Gifts of significance recently given include those below.
New Scholarships were established by:
- Massaro Corporation with a pledge of $50,000 and an initial payment of $10,000 to establish the Joseph Massaro, Jr., Quarterback Scholarship
- Victor S. Drescher, IUP retired faculty member, Kittanning, Pa., with a gift of $17,871 to establish the Drescher Programs Scholarship fund
- Beulah M. Fisher ’56, Ridgefield, Conn., with a $15,000 gift to establish the Beulah (Corsini) Fisher ’56 Scholarship Fund.
Significant Gifts were made to Athletics by:
- The Co-op Store in the amount of $4,645 to support the IUP Women’s Basketball Shoot for the Cure fundraiser
- PNC Bank in the amount of $5,066 to support athletic scholarships through the Corporate Crimson Club
- Chris M. Holuta ’89, Indiana, Pa., president of the FIUP Board of Directors, in the amount of $5,000 for the Basketball Administrative Fund
Significant Gifts to the Regional Campuses were made by:
- David D. Osikowicz, Jr., chairperson of the IUP Council of Trustees, and Debbie Osikowicz, Punxsutawney, Pa., in the amount of $3,500 to the Punxsutawney
- Dean’s Innovation Fund and in the amount of $3,500 to the Punxsutawney Endowed Scholarship Fund
- Paul J. Craft ’78, Clymer, Pa., in the total amount of $18,000 toward his $30,000 pledge for the Punxsutawney Scholars Fund
- Ronald L. Fairman, DuBois, Pa., in the amount of $28,572 toward his pledge to support the Fairman Centre
- Merchants National Bank and Rosebud Mining each in the amount of $10,000 to the New Armstrong County Campus fund, benefiting IUP at Northpointe campus
Significant Gifts to Fine Arts were made by:
- The Reschini Foundation in the amount of $112,496 in support of the Steinway campaign and the Pandolfi concert
- Jay L. Althouse ’73, Raleigh, N.C., in the amount of $4,000 to the Cogswell Building Renovation Fund
- Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation in the amount of $8,850 to support Special Projects within the IUP College of Fine Arts
- Gorell Enterprises Inc. in the amount of $5,000 to the College of Fine Arts Special Project Fund
Other Restricted Significant Gifts were made by:
- Alcoa Foundation in the amount of $100,000 to the Safety Sciences Department to fund a Fatality Prevention seminar to be held in November in Pittsburgh
- Allegheny Foundation in the amount of $100,000 to the John P. Murtha Institute for Homeland Security to fund research initiatives
Significant Unrestricted Gifts to the Student Experience were made by:
- William P. Dannecker ’61, Chappaqua, N.Y., in the amount of $8,000
- James B. Renacci ’80, Wadsworth, Ohio, a Foundation for IUP board member, in the amount of $5,000
- Vivian P. Leidy ’53, Mount Holly Springs, Pa., in the amount of $5,000, after reading of the Fairman Centre gift in IUP Magazine
- The Estate of Pamela J. Beck ’93 in the amount of $10,000
