$1 Million Gift Announced for Endowment Fund
CORAL GABLES, Fla. – The University of Miami Athletics Department announced today a gift of $1 million from UM Trustee and alumnus Robert Mann to create the Robert A. Mann Endowed Fund for the Department of Athletics.
This endowment gift, which will support Hurricanes Football, Basketball, Baseball and emergency needs for all student-athletes as determined by the Director of Athletics, is in support of Momentum2: The Breakthrough Campaign for the University of Miami. With this gift, the Department of Athletics has raised over $104 million towards its Momentum2 goal of $125 million.
“Thank you to Bob Mann for his longstanding generosity, commitment and leadership to University of Miami Athletics,” said UM Director of Athletics Blake James. “Bob is a trusted friend to our program and we are grateful that our dedicated student athletes will forever benefit from Bob’s generosity and leadership.”
A Cleveland native and longtime Golden Cane, Mann has generously supported scholarships and facilities in both Athletics and at the School of Communication. Mann, B.A. ’70, serves on the University’s Board of Trustees’ Athletics Advisory Committee and is the Chair of the Visiting Committee of the School of Communication. Bob’s past contributions to Athletics include supporting the construction of Alex Rodriguez Park at Mark Light Field, the Robert A. Mann Auditorium in the Schwartz Center for Athletics Excellence and many years of generous discretionary support for UM Athletics.
Recognized for his unwavering commitment to his alma mater, Mann was named Henry King Stanford Alumnus of the Year in 2008.
To learn more on Athletics giving opportunities or to make a gift to University of Miami Athletics, visit uhurricaneclub.com or call Jesse Marks, Associate Athletics Director for Development at 305-284-2981.
Momentum2: The Breakthrough Campaign for the University of Miami seeks to advance learning, elevate scholarship, and make bold strides in health care in the community, across the country, and around the world. With a goal of raising $1.6 billion by 2016, Momentum2 comes on the heels of the institution’s record-breaking Momentum: The Campaign for the University of Miami, which concluded at the end of 2007 and raised more than $1.4 billion for endowed chairs and professorships, scholarships, facilities, academic and medical programs, and other initiatives. www.miami.edu/campaign
