Giving by individuals remains a cornerstone to Fisher College’s ability to attract and retain outstanding faculty, students and staff as well as to develop the academic programming required to be a top-20 business school. Fisher’s donor base increased by an impressive 10.5 percent over last year. Non-endowed gifts have risen nearly 19 percent to a total value of over $4.2 million.
Funding Highlights
Other Key Gifts Include
• A $50,000 endowed gift from the DallePezze family (Peter DallePezze BSBA ’96, MBA ’03) to advance the college. In their honor, the Career Services Conference Room will be named The Joanne DallePezze Conference Room.• A $50,000 gift annuity from Barbara Hardy to support the Stan Hardy Graduate Fellowship Fund.
• An $83,000 gift from the Convergys Corporation of Cincinnati for scholarships and support of the newly established Initiative for Managing Services.
• A $277,722 gift from the estate of William M. Batten (BSBA '32) to support the activities of the college.
• A $320,000 gift from David J. (BSBA ’78) and Candyce Wilson to support activities of the college and accounting department.
Brothers Martin (BSBA ’79) and Andrew (BSBA ’73) Murrer’s $937,500 gift will endow the Martin and Andrew Murrer Professorship of Finance and help the finance department attract and retain top talent. Martin Murrer is co-founder and managing director of Sagent Advisors, Inc., a New York investment bank. Andrew Murrer is senior vice president of operations and logistics for Leapfrog, developer of technology-based educational products.
A $500,000 gift from the M/I Homes Foundation supports key priorities of the college, including the M/I Homes Foundation MBA Recruitment Support Program.
KeyCorp’s $100,000 grant to Fisher will create new academic programs to help minority students and aspiring entrepreneurs turn their ideas into businesses. The funds will establish an interscholastic case competition for minority students and launch an entrepreneurial workshop series.
General Raymond E. Mason, Jr. made an additional gift of $800,000 to the Raymond E. Mason Endowment Fund for Excellence, bringing the market value of the fund to $2.5 million. Gen. Mason, a longtime supporter of the college’s world-renowned logistics program, also helped fund Fisher’s state-of-the-art campus, including Mason Hall. Additionally, he established the Raymond E. Mason Chair in Transportation and Logistics in honor of his father. The Endowment Fund for Excellence attracts and retains talented faculty and supports student activities, including business solution teams, interaction with business executives, entrepreneur-ship, emerging market studies and initiatives to understand the free enterprise system.
A $100,000 gift established by the Rosenfield family funds exceptional student scholarship. The Rosenfield Family Prize for Excellence in Security Analysis is awarded each quarter to a student who develops the best company security analysis report. Funding is provided from alumni Dan (not pictured, BS'73, MAB '74) and Jack (center, BS '71) Rosenfield, featured here with SIM Adjunct Professor Royce West (front left), Charles R. Webb Designated Professor of Finance G. Andrew Karolyi (back right) and student award winners.
One quarter of Fisher’s Full-Time MBA students now receive rent-free apartments during their graduate studies. The apartments were donated by Pete Edwards (BSBA ’55) of Edwards Communities, Robert Weiler (MBA ’64, PhD ’68) of The Robert Weiler Company and Brent Crawford (BS ’95, Communications) of Crawford Communities. The approximate value of apartments exceeds $1.5 million.