* Si RigeS fund Centennial passes drive halfway mark r : Yhe Weber State Centennial Gift Campaign has passed the halfway point in its quest for $13.1 million, said campaign chairman John S. Hinckley. campaign kick-off. From the $13.1 million raised, $3 million is targeted for scholarships, $2.9 liams, a former Institutional Council member, and her husband Harmon, have equipment, given a $25,000 insurance policy to the With the recent donation of a $1 million $1.8 million for an elementary and secon- deferred gift from former WSC student body president Mark Evans Austad and his wife Lola, campaign funds received at the dary school partnership program between the college and area school districts, $3 million for professorial chairs and excellence in teaching, $1 million for improvement of high-tech skills, $500,000 for the library, $500,000 for a WSC Foundation endowment and $350,000 for an alumni house. The spirit of contributing to the “Purple and White” has caughta number of alumni who have made contributions ranging from $5.00 to $1 million, Hinckley said. Nolan Archibald, for example, pledged a $25,000 cash donation. Archibald is a 1968 graduate of Weber College and a former all-conference basketball player under coach Dick Motta. A graduate of Harvard, he is now chairman of the board of Black and Decker Corp. Three close friends and avid supporters of Weber State have challenged each other to make a significant gift to the college. Jack Lampros, recently retired trust administrator at First Security Bank, C. W. Stromberg, a retired Hill Air Force Bases executive, and Dean W. Hurst, assistant to the president at WSC, have each made provisions in their estate plans to include the college. Jack and Betty Lampros have college, and Robert L. Bateman, a recent graduate and former student body officer, end of 1987 exceed the $7.5 million mark. The Austad’s donation was the largest single contribution to date. Donnell and Elizabeth Stewart and Val A. Browning have contributed approximately $500,000 to the college in cash since the campaign began, and a $500,000 bequest has been pledged by Bill and Anne Dodgson of Ogden and by an anonymous member of the WSC Foundation Board of Directors. “While public funding sustains Weber State College, flexibility and innovation depend on private support,” said Hinckley. The WSC Centennial Gift Campaign began July 1, 1986 to coincide with the college’s 100th birthday. Monies raised during the drive, which is halfway to the completion date of 1989, will be used primarily for student scholarships, equip- ment for college laboratories and books and other library acquisitions. “This centennial fund drive could be the most important thing in the history of Weber State,” Hinckley said during the million pledged for state-of-the-art $25,000, Bill and Bernice Stromberg will give $35,000 and Dean and Carol Hurst will contribute $50,000. . The Samuel C. and Myra Powell Foundation has committed $50,000 for nursing programs, and the Ralph Nye Charitable Foundation has pledged $50,000 for theater, the Centennial en- Board-sized copies of "Educa- tionopoly," a game featuring a WSC setting, are available from the Development Office for a $100 unrestricted donation to the Centennial Gift Fund. dowment, athletics and the School of Business. A former WSC faculty member, a former member of the WSC Institutional Council and a recent WSC graduate have made significant deferred gifts to the college by way of insurance. Clifton B. Larson, a former member of the School of Technology, has established a $30,000 scholarship program for manufacturing engineering technology, Gwen S. Wil- largest to $13.1 million donated a $28,000 insurance policy to the WSC Foundation. Two local businesses, the Nice Corp., and the Ogden Standard-Examiner have also made significant contributions of services and funds. “Generous support from many of the alumni and friends have increased, giving evidence that the college will be able to maintain its excellence in the years ahead,” Hinckley said. In addition, a number of alumni, Weber State faculty and staff and friends of the college contributed $100 donations and received the board-sized game of “Educationopoly” as a premium. The game comes complete with “Opportunity” and “Foundation” cards, and players earn degrees. On the back of the “Opportunity” cards are historical facts about WSC. “T wish to acknowledge and thank WSC supporters for their overwhelming generosity,” Hinckley said. “1987 has been a banner year for the WSC Centennial Fund drive. Over $7.5 million has been con- tributed to the college this past year which is about 60 percent of the goal for the entire drive.” But while grateful, WSC President Stephen D. Nadauld noted that the additional $5.6 million must be raised for the college to be amply prepared for its next 100 years. “Since its founding as an academy in 1889 there have been numerous challenges encountered which served to shape and define the character and mission of the institution. It is strangely reminiscent that on the eve of the celebration of our centennial founding we stand at another critical milestone in the history and future of Weber State College. Having just experienced a decade of unprecedented growth and fiscal austerity, the college has recently been forced to eliminate programs, reduce service, and release loyal and dedicated members of the faculty and $9.77nmillion $7.5million $6.5 million $4.9 million $3.27m illion $1.6 million Contributions to date inthe college's Centennial Gift Fund Campaign have passed the halfway mark towardsa goal of $13.1 million the college will use to enter its second century. staff due. to a drastic decline in state appropriations,” Pres. Nadauld said. “Choosing to regard this challenge as an opportunity for strategic planning and redefining of a mission, a unique occasion is presented as the college prepares to launch a second century of service to the community, state and nation. Few great colleges exist without a substantial endowmentand source of funding for quality growth. We urgently need funds for scholarships, state-of-the-art equipment, library acquisitions, academic chairs, retention of quality academic programs, public school partnerships and high-tech development. These are genuine needs, not superficialities if we are to continue our course for the future. We earnestly solicit your assistance and need it now as never before,” he said. date Austads make eber State’s $13.1 million Centennial Gift Campaign received a major boost with the recent announcement of a deferred gift of approximately $1 million dollars from -an alumni couple who met during their student days at Weber State. Ogden native Mark Austad, former United Nations delegate and U.S. Ambassador to Finland and Norway, and his wife, the former Lola Brown, have included the college as a major beneficiary in a deferred trust which will be received by the college after the death of the donors with the stipulation that the funds be directed towards the development of a future art gallery or fine arts museum should such a facility not be in existence at that time. In addition to the deferred gift is a valuable collection of paintings, sculptings, and art objects which will become part of the $1 million permanent collection of the college on the condition that a proper facility can be developed to house and maintain the collection. “We have been involved with the college in one way or another for nearly half ofits firstcentury,” Austad said. “Because Weber has always been such a part of our past we would like to help play a part in its future.” “We realize that a permanent art gallery capable of adequately displaying our art collection does not exist at present, but we feel that with sufficient interest and additional acquisitions of quality art pieces, the college, in concert with the community, will eventually develop a facility capable of properly housing, maintaining and displaying a permanent gallery benefitting both campus and community,” Austad said. ““We hope our deferred gift will encourage others to make similar gifts or bequests,” he added. The college has been the frequent recipient of the Austads' interest and generosity. In 1979 Austad set up a $100,000 uni-trust for the college in recognition of which the auditorium in the Browning Center for the Performing Arts was named in his honor. Several pieces of sculpture and periodic cash donations to various college programs have also been received in addition to a personal collection of letters, tapes, correspondence and memorabilia associated with Austad’s career in business, politics and diplomatic service. The collection is currently housed in the Stewart Library’s Special Collections area. An internationally recognized radio and tv personality, Austad also served as public affairs vice president for Metro donation Media, Inc., one of the nation’s leading broadcasting companies. He received an Honorary Doctor of Humanities Degree from Weber State in 1971, and served as president of the student body at WSC in 1940. He has also been a frequent visitor, speaker and lecturer at the college. Mr. and Mrs. Austad currently reside in Scottsdale, Ariz. WSC President Stephen D. Nadauld said, “Mark and Lola met at Weber College. Their dedication and loyalty to their alma mater has not diminished over the years, regardless of residences or circumstances.” “As the college enters its second century of service to students and the community, it is particularly rewarding that Mark and Lola Austad would honor the college by such a substantial added. gift,” Pres: Nadauld