Judd
S. Alexander Foundation
$100,000 challenge grant to the Endowed Scholarship Fund
$53,983 for UWMC’s Minority Access initiative
Other significant contributions
James and Susan Skinner
$140,000 stock and cash contributions, establishing permanent
scholarships memorializing deceased friends and providing other campus
support
John
Runkel
$100,000 - establishing the John Runkel scholarship fund and annual
faculty community service award
Frank Steffes
Bequeathed $100,000, prior to his passing, thus establishing the Frank
J. Steffes memorial scholarship
Steffes
Family
$100,000 contributed/pledged, establishing the Verna & Henry Steffes
scholarship fund, honoring the parents of five children
Irene
Hammer
Bequeathed $$55,000, prior to her passing, to continue the Thomas Hammer
scholarship
Marion Urban
$51,000 stock contribution to the Endowed Scholarship Fund,
memorializing a family member
Nancy Frawley
$37,000 contribution to the Endowed Scholarship Fund memorializing
Gladys Phillips plus additional annual contributions
Freeman Family Partnership
$30,000 to establish the Distinguished Faculty Society
Wausau Homes
$30,000 to establish the Wausau Homes Writing Center plus additional
significant annual contributions
Family of
Tom & Mary Murphy (moved up the list)
$30,000 plus additional annual contributions endowing an annual
scholarship honoring their parents, Tom and Mary Murphy
Greenheck Fan Corporation
$25,000 contribution to the Endowed Scholarship Fund plus $5,000 annual
contributions
Family and Friends of Barney Viste
$20,000 in contributions establishing the Marian "Barney" Viste Memorial
Anthropology Scholarship
B.A. and Esther Greenheck Family Foundation
$15,000 for renovation of the planetarium
Thom and Taffy Williams
$13,000 contribution to the Endowed Scholarship Fund memorializing a
family member
Jim Perry
$12,000 establishing the Irene Perry memorial scholarship
John Tobakos
$11,000 stock contribution to the Endowed Scholarship Fund memorializing
a family member
Lee and Billie Miskowski and Ford Motor Company matching gifts
$10,000 contribution to the Endowed Scholarship Fund
Stettin Lions Club
$10,000 contribution to the Endowed Scholarship Fund
E O Johnson
$10,000 establishing the E O and LaVerne Johnson scholarship fund
Murco Foundation
$10,000 contribution toward purchase of campus sculpture, plus
significant annual contributions for scholarships
Gregory M
Zabrowski Family & Friends
$10,000 in initial contributions plus additional annual contributions
endowing an annual scholarship memorializing Gregory M. Zabrowski
Clyde F.
Schlueter Foundation
$5,000 to purchase donor software for UWMC Foundation plus
$5,000 annually to fund 5 scholarships, awarded to students pursuing
collaborative degree bachelor's programs
Wausau
Health Foundation
$7,500 contributed annually for students pursuing medically oriented
careers
Harvey Nelson Charitable Trust
Significant annual contributions supporting faculty & staff research and
development