Who are the top 5 CU football donors/boosters?

[Folsom Field]

and what kind of money are they donating?

 

[Burrito]

Fiat dollars, I think.

 

[SINKRATZ]

I have heard that CU's biggest donations over the years have come from the family estate of Thomas B. Artsandsciences. Supposedly he funded an entire school at CU, but I'm not sure which one...I don't think we'll ever know.

 

[slider]

I think the top 1 or 2 are anonymous

 

[FChairbanks]

I think the top 1 or 2 are anonymous

i'm guessing mike bohn knows who they are...

 

[Burrito]

I think the top 1 or 2 are anonymous

You're welcome.

 

[Buffellow85]

You're welcome.

Do you think you could use some of your influence and get beer back into Folsom?

 

[leftybuff]

i'm guessing mike bohn knows who they are...

Actually, he doesn't. Whenever MB wants to talk to the big donors, he leaves a note in a notch of the tree outside Old Main, it gets picked up read and the response comes back to MB the same way. That is why there was a delay in firing D II after the KU debacle. Handing off secret notes takes time...

 

[Buffellow85]

If Frontier get the naming rights to Folsom, that should put them in the top 5

 

[Burrito]

Do you think you could use some of your influence and get beer back into Folsom?

Where I sit, the beer flows like wine.

 

[Liver]

Where I sit, the beer flows like wine.

an alley behind pearl street!

 

[GregInArlington]

Dan Hawkins.


Edit: oh nevermind, I thought it said "Bonars" not "Donors"

 

[boulder77]

I have no idea who the "big donors" are, but maybe these names from the head coach search committee might be a good place to start:

Dave Hoover, Chairman & CEO/Ball Corporation;
Roger Parker (’83, Business-Mineral Land Management), Chairman & CEO/Recovery Energy, Inc.;
George Solich (‘83, Business-Mineral Land Management), President & CEO/Cordillera Energy Partners III, LLC.

 

[Maxer]

If Frontier get the naming rights to Folsom, that should put them in the top 5

That's not a donation. Naming rights are a marketing service that they would be purchasing.

 

[Deleted member 807]

$250M Bill and Claudia Coleman - CU system (all campuses) for research to improve lives of those with Cognitive Disabilities. (Fortune from Hewlett Packard & Sun Microsystems. Neither attended CU nor have kids that did. Kudos to former Pres Betsy Hoffman for landing this one)
http://www.leg.state.co.us/2001/inetcbill.nsf/billcontainers/BE9CA7EFFCCF6287872569D50081EFEE/$FILE/SJR006_enr.pdf

$20M Marvin Caruthers - Biotechnology (largest gift by a CU faculty member)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20761961/ns/us_news-giving/t/professor-puts-money-where-his-paycheck/

$15M Anschutz Foundation - Med Center
https://www.cu.edu/sg/messages/6197.html

$10.6M British Petroleum to Engineering & Applied Science (very Aggie) http://www.cs.colorado.edu/department/news/bpvisual.html

$10M Mary & Ed Osborne - CU Colo Springs campus
http://www.springsforum.com/2011/05/06/springs-couple-to-donate-10-million-to-uccs-colorado-springs-gazette/

$8.2M El Pomar Foundation - CU Colo Springs - Science & Education and various capital for buildings
http://www.ucdenver.edu/about/newsroom/newsreleases/Pages/LaContedonationtomedicalschool.aspx

$5.5M - Anonymous - CU Colo Springs
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30252318/ns/us_news-giving/t/mystery-donors-give-million-colleges/

$5M Schaden Family - Law School http://www.bcbr.com/article.asp?id=100843

$5M George Wiegers - CU Med Ctr
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30252318/ns/us_news-giving/t/mystery-donors-give-million-colleges/

$5M Adolph Coors Foundation - Events Center
http://www.nytimes.com/1990/11/25/style/campus-life-colorado-students-reject-ban-on-the-sale-of-coors-beer.html

$4.5M Louise Bennett Reed - Athletic Dept (Biggest Ever from individual to AD
http://www.bcbr.com/article.asp?id=100843

$4.3M Starz/Encore - CU Denver film society/Media http://starz.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&item=496

$3.5M ConocoPhilips - Biotech (more oil money)
http://www.coloradodaily.com/news/ci_17725286#axzz1MznpcKtN

$3M Gaspar Lazzara - CU Med Center Dental School
http://chronicle.com/article/When-Good-Gifts-Go-Bad/9579

$2M Jack & Jean Thompson to Bioscience http://cimb.colorado.edu/news/news/jack-and-jeannie-thompson-donate-2-million-to-cu-bioscience-initiative

$2M Midge Korczak and Leslie Singer Lomas - History Jewish Studies http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_17992418?source=rss

$1.9M Joseph and Rose LaConte - Anschutz Med Ctr
http://www.ucdenver.edu/about/newsroom/newsreleases/Pages/LaContedonationtomedicalschool.aspx

$1M Gallogly Family - CU Colo Springs for event center
http://www.cufund.org/2010/01/21/uccs-alum-donates-1-million-to-name-new-event-center/

$1M Robert and Georgeanne Foss - Business School
http://www.coloradodaily.com/ci_13083767#axzz1MznpcKtN

$1M Amgen - Biotech
http://cimb.colorado.edu/news/news/amgen-donates-1-million-toward-cu-boulder-biotechnology-building

$1M Bill & Jane Reynolds to B-School
http://www.colorado.edu/news/r/fe4c4ebbb0b92fb784885d75a7a9715e.html

 

[Deleted member 807]

The CU AD has established "The Buff Club Cabinet" that consists of up to 100 members who make a 3-year minimum commitment to annually donate $25K to the athletic program. See p11 of the PDF file for listing of named Buff Cabinet members.

http://466650.cache1.evolutionhosting.com/wp-content/themes/cufoundation/images/brochures/buffclub.pdf

 

[Deleted member 807]

I have no idea who the "big donors" are, but maybe these names from the head coach search committee might be a good place to start:

Dave Hoover, Chairman & CEO/Ball Corporation;
Roger Parker (’83, Business-Mineral Land Management), Chairman & CEO/Recovery Energy, Inc.;
George Solich (‘83, Business-Mineral Land Management), President & CEO/Cordillera Energy Partners III, LLC.

I'd guess billionaire Tom and Cydney Marisco might be among the top 5.

 

[Burrito]

Seems like there is a lot of petroleum donors.

 

[sackman]

Seems like there is a lot of petroleum donors.

Oh crap, that means we're just like A&M.

 

[Tea Rex]

No wonder UCCS was just building as many buildings as possible when I was there, knew they had a donation for the Events Center but not the others.

 

[dply]

Oh crap, that means we're just like A&M.

Flatiron aggy?

 

[Deleted member 807]

Oh crap, that means we're just like A&M.

Wait. Wut? Did CU get a top 10 petroleum engineering program? W00t!

Let's open a campus in Qatar!
http://www.qatar.tamu.edu/