Donor Stories
Home run
Professor Emeritus Lois Youngen, a former professional baseball player, creates a legacy to support female student-athletes in three sports at the UO.
Everyone benefits
Victor Martinez Garcia’s UO scholarships helped him go further than he ever imagined, but his ultimate plan is to come home to Oregon as a nurse practitioner.
Thank you!
Portlander Semeredin Kundin is a prime example of the incredible potential that you unlock and nourish with gifts supporting scholarships
Completing the circle
Carol Yetter discovered her professional calling as a UO undergraduate. Now she is leaving a legacy to help others do the same.
It’s personal
Carol Yetter shares why supporting the UO has been so important to her and her late husband Richard.
Pathbreaker
Rubby Marquez reveals how she is able to pursue two majors and a minor while helping lead several student organizations.
Triple winners
Susan and Pat Coan are using an appreciated property to create a future professorship in the Lundquist College of Business.
Sprinting to a master’s
Cost nearly became an insurmountable hurdle between two-time All American Ofuma Eze-Echesi and her goal of earning an MBA with honors. Then, UO came through with three big scholarships.
Well thought-out plans
Wade Garber is applying his expertise as a certified financial planner to provide future support to the Lundquist College of Business.
Your gifts help innovators
A scholarship sealed Christina Calvin’s decision to come to UO for her MBA. Now she and a classmate are launching their own company.
Giving Oregon Kids a Chance
After a lifetime spent teaching, Dan McGuire is funding honors college scholarships for Oregonians who otherwise could not afford to come to the UO.
Your gifts create exceptional opportunities
The chance to work as an undergraduate researcher helped Jakob Hollander see there is always more to learn, even about topics that seemed closed decades ago.
Gifted with purpose
Nelly Nouboussi says knowing that strangers were willing to invest in her through the gifts that fund her scholarships has motivated her to work hard and excel.
Bold thinking
Peggy and Dan Neal wanted to make a bold gift that reflects their values and aspirations so they made a pledge that combines an outright gift with a gift through their estate.
Degree in three
Basketball phenom Sabrina Ionescu wanted to make the most of her scholarship, so she earned her bachelor’s in three years. Now she is working on her master’s degree.
Inside homelessness
Violet Fox’s honor thesis shows the needs of homeless women differ significantly from those of homeless men.
Forever a teacher
Mel and Carol Mead increased the impact of their gifts thanks to advice from the UO’s gift planning team.
Your gifts help students prepare for professions
A timely scholarship helped Laurel stay at the UO. Now she is a speech language pathologist.
Model Student
Scholarships funded by gifts help UO students gain national opportunities.
Smart giving
John H. Steinberg wants future law students to have the same opportunities that he had.
Scholarships create options
A scholarship allowed Lily Gordon to finish two degrees in four years.
Future teacher
Thanks to scholarships, Autumn Moss-Strong will be debt-free when she enters grad school this fall.
Finding joy through giving back
Colleen and Joel McCloud.
One at a time
Dalyn Stram sees many parallels between catching fish and becoming a teacher.
Starting the journey
A scholarship made Jailah Keller’s decision to come to the UO much easier.
Smart giving
Amy and Ross Kari are excited about helping students afford to come to the UO.
PathwayOregon
Haley Case-Scott became the first person in her family to go to college thanks to supporters of the UO’s PathwayOregon program.
Setting the Standard
Miguel Hernandez is moving on to grad school thanks to PathwayOregon.
Smart giving
When Steve Dimeo, BA ’67, faced an unexpected tax bite, he discovered the benefits of supporting the UO with a charitable remainder trust.
Gifts support fresh ideas
North Star, a new UO project supported by endowment gifts, helps students stick with science majors.
A heart for healing
Adeline Fecker will enter medical school debt-free thanks to scholarships funded by UO donors.
Smart giving
Christina and Ron Friberg leveraged the sale of their rentals into tax savings, income for life, and a larger gift to the UO than would otherwise have been possible.
Legacy takes on new dimensions
A beloved professor’s estate gift is helping make things happen in the Knight Library.
Triple Play
She’s the first in her family to come to college, and scholarships helped her complete three majors.
The Williams Effect
A special fund rewards great teaching and allows new courses to take flight.
Improving Our World
Morse Scholars form strong bonds despite being on opposite sides of the political divide.
Health advocate
Gifts for scholarships give Katie Lor time to focus on career options.
Tech leader values liberal arts
Steve Raymund wants to help boost the UO’s overall excellence.
Gift promotes peace
Fellowships send UO students to Oxford for human rights workshop.
Scholarships Matter
Your gifts allow students like Najeer Patil to pursue ambitious goals.
Second act
Former national security advisor’s new career inspires gift for cinema studies.
Gift opens doors
Donor-funded endowment brings film industry experts to campus.
From nursing to NASA
Scholarships boost Charity Woodrum’s quest to become an astrophysicist.
From Gates to Austen
Best-selling author supports writing program, Pine Mountain Observatory.
Bound for Cambridge
Scholarship gifts helped honors student win a full ride for graduate school.
Grateful Olympian
Devon Allen’s dreams are coming true thanks to his scholarship.
Gifts bring nationally acclaimed professors to the UO
Stephanie LeManager, a leader in the field of environmental humanities, helps attract graduate students to the UO.
Ernie and Greta Pressman
Recent UO retirees, Ernie and Greta Pressman feel strongly about the importance of universities and are supporting the UO through estate planning
Looking Forward
Scholarships allowed Annika Hearn to explore her passion for health care and international studies.
Full circle: A professor’s legacy
Laura Sampson grew up hearing that she “wasn’t college material,” but fortunately, she didn’t listen.
Paying Her Way
Even though she doesn’t benefit personally from scholarship support, she is grateful to UO donors.
Your Gifts Make a Difference
Like her scholarship’s namesake, Meredith is at the UO to forge a new path. For her master’s thesis, she’s pursuing a mix of psychology and the arts
Gifts help dream come true
He was born nearly 100 years ago, but the late Wilbur M. Watters ’39 will be helping students like Elizabeth Lytle from now on.
Gifts advance UO research efforts across the globe
Fulbright Fellow uses fossils to predict earthquakes.
Jon Anderson
It feels rewarding to give.
Scholarship helps Alzheimer’s research
Your generosity transforms lives.
Helping students
Gloria and Roger Hunt say giving to the UO was an easy choice.
Scholarships lead students to better lives
Iraq veteran Paula Barreto takes nothing for granted about the scholarships helping her achieve a long-delayed dream.
Margie and Jim Lussier
Giving back to help others succeed.
Michael and Margaret Lehrman
Endowed a need-based fellowship for graduate students that emphasizes giving back through communication and writing.
Scholarships to Study Abroad
Jim Shephard has become a champion of strengthening the UO’s standing as an international university.
Full Circle
Lindy Mabuya is the first in her family to graduate high school, move to a different country, and pursue a university degree.
Happily-ever-after-Ducks provide scholarships
Jim and Donna Anderson have arranged to support several scholarships for PathwayOregon students.
Remembering Doug McKay
One of his essential qualities was a deep and abiding sense of responsibility.
A Lifelong Connection
Ann Brewer of Medford carries on a lifelong connection to the University of Oregon that she shared with her late husband, Fitz.
Dreams Into Reality
Scholarships brought Evan Baechler to the UO; an internship led to an offer for his dream job.
Investing in Students
Katie Thomas spent a summer studying at the Oregon Institute of Marine Biology, thanks to a generous visitor.
Guaranteed Income for Life
Charitable gift annuities are a key part of Bill and Mary Triska’s investment strategy for retirement.
Bequest Supports Honors College
Longtime UO supporters Ginny Clark Reich and her husband, Roger, want to help provide for future generations of UO students.
Bequest for Professorships, Scholarships
A Duck-loving pair from Portland plans to help future generations of University of Oregon students achieve the American dream.
Bypass Capital Gains
When Donald Mickelwait sold his company, he took advantage of the opportunity to save taxes by making a substantial gift to the University of Oregon.