New Giving Societies Recognize Alumni Support
Because of the great need to lighten the burden of scholarship
debt being assumed by our Medical School students today, Dean
Allen Lichter has made scholarship support the School's highest
alumni priority, with annual gifts going into a new Dean's Scholarship
Fund. Gifts may also be directed to departmental resident support.
Newly defined levels of annual giving, named after some of the
Medical School's most illustrious members of the faculty, and
recognition benefits are listed below:
Dean's Circle: $500 to $999
Recognition Benefits:
- Acknowledgement Letter from Alumni Society President
George Dock Society: $1,000 to $2,499
George Dock served as professor of internal medicine in the
Medical School from 1891 to 1908. He introduced the clinical
clerkship at Michigan in 1899, a revolutionary step at the time,
and produced a clinical teaching program that became a model
for other medical schools across the country.
Recognition Benefits:
- Acknowledgement Letter from Alumni Society President
- Listing in Honor Roll of Donors
Albert Furstenberg Society: $2,500 to $4,999
Albert C. Furstenberg served as dean of the Medical School
from 1935 to 1959 and earlier as chair of the Department of
Otolaryngology. A 1915 graduate of the Medical School, he demonstrated
excellent leadership abilities through the last years of the
Depression and the World War II era and beyond. It was during
his tenure that Michigan became a premier medical research institution.
Recognition Benefits:
- Acknowledgement Letter from Alumni Society President
- Listing in Honor Roll of Donors
- Listing in Medicine at Michigan
Elizabeth Crosby Society: $5,000 to $9,999
A neuroanatomist of international renown and one of the Medical
School's most beloved teachers, Elizabeth Crosby was the School's
first female professor. She taught 8,500 students between 1920
and 1958; more than 40 students earned their Ph.D.s in neuroanatomy
under her tutelage. After her retirement, she worked an additional
23 years in the Section of Neurosurgery. Cooperation between
basic scientists and clinicians, once rare, became more frequent
in the Medical School as the practical value of her work was
realized. In 1980 President Jimmy Carter awarded her the National
Medal of Science.
Recognition Benefits:
- Acknowledgement Letter from the Dean
- Listing in Honor Roll of Donors
- Listing in Medicine at Michigan
- Special recognition at Medical School reunion events
- Scholarship in your name to specific student
Frederick Novy Society: $10,000 to $24,999
In 1891 Frederick Novy took over the formal teaching of bacteriology
in the Medical School and he continued to lecture to students
until he retired in 1935. Loved and respected by colleagues
and students, he was sought as an expert authority and counselor
even in his 22 years of retirement. During a difficult administrative
period, Novy served as one of five faculty members on an Executive
Committee (1930-33) and was appointed dean in 1933. Throughout
his long career he made a great contribution to the Medical
School as a teacher, as an accomplished and innovative researcher
and as an administrator.
Recognition Benefits:
- Acknowledgement Letter from the Dean
- Listing in Honor Roll of Donors
- Listing in Medicine at Michigan
- Special recognition at Medical School reunion events
- Scholarship in your name to specific student
- Listing on U-M Medical Development Web site "donor
wall"
Victor Vaughan Society: $25,000 or more
Victor Vaughan served as dean of the Medical School from 1891
to 1920. A biochemist, hygienist, public health authority, medical
educator and administrator, he was a leading figure in American
medicine during the late 19th century and through the Progressive
Era. At Michigan Vaughan made major strides in the improvement
of the clinical, library, and laboratory facilities and in solidifying
the international stature of the Medical School by recruiting
top faculty. He helped found the National Board of Medical Examiners
and served as president of the American Medical Association
in 1914-15.
Recognition Benefits:
- Acknowledgement Letter from the Dean
- Listing in Honor Roll of Donors
- Listing in Medicine at Michigan
- Special recognition at Medical School reunion events
- Scholarship in your name to specific student
- Listing on Medical Development Web site "donor wall"
including photo and story if desired
For further information on making an annual gift please contact:
Sandi Kline, Director of Annual Giving
University of Michigan
Office of Medical Development and Alumni Relations
301 E. Liberty, Suite 300
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-2251
Klines@umich.edu
(734) 998-0358, Toll free (800) 468-3482
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