Momentum West Virginia University Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center Office of Philanthropy 2012 Development Report 2012 — A Year of Many Gifts On the Cover: Patty Johnston, School of Pharmacy Class of ‘77, is a loyal supporter of the School and owner of Colony Drug & Wellness Center in Beckley, WV. T he title of this report, Momentum, is more appropriate The recent announcement by the National Institutes this year than at any point in the Health Sciences of Health that they selected WVU for an Institutional Center’s recent history. There is a tangible atmosphere of Development Award Program for Clinical and Translational change and forward motion at all three of our campuses and Research, worth more than $19 million over the next five among the faculty, students and staff of our five schools. years, is a testament not only to our ability to work across disciplines and organizations on our own campuses, but to our 1 www.hsc.wvu.edu/philanthropy This has been a watershed year. For the first time since the creation of our academic health sciences center, we strong linkages to health providers, state health agencies, and have added a new school: The School of Public Health. The other educators across West Virginia. creation of this school – long a dream of our faculty – gives solid evidence that we are taking real action to accomplish our been possible without the steadfast support of the alumni and strategic goals of transforming the lives of our students and the friends who have made generous gifts to their Schools and to people of West Virginia and eliminating the health disparities West Virginia University. We thank you, and hope to see you that impact so many lives in our state. by our side as we move proudly into the future. None of what we have accomplished would have Christopher C. Colenda, MD, MPH Chancellor, Health Sciences, West Virginia University This report reflects gifts paid from July 1, 2011 through June 30, 2012. This total contributes to the overall Health Sciences Campaign achievement as part of the $750 million A State of Minds: The Campaign for West Virginia’s University. The WVU-wide effort began July 1, 2007 and will continue through December 31, 2015. Total Giving Fiscal Year 2011-2012 C LE $2.8 mil WVU HEALTHCARE** DI V SI N VI DI ST O IS 2667 WVU HEALTHCARE** ON Who Gave? 6956 Donors 3 RN AR TE H AS il il E m m 387 DENTISTRY FOUNDATIONS 49 CORPORATIONS $16.5 mil .4 2 2 $0 .0 CORPORATIONS 600 **Includes Ruby Memorial Hospital, WVU Children’s Hospital, Rosenbaum Family House $0 ALUMNI 2541 IO $1.1 mil DENTISTRY N ORGANIZATIONS 311 1656 CANCER Gifts to WVU HSC 6956 Donors* FRIENDS 3455 Total Giving $32 Million ALUMNI $2 mil ORGANIZATIONS $0.5 mil WEST VIRGINIA RESEARCH TRUST FUND $4.5 mil FOUNDATIONS $4 mil FRIENDS $4.5 mil $18.7 mil MEDICINE FRIENDS: Includes Individuals, Estates, Trusts, Donor Advised Funds, Sole Proprietorships ES NC E I C N H S IO ION ALT DIVISIVIS E H D 104 TERNTON S EA LES 13 HAR C 70 79 BRNI 470 PHARMACY 334 NURSING 1513 MEDICINE *Some donors give to multiple units. $4.1 mil CANCER Gifts to WVU HSC $32 Million $0.6 mil BRNI $0.5 mil PHARMACY $0.8 mil NURSING Our Extraordinary Friends School / Unit Key 4 D M N P PH CD ED HS CC CH H RFH EI School of Dentistry School of Medicine School of Nursing School of Pharmacy School of Public Health Health Sciences Center Charleston Division Health Sciences Center Eastern Division HSC Inter-Professional Programs Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center WVU Children’s Hospital WVU Hospitals, Inc. Rosenbaum Family House WVU Eye Institute BRNI Blanchette Rockefeller Neurosciences Institute BRNI is a separate 501(c)(3) organization which, through its affiliation with WVU, selected the WVU Foundation to manage its philanthropic funds. Thank you! The friends listed here each donated $10,000 or more from July 1, 2011 to June 30, 2012. Your gifts comprised more than 87% of all private dollars to the WVU Health Sciences Center during this time period. $100,000 & Above Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation CC HS M N EI Children’s Miracle Network CH Cline Family Foundation M Dr. C. Richard & Mrs. Barbara S. Daniel M Helene Fuld Health Trust N Greer Industries, Inc. CC CH H N Mrs. Jeanne G. Hamilton CC EI Mr. and Mrs. James H. “Buck” Harless CC M RFH Howard Hughes Medical Institute HS Dr. Thomas W. Jarrett D Kohl’s CH Maier Foundation, Inc. CD Morgan Family Trust M Estate of Mabel C. Phares CC Research To Prevent Blindness Endowment Fund EI The Honorable Michael and Mrs. Joann Ross M Mike Ross, Inc. M Mr. David L. Shaw and Dr. Jo Ann Shaw M Wal-Mart Foundation CH D HS M EI P West Virginia University Hospitals, Inc. CC CH D HS M N RFH Paul C. Wheeler Revocable Living Trust BRNI James H. Walker Charitable Lead Annuity Trust M Ann T. Swing Williamson Trust M West Virginia Research Trust Fund CC D CD M N WVU Medical Corporation CH HS M $50,000 to $99,999 Mr. William L. Atkinson EI AT&T BRNI Wirt C. & Mae S. Belcher Fund D M P Chesapeake Operating, Inc. NI CH H N Drs. Cynthia A. Branson and Philip Branson D Dr. Martin P. Gallagher M The Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation D M EI P Jeanne G. & Lawson W. Hamilton, Jr. Family Foundation CH Ista Vision Pharmaceuticals P Robert Wood Johnson Foundation N Sadye E. Melet Trust M Mylan, Inc. CH H P The Ross Foundation EI WV Affiliate of the Susan G. Komen Foundation CC West Virginia Community Voices, Inc. CH M N WV Lions Sight Conservation Foundation, Inc. EI $25,000 to $49,999 Drs. Thomas Arkle III and Stephanie Chen D Estate of Terry Armentrout M Mr. and Mrs. W. Gerald Blaney CC Comcast Corporation BRNI Dr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Covey, Jr. CC M DirectTV BRNI Eat’n Park Hospitality Group CH Dr. and Mrs. William T. Fithian III M Grand Chapter of West Virginia Order of the Eastern Star M RFH Marjorie G. Goldsmith Estate M Dr. and Mrs. Ludwig Gutmann M Hospice Care Corporation CC N Mr. and Mrs. Don L. Hoylman CC CH M The Inn at Morgantown, LLC CC H Johnson & Johnson P Lions Club International Foundation EI Mr. Steve L. Lorenze, Jr. CH Dr. and Mrs. John A. Maddrell D The Bernard McDonough Foundation EI Mountain Loggers Cooperative Association CH Alexander B. Osborn Testamentary Trust CC Park Foundation BRNI Dr. and Mrs. Larry K. Pickering M Ms. Betty J. Puskar CC H Dr. and Mrs. William F. Queen D Stazie M. Rader Trust M Raymond Brooks Vanscoy Trust CC Remember The Miners, LLC CC Sisters of Saint Joseph Charitable Fund, Inc. M Straumann USA D James H. & Alice Teubert Charitable Trust EI Dr. Richard A. Vaughan CH M Verizon Foundation BRNI West Virginia Lions Sight Conservation Foundation EI WV United Health System M $10,000 to $24,999 Mr. John C. Allen, Jr. and Mrs. Joyce B. Allen CC CH M The Allergan Foundation M Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. BRNI HS Mr. David and Mrs. Kimberly Alvarez CC Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Alvarez III CC Mrs. Thelma W. Andy N EI Mr. and Mrs. Armando Anido P Mitchell M. Benedict Trust M Michael Late Benedum Chapter of the American Association of Professional Landsmen CH Ms. Beverly Bell N Dr. Byron H. Black D Bledsoe Brace Systems M BrickStreet Mutual Insurance Company CH M The Bright Foundation CC Dr. Hugh Carr Trust M CBS Corporation BRNI Chartis Group CH Clark Family Foundation D Dr. and Mrs. Roger D. Clay D Mr. and Mrs. Andrew J. Claydon CH Colgate Palmolive Company D CONSOL Energy, Inc. BRNI CH CTIA BRNI Delta Air Lines, Inc. BRNI Dominion Charity Golf Invitational M Dominion Foundation M Miss Dorothy J. Dotson EI RFH Dr. Barbara S. Ducatman HS M Epic Systems Corporation CC Facebook, Inc. BRNI Dr. and Mrs. Emerson D. Farley, Jr. ED Federal Express BRNI Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Gabriel M Dr. J. David Haddox and Ms. Marsha McAllister M Mr. and Mrs. John R. Hardesty, Jr. CH H Drs. M. Khalid and Suraiya T. Hasan M Mr. and Mrs. Donald R. Holcomb D The Jonathan Powell Hope Foundation CH M Ms. Dale M. Hunt EI Ms. Patricia C. Johnston P Ms. Rehela Khan BRNI Kroger Company Foundation CH P Dr. Rashmi Kumar M Helen Marie Lewis Medical Research Foundation CC Dr. Romeo Y. Lim M Mrs. Mei-Ling Lin M Dr. E. Jane Martin D M N Will H. Melet Trust M Heather Miller Memorial Golf Tournament N National Football League Players Association BRNI Nissan North America CC Mrs. Jean E. O’Connor EI Oral Health America D Mrs. Nelly T. Pangilinan EI Mr. and Mrs. Andrew A. Payne III CC CH Pepsi Bottling Group, Inc. CH George F. Rolf Perpetual Trust M Polaris P Ms. Mae C. Reeves EI Rocks Medical, Inc. M Dr. and Mrs. Robert R. Ruffolo, Jr. P The Honorable and Mrs. Frederick P. Stamp, Jr. CC HS Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin M. Statler CC CH Estate of Greta B. Stevens N Mrs. Rita and Mr. Stephen D. Tanner RFH Tri-County Health Clinic, Inc. NWVRHEC M Triple C Equipment Leasing, Inc. CC United Bank CH H Walgreens P Watson Laboratories, Inc. CH The Martha Gaines and Russell Wehrle Memorial Foundation CD Wenzhou Third People’s Hospital M Weldon Family Foundation Trust CH EI Drs. Alison & Matthew Wilson CH M Mrs. Kathryn M. Van Wyk CC 5 On The Right Track T 6 he National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded over the next five years. The grant is part of the NIH $19.6 million to the West Virginia Clinical and Institutional Development Award Program for Clinical WVU as partners in the fight against the chronic Translational Science Institute, a statewide consortium and Translational Research (IDeA–CTR). illnesses which affect Appalachia most — cancer, based at West Virginia University’s Health Sciences stroke, heart disease and obesity. Solving these Center. When combined with matching funds from health problems and rapidly translates that research other partners throughout the state — including into clinical practice, patient care and community private gift support — the scientists and clinicians based interventions that make a positive difference in leading this program will have access to $53.1 million people’s lives. Translational science targets real world Thank you! The NIH is endorsing West Virginia and daunting health problems requires a team effort. The National Institutes of Health; West Virginia University Health Sciences Schools of Medicine, Dentistry, Nursing, Pharmacy and Public Health; WVU Healthcare and the West Virginia United Health System; Charleston Area Medical Center, CAMC Institute and WVU–Charleston; the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine; WVU College of Engineering and Mineral Resources, the College of Human Resources and Education, School of Journalism and the College of Business and Economics; the WVU Research Corporation; the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health; and the Governor’s Office of Health Enhancement and Lifestyle Planning New Hope For Eye Diseases vision research team provides new hope for vision restoration for those with LCA and will be a catalyst to 8 finding better ways of treating other eye diseases.” This breakthrough in gene therapy will benefit treatment of other eye diseases as well. V isvanathan Ramamurthy, PhD, researcher at leber congenital amaurosis (LCA). If successful in long- the West Virginia University Eye Institute and term studies, their research may create vision restoration the WVU Center for Neuroscience, and WVU MD/ options for childhood blindness patients. PhD student Cristy Ku recently demonstrated that gene replacement therapy restores sight in animal models with Institute said, “This recent discovery by Dr. Ramamurthy’s Lee Wiley, MD, interim chair of the Eye Thank you! The West Virginia Lions Sight Conservation Foundation, Lions Clubs International Foundation, Research to Prevent Blindness, the National Institutes of Health, and individual gifts Healthier Living Through High School Students T he Health Sciences and Technology Academy (HSTA) at West Virginia University received a will bring leadership from across the state together in “The grant is wonderful for HSTA because it $125,000 grant from the Benedum Foundation to evaluate one location to brainstorm and create a strategic plan the student influence on healthy living in their families to really capture the power of the HSTA infrastructure and communities. for community-based, participatory research,” Dr. Ann Chester said. “Given their interest, energy and focus, if The goal is to improve health literacy related to obesity and its complications in the highly motivated, anybody can help change the health statistics of West college-bound HSTA students. Virginia, these kids can by focusing on prevention.” Thank you! The Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation 11 A Beneficial Legacy F 12 or over 33 years, the late Dr. James P. Boland guided the Department of Surgery at WVU Health residency program in Charleston. He founded the surgical department and surgical Sciences Charleston Division. Just before his passing in April 2011, his friends and colleagues in the medical Research Trust Fund, will offer surgical research support community of Charleston created the “James P. Boland, to a deserving faculty member and foster the education MD, Department of Surgery Endowed Research Fund” in of future surgical residents and medical students. Though his honor. Dr. Boland is no longer with us, his dedication and commitment to research, teaching and service continue to Dr. Boland completed a cardiothoracic surgery This endowment, matched by the West Virginia 13 A Model For Improving Rural Health T he Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation program is to create a model for improving rural health The WVU Foundation and the WVU School fellowship at Parkland Hospital in Dallas in 1963. During benefit West Virginia through those faculty and students funded a capacity building program that will develop to be replicated elsewhere in West Virginia and the US. of Nursing will collaborate with the Eastern West his fellowship, he cared for Governor Connally who was who follow in his footsteps. short and long term strategies to improve the health Virginia Community Foundation to administer mini shot during the assassination of President Kennedy, and status of the citizens of the Eastern Panhandle, planning process to complete data analysis, and develop he is listed in the Warren Commission report in this countless people in his life. That is why we are donating to especially elders. The goal of this $130,000 grant programmatic priorities. capacity. it,” said supporters Rick and Kathy Kimball. “The fund is a great tribute to a man who helped Thank you! The West Virginia Research Trust Fund, friends and family of Dr. James P. Boland K. Joy Buck, PhD, RN, will lead the strategic grant funding. Thank you! The Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation Lead. Research. Educate. Mentor. L aura Gibson, PhD, (opposite page, in lab coat) was installed as the first Alexander B. Osborn microenvironment, influences on therapeutic response, Distinguished Professor in Hematological Malignancies and chemotherapy induced alterations of the marrow Research at the West Virginia University School of microenvironment as it relates to a patient’s immune Medicine. system recovery after transplantation. She and her colleagues in the Osborn Program collaborate in The Osborn professorship was made possible 15 Dr. Gibson’s research focuses on the tumor by a donation from the Alexander Bland Osborn Trust translational cancer research aimed at finding potentially and a West Virginia Research Trust Fund match to useful drugs and novel treatments. create a $1.57 million investment in the hematological malignancies program as well as the professorship. Thank you! The Alexander Bland Osborn Trust and the West Virginia Research Trust Fund Opportunities for others S 17 econd generation pharmacist Patty Johnston, Class her way of giving them the same opportunities through husband Harold, School of Pharmacy Class of 1951. of ’77, sums up why she gives back to the School of education that she had. Pharmacy in one sentence, “I know I live the life I have life because of my education. It’s the least I can do to pay it because of my education.” Scholarship, a scholarship for deserving student forward. If you don’t know where to start, but you want to pharmacists who demonstrate academic promise, was help, start small. It’s not what you give, but that you give.” Johnston is the owner of Colony Drug & The Harold M. Johnston School of Pharmacy Wellness Center in Beckley, West Virginia. Providing created by Johnston, her sister Jane, and their mother, scholarship and other support for student pharmacists is Patricia Kent Johnston, in memory of their father and “Like I said, I am blessed and I have had a good Thank you! Patty Johnston Seeing a Brighter Future 18 19 he West Virginia University Eye Institute received irreversible,” Judie Charlton, MD, glaucoma specialist a $70,000 gift from Glenmark Holding LLC to and chief medical officer at WVU Healthcare, said. T support glaucoma research. The donation established the “These funds will help us find better ways to detect the Nesselroad Family Glaucoma Research Fund and was T he Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation Institute, said. “Thanks to their investment, we are able officer, said. “Benedum is pleased to collaborate with the provided the West Virginia University Eye Institute to partner with other organizations to provide services AVOP and its partners to make accessible vision care a $115,000 grant to assist the Appalachian Vision to restore vision and prevent blindness, giving many available to West Virginians.” disease early, particularly with the challenges we have as Outreach Program (AVOP), which works to improve West Virginians opportunities for independence and matched by the WV Research Trust Fund, making the a rural state with an aging population. local vision care to the most underserved and socio- employability.” total investment $140,000. economically isolated populations of West Virginia. members afflicted with glaucoma, it is our pleasure to as a luxury because of their other financial needs when blindness in the United States. It typically has no support one of the top eye centers in the country,” Mark to helping us meet the vision healthcare needs of West it is such an important component of healthy living,” symptoms until late in the disease when vision loss is Nesselroad, CEO of Glenmark Holding LLC, said. Virginians,” Lee Wiley, MD, interim chair of the Eye Kim Barber Tieman, Benedum Foundation program “Glaucoma is the leading cause of preventable “With three generations of known family “Benedum’s support of the AVOP is critical “It is sad to think people have to see eye care Thank you! Glenmark Holding LLC and The Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation CREATING CONNECTIONS THROUGH TECHNOLOGY 20 T hanks to generous support from School of Nursing alumni and The classroom is outfitted with high definition cameras and friends, WVU nursing students on the Morgantown campus have surround-sound speakers that can reproduce the face-to-face class access to a virtual classroom that allows each student the full benefit of experience for distance learners. faculty and student interaction. Instructors can circulate throughout the virtual classroom and provide direct feedback to students regardless of their location. Students can download the entire course to review lectures, visuals, and in-class discussions for later study and review. Thank you! Our alumni and friends 4 Making Medical School Affordable “W e wanted to give financial aid to those students who have severe financial needs and of Pharmacy in 1986 and is retired from the Rite-Aid David Shaw graduated from the WVU School help them focus more on their academic studies,” stated Corporation. JoAnn Shaw. simulation training, which qualified for a match Dr. Shaw graduated from the WVU School 23 The Shaws also gave to support ultrasound of Medicine in 1986 and completed her residency through the West Virginia Research Trust Fund. in anatomic and clinical pathology at Wake Forest University Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem, NC. Shaws for their generous and thoughtful contributions We are incredibly grateful to alumni like the to the School of Medicine. Thank you! David and JoAnn Shaw State of the Art Simulation “T 25 “We are absolutely delighted with the his simulation laboratory allows students to learn dental procedures in the pre- space renovation and replacement of equipment in efforts The KaVo Group made in facilitating this clinical setting on the most realistic simulation service at WVU for more than 23 years. project,” Dean Felton remarked. units available that will facilitate their transition to the clinics,” David Felton, DDS, MS, dean of the a partnership with The KaVo Group, a worldwide School of Dentistry, said. “Our state-of-the-art facility manufacturer of dental equipment, and is representative also allows us to increase class size and to provide a of a long-standing relationship between the school and new environment for hands-on continuing dental KaVo. education that is second-to-none in the US.” The year-long, $1.5 million project included The project was made possible through Thank you! The KaVo Group ACTION FOR HEALTHIER CHILDREN F or years, Walmart and Sam’s Club stores in West Rehabilitation Program which delivers specialized care Virginia have been among the top supporters of to the communities of school-age children with low the Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals campaign vision. for WVU Children’s Hospital. helping implement ACTIVEWV 2015 – a statewide Now, the Walmart Foundation – led by Hinton, West Virginia, native Sylvia Matthews – has comprehensive physical activity initiative that grew thrown its support behind two programs aimed at out of the findings of the CARDIAC program founded giving West Virginia children a healthier life. by the School of Medicine’s Dr. Bill Neal. The Foundation’s support of the WVU “This is our number one priority,” Dr. Neal Eye Institute’s pediatric ophthalmology programs said. “ACTIVEWV 2015 will increase the physical has helped to restore vision and prevent blindness activity of children and adults to improve health and in premature infants affected by Retinopathy of quality of life.” Prematurity and to support the Children’s Vision 27 Support from the Foundation is also Thank you! The Walmart Foundation Healthy Babies, Happy Families K ohl’s Department Stores has donated $157,299 to the Kohl’s Healthy Babies program at West new and expecting parents across the state of West The Kohl’s Healthy Babies program provides Virginia University Children’s Hospital. Since 1999, Virginia with education and support related to Kohl’s has donated $724,062 to WVU Children’s parenting, infant care and development and community Hospital. programs. “We are so grateful to Kohl’s for their 29 Kohl’s gifts are made possible through the continued support of our efforts to provide high quality Kohl’s Cares merchandise program. Through this care and education to children and families throughout initiative, Kohl’s sells books and plush toys with 100 West Virginia,” said Cheryl Jones, RN, director of percent of the net profit benefitting children’s health WVU Children’s Hospital. and education programs nationwide. Thank you! Kohl’s Department Stores Caring, Repaid in Full I n 1976, Frank McGreevy, a Preston County English teacher, got some bad news. WVU dentist, feel I need to repay. I’ve been receiving such excellent WV dental hygiene students with strong academic Dr. Robert Hornbrook, told him that years of brushing care, and the price has certainly been right,” McGreevy backgrounds and a passion for service. with a stiff bristled toothbrush meant that it was time explains. “Without WVU, I might not be able to eat.” for gum grafts or a full extraction. Faced with these (pictured), elaborates, “Being a dental hygienist isn’t hard choices, he began a relationship with the WVU Grubb Dental Hygiene Scholarship to honor 35+ years about how much money you can make. It’s about School of Dentistry that has lasted 35 years. of outstanding dental hygiene care. service and being able to help and educate West “Over the years, I’ve built up a debt that I To “settle the score,” he created the Judith This scholarship provides support to future Judith, for whom the scholarship is named Virginians about oral health.” Thank you! Frank McGreevy 31 Precious Memories, Powerful Actions 32 A member of the School of Pharmacy Class of of those concerns,” said John. “Hopefully we can make 2000, Dr. Heather Knight-Trent was always life a little easier now, so the students that receive our child, Heather and John established The Autumn a hard worker. She and her husband John grew up scholarship will consider paying it forward too.” Grace Trent Memorial Scholarship in the fall of 2011. in rural Doddridge County, West Virginia. Heather The scholarship is awarded to a deserving student enrolled in the School of Pharmacy after receiving a Memorial Scholarship was awarded in April 2012 to who exhibits academic promise and is a resident of BA in Biology, while John, having earned a degree in scholar T. Drew Carson. Doddridge, Ritchie, or Tyler County. Chemical Engineering, began working on his Masters of Education. family experiences and opportunities that would have been unimaginable to me as a child,” Heather said. “We know what it’s like to worry about The inaugural Autumn Grace Trent In memory of their premature first born “My education has afforded me and my getting good grades and your finances, too. It can be “John and I know that we are blessed and we want to really overwhelming. We want to help alleviate some give back to the School and to support the financial needs of future pharmacists.” Thank you! Dr. Heather Knight-Trent and Family www.astateofminds.com Health Sciences Campaign Committees 34 Members of the Health Sciences Campaign Committees are working closely with the HSC Chancellor, Deans, development directors, and alumni and friends to advance A State of Minds – The Campaign for West Virginia’s University. They are providing leadership and serving as advocates and ambassadors for the Health Sciences. *Deceased Health Sciences School of Medicine School of Pharmacy Health Sciences WVU Eye Institute Rosenbaum Family House Timothy P. Saab*, Chair Albert Young, Chair Tom Menighan, Chair Charleston Div. Dorothy Dotson, Chair Barbara Alexander McKinney, Chair Lois Evans David Haddox Vince Anido Constantino Amores John Linberg Charlotte Bennett John Fahlgren Jack Keeley J.J. Bernabei Joanie Panger Joginder Nath Sister Joel Christy Tom Jarrett Nancy Nielsen Pravin Chaturvedi Jim Thomas Billie Nichols Beth Clements Robert Ruffolo JoAnn Shaw Patty Johnston Pete White Joe Pangilinan Michael Craig John Kessler Brad Rowe Nelly Pangilinan Adrienne Crutch School of Dentistry School of Nursing Brian Lawson Tom Jarrett, Co-Chair JC Warman, Co-Chair Jenna Merandi Mary Babb Randolph WVU Children’s Debbie Jones Bill Queen, Co-Chair Suzy Warman, Co-Chair Andrea Miller Cancer Center Hospital Beverly Martin Byron Black Rebecca Cochran Val Mondelli Jo Statler, Chair Brent Wilmoth, Chair Bruce McClymonds David Edwards Adrienne Davis Jann Skelton Jim Chamberlain Ken & Vickie Cole Vicki Nelson Ed White Jane Martin Betty Puskar James Estep Scott Radman Steven Ghareeb Stan Hostler Kelly Gustafson John A. (Jack) Rogers Loring Ross Billy Pulice Bill Neal Carol Rotruck Stacy Shearer Jack Thompson Michele Ross Aly Gregg Aaron Yost 35 Scholarships Awarded as of August 2012 John W. Hatcher Memorial Scholarship for Dentistry Katelin Dolin Smoot Memorial Scholarship Mena Ghobryal Sabe Isaac & Rose Mary Howard Memorial Scholarship Cam Wendling Alyssa Dillon Dr. Frank Stevens Student Scholarship Endowment Amanda Jackson Gina Graziani Pamela McDonald Sonni Pellillo Caitlin Spurlock Simon P. Hullihen Memorial Scholarship Jeffrey Kesecker 36 Dentistry Class of 1970 Dr. S. Phillip Farley Memorial Scholarship Jared Lawson Michael Christensen, Thomas P. Patrick & William Shelton/ DDS Class of 1976 Scholarship Ashley Whetsell Dr. Camillo Alberico Scholarship Scott Young Tatiana Lucas Norman & Nathan Baker Dental Scholarship Trisstar Oliver Dr. Patrick J. Farace Memorial Scholarship Shelby Faltot Dentistry Scholarship in Memory of Champe Butler Sr. Kara Vosler Caitlin Spurlock Frieman/Wilner Dentistry Scholarship Arturo Sosa Dr. Clarence C. & Maxine D. Cottrill General Dental Scholarship Jennifer Gawthrop Dr. Mohssen & Karen Ghalichebaf Cleft Lip/Palate Scholarship Stephen Pecht James Griffin Scholarship Nathaniel Nicholason Khaled Seifelnasr Dustin Reynolds Gabriel Holley McMechen-Hock Family Scholarship for Dental Hygiene Devany Wells Vargo Rogers Scholarship Kerri Thomas Mary F. Sanders Memorial Award Sarah Peplowski Caitlin Stover Huntington Dental Society Scholarship Abbas Doctor David C. Swan, DDS Class of 1980 Endowment Fund Savannah Reynolds Lisa Smith Scholarship Melissa Pulice Dr. Carl Lemley & Mary Eugenia Kennedy Family Scholarship Endowment Gabrielle Schmid Amber Adkins Geraldine Core Willis Scholarship Amanda Jackson Kyle Reed Savannah Reynolds Dr. Matthew Mathias Scholarship Dana Craig Dennis “PJ” Zickefoose Memorial Scholarship Noel Alexas Health Sciences Technology Academy Graduate Waiver Tiffany Campbell Rebecca Furby John Hunter Faizan Kalwar Matthew Miller Othman Family Scholarship/ Mufid Othman, MD Scholarship Amy Namsupak Dental Hygiene Ralph J. “Buck” Rutledge Dentistry Scholarship Cory McMahan Melissa Carlson Armstrong Memorial Dental Hygiene Scholarship Tyler Fleischer Health Sciences John L. Lewis Scholarship Erika Betler Eric Coughlin Patrick Duke Jessica Johnson Jonathan King Edward Kowal Windy Matich Patricia Michael Caleb Mills Chad Paterra Scholarships Awarded as of August 2012 I. E. Buff Scholarship Stephanie Knittle Doris & Erwin Chillag Medical Scholarship Jonah Womack Dr. Raymond & Billie Kathleen Brown, Jr. Scholarship Erika Betler Class of 1968 Memorial Scholarship Anthony Roohollahi Timothy A. & Christine D. Brown Medical Scholarship Michael Hankewycz 38 John W. Trenton Memorial Scholarship Courtney Wyatt Professional Programs Merit Scholarship Eric Moore WVU Health Sciences 100th Anniversary LPEF Stephanie Kniittle Medicine Dr. Carl Adkins Memorial Scholarship Erika Betler AMA Foundation Scholars Award Jonathan Amoroso Lauren M. Armistead, MD Medical Scholarship & Student Award Fund Ravdeep Kaur James H. Ashworth Benjamin Cook Ayodele Adelanwa Susan Blue Arnold Scholarship Benjamin Hines Jake Rubenstein Jon Rubenstein Bryan Steward Prashanth Sompalli Carly Slayden Katherine Sterner Dr. F. L. Blair Scholarship Adeeb Derakhshan Dr. Jack & Mary Bates Medical Scholarship Brendan Cline Dr. John P. & Eleanor L. Brick Medical Scholarship Claire Dolan Allison Smith Dr. & Mrs. Hugh Carr Scholarship Janice Ahn Louis Colaianni Lauren Gioia Brent Hanson Mandy Hatfield Paul Millner Sardar Shah-Kahn Katherine Seacrist Jennifer Zatezalo J. J. Cavender Endowed Scholarship Jourdan Aromin George & Ethel Curry Medical Scholarship Brian Dilcher Claire Dolan Drs. Gregory & Ross Daniel Medical Scholarship Austin Biggs Dr. Robert D’Alessandri Medical Fund Rebecca Furby Eric Steele Dean’s Access Scholarship Ayodele Adelanwa Masih Ahmed Jonathan Amoroso Christopher Arena Jourdan Aromin Robert Ciancaglini Nicholas Corridoni Adeeb Derakhshan Brian Dilcher John Dorsey Jake Fagan Paul Flood Jacob Fox Lauren Gioia Paul Ghareeb John Grantham Michael Hankewycz Amanda Hill Robert Hull Brendan Jones Syed Kazmi Mija Khan Jeffrey Kiser Adam Knecht Jonathan King Stephanie Knittle Andrew Kung Benjamin Lasure John Lattin Michael Lawson Lindsay Nakaishi Alexander Maglunog Casey McRoy Hilary Miller Chaitra Mohan Paul Millner Linda Nguyen Kelly Pennington Michelle Peters Kathryn Peticca Mark Radow Lunden Ryan Kayla Saunders Benjamin Smith Samantha Smith Arielle Stafford Kyle Stinehart Blair Suter Mike Tran Kristen Trickett Alexander Tsai Kaitlin Vaughan Kathryn Whetsell Adam Wheeler James Wright Chad Wilcox Jonah Womack Dean’s Annual Scholarship Fund Benjamin Addicks Justin Arner Kristen Burton Jennifer Cross William Dillen Roseann Nguyen Nick Chill Newman Houghton Dyer Memorial Medical Scholarship James Mersing Frank L. Frankenburger Fund Paul Ghareeb Arthur & James Gabriel Medical Scholarship Joseph Hopkins Drs. Gregory & Rebecca Gibbons Scholarship Caleb King Keith D. Leffel Memorial Scholarship Stephanie Bailey H. Hampton Endowment Medical Scholarship Kelly Pennington Caleb Mills Roberta Lewis Scholarship Mackenzie Clarkson Elizabeth Randall Hartman Memorial Scholarship Channel White Health Plan Scholarship Christopher Jones Kacie Kidd Daniel McFarland David Paxton Jason Statler Bryan Steward Raymond A. & Barbara B. Hinerman Medical Student Scholarship Jennifer Zatezalo Tom & Jane Jones School of Medicine Scholarship Stephanie Knittle Gandee-Massey Scholarship Brian Dilcher Joseph Hopkins Brendan Cline Dr. Alfred Kornblut Medical Scholarship Fund Sarah Moses Ann & Joseph Gaydos Award Brendan Cline Dr. David Paul Lee Scholarship Lindsay Nakaishi William Earl Ley Scholarship Mackenzie Clarkson Dr. & Mrs. R. R. Louft Medical Scholarship Jourdan Aromin Virginia Toney McSurley Endowment Fund Robert Hull Medical School Endowed Scholarship Erica Arthurs Sean Hanlon Joseph Hopkins Patrick Kennedy Dorothy Knutsen Anthony Roohollahi Joseph & Manzar Momen Scholarship for Medicine Arielle Stafford David Z. Morgan Medical Scholarship Mackenzie Clarkson Lauren Gioia Sean Hanlon David Z. Morgan Student Assistance Book Scholarship Jonathan Amoroso Raymond & Sue Ann Morgan Medical Scholarship Anthony Roohollahi Rita K. Payne Scholarship Claire Dolan Philippine Medical Association of WV Scholarship Rachel Romero Margaret & Larry Pickering Medical Scholarship Masih Ahmed Charles E. Reier, Jr. Medical Scholarship Michael Lawson Sardar Shah-Khan Randall W. Reyer Scholarship Jake Fagan Terry & Frances Seelinger Scholarship Morris Jessop J. Caleb King Andrew McCue Michael John Sevka Medical Scholarship Kyle Stinehart Lemotto Smith Trust Scholarship Eric Williams Jo Ann Goldbaugh Shaw Medical Scholarship Joshua Roach H. Dale Sponaugle, MD Scholarship Colleen Beatty Richard H. Sibley Surgical Scholarship Philip Louden Imelda Deegan Stevenson Fund Alison Spiker Rosa Cho Kimberly L. Skaff & Paula A. Skaff II Scholarship Michael Hankewycz Dr. Victor Skaff Scholarship Michael Hankewycz Edward & Norma Jean Skriner Scholarship Mackenzie Clarkson Clark K. & Nellie Sleeth Medical Scholarship Stephanie Knittle WVU School of Medicine Alumni Association Clark K. Sleeth Memorial Scholarship Erika Betler Caleb King Loren Mueller Jason McNair Christopher Reynolds Rachel Romero Avis D. Stuart Medical Scholarship Fund Alexia Fernandez Peggy Preston Tierney Scholarship Austin Biggs Kyle Chapman Jordan Godbey Mark Miller William Walker Kathryn Whetsell Dr. C. Carl Tully & Margaret Tully Scholarship Zachary Anderson John Bozek Jared Manwaring Sarah Moses 39 Scholarships Awarded as of August 2012 Ruth H. Warman Scholarship Michael Hankewycz Weir Foundation Scholarship Alexia Fernandez Geraldine Core Willis Scholarship Jourdan Aromin 40 West Virginia University Medical Scholarship Colleen Beatty Matthew Bologna Benjamin Crowder Sara Kurian Hayley Leight Whitney Loggins Vanessa Williams John Barnard Charles Chen Brendan Cline Andrea Labus Cy Mozingo Jessica Neidhardt Joshua Ramsey Payal Shah Charlotte Bibbee Chad Dean Sarah Ellison Zachary Garrett Heather Grome Ali Hajiran Eric Seachrist Jenna Sizemore Michael Brown Daniel Crowder Mark Guido Eric Lopez Meghan Taylor Rakesh Patel Carli Williams Chad Wilcox Med Tech Med Tech Alumni Scholarship Kenneth Fox Alyssa Virden Mark Erwin Memorial Scholarship Caleb Stanley Nursing Mary H. Arbuckle Scholarship Grace Sudduth Shirley Bell Memorial Scholarship Angela Fitzwater Matracca Hovatter Phyllis Christine Gango Cody Scholarship Lauren Dittebrand Kayla Pomp Condry Nursing Scholarship Frederick and Doris Holter Abigail Hathaway Scholarship Paige Byrne Charles Cotton Miles Graves Memorial Scholarship Aaron Santmyire Dr. Betholene Love Scholarship Fast Track BS/ Kelsey Adams BA to BSN Annual Kimberly Rinard Scholarship In Young Kim Dane Moore Scholarship Alaina Pletcher Imogene Peer Foster Nursing Scholarship Peggy Jean Witt Williams Sarah Miller Scholarship Zebulon Hollen Mason Thompson Frank Frankenburger Fund Stephanie Sites Alexandrea Murray Ashley Turner Meghan Giangiulio Kenton Parsons Helene Fuld Health Trust Scholarship Amy Anderson Jessup Biafore Amber Cowger Samantha Cress Savana Dobler Kelly Fidazzo Kristen Kirkpatrick Kelsey Klug Ann Lucke-Wold Samantha Ludwig Peggy Marawu Bethany Moore Shannon Neighoff Devin Novak Emily Paster Brittany Satterfield Janele Smith Terry Taylor Nichole Updegraff Heather Renee Wright Suzanne Weller Gross Book Scholarship Sara Miller Hazel Johnson Nursing Scholarship Tessa Gardner Brett Samuel Jones Memorial Scholarship Alyssa Crosten C. Lynn Ostrow Annual Nursing Scholarship Chelsea Carroll Jenny Jones Memorial Scholarship Yi Guo Panger Family Scholarship Laura Kneiss Thelma Bernadine Kinney Scholarship Stanley Timinski Nola Matthew Nursing Scholarship Kacie Legg McKinney-Shaw Nursing Scholarship Cassie Bell Anna Mary Miller Memorial Scholarship Tina Antill Heather Miller Scholarship Carmen Davis Barbara Ann Neal Nursing Scholarship Joshua Lane New Careers in Nursing Scholarship Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Dale Childs Elysa Hoard Colten Kisner Dane Kuykendale Chinwe Oparah Margaret Fae Perry Nursing Scholarship Ann McBurney Catherine Relihan Memorial Scholarship Erin Yount Cheryl Toombs Richter Scholarship Shasta Akers June Satterfield Scholarship Cheyenne Hedrick Andriana Mayle Miranda Hopkins Alyssa Fairbanks Kierra Bays Matt Ellison Samantha Gaspar Ariana Pinn Cori Martin Victoria Geis Kayla Anderson Gerlean Marie Slack Scholarship Bethany Andrew 5 Scholarships Awarded as of August 2012 Betty Marea Smith Scholarship Julie Walls Ida Smith Memorial Nursing Scholarship Lora Garlitz 42 Greta B. Stevens Scholarship Kristina Childers Merianne Jarrett Cynthia Kerner Heather Petry Dr. Rezin Stout Scholarship Clara Gerard Valley Health Nursing Scholarship Lindsay Boyer Kelsey Schoenadel Beulah Webb Nursing Scholarship Dominique Valdez-Estep Cynthia Wegley & David Barnette Nursing Scholarship Breann Henson Geraldine Core Willis Scholarship Katherine Grisso WV Center for Nursing Scholarship Thomas Collins Elisabeth Dennis WV Nurses Association Scholarship Melisa Pyka WVU School of Nursing Alumni Association Scholarship Whitney Rhodes WVU School of Nursing Opportunity Scholarship Ololade Olatunji Jessica Paolucci Pharmacy The Academy of Student Pharmacists Scholarship Chris Isabella Kristen Showen The Bernabei Independent Pharmacy Scholarship Valerie Palmer Derrick Robrecht Kelley Stevens The Hospital Pharmacy Practice Scholarship (Cardinal Health) Sarah Bowen Grant Shaddix The Tom & Ben Carson Pharmacy Scholarship Ryan Harvey The Patricia & Jim Chase Pharmacy Endowed Scholarship Danielle Guldner The Clutter-Rhoades Scholarship Kyung Lee The Community Pharmacy Academic Excellence Scholarship (CVS Caremark) Tyler Browning Jodi Canada Kristen Ritter Matthew Snyder Derek Wetsch The Ann Dinardi Scholarship Madison Edwards Kirsten Garman Don E. Eaglehouse, RPh Pharmacy Scholarship Kayla Hetric The Exley Memorial Scholarship Mobeen Ghani The Fruth Scholarship Katelyn Andrews Kelly Wickline Nicole Farabaugh The Herbert Gottlieb Memorial Scholarship Ashleigh Landis Micah Plants The Autumn Grace Trent Memorial Scholarship Drew Carson The Anthony S. & Mary D. Guido Family Scholarship Robert Teel The Rite Aid James K. Harman Memorial Scholarship Britney Alley Lorraine Arnold Willam Calvert Sarah Embrey Mary Ann Kuykendall Jordan McPherson Jonathan Paris The Joseph & Edna Hudachek Family Scholarship Brad Allison The Harold M. Johnston School of Pharmacy Scholarship Kelsey Bailey Joseph Fama Brittney Murdock Melissa Pablic Kealy Toler The Steven C. Judy Memorial Scholarship Kimberly Clevenger The Justice-Lindstrom Compounding Award Salvatore DeCaria The Kroger Scholarship Michelle Dasher Shannon Kerns Teresa Ng Kara Piechowski Brittany Reed The Dr. Carl J. Malanga Pharmacy Scholarship Aimee Lovely Garrett White The James A. Mauro Family Memorial Scholarship Jeremy Channel The Angelo Monaco Scholarship Brian Petrilla The National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) Education Foundation Scholarship Gina Corley Chelsey Houchins Todd Picklesimer Seth Ullman Jacqueline Viola Linda Ann Newman Pharmacy Scholarship Zachary Post The Ohio/ Marshall Counties Pharmaceutical Association Scholarship Melissa Hood Victoria Milton Rachel Mitchell Kelly Stevens Governor Okey L. Patteson Health Sciences Loyalty Permanent Endowment Fund Scholarship Adam Ferguson The Mary Ann Pavlick & Helen Pavlech Scholarship Hannah Hartley Briana Vance The Romeo & Elizabeth M. Rega Memorial Scholarship Paige Miller The Edward W. Rockis Memorial Scholarship Tyler Rusin The Robert & Stephany Ruffolo Endowed Scholarship Emily Barton Jeremy Channel Davonna Dempster Willa Garner Kathryn Mabry Andrew Scott Timothy Taylor Trent Wilson The Harry D. Schiff Scholarship Amanda Johnson Skaff Family Endowment Kelly Wickline The Southern Appalachian Pharmacists Association Scholarship Shawn Wellman The Rebecca Smith Monti Memorial Scholarship Candice Harris The Gerald L. Sprowls Pharmacy Scholarship Zen Guo The Yvonne Stanley Memorial Scholarship Amanda Shaver Amanda Shrewsberry The Kenneth Stollings Memorial Scholarship Megan Greene The Charles Stump Community Service Award Amy Toler The Edward A. Toompas Memorial Scholarship David Cobb The George A. & Lurania K. Topakas Pharmacy Scholarship Jennifer Alastanos Rose Cheng Jason Hicks The Frank W. Vigneault Memorial Scholarship Victoria Capozzi Jordan Coffman Camille Heim Kayla Mitchell Kristen Roche Walgreens Diversity Scholarship Sarah Mallow The Community Pharmacy Leadership Scholarship (WalMart Stores, Inc.) Erin Jerico The West Virginia University School of Pharmacy Dean’s Scholarship Matthew Black Nathan Davis Ryan Fell Galen Kabulski Stephanie Perkins Kristen Thomas Abigail Thornton The West Virginia University Alumni Association Loyalty Permanent Endowment Scholarship Kelsey Bailey Kealy Toler The West Virginia University School of Pharmacy Annual Achievement Scholarship Molly Cline Jeanine Hardy Amy Sharp 43 The John and Edna Witten Scholarship Brooke Justice The Albert F. Wojcik Memorial Scholarship Lorraine Arnold WV Pharmacists’ Association Scholarship David Cobb PUBLIC HEALTH Robert W. Gunn Book Scholarship in Public & Community Health Stephanie Lycett Gamble May Larry May Justin Ruch Beverly Schmitz William M. Murray Public Health Education Scholarship Devin Basil Irvin Stewart Society 44 West Virginia University Health Sciences Office of Philanthropy Room G-106, HSC North, PO Box 9008 Morgantown, WV 26506-9008 Thank you! New HSC Members Fiscal Year ‘11-’12 Dr. Heather Knight-Trent and Family Mrs. Karen L. Reed Dr. David G. Edwards Mr. Roger D. Reed Mrs. Linda S. Edwards Mr. James M. Rogers II Dr. Krista L. Hopkins Mrs. Patricia Rogers Ms. Patricia M. McGill Dr. John T. Samsell Mrs. Nelly T. Pangilinan Mrs. Melody L. Samsell The members of the Irvin Stewart Society have provided for the future of the Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center through gifts included in wills, life-income gifts, testamentary retirement account gifts, life insurance and real estate gifts. The Irvin Stewart Society was formed in 1992 to honor and recognize those WVU supporters who have included gifts in their estate plans. Phone: 304-293-3980, Toll Free: 877-766-4438 To see this publication and other HSC Philanthropy news and information, visit us at www.hsc.wvu.edu/philanthropy. Momentum is published by Health Sciences Office of Philanthropy West Virginia University Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center Julia W. 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