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In less than three years, the UMass Boston First Campaign has raised $33.4 million and has increased the University's endowment to over $20 million, providing the benefits of new student scholarships, faculty chairs, technological resources, and facilities. Behind this success are the many friends, supporters and alumni who have made not just their money, but also their efforts and resources available to the University The newly formed Board of Directors of the University of Massachusetts Foundation at Boston is composed of just such individuals, who give time and energy in support of the Office of University Advancement as it progresses towards its $50 million goal. These individuals serve both as advisors and as links between the wider community and UMass Boston. Presently serving on the Board are the following alumni: Gordon Abbott (UMass Boston '90), author, editor, and former Director of the Trustees of Reservations; Genevieve Keohane Burlingame, (Teachers College of the City of Boston '46) teacher, writer, and a trustee of the Burlingame Foundation; Attorney Richard P. Campbell, (UMass Boston '70) a founder of Campbell, Campbell and Edwards PC; Richard W. Dinsmore, Jr., (UMass Boston '80), vice president, State Street Bank and Trust Company; Patricia C. Flaherty, (UMass Boston '81), senior vice president, The Putnam Fund, and director of the Boston Natural Areas Fund; Lola McGrail, (Teachers College of the City of Boston '35) retired after 38 years of teaching spanish in the Boston Public Schools; David Outerbridge,(UMass Boston '70), teacher in the Newton Public Schools now retired; Stephen J. Sweeney, (Honorary Doctorate '85), former chair and CEO, Boston Edison Company; and Pamela L. Trefler, (UMass Boston '93), philanthropist and teacher, and president of the Trefler Foundation. Former faculty and administrators on the Board include Joel Blair, retired UMass Boston English professor, and former assistant chancellor; Ruth Butler, Professor Emerita and former chair of the Art Department; Betty Taymor, founder and former director of the Program for Women in Politics and Government, now of the McCormack Institute, UMass Boston; and Robert C. Wood, former University of Massachusetts president, Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and former superintendent of the Boston Public Schools. Friends of the University include Sue B. Reamer, Ph.D., former Simmons College nursing professor and relentless volunteer in the health and women's political arenas; Joseph Corcoran, founder and CEO of Corcoran-Jennison Companies; Dr. Edward G. Fey, co-founder of Matritech, a biotechnology company, and founder and principal of Biomodels LLC; and Robert A. Glassman, co-founder and co-chair of Wainwright Bank and Trust Company. "The Board adds tremendous strength to our efforts," says Judy Byrne-Ariel, director of Donor Relations for the Office of University Advancement. "In addition to promoting the progress, excellence, and general welfare of UMass Boston, they provide inspiration and encouragement to our entire staff." To Byrne-Ariel, the members of the Board are more than supporters of public education, UMass Boston, and its mission. They are friends who can also be counted on to add value to the University's efforts to build for the future. "Each Board member individually possesses extraordinary personal strengths which are given to the University in the form of time, talent, expertise, and influence. Together, they comprise a Board which is an invaluable resource to me in my efforts as director of donor relations." |
