A number of alumni and friends have made significant gifts to the college to establish endowments, which are permanent funds that support students through scholarships, fellowships, or other programs. In many cases these gifts are matched by University programs, doubling their impact. Thank you, donors!

Frederick Bentz, BArch '48, Minneapolis

A $100,000 gift, which will be matched by the University's 21st-Century Fund, will establish a fellowship to support professional degree students in architecture. Bentz, a fellow of the American Institute of Architects, received the AIA Minnesota Gold Medal in 1996. He took advantage of the provision in the Pension Protection Act of 2006, which allowed donors aged 70-years or older to realize special tax savings while making contributions to the University. This provision may continue if Congress renews the Pension Protection Act. Frederick and Ann Bentz also have a studio space in their name in Rapson Hall, and Ann has supported the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum with a gift for the Ravine Bridge.

BWBR, St. Paul

The architecture firm BWBR has established an endowment to support professional degree architecture students through a $25,000 pledge, which will be matched through the University's 21st-Century Fund. Steve Patrick, BArch '76, is CEO of BWBR and serves as AIA Minnesota president in 2008.

Stanley Moe, BArch '36, Los Angeles

Stanley added to the Moe Scholarship Fund with an $88,000 gift. The fund benefits professional degree students in architecture. Moe, a 1936 BArch grad, held leadership positions in the firm Daniel Mann Johnson and Mendenhall, and Doris Moe, who died in 2000, was a 1937 BArch grad.

Bill, BArch '61, and Elizabeth Pedersen, New York

Bill and Elizabeth have added to the fellowship endowment in their names with a $10,000 gift. Bill is a principal at Kohn, Pedersen, Fox of New York, and a trustee of the University of Minnesota Foundation.

Pickard Chilton, New Haven, Connecticut

The architecture firm Pickard Chilton has pledged an additional $80,000 to support the Design Democracy Fellowship in Architecture, bringing their overall gift for the fund to $100,000.William Chilton, MArch '80, is a principal of Pickard Chilton and is a member of the College of Design Advisory Board.

Gary Tushie, BED, BLA '77, Tushie-Montgomery, Richfield

Gary added to the Jo Tushie Fellowship in Landscape Architecture with a $25,000 gift.

Existing funds grow through new gifts

The college has received meaningful gifts, which were added to the following funds: the Girard K. Gray Fellowship in Architecture and Landscape Architecture; the Sam Druy Scholarship in Retail Merchandising; the George G. Gorbatenko, Jr., Memorial Fellowship; the Steven R. Andrews Fellowship in Landscape Architecture; the Design Democracy Fellowship; the Sandy Ritter Fellowship, and the KKE-Ron Krank Vision Award.

Estate gifts benefit students

Several alumni who passed away recently included the college in their wills.

Saul Parness, BA Arch '36

An estate gift of $68,000 will support an endowed scholarship fund to benefit architecture students. Parness, of Sacramento, California, died in November 2007.

Ruth Carter Warmington, BS Arch '29

Her estate funded a scholarship in the College of Design. In her memoirs she writes fondly of a trip to Europe and the tour of Paris led by Professor Leon Arnal. Her husband, Carl F. Warmington, also a University of Minnesota graduate, funded programs in the School of Social Work and the Carlson School of Management. Ruth, who died in 2002, and Carl, who died in 2006, lived in Bradenton, Florida.