UK Board of Trustees Accepts Gifts

LEXINGTON, Ky. (May 3, 2016) — The University of Kentucky Board of Trustees accepted six gifts and pledges today totaling nearly $17.5 million.

The College of Engineering is the recipient of three of those commitments:

·         $4 million pledged from C. Michael Garver of Houston, Texas, to establish and endow the Garver Endowed Scholarship Fund in the College of Engineering.  A Lexington native, Garver earned a mechanical engineering degree from UK in 1960.  He owns BRH-Garver Construction Inc. in Houston.

·         $5.8 million from the Halcomb Family Foundation of Camarillo, California.  This is part of a recently announced gift to endow the F. Joseph Halcomb III, M.D. Chair in Biomedical Engineering Fund; the Halcomb Family Graduate Fellowships in Biomedical Engineering Fund; the Department of Biomedical Engineering Program Fund; and the Halcomb Family Faculty Fellowships in Biomedical Engineering Fund. Halcomb, founder and CEO of Phoenix Initiare, is a native of Scottsville, Kentucky, and received his bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering in 1974 and his medical degree in 1978 from UK.  His wife Joan received her nursing degree from UK in 1974.

·         $4.5 million from the Hardymon Foundation to fund renovation of the third floor of the F. Paul Anderson Tower to create the James and Gay Hardymon Center for Student Success in the College of Engineering and to establish and endow the James and Gay Hardymon Student Enrichment Fund. The center will house the college's Office for Student Advising, Office of Career Services and the Elbert C. Ray eStudio, as well as provide computer, tutoring and study space. The enrichment fund will provide for opportunities such as education abroad and undergraduate research. James F. Hardymon, a native of Maysville, Kentucky, earned his bachelor's and master's degrees in civil engineering, and Gay Hardymon earned a bachelor's in English from UK.

Other gifts include:

·         $1,294,379 from the estate of Dr. Ewa Marciniak to establish and endow the Ewa Marciniak, M.D. Chair in Medicine. An additional gift is expected later this year to fully endow the position. Marciniak, a Lexington native, was appointed to the UK College of Medicine faculty in 1969 and was known for teaching and inspiring physicians and scientists.

·         $1.5 million from the William T. Young Foundation of Lexington pledged to establish and endow the Dr. Michael Karpf Endowed Chair in Precision Medicine at the Markey Cancer Center. The endowed chair is in recognition of Karpf's service as executive vice president for health affairs at UK. Young was a Lexington businessman, thoroughbred horse owner and breeder and UK benefactor.

·         $400,000 from Robert N. Trunzo of Brookfield, Wisconsin, to establish and endow the Robert and Anne Trunzo Scholarship in Political Science and Pre-Law Endowment Fund in the UK College of Arts and Sciences.  Trunzo, a Louisville native, earned his bachelor's degree in political science fro UK in 1978.  He is president and CEO of CUNA Mutual Group of Madison, Wisconsin.

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