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UH Reports Record Increase in Private Support
In 1980-81, the University of Houston received $11,891,180
in cash and property from private sources for support of all
campuses and components, the largest such amount ever
recorded. The total does not reflect pledges or earnings
from various endowment funds.
Within the total, $7,499,438 went to curent operations
activities, 9.5 percent of the total University educational
and general and student aid expenditures. $2,080,169
came through gifts of property (including the $1,200,000
valuation for the Wortham House), $322,838 for endow-
ment and $75,331 for physical plant.
Over 40,000 donors were responsible for the excellent
outpouring of private support. The Association of Com-
munity Television (itself a private corporation dedicated
solely to the funding of KUHT) produced by far the largest
number of these donors-over 33,000. Largely through
the fund-raising efforts of ACT, Channel 8 received
$2,217,716 or 63.7 percent of its budget.
Total gift income over the past five years has been:1979-80
1978-79
1977-78$5,218,000
5,716,000
9,806,0001976-77 5,535,000
1975-76 4,094,000(50th anniversary of
University of Houston)University of Houston System President Charles E. Bishop
greets Houston Mayor Kathy Whitmire at a dinner recog-
nizing major UH donors on January 20. They both spoke at
the dinner which featured the theme of "The University and
the City."Gift income of the University is the result of efforts by
many people-faculty, staff, alumni and other volunteers.
In addition to ACT, other examples are the various groups
and individuals which provided $804,398 toward the
athletic program; faculty initiative which brought in
$2,311,573 in research funds from private sources; and
the Law Foundation which raised $165,627. Another
$602,303 came via the UH Foundation through the efforts
of trustees, faculty and staff.
A number of other groups were responsible for gaining
gift dollars, to assist such academic areas as art, busi-
ness, drama, education, geology, music and optometry,
as well as Blaffer Gallery, Center for Public Policy, and the
M. D. Anderson Library. Another group, the Chancellor's
Roundtable, was instrumental in gaining $44,800 for the
Clear Lake Campus.
Although most other U.S. colleges and universities gain
the bulk of their private support from alumni and other
individuals (including bequests), the University of Houston
in 1980-81 received the majority of its gifts from founda-
tions (42.3 percent) and from corporations (29.4 percent).
Over the three previous years, foundations and corpora-
tions have provided between 76 and 89 percent of total
gifts.
The Central Campus initiated a comprehensive annual
fund-raising campaign in 1980 for the first time in a num-
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Dinner Honors
Major UH Donors
The relationship between "the city and the university"
was highlighted in speeches by Houston Mayor Kathy
Whitmire and University of Houston President Charles E.
Bishop at a dinner January 20 honoring major UH donors
at the UH Central Campus Continuing Education Center.
Sponsored by the University of Houston Foundation,
the event recognized supporters of the University who
jointly contributed more than $11 million in cash and prop-
erty during 1980-81.
The UH Foundation is a separately chartered founda-
tion which exists solely to benefit the University of Houston.
Now in its third decade of service, the UH Foundation has
been responsible for tens of millions of dollars in contribu-
tions which have come to the University.
From its beginning, the UH Foundation has had leading
citizens for trustees. Four charter trustees, Roy Henry
Cullen, Ray L. Dudley, Lamar Fleming, Jr., and Frank C.
Smith, joined former Board of Regents chairman, Colonel
W. B. Bates, in launching the UH Foundation on a path of
success which continues today.
Current UH Foundation officers are Elliott A. Johnson,
chairman; Roy H. Cullen, president; Kenneth W. Reese,
vice president; John Van Ness, vice president; and E.
Virginia Barnett, secretary/treasurer.
In addition to Mayor Whitmire and President Bishop,
program participants included Elliott A. Johnson; Dr.
Hyman J. Schactel, rabbi emeritus of the Congregation
Beth Israel; and Stewart Orton, chairman of the board of
the Houston Chamber of Commerce.NON-C UULA H .9
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