The Campaign for Louisiana State University

MORE THAN 61,000 DONORS

$798,217,300MORE THANKS THAN LSU CAN EVER HOPE TO GIVE

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A few short years ago,

The Honorable W. Henson Moore III Forever LSU Campaign Chair

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vision was launched of LSU becoming a flagship university and

being recognized as a world-class institution. We knew we were

on the cusp of becoming elite in terms of students, faculty, and

staff, but we had to find a way to fund that vision other than

from increased state funding or tuition increases alone. We

needed to increase private financial support to really make that

vision a reality.

Therefore, the university’s leadership made the historic decision to

reach out to you to make the Flagship Agenda happen—to add

endowed chairs and professorships, increase student scholarships,

and build a new Business Education Complex and LSU Band

Hall. The Forever LSU campaign was the vessel through which

we would engage you to meet these historic goals, and we did.

Thanks to you, more than $798 million was raised, endowing 794

new scholarships, 429 new professorships, and 36 new chairs.

Also, the Business Education Complex is under construction,

as is the LSU Band Hall. LSU has ascended to the top tier of

American universities for the first time through your dedication

and contributions. Now we have to stay there and continue to

improve, so our private support must also continue in the future.

But through you, Forever LSU has reinforced for our flagship

university a solid foundation from which to build as we enter our

second 150 years.

Much like the iconic arches that line our beautiful campus, you

have provided support, stability, and a path forward to the future

of our great university. You are an integral part of the rich history

and tradition of LSU...and you will be forever.

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You did it. You made it possible for the Forever

LSU campaign to not just meet, but to greatly exceed the most

ambitious fundraising goal in LSU’s 150-year history. And, you did

it despite the extraordinary impact of major hurricanes and the

most difficult economic environment in decades.

It has been a humbling, inspiring experience to usher in the

successful conclusion of Forever LSU. We have been on campus

daily throughout the campaign, and that proximity has brought

with it the privilege of being at the forefront of the countless

successes Forever LSU has enjoyed. Yet, you have been the ones

at the forefront of our minds throughout this journey. You are the

reason for these successes.

Forever LSU has been a successful partnership among the LSU

Foundation, the LSU Tiger Athletic Foundation, and the LSU

Alumni Association. On behalf of our organizations, we thank you

for joining us in this historic effort.

It is with tremendous pride and gratitude that we share with you

that more than 61,000 friends and alumni contributed almost

$800 million to Forever LSU to support LSU, the LSU AgCenter,

and the LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center. That this community-

wide support yielded such an outstanding result is nothing short

of remarkable.

We hope you will enjoy reading this special publication, a

celebration of just a handful of the myriad of achievements that

happened for one simple reason: Tigers gave.

Forever LSU,

Maj. Gen. R.G. Richard, USMC (Retired) President and CEO, Tiger Athletic Foundation

Dr. Charlie W. Roberts President and CEO, LSU Alumni Association

Maj. Gen. William G. Bowdon, USMC (Retired) President and CEO, LSU Foundation (Retired June 30, 2011)

“This again proves what the faculty, staff, and students here already know: that LSU is one of the top universities in the nation. As Louisiana’s flagship university, being ranked in the top tier not only brings recognition to our institution but to the state as a whole.”

~LSU Chancellor Michael Martin on the U.S. News & World Report designation of the university’s top-tier status

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STUDENT SUPPORT

FACULTY SUPPORT

PROGRAM SUPPORT

CAMPUS INFRASTRUCTURE

Forever LSU’s four pillars of support

have reached across LSU, the LSU Paul

M. Hebert Law Center, and the LSU

AgCenter, touching everyone in

a variety of ways. In the pages that

follow, you will read about just a few

of the many success stories that, without

your contributions, would not have

been possible.

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LSU’s academic standards have steadily risen over the past

decade, which has resulted in a richer, more challenging,

and intellectually stimulating environment for the entire

student body. Through your donations to merit- and need-

based student scholarships and graduate fellowships, you

have provided support to the next generation of problem

solvers, who are now better prepared to tackle our world’s

most pressing challenges.

to establish 794 endowed scholarships and thousands of nonendowed scholarships, awards, and other support

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A Covenant with In-Need Louisiana Students

Established by LSU in fall 2007, the Pelican

Promise Scholarship is awarded annually to

students who are enrolled at LSU full time or

are eligible for admission to LSU, are Louisiana

residents, are eligible for a Federal Pell Grant,

and come from families with an income less

than or equal to 150 percent of the poverty level.

Pelican Promise, the equivalent of tuition and the

registration fee, makes attending LSU possible for

more than 1,100 students, who may have never

become Tigers otherwise.

IMPACT: Rigoberto “Rigo” Herrera-Zelaya

Rigoberto “Rigo” Herrera-Zelaya is one such Tiger.

His humility and desire to give back to LSU is an

inspiration to us all. Without the Pelican Promise,

Rigo's dreams may have been deferred.

“The Pelican Promise was the deciding factor in my coming to LSU. I come from a low-income family; my parents weren’t able to pay for anything for me, and I had to manage my finances to get to college. The Pelican Promise really takes off a lot of that burden. It has allowed me to continue studying here, and that’s really important to me because if I didn’t have it, I’d probably be considering other options.”

~ Rigoberto “Rigo” Herrera-Zelaya

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Our merit-based scholarships have recognized

and supported outstanding academic work

of our brightest and most accomplished

students. Rewarding these students for their

academic accomplishments has been a key

element in student recruitment and retention

as our university has consistently improved the

quality of our student body.

Recruiting Scholars and Leaders

The LSU Alumni Association’s Leadership

Scholarships and Top 100 Scholarships help

LSU attract highly qualified and competitive

students. The Leadership Scholarships allow

LSU to offer $1,000 awards to high school

students with a proven record of outstanding

leadership in student organizations and

community activities. The Top 100 Scholarship

program, one of the university’s most

established scholarship programs, has

awarded scholarships to more than 3,900

high-achieving incoming freshmen. Each four-

year scholarship includes a $2,000 annual cash

stipend and a “Chancellor’s Student Aide” job.

“LSU was a central experience in my life and has led to many opportunities for me in my career. The Alumni Association Scholarship program was very important to me, and I hope that future generations of LSU students can have those same opportunities.”

~ Larry Franceski, a former Top 100 Scholarship recipient who recently provided a generous gift to support the program

Merit-Based Scholarships

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IMPACT: Charlotte Gates

“LSU has prepared me for this

Fulbright Fellowship by providing

a rich sense of Cajun culture and

diversity that I will share with my

community in France as the main

focus of the Fulbright Fellowship.

I have also been blessed to have

incredible professors that have

given training and guidance

during college, as well as helping

me to prepare my Fulbright

application.”

~ Charlotte GatesFulbright ScholarHonors College StudentBS Psychology, 2010

Fulbright Scholar -France

Foundation of Champions

“Our family bleeds purple and gold, loves rooting for the Tigers, and believes strongly in supporting higher education. Endowing the Foundation of Champions Scholarship in football for #15 and selecting Matt Flynn as the Legacy Player was a wonderful way to recognize an outstanding young man and give back to both LSU and the athletic program that have brought us much joy over the years.” ~Lee Boothby

BS Petroleum Engineering, 1983

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Continuing Athletic Excellence

The Tiger Athletic Foundation’s focus

is leading the university in building a

comprehensively superior athletic program.

TAF created the Foundation of Champions,

a general scholarship endowment fund, to

provide a perpetual source of financial support

for athletic scholarships in each sport.

IMPACT: Matt Flynn

Humanities & Social Sciences Graduate

2007 LSU Football National Champion

“I am honored to represent the Foundation of Champions Scholarship Program as a Legacy Player and to know the Boothby Family Scholarship will forever fund athletic scholarships. My time spent at LSU was very special to me, and I’m excited to know hundreds of others will have the same opportunity because of their special gift to endow an athletic scholarship.”~ Matt Flynn

Foundation of Champions

“Our family bleeds purple and gold, loves rooting for the Tigers, and believes strongly in supporting higher education. Endowing the Foundation of Champions Scholarship in football for #15 and selecting Matt Flynn as the Legacy Player was a wonderful way to recognize an outstanding young man and give back to both LSU and the athletic program that have brought us much joy over the years.”

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Family Association Scholarships

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Turning a University into Home

LSU might seem like a pretty big place

to some incoming students. The Family

Association is dedicated to helping families

with their transition, making our university

an extension of home, no matter where that

might be.

The LSU Family Association offers support,

information, and problem solving for parents

of LSU students, and a big part of that is

evidenced in the inaugural scholarships a

select group of students received.

Twelve students comprised the inaugural class

of LSU Family Association Scholars. Generous

donations from members of the LSU Family

Association made possible each student’s

receipt of a $1,000 award for the 2010-11

academic year.

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“I have developed a profound sense of

the depth to which LSU’s administration

and faculty cares about each, individual

student. There is a personal touch that we

never expected with a large, state university.

Additionally, there are excellent resources

for families and students. LSU is genuinely

interested in, and committed to, each

student’s success and no issue, however small,

has been overlooked.

Everyone we have met, students and

administrators alike, has shown a genuine

interest in my daughter’s happiness and

welfare, and everyone, without exception,

has been enthusiastic about the unlimited

potential at LSU.”

David Sapp

Attorney at Law & LSU Dad

Atlanta, Ga.

A Parent's Perspective

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Manship School of Mass Communication student Ashley

Kirzinger is the inaugural recipient of the John Maxwell

Hamilton Fellowship for Media and Public Affairs Research,

which will provide Kirzinger up to $2,500 in support of her

fellowship research.

Kirzinger’s Hamilton Fellowship research will examine

the role of Twitter in the American press system. She will

explore what Twitter reveals about the social networks of

political reporters and how it affects norms and routines in

collecting and disseminating news stories.

“I am truly honored to be the inaugural recipient of

the Hamilton Fellowship for Media and Public Affairs

Research,” said Kirzinger. “I am extremely grateful for the

opportunity to delve deeper into my dissertation research

and look forward to sharing my results.”

Kirzinger plans to publish her fellowship research in a top-

tier political communication journal, as well as present her

findings at one or more national conferences.

“Ashley’s research is important and interesting, and I think

it will make a contribution to the study of media and

public affairs,” said Amy Reynolds, PhD, associate dean for

graduate studies and research. “It was the creativity of her

research design and potential significance of the work that

made her proposal rise to the top.”

John Maxwell Hamilton Fellowship forMedia and Public Affairs

Big News Day

Research

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was raised in faculty and research support. 429 endowed professorships funded 36 endowed faculty chairs fundedA university cannot recruit the best students without

having qualified faculty to educate and mentor them.

Forever LSU raised funds for endowed chairs and

professorships, providing our faculty with the proper work

environment, complete with sophisticated, modern,

well-equipped laboratory and research facilities.

Our outstanding faculty continues to bring recognition and

honor to LSU, upholding our long tradition of employing

dynamic, innovative professors and researchers to educate

our students.

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The Dr. William A. Pryor Professorships were begun in

2004 by Michael Griffith (PhD, 1968, chemistry), who

was Dr. Pryor’s first doctoral student. Griffith began the

professorship as a tribute to his friend and mentor. Friends,

family, and Dr. and Mrs. Pryor themselves, have generously

contributed to the fund with the goal of honoring Dr.

Pryor’s legacy by reaching an endowed chair level of

funding.

And what a legacy it is.

Boyd Professor Emeritus William A. Pryor is a pioneer in the

field of free radical research. In the early part of his career,

Dr. Pryor studied the role of free radicals in a variety of

organic reactions. He showed early on that several kinds of

free radicals are important in biochemistry as well, and also

that similar reactive species in smog can enter the body

through the lungs and damage cells.

Dr. Pryor’s research on smog and oxidative stress led to

new insight into the toxicity of ozone. His studies of

the chemistry of nitric oxide (NO) are also relevant to

biochemistry because of the discovery that cells in the

body produce NO and use it as a hormone. He also made

numerous contributions to the use of antioxidants, such as

vitamin E, in disease prevention.

Dr. Pryor was the founding director of both the

Biodynamics Institute and the Pennington Biomedical

Research Center. His research group has been supported by

grants from the National Institutes of Health, the National

Science Foundation, the National Foundation for Cancer

Research, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Health

Effects Institute, and a substantial number of national and

international corporations. Research grants awarded to Dr.

Pryor exceed $50 million.

A Pryor Commitment

Pictured: Dr. William A. Pryor (left) and Dr. Michael Griffith (right)

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Program Suortwas raised in support of programs at LSU.LSU is committed to excellence across the spectrum,

offering curricula of the highest quality at the

undergraduate and graduate levels and in the arts,

humanities, business, law, agriculture, military sciences,

and sciences. University-wide support includes

endowments that have assisted the furthering of projects

that state funding could not. Both endowed and direct

gift opportunities have assisted nearly every department

at LSU.

Here are but a few of the programs that have been

impacted by Forever LSU.

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There is a lot to think about when you are going away

to college. The S.T.R.I.P.E.S.—or Student Tigers Rallying,

Interacting, and Promoting Education and Service—

program is offered through the LSU First Year Experience

department. S.T.R.I.P.E.S. is a four-day, three-night retreat

designed to prepare incoming students for the transition to

LSU. The program instills in first-year students the spirit of

LSU and teaches them what it means to be a Tiger not just

while they are enrolled…but for life.

In the past few years, S.T.R.I.P.E.S. has expanded through

the generosity of a $1.1 million gift from Charles Barney,

an LSU alumnus. The first S.T.R.I.P.E.S. program welcomed

a modest 65 incoming freshmen, but since the expansion,

the program has grown into one of the most popular

programs on campus, bringing in more than 500 incoming

students each year.

“The donation to S.T.R.I.P.E.S. more than doubled the number of participants. I would like to definitely say thank you because it does more than just get students excited. We’re hoping to cultivate the future leadership of LSU… and there’s nothing better.” ~Kelsi Moore

S.T.R.I.P.E.S. Leader

Bleeding Purple and Gold

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Strengthening Roots

The LSU Coastal Roots Program received $11,337

from Plow & Hearth Country Store as part of the

company’s “Campaign to Reforest America.”

In July 2009, Plow & Hearth pledged to donate

a tree for every transaction completed between

October 15 and December 31 of that year.

Thanks to higher than expected sales, the

company donated more than 729,000 trees to

be planted in Louisiana, North Carolina, and

Pennsylvania. The amount LSU received is the

equivalent of 226,739 seedlings.

The LSU Coastal Roots program provides hands-

on learning in environmental studies and science

for grades 2-12. Students grow seedlings and

grass plugs, which are transplanted to sites

across Louisiana.

IMPACT: Since the program began,

5,500 students have planted more

than 46,000 restoration plants on

nearly 130 trips to Louisiana’s coastal

areas. Coordinated by Associate

Professor Pam Blanchard of the LSU

College of Education, the program

touched more than 40 schools in 18

parishes last year.

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Oliver “Rick” Richard and his wife Donna pledged

$500,000 to the Forever LSU campaign. Half of their

gift helped to fund the LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center’s

Clinical Legal Education Program, which expands

experiential learning opportunities for students, while also

providing a secondary benefit to lower-income populations

and local, state, and federal governments.

Through the Law Clinic and the program, the Law Center

offers second- and third-year students the opportunity to

practice law and represent in-need clients in the Baton

Rouge community. Like a medical school residency,

students practice under close faculty supervision.

By representing real clients with important legal issues,

students practice in local courts before administrative

agencies and other venues. This clinic is but one of many

reasons that the LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center is a top

tier law school according to U.S. News & World Report.

“The basis for lifetime learning I received provided me

the opportunity throughout my career to interact with

wonderful people in business, government, and the media

to affect judicious change,” said Rick Richard.

Community Service

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4-Ever 4-H

LSU AgCenter employees are a generous bunch. Since

2006, employee giving through payroll deduction has

almost tripled, with 112 employees now making monthly

donations to endowed and nonendowed 4-H Foundation

accounts. Their contributions support a range of 4-H

programs, including scholarships, educational trips, awards,

and recognition programs.

In addition to gifts received via payroll deduction, many

LSU AgCenter employees and retirees contribute to 4-H

accounts each year. Employee donors have often shared

that the impetus to start giving was a desire to support the

future leaders of Louisiana. Last fiscal year, 22 percent of

4-H donors were LSU AgCenter employees.

Since 1908, more than four million young people have

been involved in the LSU AgCenter’s Louisiana 4-H youth

development program.

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The STAR Employer Program was created to recognize and

thank those employers that make significant contributions

to LSU Career Services. Employer gifts have played

an important role in building and sustaining services

essential to its success, such as assisting students and

alumni in choosing careers, obtaining career-related work

experiences while in school, developing job search skills,

and securing employment or admission to graduate or

professional school.

Plans are underway for the new Olinde Career Center that

will bring together LSU Career Services’ two locations. The

Olinde Center will be a state-of-the-art environment better

suited for preparing LSU students and alumni for the world

of work. This new home will be a better place for students

to engage in career planning, a better place for employers

to recruit…a place befitting Louisiana’s flagship university

and those who recruit here.

STAR Search

“Career Services is vital. All of these resources are free to students and that is directly because of funding to the STAR Employer Program.“ Andrea Guevara

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LSU has one of the most beautiful campuses in the United

States. It is a botanical joy that illustrates the heights of both

natural and human design. But it is not just about aesthetics;

thanks to you, LSU now competes with some of the best

research-intensive universities in America. Your generous

donations have helped us beautify, strengthen, and innovate

our campus for the LSU of the future.

was raised in support of facilities at LSU.$399,774,397

“We’ll have one of the best facilities in the country for business. Not only are all the students going to see beautiful buildings, they’ll also know that this was a private-public partnership. The donors lead by such a good example, so thank you for setting that example for me.”

On March 19, 2010, the Business Education Complex,

future home of the LSU E. J. Ourso College of Business,

began to take shape at the official groundbreaking. And

“groundbreaking” is the perfect word to describe the

state-of-the-art learning environment.

Jimmy Maurin, chairman of Stirling Properties and co-chair

of the Louisiana Business Building Oversight Committee

(LBBOC), was elated that day. The LBBOC is a part of the

Dean's Advisory Council.

“With this groundbreaking, we’re dealing with one of the

greatest needs that LSU has,” Maurin said. “The LSU E. J.

Ourso College is one of the best in the country. It’s one of

the biggest colleges on campus, and for the first time it’s

going to have its own home, and that’s great.”

Completion of the BEC is on target for spring 2012, and

for Maurin, the ribbon-cutting ceremony cannot come

soon enough.

“Once the BEC opens, LSU will no longer be the only

university of its kind that doesn’t have a freestanding

business school,” Maurin said. “For our students, it will

bring to an end the necessity to walk back and forth across

campus on a daily basis for business classes. The students

will have more time to prepare for their next task at hand,

will be able to prepare with their peers, and will have all

the amenities they will need to accelerate their learning.

That is invaluable.”

Comprising 156,000 square feet of space, the BEC will

accommodate undergraduate and graduate business

students, executive education, and business community

and college functions that previously have had to be

held off-site. Even when the BEC is finished being built,

however, the act of building will continue. The BEC will

allow the strengthening of programs, initiatives, and the

world’s future business workforce. By providing our faculty

and students this tremendous advantage, the LSU

E. J. Ourso College is giving them the means to compete

with anyone.

Opening with an Impact

~Anne-Marie Fontenot Business

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“The stadium that we’ve been given is unbelievable. It’s second to none around the country. With 10,000 screaming fans every weekend, it’s a really special place. Thank you so much for spoiling us.”

~ Mikie Mahtook Sport AdministrationLSU Outfielder, 2009 National Championship Team

Knocking It Out of the Park

The LSU baseball team opened its new Alex Box Stadium in 2009. With

a school record for attendance, the Tigers have now led the nation in

total home attendance for 15 straight years dating back to 1996.

Generous donors to the Tiger Athletic Foundation helped to fund

the new Alex Box Stadium. It seats nearly 3,000 more fans and has

6,000 additional square feet of locker and meeting room space than

its previous incarnation some 200 yards away, as well as new batting

cages to help hone the skills of generations of Tigers to come.

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A $500,000 gift to the LSU Foundation for the LSU College

of Engineering's Department of Mechanical Engineering

enabled the late Frank H. Walk Sr., DE, PE, and 1942 ME

graduate, to present engineering students with a state-

of-the-art presentation room for the ME capstone senior

design course sequence, in addition to three new CNC

lathe machines for students to engineer their designs.

Walk, former chairman/CEO emeritus of Walk, Haydel &

Associates, Inc. and former consultant to URS Corporation,

was a true “LSU Engineer” who combined the highest

standards of professional excellence and accomplishment

with seemingly limitless energy and a deep commitment to

his community, state, and alma mater. The result was a life

full of engineering achievement and a distinguished record

of selfless service.

Before his death, Mr. Walk explained his experience at LSU.

“The first thing that attracted me to engineering was the

shops. I made straight A’s in shop work. I am very proud

of my degree from LSU. Everywhere I’ve been in the world,

I have bumped into engineering grads from LSU who have

been successful. That speaks well of the university and the

degree attained.”

IMPACT: LSU mechanical engineering students face a

formidable challenge prior to graduation by competing

in a Senior Design Capstone Program. For the capstone

projects, teams of students devise solutions to engineering

problems submitted by industry, faculty, and the

community at large. These design solutions require

consideration of all aspects of engineering. Alternative

designs are investigated during the first semester, and a

functioning prototype must be manufactured by the close

of the second semester. Engineering seniors then devise a

solution to a problem in society and fabricate the result.

“It’s had a significant impact on the mechanical engineering students here at LSU. It really mirrors what we’d expect in a professional setting…we’ll be better prepared for what we do in the future because of it.”

Walk This Way

~ Evan LedetMechanical Engineering

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The “I Like Mike” campaign began in 2001, uniting

fans, students, and members of the LSU community to

raise money that gave our former mascot, Mike V, a new

home. On August 27, 2005, Mike V moved from his old

1,100-square-foot home to a 15,000-plus–square-foot

habitat. In so doing, he stepped into one of the largest

and finest tiger habitats in the nation, featuring lush

planting, a large live oak tree, a waterfall, a stream, and

a swimming pond.

Now, Mike VI is enjoying the fruits of all the generous

donations and labor that went into the “I Like Mike”

campaign. With constant care and attention from his

caretakers at the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine, Mike

is one lucky and well-taken-care-of cat.

We All Like Mike!

"We think there are about 100,000 people that visit him on an annual basis, and it’s just really a top-notch facility. We can’t thank you enough.”~ Nicholas P. CrossVeterinary MedicineMike VI’s Caretaker

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For veterinary medical students Randee Monceaux and

Nick Cross, Mike the Tiger’s student caretakers, Mike

VI is more than just the LSU mascot: he is a 450-pound,

five-year-old tiger that needs to be cared for 365 days a

year. And caring for him, while simultaneously thrilling

and rewarding, is not an easy job. The habitat provides

a unique opportunity for these students to gain hands-

on experience in an incredible research environment.

While the role of caretaker is a popular one within the

LSU School of Veterinary Medicine—one in every seven

students applied for the current rotation—it is one that is

only filled after careful deliberation.

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Business Education Complex Football Operations Center, including indoor and outdoor turf fields

Shaw Center for the Arts Rural Life Museum Visitors Center

Veterinary Medicine Equine ICU LSU Olinde Career Center

Clarence P. Cazalot Jr. Marathon Oil Corporation Atrium in the Howe-Russell Geoscience Complex

Basketball Practice Facility

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Major Building Projects not pictured include:

Cox Communications Academic Center for Student-AthletesLSU Band HallLSU Soccer StadiumTiger Stadium-West SidePete Maravich Assembly Center RenovationsNew Alex Box Stadium (see page 30)Old Alex Box ParkingNorth Stadium Window ReplacementLSU Golf Practice FacilityChemical Engineering BuildingMultiple classrooms, laboratories, and research space

New Softball Tiger Park University High Renovations and Gym

Women’s Basketball Locker Room Mike The Tiger’s New Habitat

University Club Golf Course Renovations LaHouse

Frank H. Walk Design Presentation Room

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$764,177,300 Private Giving

Faculty Support $203,578,545

Campus Infrastructure $399,774,397

Student Support $124,493,449

Program Support $31,116,648

Unrestricted $5,214,261

Alumni 24,938

Friends 28,971

Individuals 53,909

Corporations 7,477

233,595 Gifts & Pledges

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As of December 31, 2010, donors to Forever LSU gave:

$798,217,300

$700,000,000

$600,000,000

$500,000,000

$400,000,000

$300,000,000

$200,000,000

$100,000,000

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$122,551,853.76Endowed

$641,625,438.96Nonendowed

$34,040,000.00State Match

Total Raised by Category

Private giving consisting of cash, pledges, in-kind gifts, and planned and testamentary gifts

Generated in-state matching funds (professorships &

chairs through 6/30/2010)

Total raised from all funding sources

Regional Forever LSU Campaign Locations (Listed Alphabetically by State)

California Los AngelesSan Francisco

ColoradoDenver

FloridaTampa

GeorgiaAtlanta

Louisiana AcadianaAlexandriaBaton RougeFlorida ParishesHouma/ThibodauxLake CharlesMonroeNew OrleansShreveport

New YorkNew York

TennesseeNashville

TexasAustinDallasHouston

Washington, D.C.

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Chinese proverb states, “A journey

of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” Similarly, a journey

toward $798 million begins with a single donation. This is the

story of how the historic Forever LSU campaign received ours.

My first day as director of the campaign was April Fool’s Day,

2006. I was busy moving everything in with the help of my sons

when my oldest, Brennan, then eight, asked me what my new

job would entail. I explained to him that we were beginning a

campaign that would propel LSU, Louisiana’s Flagship University,

into the top tier of national universities and that our mission was

very important to the future of not only LSU, but the state as well.

When Brennan asked how this would be accomplished, I told him

that it would take a lot of money, but luckily there were hundreds

of people just like us who loved LSU and who would be willing

to help us reach our goal.

The next day, as I was leaving for work, Brennan handed me

his piggy bank, which contained $83.47, and said that he was

thankful for the scholarship he received at his school and figured

if he could help a student go to LSU, he wanted to help. Tears

of pride and humility fell from my eyes. Someone believed in

Brennan, and because of that, he believed in the future of an

LSU student. The piggy bank has been in the campaign

office since the beginning as a reminder. I realized then that

philanthropy is taught.

Since that first donation, the generosity expressed by donors

like you has been overwhelming. It has been an extraordinary

honor to serve as a member of the stellar campaign team Forever

LSU. Between Shelley Favre Zeringue, Danielle Nienaber, and me,

we hold five LSU degrees. We bleed purple and gold. We are all

grateful to have been able to represent our alma mater across the

country and beyond in such a worthwhile endeavor.

Together, we would also like to give a special thank you to the

three foundations and three campuses. A very personal thank you,

specifically, to Congressman Henson Moore and his wife Carolyn,

whose leadership, steadfast vision, and personal sacrifice for

LSU have been inspiring. They are a joy to work with. Thank you,

Katherine Kennedy Burlette for all of your hard work. Thank you

to the entire Forever LSU Campaign Cabinet, who we have grown

to know as personal friends and comrades-in-arms.

Last but not least, a very personal thank you to Shelley and

Danielle. You are, quite simply, the BEST. It has been a privilege

to work with you. Many blessings in your future endeavors.

Sincerely,Beverly Brooks Major, LSU ’93, ‘05Director, Forever LSU

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Dr. Mary Lou Applewhite

Mr. Jon D. "Jay" Babb

Dr. and Mrs. Terence Beven

Mr. Jamie B. Bice

Mrs. Linda H. Bowsher

Dr. Bert R. Boyce

Mrs. Laura Boyce (deceased)

Honorable John B. Breaux

Ms. Claire L. Cagnolatti

Mr. Ronald C. Cambre

Mr. E. R. Campbell Jr.

Mr. Guy Campbell III

Mr. Jeff K. Carbo

Mr. James Carville

Ms. Sarah Clayton

Mr. William Conti

Mr. Lodwrick M. Cook

Mr. Robert H. Crosby III

Mr. John L. Daniel Jr.

Dr. Cheryl C. Fasullo

Mrs. Ashley S. Fox-Smith

Mr. Edward G. Galante

Mr. G. Lee Griffin

Dr. Arthur M. Halbrook

Mrs. Margaret Womack Hart

Mr. Harry T. Hawks

Mr. R. Brian Haymon

Forever LSU Campaign Cabinet

Mr. Mark L. Hefter

Mr. Thomas M. Hontzas

President Emeritus William L. Jenkins

Honorable J. Bennett Johnston Jr.

Mr. Kip Knight

Mr. Gary L. Laborde

Mr. Edward A. Landry

Mr. Richard A. Lipsey

Dr. John V. Lombardi

Mr. Harry J. Longwell

Mr. Roy O. Martin III

Mr. James E. Maurin

Mr. W. Shelby McKenzie

Honorable W. Henson Moore III

Mr. Shaquille R. O’Neal

Mr. J. Rock Palermo III

Dr. James R. Peltier

Mr. Roy A. Pickren Jr.

Mr. Eddie N. Pullaro

Mr. Milton J. Reese Jr.

Mr. Gordon E. Regan Jr.

Mr. Kevin P. Reilly Sr.

Mr. C. Stewart Slack

Dr. Steven V. Slaton

Mr. Donald J. Waguespack

Mr. Rick Wolfert

Mr. J. Lanier Yeates

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Development Staff

Tammy Abshire, CFREDanny AguirreKrista AllenChaunda AllenConnie AndersonWes ArdoinMelissa ArgraveLaura BaldenMarco BarkerKristin BatulisMona BecnelDanny BelangerCasey BennettRanda BordelonBeverly Brooks Major, CFREBen Broussard, CFREKatie BulotKatherine Kennedy BurletteRhett ButlerCary ByrdBunnie CannonJoe CarvalhidoPam ColtharpNancy ColyarJulie CooperMeredith CothernSara CourtneySteven CovingtonLaura CoxJacquelyn CraddockJeff CrowMelissa DalyKushal DasguptaDerek DentonKaren A. DevilleJosh DicharryCathy Dodge, CFRELori DowdenJane DunnChandler DupontPat EdwardsDon Eisenberg, CFREJennifer Eller

Tia Embaugh, CFREEric EskewTracy EvansGwen FairchildShelley Favre ZeringueCharlotte FrugeGigi GauthierLisa GeddesEmi GilbertRuss GreerJohn GrubbEric GuerinAngela GuidryJeff HaleStacey HalphenAmanda HaralsonStephen HarmonCourtney HartEmily HeinrothJane HensleeMartin HernandezTiffany HessJohn HightowerErnie Hill (deceased)Stephen HollidayBetty Karlsson, CFREMichelle KasischkeLindsey KellyVicki KingNorisha KirtsBryan LandryLaura Lanier, CFREKelly LastrapesMimi LaValleWendy LeudtkeBrenda MaconAnn Marie Marmande, CFREJohn McGeheeJeffery McLain, CFREWayne MillerAdrienne MooreGretchen Morgan, CFREKy Mortensen, CFRE

Carol NewmanLindsay NewportDanielle NienaberCharlotte NordykeTonja NormandLisa O’BeirneMichael OblingerWendy OvertonLori PattersonKelly PepperRick PerryCecil PhillipsHarriet PoolerQuinn RainwaterLee RaynerMike RobinsonMalcolm RobinsonLahna RocheArlette Rodrigue, CFREJill RoshtoBen RossRaychel RoyNicole RozasCynthia SandeferTodd SandemanBrian SchmolkeEmma SchneiderDick SchneiderGeorgia ScobeeJamie SegarDavid SeniorMila Sexton, CFRELynn ShieldsStacey SimmonsKaren SoniatDennis SpringLaura St. BlancEd SteimelCliff VannoyFrances WatsonJudyth Wier, CFREJensen YoungBobbi Zaunbrecher

List reflects everyone who served as development staff during the campaign

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Mr. Mark K. AndersonMr. Jeff H. BenhardMr. J. Herbert BoydstunMr. J. Terrell BrownMr. Robert H. Crosby IIIMr. Robert W. DaigleMrs. Laura L. DauzatMr. William T. Firesheets IIMr. T. Cass GaiennieMr. G. Lee GriffinMr. Frank W. Harrison IIIMr. Gary L. LabordeMr. Gene W. Lafitte Sr.Mr. Charles A. LandryMrs. Laura A. LeachMr. David B. Means IIIMr. William B. OwensDr. James R. PeltierMr. John F. Shackelford IIIMr. Robert M. Stuart Jr.Mrs. Sue W. TurnerMr. Burton D. Weaver Jr.Mr. Felix R. WeillMr. William H. Wright Jr.Mr. J. Lanier Yeates

Mr. Al AdamsMr. Bruce A. AdamsMr. H.F. “Hank” AndersonMr. Woody D. BilyeuMr. Guy Campbell IIIMr. Brian P. CheramieMr. William T. DrostMr. Jerry D. Dumas Sr.Mr. Eric EdwardsMr. G. Archer Frierson IIMs. Theresa M. GallionDr. Eric T. GeistMr. Jamie HowardMr. James Fleet HowellMr. Patrick A. JuneauMr. Leonard K. “Lenny” LemoineMr. Roy O. Martin IIIMr. James E. Maurin Mr. Markham R. McKnightChris Miciotto, MDMr. Scott MoranMr. Jake NettervilleMr. Tyron D. PicardMrs. Stacey Paretti RaseMr. William W. “Billy” Rucks IVMr. Gordon L. “Gordy” Rush IIIMr. Todd SchexnayderMr. Jerry Shea Jr.Mr. Steven J. ShermanMr. Eulis Simien Jr.Mrs. Aimee SimonMr. Robert M. Stuart Jr.Mr. Collis B. Temple IIIMr. E. Robert “Bobby” TheriotMrs. Beth TopeMr. Craig WebbMr. Charles S. Weems IIIMr. Charles S. “Burney” WilliamsMr. Brian H. WoodardMr. Richard E. Zuschlag

Scott L. AndersonJack A. Andonie, MDMary Lou Applewhite, MDJon D. “Jay” BabbJ. Hals BenhardPatricia C. “Pat” BodinCarney A. “Buddy” Brice III, DDSJohn S. Butler, PhDGuy Campbell IIILodwrick M. CookGregory J. “Gregg” CordaroRobert W. Dugas, MDTheresa M. GallionRonald M. JohnsonJan K. LuizzaTed A. MartinLouis R. Minksy, MDCharles H. Moniotte, CPARichard C. “Ricky” OustaletJohn T. Shelton Jr. Carl J. StrevaSusan K. Whitelaw, CPAMichael H. “Mike” Woods

LSU Foundation Board of Directors

LSU Foundation Ex Officio Board of Directors

LSU Tiger Athletic Foundation Board of Directors

LSU Alumni Association Board of Directors

Maj. Gen. William G. BowdonMr. Jeffery McLain, CFREMr. George MossMs. Gina DugasMr. Bill Silvia

List reflects board membership as of December 31, 2010

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LSU System Board of Supervisors

Mr. Ronald R. AndersonDr. Jack A. AndonieMr. R. Blake ChatelainMr. Garret H. DanosHonorable Ann D. DuplessisMr. Anthony G. FaltermanDr. John F. GeorgeMr. Stanley J. JacobsMr. Alvin E. KimbleMr. Raymond J. LasseigneMrs. Laura A. LeachMr. James W. Moore Jr.Mr. Ben W. MountMr. Roderick K. WestMr. Robert V. YarboroughMs. Ali V. Lieberman

University Administration

Chancellor Michael V. MartinChancellor Jack M. WeissChancellor William B. RichardsonExecutive Vice Chancellor and Provost John Maxwell HamiltonDean Jennifer CargillDean Kevin R. CarmanInterim Dean Kenneth E. CarpenterDean Nancy L. ClarkDean William David ConstantDean Christopher F. D’EliaDean Gaines M. FosterDean Peter F. HaynesInterim Dean Ralph S. IzardDean Eli JonesDean Laurence D. KaptainDean Kenneth L. KoonceDean Richard KoubekInterim Dean Laura F. LindsayDean Christian E. MolidorDean Beth M. PaskoffVice Chancellor and Athletic Director Joseph Louis AllevaVice Chancellor and Chief Information Officer Brian D. VossVice Chancellor Cheney C. Joseph Jr.Vice Chancellor Christopher M. PietruszkiewiczVice Chancellor Eric N. MondayVice Chancellor Paul D. CoreilVice Chancellor John S. RussinInterim Vice Chancellor Thomas R. KleiVice Chancellor Isiah M. WarnerVice Chancellor Kurt J. KepplerVice Provost Katrice A. AlbertVice Provost Jane W. CassidyVice Provost T. Gilmour Reeve

Special thanks to former LSU chancellors Mark Emmert and the Honorable Sean O'Keefe, President Emeritus William Jenkins, and former LSU Law Center Chancellor Emeritus John Costonis.

List reflects leadership as of December 31, 2010

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