July 18, 2002
Mark and Judy Yudof Honored
with Fellowship in Their Name
What: $500,000 endowed
fellowship honors the Yudofs
Who: Gerald Fischer,
president and CEO, University of Minnesota
Foundation
Contacts: Martha Douglas,
University of Minnesota Foundation, (612)
626-9712
Amy Phenix, University News Service, (612)
625-8510
MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL--The University of
Minnesota Foundation has established a
new $500,000 endowed fellowship to recognize
Mark and Judy Yudof's leadership role
in raising private gifts and engaging
the community on behalf of the university.
The new fellowship, to be called the Mark
G. and Judy Yudof Endowed Graduate Fellowship
in Science Policy and Ethics, will be
funded by a $250,000 grant from the foundation
to be matched by the 21st Century Graduate
Fellowship Endowment, a fund that matches
fellowship gifts of $25,000 or more.
The fellowship will support a top graduate
student who is pursuing interdisciplinary
work in science policy and ethics. These
fields, which address some of the most
challenging issues society faces, are
also supported by strong faculty research
at the university. The student receiving
the fellowship will likely study with
faculty from the Law School, the health
sciences, the Humphrey Institute or related
fields.
Gerald Fischer, president and CEO of the
University of Minnesota Foundation, presented
the fellowship at a farewell gathering
for the Yudofs on July 17. "Science
policy and ethics are not only personal
passions of Mark Yudof, but are also crucially
important to our society, our economy
and quality of life," said Fischer.
"This endowment will enable the 'Yudof
effect' to continue to create excellence
at this university and to change the world
for the better for countless future generations."
Yudof expressed gratitude about the fellowship.
"This is just a wonderful honor,"
he said. "The scientific frontier
in the 21st century is the life sciences
and this new fellowship will help attract
some of the nation's brightest young minds
to Minnesota to help address some of the
most complex and vexing ethical issues
we face--maybe some that we haven't even
yet conceived."
During Mark Yudof's tenure as president,
the University of Minnesota launched Campaign
Minnesota, its largest fund-raising effort
ever, with a goal of raising $1.3 billion
to support faculty, students, research,
libraries, and ongoing support of university
programs. The campaign surpassed its goal
in May, with one year left until campaign
close in June 2003. Priorities for the
final year of the campaign are to complete
the goals for student support, libraries,
and campus and collegiate needs. As of
June 30, the campaign has raised $1.365
billion.
The University of Minnesota Foundation
provides university-wide leadership for
the campaign and is dedicated to raising
and managing gifts for the university
from alumni and friends.
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