August 23, 1995 Contact: Francine Tyler (408/459-2495)

PRIVATE SUPPORT FOR UC SANTA CRUZ EXCEEDS $9 MILLION DURING THE CAMPUS'S 1994-95 YEAR

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

SANTA CRUZ, CA--More than $9 million in private gift and grant support was received by the University of California, Santa Cruz, during the fiscal year that ended June 30--the highest total recorded in the campus's 30-year history, according to the Development Office. The total was up more than 58 percent from the previous year, when $5.84 million was contributed to campus programs, scholarships, and fellowships.

In the 1994-95 year, the campus raised $9.26 million, $1 million more than in 1991-92, the campus's previous best private fund-raising year.

"We are delighted that there has been such significant growth in private support this year," said Daniel G. Aldrich III, assistant chancellor for University Advancement at UCSC. The gifts funded aid for students, supported research, and established three faculty endowed chairs, he said.

"These gifts enable UCSC to continue to open its doors to its students; assist research that is vital not only to the expansion of knowledge but also for the continuing development of a vibrant instructional program; and acknowledge distinguished current faculty and attract aspiring new faculty in future years," Aldrich said.

The bulk of the funding came from the following sources: alumni and parents, 11.9 percent; individuals other than alumni and parents, 32 percent; foundations, 33.3 percent; and the business sector, 14 percent. Other sources included community organizations, trusts and bequests, and campus organizations.

Major private gifts or grants received on campus during the past year included:

* A $1 million gift from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation to UCSC's Institute of Marine Sciences (IMS), which created the Endowment for Ocean Science and Technology. Income from the endowment will help fund collaborative projects by marine scientists at UCSC, the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI), and other research organizations.

* A gift of $250,000 from World War II refugee Anne Neufeld Levin, establishing the Neufeld-Levin Holocaust Chair. The chair, which will have an interdisciplinary focus, is one of just a few chairs of holocaust studies in the United States. To complement the establishment of the chair, Levin also donated extensive family archives of holocaust-related materials.

* A $250,000 gift from Dr. Alan G. and Margaret ("Meg") Lyons Giberson, which established the Pepper-Giberson Endowed Chair in Environmental Studies. The endowed chair honors longtime faculty member James Pepper, while at the same time demonstrating the Gibersons' support for environmental education and protection.

* The UC Santa Cruz Foundation Chair in Psychology was established with endowment funds from the UC Santa Cruz Foundation and chancellor's discretionary funds. The chair was established to support teaching, research, and public service related to psychology at UCSC, with the first chair holder to be from the field of developmental psychology.

* Fund-raising for the Long Marine Laboratory (LML) Visitor Education Center passed the halfway point with major support this year from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation ($200,000); Paul and Anne Irwin ($100,000 unitrust); the Moore Family Foundation ($50,000); Robert Stephens and Julie Packard ($50,000); Frances B. McAllister ($25,000); the MLB Foundation ($15,000); Jeremy and Patricia Lezin ($15,000); and the Friends of Long Marine Laboratory. The planned $4.4 million facility will allow LML to expand its public education program.

* The Santa Cruz Business and Professional Women's Club (BPW) endowed a Leadership Opportunity Awards scholarship in the club's name with a gift of $200,000. Funded with proceeds from the sale of the group's clubhouse, the annual award was designated to support a woman student.

* Biochemist Joseph Puglisi was one of twenty outstanding young U.S. researchers to receive a 1994 fellowship from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation. The prestigious award provides up to $100,000 in research support annually for five years.

* A February 1995 performance of Dancetime! raised more than $20,000 for UCSC's Leadership Opportunity Awards program. The evening of theater, dance, and comedy, held at Cabrillo College, was the first annual fund-raiser for the scholarship program, which supports community college transfer students.

* UCSC sold property donated to the university more than 50 years ago (and an adjacent parcel purchased later) to benefit its current and future students. Nearly $2.1 million will go to establish the Adolph C. Miller and Mary Sprague Miller undergraduate scholarship endowment, with $200,000 establishing two fellowships for environmental studies graduate students in remembrance of Newton B. Drury and Robert Gordon Sproul.

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