A l u m n i M a g a z i n e - Duke University's Fuqua School of Business

F.M. Kirby made a generous gift
of $1.1 million to The Fuqua School of
Business to be combined with an earlier
gift to establish a research professorship
and to provide support for the
Student Center building project. In
addition, $25,000 will be designated to
the Annual Fund.
Michael R. Hemmerich ’94,
Alumni Council member, and his wife,
Cynthia (pictured above with Dean
Adams), pledged $125,000 of which
$25,000 was designated for the
Annual Fund, and $100,000 will be
used to establish the Karl and Nancy
Hemmerich Fellowship Endowment
Fund in honor of his parents. The
Hemmerich’s were presented with a
bronze eagle at Fuqua’s November
Board of Visitors meeting in recognition
of their membership into the Isle
Maligne Society at the Centurion level.
K. Robert Draughon ’85, made a
$100,000 leadership gift in his reunion
year to establish the Donald R.
Draughon Scholarship Endowment
Fund in honor of his father. The
Scholarship will provide support for
students at Fuqua, with a preference
given to students from North Carolina.
He also committed $25,000 to the
Annual Fund. At the fall Board of
Visitors meeting, Draughon (pictured
below with his father and Dean
Adams) received a bronze eagle in
recognition of his Centurion-level gift
to the school. He chose, however, to
have the framed certificate of his
scholarship and the Duke Sower,
which is presented by Duke University
to donors giving $100,000 or more,
presented to his father who was also
present at the ceremony.
Alan Garrett Snook ’81 and
Board of Visitors member, funded the
Duke Start-Up Challenge Fund with a
$50,000 gift. The Duke Start-Up
Challenge is a business plan competition
open to all Duke University students.
Textron, Inc. pledged $500,000 to
establish the Textron Scholarship
Endowment Fund to provide support
to students at Fuqua.
General Motors Corporation
provided $120,000 to fund four twoyear
scholarships to support graduate
students at Fuqua. G. Richard
Wagoner Jr., president and CEO of
General Motors, also serves as the
chairman of Fuqua’s Board of Visitors.
UPDATE: Isle Maligne Society
Isle Maligne Society participation grew
by almost 10 percent in 1999-2000
and is now at a total of 438 members.
The Isle Maligne Society is our leadership
gift club for Fuqua alumni and
friends who give $1,000 or more
annually to the school. Co-chairs for
this year are: Peter Heist ‘85, executive
vice president, Masonite, a division
of International Paper; Own May
‘83, chairman, May Davis Group; and
Elizabeth Nicholson ‘78, financial
advisor, American Express.
“The 1,000 Giving $1,000 Challenge”
Do you think 1,000 of Fuqua’s 8,500
alumni can give back $1,000 each
annually to support the school? An
anonymous donor does. Therefore, the
Development and Alumni Relations
Department announces “The 1,000
Giving $1,000 Challenge.” An anonymous
donor has issued a $250,000
challenge to all alumni that will match
any new or increased gift to the Isle
Maligne Society. An increase in membership
and donations to the Isle
Maligne Society will help Fuqua
achieve some major goals in the areas
of faculty recruitment and retention,
increasing scholarships, improving
information technology and strengthening
the alumni network. You will
learn more about the challenge in the
Annual Fund phonathons and mailings.
To make a pledge, or for more
information, contact Ashlyn Sowell
at (919) 660-7717 or e-mail
sowell@mail.duke.edu. To make
a credit card gift, visit Duke’s secure
Web site at www.giftrecords.com.
UPCOMING EVENTS
The following locations are
scheduled for upcoming Isle
Maligne Society events.
February Houston, TX
and Miami, FL
March Atlanta, GA
April 29 Durham, NC
May 23 or 30 New York, NY
June San Francisco, CA
July Boston, MA
For details on these events, please go to
www.fuqua-alumnilink.duke.edu.
All Isle Maligne Society members will be
invited to all events.
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