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Scholarship fosters diversity
New Scholarship Created by Levin College of Law Alumnus
Thanks to a generous $100,000.00 challenge pledge from Jim Theriac, the Theriac-Moore Families Scholarship Fund has been created to promote diversity among the law student population. Alumni Kendall Moore (JD 95) and Jim Theriac (JD 74) are very enthusiastic about the project and hope this scholarship fund will have an everlasting effect on the student body and future practitioners.
Pictured left to right: Kendall Moore (JD 95), Jim Theriac (JD 74) and Greg Francis (JD 94), who will serve lead fundraisers in developing the scholarship.
Announced at the Black Law Students Association-Alumni Reunion Weekend in Orlando in March by Dean Robert Jerry and BLSA President Jonathan Blocker to the students, faculty and alumni in attendance, the funds will be used to establish an endowed scholarship for students of the law school to increase and improve interaction across social lines of gender, race, generation, geography and class for the college.
"This could become our largest endowment to enhance diversity in the student body."
"Jim’s commitment, which also honors the family of his good friend Kendall Moore, is a promise to match the first $100,000 pledged or donated to this scholarship fund," said Dean Robert Jerry. "I hope that our alumni and friends will rise to this challenge and take advantage of this match -- plus, we hope, an eventual state match as well -- to leverage their own gifts to this important fund and purpose. This could become our largest endowment to enhance diversity in the student body."
For additional information, please contact Vince PremDas in the Office of Development and Alumni Affairs at (35) 273-0640.
Giving Back: 2008 Class Gift
Thirty percent of the graduating class participated in this year’s class gift effort and have pledged $58,890 to date. For more information, contact Sara Grimm at (352) 273-0640 or grimms@law.ufl.edu.
In Recognition of Recent Gifts and Pledges
Mary Joan. and Sam H. Mann Jr. (JD 51) pledged $375,000 to establish the Mary Joan and Sam H. Mann Jr. fund through their estate plans.
Joan K. and John H. Moore II (JD 61) pledged $200,000 to establish the John H. Moore II and Joan Kraft Moore Endowment Fund through their estate plans.
Eva and William Gruman (JD 56) made a generous gift of art by Winslow Homer, valued at more than $120,000, currently on display in the Lawton Chiles Legal Information Center.
Sidney A. Stubbs Jr. (JD 65) made an unrestricted pledge of $100,000.
The Robert S. & Mildred M. Baynard Trust pledged $100,000 to name the Judicial Chambers in the new Advocacy Center.
McLin & Burnsed, PA pledged $100,000 to create The McLin & Burnsed Scholarship Fund to honor the firm’s two founding partners, Walter S. McLin III (JD 62) and R. Dewey Burnsed (JD 65), both of whom passed away last year.
Ellen B. Gelberg, Esq. (LLMT 77) donated $73,500 to the Dennis A. Calfee Eminent Scholar Chair in Federal Taxation.
Fisher & Phillips LLP made a gift of $50,000 to establish the Rebecca Jakubcin Labor & Employment Law Book Award Fund.
Renee and Ladd H. Fassett (JD 79) made a $50,000 unrestricted pledge.
Stumpy Harris (JD 65) made a $50,000 unrestricted pledge.
Goldstein & Ray, P.A pledged $40,000 to establish the Goldstein and Ray Scholarship in honor of Assistant Dean of Admissions Michael Patrick.
Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A.made a pledge of $25,000 to the Law Review Endowment.
Vicki and Hal H. Kantor (JD 72) pledged $25,000 to the Law Review Endowment.