Report from the fourth annual UI Scholarship Recognition Luncheon

Posted December 16, 2004

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IOWA CITY -- The University of Iowa and The University of Iowa Foundation welcomed more than 200 grateful UI students and generous contributors to the Levitt Center for University Advancement on October 8, 2004, for the fourth annual University of Iowa Scholarship Recognition Luncheon.

The luncheon celebrated UI-wide scholarships made possible through private support. The event allowed students to meet and interact with donors who have created scholarship funds, providing a window into the compassionate, person-to-person philanthropy that is essential to keeping the UI accessible and attractive to deserving students from Iowa and beyond.

Featured speakers at the luncheon included UI President David Skorton; alumni Larry and Jeanette Waters of Iowa City, who have endowed a scholarship through the UI Foundation directed toward students from their hometown of Corning, Iowa; and Lisa Quiroz, a junior pre-business student from Corpus Christi, Texas, and an Opportunity at Iowa scholar.

UI junior Lisa Quiroz, from Corpus Christi, Texas, told the luncheon attendees of the impact of her Kevin Gruneich Opportunity at Iowa Scholarship.

Larry and Jeanette Waters spoke of their decision to endow the Larry P. and Jeanette M. Waters Endowed Scholarship, which helps students from Corning, Iowa, attend the UI. Larry said, "Jeanette and I believe we have three things we can share: our time, our talent, and our treasure. We've given of our time and talent through our work with community organizations. We also wanted to give of our treasure."

UI President David J. Skorton outlined the importance of keeping the UI accessible to all Iowa families through need- and merit-based scholarships.

A group of Carver Scholars, recipients of student aid provided by the Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust of Muscatine, Iowa.

President Skorton presented Robert and Virginia Rigler, benefactors of the Rigler Scholarship Fund, with a plaque commemorating their membership in The Presidents Club, which recognizes the UI's most generous contributors.

Contact Information

Cassidy Titcomb
Associate Director of Development, Special University Initiatives
(319) 335-3305 or (800) 648-6973

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