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“While the college is thrilled to have achieved such
success, we are continuing to look at our current needs
and developing a post-campaign case statement to share
with alumni and donors for future fundraising efforts.”
Many donrors contributed to the success of the campaign.
Some examples of the gifts that already are making an
impact in CBA are:
• A gift from Michael, ’92, and Julie Bowen, ’92, helped
establish CMU’s first real estate development program.
• Jerry, ’62, and Felicia Campbell’s gift toward an
endowed professorship will help bring greater visibility
and prestige to the college.
• Tom and Vicki Celani’s donation of more than two
dozen motorcycles, snowmobiles, and four-wheelers
gave business students a chance to market real
products, with the profits going to support a student
investment portfolio and student venture capital
business plan competition.
• The LaBelle family, including Bart, ’64, ’65, and Sarah
LaBelle, ’90, established the LaBelle Entrepreneurial
Center, which already has ranked as a top center in
the nation for entrepreneurship programs.
• Scholarships will help make college more affordable
for students thanks to gifts from James R. Cronin,’61;
Jerry, ’62, and Felicia Campbell; Ira Kreft, ’77; Lon
M., ’75, and Vicki Bohannon; Kristen L. Holt, ’94;
Rod, ’77, and Nan Crawford; Charles E., ’60, and
Gerry Y. Scribner; Robert L. James, ’85; Gene, ’82,
and Melissa McKay; Michael, ’70 and ’04, and Mary
O’Donnell; and Kirk H. Love, ’77.
• MBA faculty will have more support toward providing
a challenging and effective curriculum thanks to
faculty endowments from Richard, ’72, and Mary
Lou Hazleton, ’86, and Joan H., ’69, and Joseph E.
Rogers Jr., ’65.
• Melanie Bergeron, ’84, together with her company,
Two Men and a Truck International, created an
endowment for Phi Chi Theta, a coed professional
business and economics fraternity that provides
opportunities for students to connect and prepare for
their future careers.
• Program endowments from Caryn, ’88, and Scott
Wickens, ’89, to the finance program, and from Mark,
’91, and Michelle Szymczak, ’91, to accounting and
management information systems ensured that these
programs will maintain their reputation for offering
students high-quality academic preparation.
See a list of the capital campaign donors beginning on
page 22.
Campaign college categories Campaign goal Total raised
Student scholarships $2,800,000 $3,198,746
Programming endowment $1,000,000 $1,980,657
Faculty development $1,500,000 $918,025
Ongoing and special program support $1,500,000 $4,166,338
Total $6,800,000 $10,263,766
CBA alumnus and the New Vision of Excellence Campaign Chair Roger L. Kesseler, ’58, and ’89,
announces the total amount of $78 million raised for the university at the campaign finale in September.
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