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On April 21, 2012, the University of Utah athletic department launched the public portion of its first-ever compre-hensive fundraising campaign. The goal of The Campaign for Utah Athletics: Invest in Excellence is to raise $150 mil-lion over seven years, combining $50 million from Pac-12 conference revenues and $100 million from private gifts.

The campaign invites all Utes fans to participate and give the U teams the very best chance to compete for Pac-12 and national championships. Director of athletics, Chris Hill, said, “The message from our alumni, donors, fans, coaches, and administra-tion is consistent, ‘We want to win, and win now.’ Being in the Pac-12 is not good enough, we want to win in the Pac-12.”

The department quickly learned why the Pac-12 is known widely as the Conference of Champions (the Pac-12 has more than 400 national championships among its 12 schools, 200 more than the nearest confer-ence). “We looked closely at differences between the U and the other 11 schools,” says Doug Knuth, senior associate athletic director. “In the spring of 2010, we just finished the best fundraising year in our history with $5.2 million raised in the

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PAC12 PROUD ATHLETICS LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN

The Campaign for Utah Athletics will close the funding gap between the U and the rest of the conference and provide the

facilities and resources for our coaches and student-athletes to be champions.

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Crimson Club, while the other Pac-12 schools averaged more than $12 million the same year. Our department has an operating budget of $36 million, while the average of the other 11 schools is in the range of $65 million per year. Money isn’t everything in competitive athletics, but it’s clearly something.”

The effort to close the funding gap began im-mediately with a focus on giving the coaches and student-athletes the proper resources necessary to

compete against the nation’s toughest competition. Campaign goals include programmatic funding for academic– and athletic–support functions, competitive compensation to retain the best coaches, and necessary facility improvements.

Construction is currently underway on two projects: a state-of-the-art sports medicine and football complex and a new softball complex for women’s soft-ball. Additional projects include a basketball practice facility, outdoor tennis courts, aquatic center for swimming and diving, improvements to the soccer field, and enhancements to the Burbidge Academic Center.

More than $30 million has been raised or pledged toward the campaign.Thank you to our leadership donors for their generous support. For more information please visit the campaign website: www.InvestinUtahAthletics.org or call 801-585-UTES.

PAC12 PROUD: ATHLETICS LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN CONT.

The effort to close the funding gap began

immediately with a focus on giving the coaches and student-athletes the proper resources

necessary to compete against the nation’s

toughest competition.

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Utah has one of the driest climates in the country and for many years water has run freely to keep Utah’s lawns lush and the flowers colorful.

With the help of a $3 million challenge grant from The Alternative Visions Fund (A Fund of The Chicago Community Foundation), Red Butte Garden will be able to create a Water Conservation Garden to showcase beautiful land-scapes that will thrive in Utah’s climate with minimal water. An additional $3 million must be raised by February 2013 to secure this grant.

As fast as a dandelion can grow, the Dumke family stepped up to pledge $2 million toward the match. The remaining $1 million must be raised in less than a year. If all the funding is raised on schedule, work will begin on the Water Conservation Garden in the spring of 2013 and should take 15 to18 months to complete.

Many of Utah’s landscapes are composed of plants from wetter regions and climates. These landscapes consume more than half of Utah’s municipal water supply and equate to more than 60 percent of typical residential water use.

“Through beautiful plant displays, well-designed garden spaces, and interpretive signage, the Water Conservation Garden will clearly demonstrate that beautiful gardens do not require heavy water usage or chemicals,” said Gregory Lee, executive director of Red Butte Garden. “As Utah’s population grows, the strains placed upon the environment and its critical ecosystems will increase. Our intent is to ‘seduce’ homeowners into wanting to garden in this way. We hope visitors will find it thought-provoking, eye-opening, contempla-tive, and beautiful, and that it will add to their overall enjoyment of Red Butte Garden.”

The Water Conservation Garden will introduce new plant varieties for Utahns to include in their landscapes. It will encourage and educate visitors to change their landscape practices. It

is anticipated that the Water Conservation Garden will increase annual visits to Red Butte Garden by 10,000 patrons.

“We are hoping the beautiful Water Conservation Garden will dispel many unfortunate myths and misconceptions about water conservation and instill in visitors confidence and comfort in their ability to conserve water in their own landscapes,” said Lee. “Using water more efficiently is essential to Utah’s future.”

For more information about the Alternative Visions Fund match, please contact Red Butte Garden at 801-585-5658.

$3 MILLION CHALLENGE MATCH TO CREATE WATER CONSERVATION GARDEN

We are hoping the beautiful Water Conservation Garden will dispel many unfortunate myths and misconceptions about water conservation and instill in visitors confidence and comfort in their ability to conserve water in their own landscapes. —Gregory Lee

Eric Weddle, (#32) former Utah football All-American, serves as co-chair of the campaign with Spence Eccles.

On an Emerald City green grassy field with a horse of a different color (white hind legs and brown all over), the fourth annual Utah Polo Classic presented 10 professional polo players on two teams, the

Hammerheads and Shark Attack, who entertained and amazed more than 400 attendees adorned in the most fascinating hats for the occasion.

“I’m a Wyoming girl,” said Sandi Pershing, the U’s first lady. “I can tell you all about rodeos, but this is my first polo game. I love horses, and I’m excited to watch.”

Held in an enormous tent in Salt Lake County, the Utah Polo Classic featured the Utah Pipe Band, a live auction, a silent auction sponsored by Richelle’s Sa-lon and Day Spa, a sumptuous buffet, a live band sponsored by Sam and Diane Stewart, and multiple trophies sponsored by Parry and Peggy Thomas, Catena, and the Moran Eye Center.

Event chair, Claudia Skaggs-Luttrell, and co-chairs, Lindsay Cutshall and Katie Nay-lor, led the crowd onto the field for the traditional champagne stomping of the divots, which was sponsored by The Mark and Kathie Miller Foundation. Hammerhead team sponsor, TSA Motorsports, and Shark Attack team sponsor, Jacobsen Construc-tion, were seen debating over which team would prevail.

Attending the event for the first time was Bruce Bastain. “I’ve seen polo matches in England, and I’m looking forward to watching this game. This is an elegant event and having seats so close to the field and in the shade makes it doubly pleasant.”

Polo was organized at the U in 1926, when Captain Winfred C. Green led a team of Utes against college teams, including Stanford, USC, and the University of

Arizona. The team was disbanded in 1942, when the Army horses were replaced with motorized vehicles.

“The horses are so passionate about the game,” said Jenny Luttrell, who began playing polo at Colorado State University. “These Thoroughbreds began playing the game when they were about five years old, and they are getting better every year. Most of our horses are seven and eight.” Her team plays in Palm Springs in the winter, Denver in the summer, and Argentina in the fall. The stop in Salt Lake City for the Utah Polo Classic has become an annual event.

“This is a beautiful, one-of-a-kind event,” said John Firmage. “My wife, Carol, is on the committee. Last year we brought our three sons, and they all wanted to return again this year. For non-horse people, that tells you just how fun this event really is and how totally unusual for Utah.”

The U is constructing a new building, an updated research and education facility, that will be known as the L.S. Skaggs Pharmacy Institute. It will bring faculty, researchers, and students together under one roof. The proceeds from the polo event will contrib-ute to the college’s mission of excellence.

Photos by David Evett, and Steve Leitch

UTAH POLO CLASSIC BENEFITS PHARMACY Ponies. Hammerheads. Sharks. Oh my!

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Carol and John Firmage III and family

Utah Polo Classic Committee: Left to right: Lindsay Cutshall (Co-chair),

Claudia Skaggs-Luttrell (Chair), Katie Naylor (Co-chair).

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MEMORIAL GIFTS

Muriel Betty AbramsTiffany Ann AdamsShauna M. AdixLeann T. AllenTamra W. AllesKarol Lynn AlvesElaine S. AndersonGilbert M. AndersonJames Sterling AndersonRobert P. AndersonClyde Barnard AndrusGene Joseph AntonidesA. Joseph AraveCarl ArchuletaGlen William AsbeckGreta A. AshdownGregory Jon BakerLouis B. BakerCharles Thomas BallPaul Barford BanhamWilliam Scott BarberGerald W. BarnesDonald K. BartonBetty J. BennionC. Verl Benzley, Jr.Michelle L. BilskiShirley A. BilskiDianne Nelson BingerBoyd A. BlacknerMerlin BoltinDavid D. BoneLou BorchartWilliam Eric BorenMatthew W. BradleyKaren Ruth BrantDavid W. Brown, Jr.Karen P. BrownPamela J. BuchananR. C. BuckmillerJudy Ann BuffmireRobert Drake BurbidgeRick BurgettBarbabas BurnsEleanor B. BurnsH. C. BurtonDavid Arthur BushGolda P. BuskLew ButehornA. Dean ByrdJoseph Gerald ByrneJ. Richard CalderBessie CallHoward W. CallRuth D. CannonConnie CardonDavid W. CarlsonGarry Glenn CarterJeNean Anderson CarverJulia CarverJean F. CastletonKenneth B. CastletonCarrolyn Ann Chapman RipleySusan I. ChaubalLehya ChausowChi-Bin ChienBetsy W. ChristensenKathryn Armstrong ChristensenRhoda Peterson ChristensenHelen E. ChristianMarge S. ChristianWaldemar ChristiansenRebecca ChristoffersenEmanuel C. CimplJacquelyn ClarkJeffrey Dennis ClarkJohn F. ClarkShelley B. Clarke

Moroni Oborn ClawsonDale CliftonRichard L. CliseJonathan D. CobbLillian CohenFrances J. CohnAllie Smoot ColemanErnest C. ConradBetty R. CooleyDick Elden CoombsErnest E. CoombsMargaret B. CoombsR. Que CorayJohn “Jack” CoreyEloise S. CrabbKirkham Vard CrabbScott Alder CrabtreeJodi Ann CraigJane W. CrandallHelen Bell CrawfordJohn Crawford, Jr.Denise CreamerScott Eric CreightonPreston T. CrookRandy D. CruseAfton Jones CushingJames E. DalleyKaren E. DalleyKim M. DarbyLottier C. DeardenEdna Marie DeckerRobert V. DespainDon R. DicksonGeorge Albert DicksonWilliam F. DicksonClaire B. DignardKatie L. DixonRupert DobeshW. Harold DobsonCamile Kellerstrass DoschJerriene DrokeStanley A. DruseRalph J. DrydykRobert Hyrum DukeRodney D. DunnG. Homer DurhamEmmett W. EastKenneth E. EbleKarma Kofoed EdsonVern EdwardsSid EggettJulie Ann ElizagoyenKenneth A. ElwoodMatthew Erin ElwoodElla Williams Caldwell EmpeyDon W. EnceLillian J. EnceThomas William EnrightRobert L. ErdmanRuel EskelsenGail Crandall EvansRalph F. EvansJack FaircloughJeffery Saul FarberEstelle FarbsteinJoshua William FarmerBarney FarrMarion Lani Fausett

Franklin H. FericksRoseMari Dunham FinterAlice M. FishlerPhilip L. FishlerSusan F. FlatbergJames L. FlattesJohn J. FlynnJack ForgieJean Colleen ForsbergCraig Burton ForsterLouis Palmer FosterRex FowlerJames W. FrankJolene McLean FroelichSakae Esther FujimotoJames Eldon GaleWesley GallowayCarolyn R. GassmanLynda GearySidney GelfandKandis K. GiblinEdward W. Glashien, Sr.Verg GlissmanElaine Evans GodfreyHays Gorey, Sr.Loraine O. GouvisisLynn GrayTheo J. GreenGary M. GriffithMarcelina GriggersMarjory Lynn GronemanThetis M. GroupDavid W. Grow, IIIRichard W. GrowJ. Travis GurrDean Leonard GustavsonFrank J. GustinDorothy M. HaddenRichard F. HaglundChelsea HaleStephen P. HaleBlaine E. HallTed H. HallstromO. Keith HallumLee Sayre HammelDouglas Richards HanksLeonard Clark HardyJohn HarmanJoyce E. HarrisJune Gale HartmanRobert W. HastingsWilliam HattonJoyce E. HawleyHoward H. Haynes, Jr.Martha Ann Dumke HealyJohn C. HepworthLowell HepworthDavid Birtus HerbstSteven A. HermansonKathy HigginsMargaret B. HillHerbert T. HillsJanice S. HinckleyMargaret R. HineSherlene Christensen HobsonMelaine HofhineEnid Fay HoggeJohn D. Holleman, Jr.

Elizabeth HollomanMary Domeck HoltJerry HolyoakMarvin G. Hooper, Sr.Randy Lee HowardSally HowardKim A. HowesJohn Williams HughesMargaret HutchingsTim HynesScott E. IrwinRobert H. JacksonJennifer D. JanzenRobyn G. JaspersonBerniece D. JensenDennis K. JensenHoward B. JensenFaye H. JohnsonFerdinand T. JohnsonLois E. Bleak JohnsonErwin F. JonesSusan Cooper JonesMalcolm F. Justice, Jr.James L. KarrickDiane M. KarwackiSelma S. KellerChris KenleyRichard A. Kimball, Sr.Bernard R. Kindred, Sr.Patricia M. KingGerald H. KinghornJoan Penrose KingstonPearl KirkJoan B. KirkhamBetty KlarbergNancy Patterson KlekasCharles T. KloerEdith O. KochenourBarbara L. Kraus KesslerMary Audrey KuhlmanHiroshi KuidaLili M. KuidaHal Arthur LaFleurKen L. LaheruM. Eugene LaheyEdward S. LambertCarol L. LandaMargaret E. LaneAlice P. LangeArne LarsenCarol Busk LarsenLyn D. LarsenJudith Kay Layton RichinsDale C. LecheminantDonna LedermanDavid Clayton LeeDonald R. LenzAubrey LeonardEdith Blance Lewis-AllenKent S. LewisTerry Ann LewisMaryAnn LiddiardHarold V. LiddleMaria C. LivelyDouglas C. LivseyThomas J. LoveridgeBetty J. LoydJoy Ludlow

James Thomas LuhnJared LymanJune Kremer LymanChristine Nichole MackenSolveig D. MadsenRichard P. MakoffBrent Kevin ManwillCasey L. MarbleRalph E. MargettsWinnifred S. MargettsGerald F. Marshall, Jr.Frank A. MartinSilviano MartinezLinda H. MathesonScott M. Matheson, Sr.John MattisonAmanda Larae MaxwellShannon Elizabeth MaxwellPriscilla M. MaydenBertha MayerVincent V. Mayer, Sr.Kathleen E. McBrideKendall James McBrideLeslie Ann Davie McGarveyCandace Cay McIsaacKevin Craig McKennaSusan Deane McLainSterling Moss McMurrinJohn H. MeierSalvatore S. Mele, Jr.Craig C. MerrillNancy MessineCarl S. MindenTodd R. MitchellErnest M. MoiolaSteven L. MolenNanieve MombergerJohn R. MorrissettePeter F. MorseJoan MuenchowRichard W. MuirJay P. MummaLaura Ann MurphySara L. MurrayKurt L. NiederhauserLoretta J. NorthBetty Jean NorwichVirginia NuttallPaulette OberlanderFrancis Edmund O’BrienJoan Loftus O’BrienGregory S. OffermannEileen Friel O’HaraPatrick J. O’HaraChieko N. OkazakiEdward OkazakiPeter OkiIrene Fisk Gilson OldhamHelmuth F. OrthnerLinda K. OstlerElizabeth G. OvardJulie OverholtColleen PalfreymanThomas J. ParmleyArthea B. PaulosNels Harold PaulsenCraig PavichSteven Lee PaytonJoseph M. PeardonTommie Dan PeckJames Allen PeelerLucille PenrodDon R. PercivalKent R. PerkinsGertrude T. PetersonHelen PetersonNeuman C. PettyTodd Douglas Pfortmiller

Last year, the following individuals were honored by a friend, relative, teacher, or student through a gift to the University of Utah. Tribute gifts can be among the most thoughtful contributions the University receives and are a wonderful way to recognize someone’s life or accomplishments. Such are the people listed here. We thank and acknowledge the gift made in their honor or memory in the past year, July 1, 2011 to June 30, 2012.

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Anna Krajnc PiccoCatherine Nancy Pitchforth CrosbyRonald E. PoelmanWilliam H. Porter, Jr.Francis Lewis PrattRicardo PresnellBeth L. PriceThomas Allan PryorGlen Stuart PurdieMarjorie E. PyperSean Tony QuilterKarla B. RaffertyFlorence Huntington Bullock RaganCornelia RahillBetty RandallD. Dale RatliffDavid A. RawlingJoan Curtis RedelmanHarry F. ReedRobert Quentin ReedDaniel R. ReisnerMary Jo ReiterFrederick RhodewaltJerry RichMary Jane RichRuth S. RichAlicia Marie RickersJerry A. RigbyAnne B. RiordanChristine RipleyChristina Louise RoalstadMichael Duane RobertsLaurel RobinsonRamona RochfordLinn R. RockwoodTom RokichRoyce RoosendaalBarbara RopeClayton RosePatricia W. RothermichJeanne RoyalHelen D. RoyleConnie RubyPhilip N. SalazarJoel Richard SandaSusan SandovalAdel F. SarofimMartha Slifer SchackRobert SchecterGordon O. SchettlerMargaret A. SchlackElizabeth Ellis SchmidtRenee L. SchneiderD. J. ScottLynn SeelyMargaret S. SeklemianReva R. ServossEdward G. ShearerFrederick J. SheffieldNed J. ShepherdJed W. ShieldsMarion S. SicilianoMichael SiepMatthew R. SimmonsPatricia Lee SimpsonAnthony Gregory SkedrosRobert C. Sloan, Jr.Douglas L. SmithJames Carr SmithMarjory P. SmithStephen P. SmootLeonard W. SnellmanBud SnitchlerJohn Spencer SnowV. Douglas SnowEdward Harrison Snyder, IIIWilliam SoderquistElaine J. Sorensen

Julie Ann SoutterMelba Thornton SpeechlyVerl StankLynn SteadPhyllis Elizabeth SteortsKaren Hale StevensonGerald O. StewartNancy StockIris P. StoutTecia F. StoutNeal P. StowePatrick StrohmLillian StrongPreston L. SummerhaysDaniel Reed SunderlandJames Harry SwonsonRonald Clair SymesBernard M. TannerNona W. TannerKoh TataiKenneth E. TaylorMark C. TaylorRichard B. TaylorSteven L. TaylorTimothy Edwin TaylorLee E. TeitelbaumBetty TerryRalph L. ThackerIsabel Tapani ThomasJeremy Hathenbruk ThomasMark Richard ThomasonNatalie ThompsonRalph J. ThomsonEmeline N. ThurmanKyle TietzeTyler J. TolbertJanelle TongaoneviaAllen L. TraceyJohn D. TrautLynn TrenbeathKalani W. TrujilloIngrid TuohyFrank H. TylerHarold C. UreyMerilyn VanJohn VanDersliceElton L. VarnerChristine Ligdas VassiliadesEvelyn I. VernonSusan T. WalkerHarold H. WaltonMinnie WaltonLeslie Keith WangsgaardJohn R. WardJeanne Okland WarnerDorothy B. WatkissDavid WeatherbeeWilliam J. WeaverGretchen Sue WeberAvis WestJoy Lynn WetzelPeggy Dee Wright WhitneySusan WhittakerJim WigginsDonald M. WilleyAlbert M. WilliamsJ. D. WilliamsDavid Eric WilsonWilliam M. WilsonHelen H. WingetGaye WinterMaxwell M. WintrobeW. Meeks WirthlinVictor WittkeMary Jo WoltersDavid F. WoodDavid William WrightEric Paul Wright

Cleone E. YeatesRobert M. YeatesRussell M. YemotoBrenda Ann YoungerMartha YoussefianLynn R. ZachresonGino ZanolliXiuLin ZhengPaul L. ZimmermanLouis C. Zucker

HONOR GIFTS

Linda AaronClara AlderMaddie AlderRoland B. Allen, Jr.Edna R. Anderson-TaylorEugene K. AndreasenWalter J. ArabaszMarvin L. ArentRobert K. AveryDawn Ann BaileyJudy BakerSophia BalandrinCraig B. BallardMelissa Garff BallardKenneth Lin BartlettBruce W. BastianGillian Michele BatyAmy A. BergersonDan BettesEugene L. BlissEthan BowlesTyler BrambleStewart BrandborgRoeland BrateanuKatelyn BrennerDaniel Burton BrimhallFrancis H. BrownSally W. BrowningKristina F. BurtonGinger Butehorn ChristensenJanice L. B. ByrneColleen Cluff CaputoThomas CarlsonDavid S. ChapmanInga M. ChapmanJuan Carlos ClaudioArline CombeJohn Gary CombePalma CookAshlee Walters CornellAlan S. CrandallJulie T. CrandallL. Dale CruseIan and Annette CummingMarilyn K. DaviesJill DawseyWoody DixonDavid S. DolowitzJoy H. DouglassBaalah F. DrooksJeremiah DuckLinda L. S. DunnLinda P. DunnPatricia D. EagerE. Daniel EdwardsMargie E. EdwardsMary Ann Ellis-CassellPaul EspinozaCiearra EverillRachel Elizabeth FarrellyStacy Kay FirthEdward D. FollandKaren P. L. FollandCatherine S. FowlerDon D. Fowler

John G. FrancisCynthia M. FurseTroy GattisSarah B. GeorgeHarriett M. GestelandKylee GordonJerry GreenMarian C. GreenSidney J. GreenGregory Scott HagemanDeVon C. HaleJudson HanksMyra U. HansenOakley HansenYumi HansenDennis HansonFrances N. HarrisJoy T. HashimotoLoretta J. HillmanJulianne P. HinzBrent HiskeyAndrea HissomDavid W. HoeppnerMorris Whitsett HollisStephanie Marie HooverKristin HopfenbeckJohn C. HouchinsHeidi Jean HunsakerJan HupkaNancy Powell IsaksonCharlotte G. JacobsenTheodore M. JacobsenBeth S. JarmanCollin Gregory JensenLeland P. JohnsonMarvin M. JohnsonCary D. JonesRobin Dawn JonesKirk L. JowersRichard E. KannerBradley J. KatzPaula KeeleAlfred E. KesslerGregory Walter LarsonJessie LarsonGayle R. LawrenceJennifer LeClercMary Ann W. LeeJon C. LindgrenSally E. LindgrenJohn Lee MagdielSidney G. MakoffConnie MarshallNancy M. MartinHenry McAnany MeadsKathleen M. McElligottEd McGrawKaren L. McLeeseC. Kai Medina-MartinezBertrand MightJan D. MillerDiane MisakaTina MisakaSandra MitchellMichael S. MoeCarolee MoncurLeslie MoonJohn A. MoranJean A. MuellerHeather A. NewellKenneth A. OkazakiConnor O’LearyL. Ray OlsonIrene Maya OtaGreg Steven OwensSherri PageAlbert ParkMatthew R. Parsons

Anna B. PeelerKaren F. PetersonLeon PetersonDavid PetronWanda Sue PillowJaniece L. PompaPeggy PowellKatie Ridd ProctorAlex PruckaElizabeth PruckaCarol PulleyStephen M. QuinlivanTaylor R. RandallRochelle D. ReaveleyRonald James ReaveleyF. D. RobbinsDavid B. RollNancy RumseyJaclyn Danielle RussoMichelle SchnathorstJames R. ScottMary Jo ScottChris SherwinAmy SmithDouglas D. SmithTom SprouseCarol J. SpurgeonEdward D. SpurgeonPeter J. StangGregory P. StarleySuzanne S. StensaasDianne StewartDiane Stanger StossMichele M. StraubeMary Susan StrineRachel V. Sweet-MartinArthur J. SwindleRobert Zaray TashjianShauna B. TaylorMichael P. TeskeLadine ThomasJennifer Jo ThomlinsonIngo TitzeGuido TricotJoe TulpinskyCynthia Sue TurnerBen TylerMarita Tewes TyroltDon UhlenbergDiane UtleyMartha ValzMax VetterKaren VillnaveAlbert T. VitaleDavid WachterMilton E. WadsworthTrace Warden-DengaPeter S. WatkinsLauren M. WeitzmanJesse WhitchurchOdetta J. WilcoxBrian WilkinsonTerry Tempest WilliamsMichele WilsonBarbara J. WoodFrank WoodMary Lou WoodElfie Z. WrightJames E. WrightStephen A. WynnEdward J. Zipser

T hanks to our presenting sponsor, the John and Marcia Price Family Foundation, as well as the George S. and Dolores Doré

Eccles Foundation, Stephen G. & Susan E. Denkers Family Foundation, and Zions Bank, Speed: The Art of the Performance Automobile is on view in the first-floor galleries of the Utah Museum of Fine Arts in the University of Utah’s Marcia and John Price Museum Building through September 16, 2012. The exhibi-tion comprises 19 of the world’s finest automobiles and was organized by automotive historian, museum consultant, and guest curator, Ken Gross.

Speed showcases a century of automobiles that exemplify premier aerodynamics, engineering, art, and design of

their eras. The cars range from the menacing 1952 Beast III Bonneville racer to the ultra-cool 1957 Jaguar XK-SS Roadster, once owned by Steve Mc-Queen. The cars are on loan from some of the country’s top automobile collections.

“We are delighted to present Speed: The Art of the Perfor-mance Automobile and are confident that our visitors will be amazed at the beauty, en-

gineering, and amazing stories of these incredible cars,” said Gretchen Dietrich, executive director of the UMFA. “We hope many first-time visitors will come to see the exhibition and be introduced to our wonderful museum and the beautiful University of Utah campus.”

The UMFA’s automobile exhibition, however, is the first of its kind. Speed:The Art of the Performance Automobile examines historic automobiles as works of art and design and explores them as objects of rich racing history. Many of the cars in Speed have a special connection to Utah’s famed Bonneville Salt Flats, where racers from all over the world traveled, and continue to travel, in attempts to break land-speed records. The Mormon Meteor III is perhaps

the most famous Bonneville racecar. Designed and driven by legendary racer and former Salt Lake City mayor David Abbott “Ab” Jenkins (1883-1956), the Mormon Meteor III set more long distance land- speed records than any other automobile in history and still holds a number of them today.

“These 19 special automobiles comprise a remarkable selection of historic racers and high-performance cars, spanning over a century,” notes Gross. “Unlikely to be repeated, this remarkable exhibition represents a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see and study these legends on wheels.”

The UMFA has designed a variety of public program-ming around the exhibition to enhance the visitor experience. For programming information, museum hours and ticket information, visit www.speedumfa.com.

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Tell Sylvia Prahl that life is an adventure and she may correct you. To this sharp

and always interested octogenarian, life presented many adventures. And she’s not finished experiencing them. Her next adventure is helping others to see more clearly through a gift to the Moran Eye Center.

The former Sylvia Brodbeck im-migrated to the United States from her native Switzerland in 1956, a 25-year-old X-ray technician with her eyes wide open to new hori-zons. In Seattle, she met an equally adventurous soul in Dr. James W. Prahl, a medical intern at Virginia Mason Hospital. They married two years later and soon found themselves serving a two-year stint

with the United States Public Health Service on the Navajo Nation reservation.

“The desert there was beautiful, so different from my home or the Pacific Northwest. Living conditions were primitive, but the indigenous people were mysterious and reserved,” she recalls. “It was the beginning of a rather nomadic life for us.”

Back in Seattle, James resumed his love of learning by earning a Ph.D. in bio-chemistry at the University of Washington. It was the beginning of what was to be a stellar research career. James would write his papers, and Sylvia, more adept in grammar and language arts, would proofread and polish the final drafts.

The quest for new knowledge and experiences took them to London where James worked under Nobel Prize-winning biochemist Rodney Porter. James’

own growing expertise in immunology and microbiology took the couple to some of the nation’s most prestigious institutions, among them the Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation, the California Institute of Technology, the American Red Cross, and finally, the University of Utah in 1975, where James continued his research while serving as an associate professor of pathology.In 1979, tragedy struck when James died in a mountain climbing accident. Sylvia found herself alone – she and James had no children. But during the years in Utah, the Prahls had come to care deeply about the University, its reputation for research, and the young minds being trained on campus; that commitment lived on with Sylvia.

Sylvia created, along with others, the James W. Prahl Endowment Fund. Her substantial contribution now supports outstanding School of Medicine Ph.D. graduates. Providing periodic stipends over the years was a satisfying way to honor her husband’s memory while advancing promising, young researchers. The start of the new millennium left Sylvia wanting to do more.

“As a new century dawned, I was searching for a way to give something meaningful back to society that would make a difference for many. I followed an invitation to Salt Lake City and the University of Utah and visited many departments, all of them excellent. The last place I visited was the Moran Eye Center, and I was impressed with how well they treated patients, as well as with Dr. Richard Norman and his development of (brain) implants for the blind.”

Moran Eye Center, where Sylvia herself has undergone treatment for age-related mac-ular degeneration, has become the beneficiary of her latest philanthropic endeavor. In addition to her regular gifts to Moran over the past decade, Sylvia has made the Moran Eye Center the beneficiary of her trust and charitable gift annuities.

The gift of eyesight has been precious to Sylvia, whose love for archaeology has taken her to working digs in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings and other wonders. Through her planned gift, she will help others see and experience their own adventures in years to come.

To learn more about how you can support the Moran Eye Center, visit www.togetherwereach.net/plannedgiving

SYLVIA PRAHL OFFERS A CLEAR VISION OF GIVING

My thinking was that our population is getting older and older, and at one time

or another people will increasingly be having trouble with their vision. This is

a way I can help, by backing research to save and restore eyesight.

—Sylvia Prahl

ART CAN MOVE YOU THIS EXHIBITION WILL TAKE YOU FROM 060 IN UNDER FOUR SECONDS!

Photos © Peter H

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The Mormon Meteor III

The 1952 Chet Herbert “Beast III” Streamliner

3 Form, Inc.

AAFCP

Gregory Adondakis

Aesculap, Inc.

The ALSAM Foundation

American Express Public Affairs

Aramco Services Company

Theodore and Lois A. Arnow

Art Works for Kids

Auxiliary Nursing Care Trust

Avis Badami

C. R. Bard Foundation, Inc.

James R. and Daneta D. Bardsley

Catherine Barner

Barrick Gold of North America, Inc.

George W. and Phee Belsey

H. A. and Edna Benning Endowment Fund

James and Vicki Berger

BGP, China National Petroleum Corp.

Biotronik, Inc.

The Bireley Foundation

Boart Longyear

Rich and Marilyn Broadbent

Drew W. Browning and Judy W. Brady

David A. Bull and Leigh Neumayer

Richard D. and Sue Burbidge

Jane L. and Paul R. Burgess

R. Harold Burton Foundation

Marie Eccles Caine Foundation

Cambia Health Solutions

Canal Charitable Foundation

Capital One Services, Inc.

Edward H. Carpenter Testamentary Trust

Steve Chao

Chevron USA, Inc.

Patricia W. and William H. Child

Dr. Lane C. and Paula W. Childs

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day

Saints Foundation

Cisco Systems, Inc.

Helen Bamberger Colby Charitable Foundation

College Access Foundation of California

Comcast

ConocoPhillips

Sarah Beth Coyote Foundation

Creamer Investments, Inc.

Cumming Foundation

The Lawrence T. and Janet T. Dee Foundation

Tim and Candace Dee

Nancy F. and Max R. Delgado

Frank E. Delvie Charitable Remainder Unitrust

Scott and Susan DeSeelhorst

Tony Divino

Curtis L. and Alisa M. Doman

The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation

Katherine W. and Ezekiel R. Dumke, Jr.

Foundation

Willard L. Eccles Charitable Foundation

Cleone P. and Spencer F. Eccles

Elute, Inc.

Endoscopic Technologies, Inc.

EnergySolutions Foundation

David Entwistle Family

Fairfax Realty, Inc.

Federalist Society for Law & Public Policy

Studies

James W. and Tammy G. Felt

David G. Free

David R. Free

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold

Foundation

James W. and Margie S. Freston

Fusion Imaging

Garff Enterprises, Inc.

Robert C. and Lynette N. Gay

Glanbia Foods, Inc.

Tim S. Glassett

John B. and Geraldine W. Goddard

Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund

Howard Gottlieb

Jarid D. Gray

Val A. and Edith D. Green Foundation, Inc.

Neil M. and Ashley C. Hafer

Robert H. and Kelli S. Hall

Gordon and Connie Hanks

Wesley G. and Michelle Harline

Loretta F. Harper and David H. Grubbs

John A. Hartford Foundation

J. Brett and Carol A. Harvey

Nancy Eccles and Homer M. Hayward

Family Foundation

Richard K. and Shirley S. Hemingway

Foundation

Hess Corporation

Howard Hughes Medical Institute

The Jackson Howard Foundation

Hoya Medical Singapore PTE LTD

John C. and Bliss L. Hubbard Foundation

Huish Family Trust

Huntsman Cancer Foundation

Huntsman International LLC

I.M. Sports

Idaho Technology, Inc.

IM Flash Technologies, LLC

Intel Foundation

Judith F. Jarrow

Emma Eccles Jones Foundation

Stan Katz Trust

Hua Zhu Ke and Juan Zhang Ke

Robert D. Kent, Jr. Trust

Lewis A. Kingsley Foundation

Carolyn G. and Peter J. Kowalchik

Gerald G. Krueger and Melissa M. Weidner

Roxanne M. and Elliott C. Kulakowski

L&R Investment Company

Lassonde Family Foundation

Vivian S. Lee and Benedict Kingsbury

Leucadia National Corporation

Dean Y. and Ruth M. Li

Lofgren Family Trust

Eileen M. Longacre

Love Communications

LSM, L.L.C.

Claudia Skaggs Luttrell

Joe Madden

H. Michael and Dorothy Marquardt

Nancy M. Martin

Thomas K. and Mary S. McCarthey

Philip and Sandra McCarthey

Giles W. and Elise G. Mead Foundation

Meldrum Foundation

Merit Medical Systems, Inc.

Herbert I. and Elsa B. Michael Foundation

Microsoft Corporation

Larry H.* and Gail Miller

Mark C. and Kathie Miller

Harold and Lois Milner Foundation

Glenn L. and Jean Momberger

Fred A. Moreton & Company

Sean J. and Kimberley K. Mulvihill

Muscular Dystrophy Association, Inc.

Myriad Genetics, Inc.

National Public Media, LLC

The Nature Conservancy

The Craig H. Neilsen Foundation

Nutraceutical Corporation

O. C. Tanner Company

Okland Construction Company

J. Randy and Sandra Okland

L. Ray Olson Family, LC

Les Olson Company

James R. and Debra A. Olson

Randall J and Ruth L. Olson

Pacific Mountain Network

Paradigm Resources

Thomas N. Parks and Patricia Legant

Parsons Behle & Latimer

Penna Powers Brian & Haynes

David W. and Sandi J. Pershing

Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras

Zelie D. and Carl A. Pforzheimer

PGS Americas Inc.

John J. and Katrina A.* Phillips

Pioneer Theatre Guild

Agi and Henry Plenk Trust

Henry Plenk Trust

Sylvia E. Prahl

Price Automobile Museum Inc.

Primary Children’s Medical Center

Foundation

ProSource Wholesale Floorcoverings

Donald and Jane Pugh

John and Millicent Puglisi

Rayner Intraocular Lenses LTD

Reagan Outdoor Advertising, Inc.

Rees Family 2001 Unitrust

Todd A. and Debbie Reid

Revco Leasing

Peter S Rha

Joyce T. and Robert L.* Rice

J. Charles and Jasmine F. Rich

David W. Richerson and Michael A. Todd -

Richerson

Rio Tinto/Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation

Robert Grow Consulting, Inc.

Rocky Mountain Foundation

Rocky Mountain Power Foundation

D. N. (Nick) and Penny Rose

Gerald and Virginia Rothstein

Ruth Eleanor Bamberger and John Ernest

Bamberger Memorial Foundation

Charles L. Saltzman and Ingrid Nygaard

Sam S. Shubert Foundation, Inc.

Samyang Biopharmaceuticals Corp.

Sanofi-Aventis U.S., Inc.

Ralph Schlaeger Charitable Foundation

Lon D. and Ann B. Secrist

Ryan L. and Amie B. Secrist

Ben L. and Sandy Seegmiller

The Semnani Family Foundation

The Shallenberger Family Foundation

Shell Exploration and Production Co.

Shiebler Family Foundation Trust

W. Scott and Kathleen Shuler

Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.

Harris H. and Amanda P. Simmons Foundation

Harris H. and Amanda P. Simmons

Denise Renee Sobel 1999 Trust

Florian Solzbacher and Xiaoxin Chen

The Sorenson Legacy Foundation

Daniel M. and Nicky M. Soulier

Susan and David Spafford

Steiner Foundation, Inc.

Stanford C. Stoddard

Tanner Trust for Utah Universities

O. C. Tanner Company

Norman C. and Barbara L. Tanner

Hank and Sally Tauber

Ann Taylor

TechnoImaging, LLC

John R. Thackeray

The Larry H. Miller Group

The Utah Critical Lands Alliance

Justin T. and Kathleen W. Toth

Traders Edge Network, LLC

Tri-State Generation and Transmission

Association, Inc.

Utah Care Foundation

Utah Educational Savings Plan

Vivint, Inc.

VMI Nutrition

I. J. and Jeanné Wagner Charitable Foundation

Wasatch Microfluidics

Washakie Renewable Energy, LLC

Wayne P. and Lesley M. Webster

Blake G. Welling

Norman H. and Kim Wesley

Kimberly Wirthlin

Woodbury Corporation

Workers Compensation Fund

John Zink Company

Zions Management Services Company

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What’s Inside

REACH is available online. Please go to www.togetherwereach.net/reachnewsletter for an enhanced digital version.

In the summer of 2005, the University of Utah launched an ambitious campaign, Together We Reach: The Campaign for the University of Utah. The success of the campaign so far promises to make it one of the most astonishing

chapters in the University’s 162-year history.

Despite challenging economic times and declining state revenues, with your gen-erous support, we have increased scholarships and opportunities for our students, engaged the finest teachers and researchers in every discipline, made investments in research that are yielding new discoveries, built facilities to keep pace with the demands of education, supported advancements in medical research and patient care, and provided opportunities to enrich the community.

Thanks to your gifts, we have transformed the physical campus with the addition of nearly two million square feet in new or renovated space. The University’s outstand-

ing academic programs are providing a transformative experience for an increasingly diverse and globally aware student body. With a campaign total to date of $453,145 million for research and faculty support, Together We Reach has helped the Univer-sity of Utah reach a new level of international preeminence in its research.

Early this year, the campaign reached the $1.2 billion mark, becoming one of the most successful university campaigns in the nation. But the campaign is not com-plete. With a year-and-a-half remaining, trustees, campaign leadership, and Univer-sity administrators have a renewed sense of urgency to address the campaign’s as-yet unrealized aspirations. In the time that remains, with your support, we hope to raise more scholarships for our students, support new research opportunities, increase our global activities, and develop new facilities for research, teaching, and student life.

Thank you for your part in the success of Together We Reach!

TOGETHER WE REACH CAMPAIGN UPDATE

RAISED TO DATE...........................$1.28 BILLIONNUMBER OF NEW DONORS....62,344