Everywhere you look on the UW-Madison campus there are examples of private support in action. Student scholarships, faculty, buildings and countless other examples.
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The Impact of Gifts - Gift Planning
The Power of Planned Giving
Gary Kramer ’67, MS’69, and his wife, Ellie, embody the spirit of lifelong generosity. From humble beginnings in Eastman, Wisconsin, Gary journeyed to UW–Madison largely because of the encouragement of his high school guidance counselor and the support of scholarships that made his college education possible. Though his academic path shifted — from chemistry to… Read more »
On the UW campus, Terry Hynes learned to lead. Now she wants to give leadership opportunities to future badgers.
Over the course of five years of graduate study, Terry Hynes learned a lot at UW–Madison, but three lessons stand out. The faculty, she said, embodied principles that make great leaders: excellence as scholars empathy as teachers compassion as human beings Hynes credits her time at the UW for launching her life in academic leadership… Read more »
’69 grads Richard and Jennifer Arndt are establishing scholarships in gratitude for their educations—and their love
They met at a UW fraternity mixer (more on that later), earned three degrees from the university, and are incredibly grateful for the affordable education that launched their careers with no debt, so there was little question whether Richard and Jennifer Arndt (both class of ’69) would make a significant gift to the University of… Read more »
Estate gift will further fund scholarship established by Sue and Don Whitaker
Sue H. and Donald R. Whitaker both earned their PhD degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and went on to distinguished careers as college professors. In gratitude they established a scholarship in the School of Education that will be further funded with a gift in their estate plan. “Our education at UW-Madison provided us with… Read more »
Dr. Julie Underwood, former dean of School of Education, makes estate gift
Education Professor Dr. Julie K. Underwood, who for a decade served as dean of the nation’s top public university School of Education, is making an estate gift to the University of Wisconsin-Madison through the UW Foundation. Dr. Underwood, who stepped down as dean last year but still teaches Educational Leadership & Policy Analysis and Educational… Read more »
Joan DeBruin ’70 funds scholarships with a trio of gifts
When her husband, Jared, passed away in 2011 after nearly 42 years of marriage, Joan Dickinson DeBruin ’70 honored him by designating the balance of their IRAs at her passing to fund University of Wisconsin-Madison scholarships in both of their names. In 2012 she established a charitable gift annuity and immediately started donating back a… Read more »
Tom and Karen Falk Give $10 Million for Scholarships, Faculty Support
Tom Falk caddied his way into higher education. Karen Falk worked behind the counter of a Rennebohm Drug Store to help her pursue her degree. In the 1970s, when they attended UW-Madison, that was enough.
Grateful Engineer Gives Back in Two Ways
It’s a good life John Bolender has lived since Boeing recruited him right off the UW campus, and that’s why he has established three charitable gift annuities with the University of Wisconsin Foundation and recently made a significant gift from the combined IRA belonging to him and his late wife, JoAnn, also a UW graduate with a degree in home economics education.
