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ENDOWMENTS

Don Smith Golf Endowment Fund—
created in 2000 by Donald C. Smith and
Penelope T. Smith ’58 (MS) to support the
Golf program. Subsequently supported by
Athletic former members and friends of the golf
endowments provide team in memory of Coach Don Smith.
ongoing financial resources for
the coaches and their teams. Giving to these Alumni Endowment for Rowing—created
funds is a commitment that supports varsity in 2015 with a gift from the Widra family
sports in perpetuity. The following is a list to support the Men’s and Women’s Rowing
of these endowments and the programs they programs.
support:
Prince Family Endowment for Men’s
Rochester Baseball Endowment—created Soccer—created in 2003 with a gift from
in 2010 with a gift by the Guzski Family to Brian F. Prince ’86, ’89S (MBA) to support the
support the Baseball program. Men’s Soccer program.

Timothy G. Hale Endowment for Com- Terry Gurnett Endowment for Women’s
petitive Excellence—created in 2012 with Soccer—created in 2002 with gifts from
gifts from his former athletes to honor Tim former players, family, and friends to support
and support the Cross Country and Track the Women’s Soccer program.
programs.
Blanck Family Endowment for Squash—
Zachem Family Endowed Fund for Men’s created in 2006 with a gift from Peter D.
Basketball—created in 2008 with a gift Blanck ’79S and Wendy Jo Kislik-Blanck ’80
from Tyler T. Zachem ’88 and Karen Zachem to support the Squash Program.
to support the Men’s Basketball program.
Peter Lyman Endowed Fund for Tennis
Nancy Melvin Taylor Field Hockey and Squash—created with a gift from
Fund—created in 2004 with gifts from Peter Lyman ’47 and continued to be built
former teammates and family in memory of in memory of Peter by his former players to
Nancy to support the Field Hockey program. support the Squash and Tennis programs.

Alumni Endowment for Women’s William “Buzz” Boomer Endowment for
Basketball—created in 2015 with a Swimming—created in 2006 by former
gift from Louise Stapleton ’89 and swimmers, family, and friends to honor
Larry Williams to support the Boomer and support the Swimming program.
Women’s Basketball program.
Jane Possee Endowment for Women’s
Pat Stark Endowed Fund for Athletics—created in 2011 by an anony-
Football—created in 2014 with mous donor and later supported by former
a gift from Kathleen E. Stark players, family, and friends to honor Jane
Landers ’82 and Peter J. Landers and support Women’s Athletics.
’83 (MS) in honor of Coach Pat
Stark to support the Football Alumni Endowment for Women’s
program. Volleyball—created in 2015 with a gift from
Jennifer A. Swift ’84 and Gary Stockman ’83
Rochester Football Alumni to support the Women’s Volleyball program.
Endowment—created in 2009 with
KIM STAGG ’17 a gift from Samuel Shatkin Barth Family Endowment for
Jr., MD, ’79, P’17 and Swimming—created in 2016 with a gift
Joni M. Shatkin P’17 to from Todd ’84 and Carin Barth to support
support the Football the programmatic needs of the Swimming
program. program.

For more information about these endowments, please contact
Terry Gurnett at tgurnett@sports.rochester.edu or (585) 375-6698.