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Finance and Asset Management Committee

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Approve the Naming of the UW Tacoma Academic Innovation Building

RECOMMENDED ACTION

It is the recommendation of the administration and the Finance and Asset

Management Committee that the Board of Regents approve the naming of the

Academic Innovation Building at UW Tacoma as Milgard Hall in accordance

with Board of Regents Governance, Regent Policy No. 50, Facilities and Spaces

Naming Policy.

BACKGROUND

The proposed naming comes to the Board at the recommendation of the President

and meets the criteria for a gift-related naming opportunity.

Significant gifts to support the University of Washington offer an opportunity to

appropriately recognize donors. This recognition may include the creation of

permanently named endowment funds, named programs or named spaces.

Because naming represents an important event in the history of the institution, it

requires an extraordinary gift. All naming actions shall be by action of the Board

of Regents upon recommendation of the President.

The criteria for gift-related naming opportunities for a building or space include

the following:

• The gift should represent a “substantial contribution” toward the project

cost. A “substantial contribution” is the target gift amount for naming that

is set for each project as part of the Project Budget approved by the Board

of Regents.

• Naming actions shall not detract from the institution's values, dignity,

integrity, or reputation, nor shall any such action create a conflict of

interest or confer special privileges.

• The Board of Regents, University President, Provost, and other

administrators and advancement staff must be involved prior to reaching

final agreement with a donor.

This proposed naming action accompanies a request for Phase 1 approval of the

Academic Innovation Center at UW Tacoma. This new building will include a

joint expansion of the Milgard School of Business and the School of Engineering

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and Technology, as well as a new interdisciplinary hub for global innovation and

design.

The proposed project budget is $50,500,000, comprised of state and private

funding. The administration expects $40,500,000 in state funding ($4,500,000 has

been approved; $36,000,000 is anticipated for approval in 2021-23), and

$10,000,000 in philanthropy.

The Milgard families have committed $8,000,000 toward the $10,000,000

philanthropic goal, and are assisting with fundraising for the remainder. UW

Tacoma requests this new facility be named for UW Tacoma’s most notable

supporters to date, the Milgard families, in recognition of both their contributions

to the building and to UW Tacoma broadly.

Attachment

Memoranda from Chancellor Pagano and from Dan Peterson, Vice President for

Development, to President Cauce, dated November 3, 2019

MEMORANDUM

TO: Ana Man Cauce, President, University of Washington

FROM: Dan Peterson, Vice President for Development

RE: Request for approval: Milgard Family Building

DATE: Novembers, 2019

In accordance with the Board of Regents Facilities and Spaces Naming Policy regarding the naming of

building and spaces, this memo requests your approval to name a new building at UW Tacoma housing

an expansion of the Milgard School of Business and the School of Engineering and Technology in honor

of the Milgard family,

I have reviewed the attached documentation and find it in accordance with Regent Policy Number 50

(Facilities and Spaces Naming) and an appropriate recognition of the Mitgard family's philanthropy and

service. It is my recommendation that you approve this request.

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Dan Peters^n Date

Vice President, Development

Please sign below to record your approval of this naming.

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MEMORANDUM

TO: Ana Mari Cauce, President, University of Washington

FROM: Chancellor Mark Pagano, University of Washington Tacoma

CC: Dan Peterson, Vice President for Development

Joshua Knudson, Vice Chancellor for Advancement, UWTacoma

RE: Naming of Milgard Hall in honor of the Milgard Families

DATE: November 3, 2019

OverviewAs a culminating project in this campaign. University of Washington Tacoma has embarked on

new academic building campaign funded by a blend of state legislative support and private

philanthropic investments. The new building will include a joint expansion of the Milgard School

of Business and the School of Engineering and Technology, as well as a new interdisciplinary

hub for global innovation and design. We request this new facility—which we anticipate being

an iconic catalyst for continued South Sound socio-economic development—be named for UW

Tacoma's most notable supporters to date, the Milgard families, in recognition of both their

contributions to the building and to UW Tacoma broadly.

Impact of Milgard Hall on the UW and BeyondThis next academic facility will take the form of an academic innovation building that will allow

UWTacomato:

• Double enrollment in the Milgard School of Business

• Create spaces that advance the adoption of new Mechanical and Civil Engineering

Programs

• Develop a hub for global innovation and design to foster an interdisciplinary, applied

and integrative approach to innovation and design-thinking and entrepreneurship

• Build deeper connections with regional business and industry partners by activating the

integration between business and technology/engineering

• Open up space on campus for other high-demand programs in Environmental Science,

Biomedical Science and Geospatial Technologies

Total funding—both State requests and private—will be $50,500,000 and will, according to pre-

design, construct a 50,000-square-foot building. This is slated to include $40,500,000 invested

by the state and an additional $10,000,000 in private funding.

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Jim and Carolyn Milgard and the Gary E. Milgard Family Foundations have recently made

leadership gifts totaling $8 Million to the project—nearly half of the private support funding thebuilding. This, coupled with initial naming gifts of the Business Program, the Deanship and our

most prominent centers of excellence (plus significant contributions to UW Tacoma and UW

Medicine) brings their combined historical support to over $30 Million. The potential naming of

Milgard Hall represents an opportunity for the University of Washington to honor not only this

family's significant financial contribution, but also its early commitment to increase access and

opportunity for numerous students to a top tier business education in the South Puget Sound

and beyond. It also recognizes over two decades of dedicated volunteerism to the

advancement of our Seattle and Tacoma Campuses. With this tremendous and sustained

impact in mind, it is appropriate to consider naming UW Tacoma's newest academic building

after this remarkable family. This exterior naming would honor and solidify the Milgard's legacy

at UW Tacoma, reflecting the University of Washington's highest form of gratitude and

stewardship.

Together, the Milgard Families have elevated a fledgling business program to a named school,

and with further resources have attracted superior senior leadership through Deanship funding,

world class faculty and our centers of excellence (Center for Leadership and Social

Responsibility, Center for Business Analytics and Milgard Success Center). In addition to this,

the Milgard Families have made complementary seven figure gifts to establish the Milgard

Scholars Endowment, a flexible general endowment, and to UW Medicine. This family stands

apart when it comes to their support of UW and UW Tacoma.

BiographyGary E. Milgard retired as chairman and CEO of Milgard Manufacturing ofTacoma, Washington,

one of the largest makers of windows and patio doors in the Western U.S. Mr. Milgard spent

his career in the family business, first with Milgard Glass (established with his father, Maurice

Milgard, in 1957), then with Milgard Manufacturing (established in 1962 and run by Mr. Milgardand his brother Jim). Milgard Manufacturing was sold in 2001 to Masco Inc. ofTaylor, Michigan.

Mr. Milgard attended the UW School of Business for two years (1955-57) and played baseball

during that time. He served on the UW Tacoma Advisory Board, the UW Business School

Advisory Board and was a past member of the T/EE Board of Advisors. He was also a member at

large for the UW Tacoma Campaign Committee and taught noncredit courses at the UW

Tacoma business school (prior to the Milgard investment in the school).

Gary Milgard and his wife Carol were generous philanthropists, both directly and through the

Gary E. Milgard Family Foundation, which they established in 2000.

In June 2003, Gary and Carol, James and Carolyn Milgard and the Gary E. Milgard Family

Foundation gave $15 million to the UW Tacoma campus to expand the business administration

program. This donation created a $3 million scholarship program and funded two centers of

excellence (Center for Corporate Leadership and Social Responsibility and the Center Business

Analytics). It also provided critical funding to name the Deanship. This financial support was

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recognized with the naming of the Milgard School of Business at UW Tacoma. They later

donated an additional $5 million to bolster the listed areas and contributed to other UW

Tacoma initiatives as well, to include funds to name the largest assembly hall on campus after

their longtime friend, advisor and esteemed business leader, William "Bill" Philip.

Mr. Milgard was a 2003 recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award bestowed by the

University of Washington's Tacoma Business Administration Program and was inducted into the

Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans that same year.

Married for more than forty years, Gary Milgard and Carol (Berry) Milgard were students

together at the University of Washington. They have three adult children, Cari Milgard

DeGoede, Lori Milgard, and Mark Milgard, and five grandchildren. Sadly, Gary Milgard passed

away in 2005, and Carol Milgard passed away in 2007.

Mr. James A. "Jim" Milgard is a former owner and retired executive of Milgard Manufacturing,

of which he began and oversaw its expansive growth with his brother Gary. They became one

of the largest, innovative makers of vinyl windows and doors. Jim and his wife, Carolyn Yvonne

Milgard, have given to the Boys and Girls Clubs of South Puget Sound/ Pierce College, the

Washington State Historical Society, Mary Bridge Hospital, Tacoma Symphony Orchestra, and

Point Defiance Zoological Society. In 2003 they became partial owners of the Tacoma Rainiers

AAA baseball team.

Jim Milgard is a long-standing member of the UW Foundation Board of Trustees and was

recently honored with a Director for Life appointment. Both Gary and Jim have served in

various leadership roles at the University of Washington over the years with the latter

accepting an appointment as Honorary Chair of the UW Tacoma Campaign Leadership Team.

He has most recently (and enthusiastically) volunteered his services as a leader in the campaign

to raise additional funding for the proposed Milgard Hall from peers, friends and other local

businesses/corporations. To date, and with Jim's leadership, the UW Tacoma campaign has

exceeded its initial target and raised its goal to accommodate fundraising targets for the new

Academic Innovation Building.

Jim was the 2009 recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award bestowed by the University of

Washington Tacoma's Milgard School of Business for his leadership and philanthropy while at

Milgard Windows and in the community at large. As mentioned previously, Jim and Carolyn,

together with Gary and Carol (along with their Family Foundation) have donated over $20million to the UW Tacoma campus to expand the business administration program, among

other initiatives.

Jim was born in 1940, and Carolyn was born in 1942. They have two children: James A. Milgard,

Jr., a private equity investor, and Allison Milgard. Jim has two granddaughters, Madison and

Molly. Madison attends the University of Washington

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The Gary E. Milgard Family Foundations are now four private philanthropic organizations

founded in Tacoma, Washington in 2000 by Gary and Carol Milgard along with their three

children: Cari Milgard-DeGoede, Lori Milgard Rivera and Mark Milgard. The foundations are

permanently endowed and began when the Milgard family sold their company and decided to

share their good fortune with the Pierce County community. In 2016, the original foundation

was reorganized and distributed the funds of The Gary E. Milgard Family Foundation into four

new foundations. They represent the individual interests of the board members. The four new

foundations are the Ruth Foundation, Skylight Foundation, Whisper Foundation and Windows

of Hope Foundation. They will continue to honor the legacy of The Gary E. Milgard Family

Foundation.

Collectively, The Gary E. Milgard Family Foundations rank in the top ten largest foundations in

Washington State and are dedicated to supporting well managed non-profit projects and

programs that focus primarily on the health of Pierce County, WA. They award grants to

organizations that work to improve quality of life and impact a positive change in the

community, of which the Milgard School of Business, UW Tacoma and the University of

Washington as a whole have benefitted from at an extremely high level.

SummaryWith the aforementioned leadership gifts from the Milgard Families to the building secured and

totaling $8 Million, we are three-quarters of the way to our private fundraising goal. The

Milgards' service to UWTacoma coupled with their being the campus's most significant

benefactors to date has and will continue to be a bellwether for what it means to be both

innovative and philanthropic in a community and region that greatly needs models of

leadership to exert the kind of momentum achieved through the Milgards' generosity. To have

the Milgard name on the exterior of one of UW Tacoma's most significant academic buildings

would emphasize the value of an interdisciplinary education to the lives of our hard-working

students, the careers that they pursue, and the companies and organizations that will benefit

from their considerable contributions.

Proposed Recognition PlanIn recognition of the Milgard families contributions to the University, we recommend:

• The exterior of the newest academic building on the UW Tacoma Campus be named

Milgard Hall.

• News announcements (digital and otherwise) will be created, at appropriate times, to

announce the beginning of building design/construction with the name Milgard Hall and

the family listed in each feature. Printed materials, scripts etc. produced over time

listing the building would refer to the structure as Milgard Halt.

• A ground breaking ceremony will be held with Milgard family members, other

prominent supporters, state legislators who have advocated for the project and senior

UW leadership in attendance

• A grand opening of the building will be held with an invitation to this same group and a

celebration to follow.

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ApprovalWe request that the University of Washington name Milgard Hall in honor of the Milgardfamilies to recognize their extraordinary leadership and contributions to the institution.

^.Chancellor Mark Pagano, University of/\A/ashington DateTacoma

11/3/2019

11/3/2019Dean Ho<ya|-d L. Smith, Milgard School of Business Date

to\L^n 11/3/2019Dean Raj Katti, School of Engineering & Technology Date

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