Breakdown of gift from Lorry I. Lokey to the University of Oregon

Gift from Lorry I. Lokey to the University of Oregon

Announced Oct. 16, 2007

Gift Total:   $74.5 million, including $6.5 million in 2007 and the rest over five years.

GIFT USES

The Sciences

• $50 million for the Lorry I. Lokey Science Advancement and Graduate Education Initiative (SAGE), including funds for the following:
  • Recruitment, retention, and support for world-class faculty members in the sciences.
  • Recruitment and support for top graduate students in the sciences.
  • Facility renovation and construction, highlighted by the new Integrative Science Complex.
  • Purchase of scientific equipment and technology.
  • Enhanced support for interdisciplinary initiatives in areas such as the life sciences, neuroscience, human performance and sustainable green nanotechnology.
  • Conversion of UO scientific research to marketable products.
  • Seed funds for new scientific alliances with other leading research universities.

• $2 million to create the Lokey-Harrington Endowed Chair in Chemistry, with an emphasis in materials science.

• $5 million for the UO Science Library, including:
  • $1.5 million to endow the Science Librarian position
  • $1 million to create a quasi-endowment to support the Science Library collection.
  • $2.5 million for Science Library facilities and collections
    

• $5 million, paid at $1 million per year, to jump-start the Interdisciplinary Science Initiative.

Humanities and Social Sciences

• $3 million for programs in the Humanities and Social Sciences that intersect with the Natural Sciences.

School of Journalism and Communication

• $2 million to endow the Lorry I. Lokey Journalism Scholars Program, which will provide scholarships of up to $25,000 for top undergraduate and graduate students.

President’s Special Projects

• $5.5 million for the President’s Special Projects Fund, which provides unrestricted funds for the university’s highest emerging needs as determined by the university president.

UO Alumni Center

• $2 million for the new Alumni Center building, a $25 million project that will provide a home base on campus for visiting UO alumni and a gathering place for alumni, faculty, students, and the community. The center will also house staff members of the UO Office of Development, UO Foundation, and UO Alumni Association. The center is to be built on a triangle-shaped piece of land bordered by Franklin Boulevard, Agate Street and Thirteenth Avenue.