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School of Public Policy Initiative: Gifts and Pledges through June 30, 2007
● $3 million from anonymous donors to establish the Center for Strategic Philanthropy and Civil Society, which will seek to improve the decision-making of America’s foundations and to develop philanthropic and governmental strategies to address critical problems in global health, energy and the environment, among other areas.
● $2.5 million from Ralph Eads III (’81) and Lisa Eads of Houston, including $1 million to establish the Eads Family Scholarship Fund, which will draw a $1 million match from the Financial Aid Initiative, and $1.5 million to establish the Eads Family Undergraduate Research Endowment Fund. With income from the research fund, the Sanford Institute will establish the Eads Scholars program to help support the research of undergraduate honors students. Ralph Eads is a member of the institute’s board of visitors.
● $1.5 million from an anonymous donor to establish a visiting professorship and a graduate fellowship. The fellowship gift will draw a $500,000 match from the Financial Aid Initiative.
● $1 million from J. Adam Abram and Dr. Rosalind S. Abram of Chapel Hill, N.C., to establish the Morris B. and Jane M. Abram Fellowship Fund, which drew a $1 million match from the Financial Aid Initiative. Abram Fellows will participate in the new Morris B. and Jane M. Abram Initiative in Democratic Values. Adam Abram is the new chair of the institute’s board of visitors.
● $1 million from Richard B. Lieb (’69) and Kathryn Crommelin Lieb (’69) of Valley Forge, Pa., to establish the Richard B. and Kathryn C. Lieb Scholarship Fund, which will draw a $1 million match from the Financial Aid Initiative. The Liebs are members of the development committee for Duke’s Financial Aid Initiative and the institute’s board of visitors.
● $1 million from anonymous donors to support graduate fellowships, which will draw a $1 million match from the Financial Aid Initiative.
● $250,000 from anonymous donors to support scholarships for students who are pursuing a degree in public policy studies and are participating in the Hart Leadership Program. The gift will draw a $250,000 match from the Financial Aid Initiative.
● $250,000 from anonymous donors to support the Policy Journalism and Media Studies Certificate Program within the institute’s Dewitt Wallace Center for Media and Democracy.
● $125,000 from Maleah and Dennis Crumpler of Charlottesville, Va., to the Public Policy Studies Scholarship Fund. Dennis Crumpler is a member of the institute’s board of visitors.
● $125,000 from Robert J. Pelosky, Jr. ’81 and Mahsa Pelosky of New York, N.Y., to establish the Jay and Mahsa Pelosky International Student Internship Fund. Jay Pelosky is a member of the institute’s board of visitors.
● $125,000 from Dr. Charles A. Sanders of Durham, N.C., to establish the Charles A. and Elizabeth Ann Sanders Fund, which will provide unrestricted support of the Sanford Institute. Charles Sanders recently completed 10 years of service as chair of the institute’s board of visitors.
● $100,000 from Robert L. Cohen of Washington, D.C., to establish the Robert L. Cohen Family Graduate Internship Fund. Cohen is a former member of the institute’s board of visitors.
● $100,000 from Robert S. Fleischer (’64) and his wife, Susan Raanan, of New York, N.Y., to establish the Robert S. Fleischer and Susan Raanan Fund, which will provide unrestricted support of the Sanford Institute. Fleischer is a member of the institute’s board of visitors.
● $50,000 from the Kenneth W. and Janice W. Freeman Family Foundation, on behalf of Karen F. Brackin (’00) and Arthur Warren Brackin IV (’97) of New Providence, N.J., to establish the Susan B. King Memorial Fund, which supports students participating in community-based projects in the Hart Leadership Program.
