Combined Efforts of Alumni and Foundation Create $250,000
Small Animal Medicine Professorship at OSU
Henthorne Trust & Zarrow Foundation unite to benefit veterinary medicine
Oklahoma State University announced today a $250,000 combined gift from the late Patricia Henthorne and Tulsa based Zarrow Foundation to endow a clinical professorship in small animal medicine. Once fully matched dollar-for-dollar by T. Boone Pickens’ $100 million chair match commitment, as well as the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, the gift will provide $1 million of impact in endowed funds.
The gift was initially received as a realized estate gift of $200,000 designated to OSU’s Center for Veterinary Health Sciences (CVHS) by a trust established by Patricia Henthorne. Trustees of the estate approved elevating the gift to a professorship for quadruple match and greater impact, but wanted to assure it had small animal focus in the Veterinary Center. The Zarrow Foundation stepped forward to contribute $50,000 to fully endow the professorship.
“The response from our alumni and friends has exceeded our wildest expectations,” said OSU President Burns Hargis. “Inspired by Boone Pickens’ astounding generosity, donors answered the call to make a lasting difference and open a new and exciting chapter at OSU. We sincerely appreciate the forethought of Mrs. Henthorne as well as the additional commitment from the Zarrow Foundation to benefit OSU academics and research.”
In order to take full advantage of the state’s dollar-for-dollar match, and make the most significant impact on OSU academics, Henthorne and Zarrow Foundation officials made the gift prior to the July 1 change in the state’s endowed chair matching program. This gift is part of the $66.8 million in endowed faculty gifts OSU announced recently.
The gift will create the Henthorne Clinical Professorship in Small Animal Medicine located within OSU’s CVHS.
“This was too good of an investment to not be supportive based on the impact our gift which could eventually become a $1 million endowed faculty position for small animal shelter medicine through the Veterinary Center,” said Judy Kishner, Zarrow Foundation trustee. “We’re interested in supporting OSU with the possible impact for the city of Tulsa through partnership with the city and CVHS.”
Jean Van Delinder, chair of the OSU Faculty Council, said, “OSU is poised for growth and further prominence but to realize its full potential we must continue to attract and retain top scholars and researchers. These chairs highlight the important role that scholarship and teaching play at Oklahoma State University, and they are made possible through the generous support of donors who value excellence in scholarship and want to help OSU continue to nurture a strong faculty.”
Endowed professorships and chairs are academic designations which provide support for faculty salary, graduate assistantships, equipment and research needs, as well as other support. These endowed faculty positions allow a university to attract and retain the best and the brightest academic minds in the world.
Oklahoma’s only university with a statewide presence, Oklahoma State University is a five-campus, public land-grant educational system that improves the lives of people in Oklahoma, the nation, and the world through integrated, high-quality teaching, research and outreach. OSU has more than 32,000 students across its system and nearly 21,000 on its Stillwater campus; with students from all 50 states and around 110 nations. Established in 1890, OSU has graduated more than 200,000 students who have made a lasting impact on Oklahoma and the world.
The Oklahoma State University Foundation serves as the private fundraising organization for OSU, as designated by the OSU Regents. Its mission is to unite donor and university passions and priorities to achieve excellence.
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