Your participation is the key to our success. Contributions from
alumni and friends have been generous and have become vital. These gifts
address many needs including improvements in our clinical facilities,
classrooms, public areas, and students' lives. The following opportunities,
while not a comprehensive needs list, identify some of the School's highest
priorities for support.
The best way to help the school through general support is to give
to the Annual Giving Program. The School of Dentistry's Annual Giving Program provides unrestricted
support to all areas of the school. The Annual Giving Program assists the School where
state support is decreasing, helping in areas where the need is the greatest.
Your commitment to this fund will strengthen the School through the flexibility
of your gift.
Donations may be sent to any of the following fund categories:
- Annual Giving Program
- Battleman Memorial Fund
- Children's Dental Endowment Fund
- Dentistry Class of 1948 Dental Fund
- Frank David Low Memorial Fund
- Harry and Sara Lyons Fund
- Tillie and Samuel Weinstein Lyons Fund
- Virginia Dental Association Endowment Fund
With the ever-increasing cost of dental school, scholarships
are need to offset tuition costs. Scholarships can be need-based
or merit-based. They can reward a student considering a certain
specialty, or someone from a specific geographic region. The
minimum endowment level for a new named scholarship is $10,000,
which provides a student with a $500 annual award, based on a five
percent payout. Donors who wish to give less than this amount
may choose to contribute to a scholarship fund already established
or to the School of Dentistry Annual Fund.
Donations may be sent to any of the following fund categories:
- Linden O. Alexander Fellowship Fund
- Lewis R. Belote Fund (Dentistry Class of 1954)
- William C. Brokaw Fund
- George W. Burke Fund
- Oliver Wendell Clough Fund
- Willie D. Crockett Fund
- Dentistry Class of 1977 Fund
- Dentistry Class of 2006 Fund
- William B. Fitzhugh Fund
- Gay-Vaughan Fund
- Edmond Theodore Glenn Fund
- Eugene Harrison Fund
- International College of Dentists (Virginia Chapter) Fund
- Alexander Kaufman Fund
- Sanford L. Lefcoe Fund
- Harry Lyons Merit Fund
- Preston D. Miller Fund
- Psi Omega Fund
- Richmond Dental Study Club Fund
- Karen and Warren Sachs Fund (in Memory of Sonny Lefcoe)
- Robert M. Saunders Fund
- Christopher Wadsworth Memorial fund
- F.B. Wiebush Fund
- Bernie Wilson Fund
- Robert and Ann Wong Fund
Each and every School of Dentistry Department and Division
has a need for philanthropic support. Donations allow
Chairmen and Directors the flexibility to provide for their
department where state funds fall short, especially during
times of budget cutbacks. The effect of your gift is limitless;
your donation may provide funding for: research, training,
educational courses, outreach, new equipment, renovations,
etc.
Donations may be sent to any of the following fund categories:
- Endodontics "Molar Club" Fund
- Oral Surgery Fund
- Oral Surgery Residents Fund
- Pediatric Dentistry Fund
- Pediatric Dentistry Residents Fund
- Philips Institute of Oral and Craniofacial
Molecular Biology Fund
- Prosthodontics Fund
Even though you may not see your desired fund listed below
you may still contribute to one of the following choices: Division of
Dental Hygiene, Department of General Practice, Department of Oral
Pathology, Department of Orthodontics, and the Department of
Periodontics. Please make a notation when making your gift
allocation.
Numerous proud alumni have taken it upon themselves to start
a fund in honor of their graduation year from Dental School.
Their purposes range from assisting the school with unrestricted
support to scholarships and research. In honor of their 50th
reunion, the Class of 1951 donated a $50,000 scholarship fund to
the school and offered a challenge to other dentistry graduates
to match their accomplishment. The Class of 1977 accepted and
completed the challenge in time for their recent 25th reunion.
Donations may be sent to any of the following fund categories:
- Dentistry Class of 1948 Dental Fund
- Dentistry Class of 1951 Endowment Fund
- Dentistry Class of 1954 Memorial Fund for Lewis R. Belote
- Dentistry Class of 1975 Endowment Fund for George E. Kaugars
- Dentistry Class of 1977 Scholarship Fund
- Dentistry Class of 2006 Scholarship Fund
The University and the School seek to attract, reward, and
retain distinguished faculty, leaders, and scholars of national
and international reputation. An Endowed Chair or a named
Professorship are the highest forms of recognition provided by
the University, and are essential in our ability to recruit and
retain highly qualified faculty. Professorships are need in all
academic units of the School of Dentistry. This endowment
opportunity qualifies for state matching funds from the
Eminent Scholar Fund. Gifts of any size are welcomed to
strengthen professorships already established.
Gifts of any size are welcomed to strengthen any of the
following established professorships:
S. Elmer Bear Professorship
Current Recipient: Currently providing lectureships
in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Paul Tucker Goad Professorship
Current Recipient: Dr. Harvey A. Schenkein,
Assistant Dean for Research
W. Tyler Haynes Professorship
Current Recipient: Dr. John W. Unger,
Chairman, Prosthodontics
Harry Lyons Professorship
Current Recipient: Dr. Ronald J. Hunt,
Dean
Norborne Muir Professorship
Current Recipient: Dr. Steven J. Lindauer,
Chairman, Orthodontics
Edward Myers Professorship
Current Recipient: Dr. Francis L. Macrina,
Vice President for Research
Gifts over $250,000 can be used to create a new named
professorship. The following funding levels apply:
|
Required Funding Levels |
Annual Award |
| Professorship |
$250,000 |
$12,500 |
| Distinguished Professorship |
$500,000 |
$25,000 |
| Endowed Chair |
$1,000,000 |
$50,000 |
This opportunity brings outstanding faculty experts in given
academic disciplines to the School of Dentistry. Lectureships
are needed in all academic units. The minimum endowment level
for a new named Lectureship is $100,000, which will offset the
costs by providing $2,500 annually, based on a five percent
payout. Gifts of any size are welcomed to strengthen lectureships
already established.
Donations may be sent to any of the following fund categories:
- Calvin Belkov Fund
- Ronald J. Hunt Lectureship
- James E. McIver Fund (Orthodontics)
- Preston D. Miller, Sr. Lectureship
- Cyril R. Mirmelstein Dentistry Ethics Lecture
- Eugenia Muir Lecture Fund
- Norborne Muir Lecture Fund
- James H. Revere Lectureship
Contributions to this category will support both student and faculty
research. Only by asking questions can the answers be found. Your gift
will provide funds for valuable research and new lab equipment. The
minimum endowment level for a new named Research Award is $10,000, which
will typically provide a $500 annual award, based on a five percent payout.
Donors who wish to give less than $10,000 may choose to contribute to the
Research Support Funds already established.
Donations may be sent to any of the following fund categories:
- Dentistry Class of 1951 Endowment Fund
- George E. Kaugars Endowment Fund (Dentistry Class of 1975)
- Philips Institute of Oral and Craniofacial Molecular Biology Fund