In addition, the College is committed to the principle that access to education should not be restricted because of cost. Scholarship support allows gifted and deserving students of limited means to obtain a UD education, while providing the University and the College with the resources to compete with other excellent universities for the brightest students. A donor may establish and name an endowed scholarship with a minimum gift of $25,000.

Graduate students are important to the research mission of the College and are likely to be tomorrow's leaders in business and government. Fellowships allow the College to compete for the best graduate students from around the world. A donor may create and name a fellowship with a minimum gift of $50,000.

To attract and retain top faculty members, the College also needs support for endowed chairs in such areas as information systems, finance and entrepreneurship. A named endowed chair may be established with a gift of $1 million, and a named endowed professorship with a gift of $350,000.

Recent examples of generous donors making a difference in the College:

• Tony Goland, BE '83, and his wife, Nancy, made a commitment of $100,000 to create the Marks and Annie Goland Memorial Fund to encourage the College to promote research, support exchange of students and faculty and promote partnerships with international educational institutions in Central and Eastern Europe.
  
  
• John, BE '80, and Margaret (Pierce), AS '80, Collins have committed $75,000 to the Collins/Pierce Endowed Scholarship Fund in Business and Economics, in honor of both of their fathers. John felt a particular desire to create the scholarship, since he had attended UD on a need-based scholarship.
  
  
• James B. O'Neill, professor of economics in the College, and his wife, Jackie, made a commitment of $200,000 in honor of Prof. O'Neill's parents, to support graduate students in the Center for Economic Education and Entrepreneurship.
  
  
• A grant of $20,000 from the William T. Grant Foundation will fund research regarding the economic effects of teenage pregnancy.
  
  
• Leonard W. Quill, BE '58, '66M, and his wife, Martina, have given more than $25,000 to the Quill Family Endowed Scholarship Fund.
  
  
• William, BE '65, and Kay Reeser, CHEP '65, Iredale have given $100,000 to establish an endowed scholarship fund in memory of Walter Coppock, who encouraged Bill to attend UD and who Bill believes was instrumental in his success.