Page & DEVELOPMENT FUND HISTORY AT WSC Richard Myers, authorization from the received Board of Trustees of the college to institute a Development Fund which would act as a foundation for the school. This was approved in 1966 and the first full time executive director of the Development Fund was employed by the college in 1967. Mr. Dean Hurst, who was hired to fill this role has occupied the position since his appointment. In addition to duties as Executive Director of the Development Fund, Mr. Hurst has also acted as Director of the Office of College Development which has the responsibility of coordinating all fund raising efforts that originate on campus. This includes the identification, cultivation and solicitation of donor sources in a variety of programs including annual giving, gifts in kind, memorialization programs, deferred giving and capital campaigns. The Development Fund, Chairmaned at present by Bank Executive Roy Nelson, heads a 24 member Board of Directors who act as a source of assistance in identifying and contacting potential donors and sources of private support for the college. From its rather insignificant as professorial or research chairs. Deferred giving refers to gifts usually in the form of a trust which the donor irrevocably assigns to the college but he retains the income during his or his heirs lifetime. Included in the broad area of deferred giving are bequests, wills, memorial funds or trusts, uni-trusts, annuity trusts, or gifts of life insurance. Included in the category of annual giving are funds solicited from Alumni, non-alumni, friends, corporations, businesses, foundations, faculty, etc. Of significant interest in the areas of private fund raising is the category of gifts in kind which could include gifts of securities or stocks as well as properties or real estate, library or scientific collections, equipment, memorabilia, art, painting, sculpture, artifacts, etc. In the case of gifts of kind, a tax deduction is generally allowable for the fair market donated. value of the items While the overall level of fund raising has raised appreciably from the $48,000 received in 1966, there is stilla great need for financial support to the college, according to Development Director Dean W. Hurst. “We are still at least 20 years behind our sister institutions in the generation of needed funds for many present excellent programs desired by the administration, faculty and students of Weber State. campaigns for the Dee Events Center, “‘We have not had sufficient time since beginning a Development Program to build any sizeable endowment fund which could be used for a variety of programs, including beginning in 1966 until the approximately, $9,000,000 has been raised in deferred gifts. Approximately $6,000,000 in capital Stewart Bell Tower, Lindquist Memorial Plaza, etc. Annual giving campaigns aimed at corporate giving has generated several hundred thousand additional dollars during this same interim of time and a number of charitable wills, bequests, etc. has named the cellege as beneficiaries in whole or part, but have not as yet been received by the college or the Development Fund. Capital campaigns where specific scholarships, buildings, equipment, special educational equipment, etc.,”’ said Mr. Hurst. The goal of the Development Office has been to maintain current funding for as many programs as possible while at the same time building a strong deferred gift program where sizeable gifts and endowments eventually pass on to the college. will JNIQUE GIFT FROM CONTRACTOR by a local contractor and tennis en- were greatly in need of resurfacing, but funds for this purpose always seem to end up just short of their the availability A unique gift of labor and materials thusiast, John Edman, has provided equivalent of a $12,000 gift to Weber State College. Mr. Edman who has been a strong supporter of college tennis programs and whose professional business interests include the building of several tennis clubs and the refinishing of tennis courts, chose to donate his services, time and materials in refinishing the college’s seven courts last summer. The courts, located just South and East of the WSC Gymnasium, will be designated the John Edman Court in recognition of the generous con- tribution. Originally built in 1964, the courts me coor- ”) Od for OQ necessity Oo the dination of fund raising efforts and the need to generate private funds for programs of merit, the Alumni Associate, spearheaded by President Fst Realizing and the Physical Education and Athletic Departments were extremely pleased by the kind offer to complete this vitally needed project. A cold acrylic process was used wherein a green acrylic paint mixed with sand was applied over the entire surface. Cracks and irregularities were filled, leveled and the courts then remarked. The new refinished courts are one of the finest tennis facilities in the area. In addition to this gift, Mr. Edman has supplied balls and equipment for various Utah naments. intercollegiate tt O variety of functions aimed primarily at fund raising from private sectors. major programs are identified by the administration include buildings, special equipment, or facilities, endowments for specific programs such tour- DOROTHY AUGUST L. AHLF rn a L. AHLF BEQUEST TO FUND SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM A gift of approximately $150,000 has been bequeathed to WSC from the estate of Mr. and Mrs. August L. and Dorothy L. Ahlf for a future Memorial Scholarship Fund. The bequest will eventually provide funds for research grant aid to students pursuing engineering or physical science college. Mr. programs Ahlf visited at the Ogden recently to renew acquaintances, tour the campus and inform college administrators of his plans. During his visit he had a pleasant reunion with Professor Emeritus Merlin L. Stevenson, long-tirne faculty member and coach under whom Mr. Ahlf played while attending Weber. Ahlf was a member of the championship football teams of ’29, ’30, ’31. He was co-captain of the 1931 team and was also a three year letterman in basketball. In 1932 he was named as best all-around athlete at the college. He graduated from Weber with an associate science degree in 1932, received his B.S. degree in civil engineering with high honors from the University of Utah and received an M.S. from the University of Colorado in 1939. Mr. Ahlf began his professional Ss houses project as well as the prestigious Order of the White Elephant of the Kingdom of Thailand. He also worked as chief Baghdad, designing engineer in the Iraq office and was chief engineer and project manager of the Taiwan the Shihmen Reservoir project. Mr. Ahlf has received office on numerous awards and honors complishments. He member of mission on the for has his acbeen a International high dams Com- and _ the International Commission on irrigation and drainage. He is a fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers and past president of the Hawaii Section. Weber State College presented Mr. Ahlf with the “Distinguished Alumni Award” in 1973. He recently retired from the firm of Sunn, Low, Tom and Hara Consulting Engineers but will continue his residence in Honolulu. In commenting on his intended gift to the college, Mr. Ahlf referred to his Weber training and the personal attention given by members of the faculty as a prime factor in his sub- sequent education and training. ‘‘A number of teachers took the time to give me personal help and instruction for which I am most in the Denver grateful. I wanted to be able to help the school that helped me get star- While on loan to the Royal Irrigation Department of Thailand he was chief designing engineer on the irrigation ted,”’ he said. The trust, which will become effective after the life of the donors, will career in engineering office of the Bureau of Reclamation. and navigation development of the central plains of Thailand. He received the Department of Interiors meritorious award for this provide scholarships for worthy students or research grantees at the college in the field of engineering or in the field of applied physical science. — MUSIC INTEREST LEADS TO MUSIC MAJOR FUND Because of her late husband’s interest and background in playing the trumpet, Mrs. Selma Keil of California established a memorial scholarship fund in the name of Elmer H. Keil, formerly of Ogden. The scholarship has the specific intent of assisting a music major, preferrably in the field of cornet and trumpet. OeSo College ayo State Mr. Keil played trumpet in a number of local bands and was a member of the nationally famous “Red Nichols Band”’ during the “big band”’ era of the 30’s and 40’s. The scholarship will be funded during the donors lifetime with provisions for maintaining it through a bequest in her will. Mrs. Keil’s REGTsos Weber “ The Office of College Development at de 19 re D; rir pI E intitial donation was a $2,000 gift. of