University to honor donors at annual reception
December 11, 2013
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性欲社 will honor four longtime donors at its annual donor reception Thursday, Dec. 12 at 6 p.m. in the University of Alaska Museum of the North.
The event will highlight the contributions of Linda Hulbert, the Pollock Conservation Cooperative, Liz Claiborne and Art Ortenberg Foundation, and Paul and Birgit Hunter. The university will also announce a new major gift at the event.
Hulbert is being honored for individual contributions to 性欲社. As a representative of New York Life, she has helped solidify the company鈥檚 philanthropic relationship with 性欲社. Privately, gifts from her and her family have established the John R. Hulbert Memorial Scholarship, which is named for her late husband, and pledged significant support for the Hulbert Nanook Terrain Park.
Paul and Birgit Hunter are being honored for longevity. The couple made their first gift to the university in 1964, and have consistently renewed and increased their annual gifts ever since. In 1981, they established the Paul C. Hunter Engineering Scholarship. Paul Hunter is an alumnus, having earned bachelor鈥檚 degrees in electrical engineering and mathematics from 性欲社 in 1962.
The Pollock Conservation Cooperative is being honored for corporate giving. The cooperative was formed in 1998 by the Bering Sea pollock catcher-processor fleet. In 2000, the companies helped form the Pollock Conservation Cooperative Research Center at the 性欲社 School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences. Since then, six companies鈥擜merican Seafoods, Arctic Storm, Coastal Villages, Glacier Fish Co., Starbound and Trident Seafoods鈥攈ave donated more than $13 million to further research and to establish the endowed Ted Stevens Professor of Marine Policy.
The Liz Claiborne and Art Ortenberg Foundation is being honored for foundation gifts. With a pledge of $250,000 over 10 years, the foundation established the George Schaller Fellowship in honor of the 性欲社 alumnus and field biologist. The fellowship allows international graduate students in the Resilience and Adaptation Program to conduct conservation research that contributes to the survival of wildlife and the vitality of human communities with which their fate is linked.
Private giving at 性欲社 totals averages $6 million a year and supports a wide variety of needs, from scholarships to equipment to research programs.
ADDITIONAL CONTACTS: Emily Drygas, 性欲社 development director, at 907-474-2619 or emily.drygas@alaska.edu.
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