Annual Report

From Dream to Destination: ISUAA 2008-2009 Annual Report

Annual Report for July 1, 2008-June 30, 2009

Greetings from ISU President Gregory Geoffroy

Congratulations to the Iowa State University Alumni Association on a banner year!

The year was filled with outstanding activities and achievements. One of the highlights came when we officially dedicated the new ISU Alumni Center in October 2008. It was a wonderful ceremony for a beautiful facility that is now "home" to thousands of students who came to Iowa State to begin their life's journey when they return to visit the campus.

Iowa State's rich heritage and many of its beloved traditions come alive in the new ISU Alumni Center. The mosaic mural, bronze Cy sculpture, original Memorial Union doors, ceremonial Cyclone Tower, and dozens of other artifacts and architectural elements recall the look and feel of our beautiful central campus.

This ISU Alumni Center has been the dream of alumni leaders for decades. Thanks to the leadership of Jeff Johnson and the Alumni Association staff and the ISUAA Board of Directors, and especially thanks to the generosity of alumni Roy ('57 agricultural journalism) and Bobbi ('06 honorary alumna) Reiman and the more than 400 other donors, this center is a special gift to Iowa Staters -- past, present, and future.

I hope you will visit the Alumni Center, and the rest of our beautiful campus, often.

Gregory L. Geoffroy
President, Iowa State University

Looking back, looking forward

Dear alumni and friends:

What a year for the Iowa State University Alumni Association as we moved to the new ISU Alumni Center! The Center is a wonderful asset for Iowa State's many constituents. The facility has surpassed our hopes, dreams, and expectations. We must again say thanks to President Geoffroy, lead donors Roy and Bobbi Reiman, our more than 400 other donors, current and former ISUAA Board of Directors and staff members, Circle members, ISU Facilities Planning and Managment staff, HLKB architects, Woodruff Construction, and the many subcontractors, vendors, designers, and artists involved in making this 34-year dream a reality. Without these individuals, and the foresight of past ISUAA executive director Jim Hopson and his boards, the ISU Alumni Center would not have happened.

If you've been ot the Center, please let us know how we can improve our operations and any aspects of the building. If you rented the Center this year, thank you! If you haven't, please consider the Alumni Center for your next special event. Please visit us soon and be sure to take a guided tour. You may be surprised by the many treasures you'll find in our architecture and artifacts. This place truly is Iowa State, and it's yours!

In addition to settling into our new building this year, the board also strengthened its internal operations by documenting and working to minimize all areas of risk associated with operating the Association and by studying ways to better attract, support, and retain a qualified staff. Further, our membership grew to 50,758, and we supported the ongoing efforts of our staff and university officials to increase the involvement of ISU alumni, students, and friends in the life, work, and aspiration of the university. It was a truly great year.

Stay involved, and don't hesitate to let us know how we can better serve you.

Yours for Iowa State,

Deb Tharnish, 2008-2009 Board Chair
ISU Alumni Association Board of Directors

Jeff Johnson, President and CEO
ISU Alumni Association

2008-2009 Board of Directors

Front row: Faye Abbes (’83 dietetics and food science; Danville, Calif.); Randall Hertz (’76 animal science; Nevada, Iowa); Jeffery W. Johnson (ISU Alumni Association president, CEO, and Publisher; Ames, Iowa), ex-officio/non-voting; Kristin Littlejohn (ISU Alumni Relations Council representative; West Des Moines, Iowa); Barbara D. Correll (’96 exercise science; Chicago, Ill.); Deborah M. Tharnish (’77 English; Des Moines, Iowa), chair; Scott M. Stanzel (’95 journalism and mass communication; Washington, D.C.); Jon L. Fleming (’75 meteorology; Ames, Iowa), immediate past chair; Michelle Moseman (’98 computer science; Kansas City, Mo.)

Second row: Adam D. Theis (senior, agricultural business; Ames, Iowa), Student Alumni Leadership Council representative; Billi Hunt (’93 housing; Urbandale, Iowa); Jeffrey Larson (’77 landscape architecture; Roscoe, Ill.); Craig R. Foss (’71 industrial engineering; Fairfield, Iowa); Carol L. Anderson (’76 PhD home economics education; Cobb, Wis.), vice chair of records; James DeLano (’87 DVM veterinary medicine; San Ramon, Calif.); Ruby Trice (’87 management; Maryland Heights, Mo.); K. Dwayne Vande Krol (’93 accounting; Clive, Iowa), chair-elect; Marcia Stahly (’85 general business; Naples, Fla.)

Third row: Melvin R. Weatherwax (Ankeny, Iowa), non-alumni representative; Kay Kretschmar Runge (’69 history education; Davenport, Iowa); Matthew M. Craft (’00 political science; La Porte City, Iowa); Warren R. Madden (’61 industrial engineering; Ames, Iowa), treasurer; ex-officio/voting

Back row: Steven H. Cox (’86 marketing; Doylestown, Pa.); Ronald J. Hallenbeck (’71 finance; Ames, Iowa), vice chair of finance; Benjamin Biller (’81 civil engineering, MS ’82; Leawood, Kan.); Michael K. Guttau (’69 farm operation; Treynor, Iowa)

Not pictured: Tahira Hira (Ames, Iowa), ISU president’s designee

The ISU Alumni Association: Your connection to Iowa State University

Mail: Iowa State University Alumni Association
ISU Alumni Center
420 Beach Ave.
Ames, IA 50011-1430

Phone: Toll-free 1-877-ISU-ALUM (478-2586)
Local 294-6525

Fax: 515-294-9402

E-mail: alumni@iastate.edu

Web: www.isualum.org

CySpace: http://cyspace.isualum.org

2008 ISU Alumni Center timeline

July 9 Staff moves in
Aug. 28 First public event (Cyclone Central Tailgate)
Sept. 2 Ames Chamber of Commerce ribbon cutting
Oct. 25 Building dedication

ISU Alumni Center events
(through June 30, 2009)

Total rentals: 182

ISU Alumni Center rentals:
Public events: 26
University events: 28
Student events: 5
Classes: 76
Weddings: 2
Wedding receptions: 6

ISU Alumni Association-hosted events:
Open houses: 6
Cyclone Central Tailgates: 6
CYonara Senior Sendoff
Post-commencement receptions
Young alumni post-game party

For information on renting space in the ISU Alumni Center for meetings and special events, go to www.isualum.org/reservations or call Emily Trevillyan, events manager, at 1-877-ISUALUM.

Mission

To engage the talents and resources of alumni, students, and friends in the life, work, and aspiration of Iowa State University.

Vision

To become the lifetime partner in engaging all alumni, students, and friends with Iowa State University.

Income & Expense Report

Alumni Center Donors

At the end of FY09, more than $13.5 million had been raised for the construction, furnishings, art, and operations endowment for the ISU Alumni Center. Roy and Bobbi Reiman contributed to a lead gift of more than $9 million of this total. The ISU Alumni Association would like to thank th emore than 400 donors who made this dream a reality:

Bells of Iowa State –
$5 million and above
Roy and Bobbi Reiman

True and Valiant –
$1 million to $4.9 million
Roy and Sandra Uelner

Spirits Great –
$500,000 to $999,999
Owen J. and Doris Jean Newlin

Dear Alma Mater –
$250,000 to $499,999
James* and Gayle Boyd

Love and Loyalty –
$100,000 to $249,999
George and Agatha Huepenbecker Burnet
Jon Fleming
Ronald and Pamela Hallenbeck
William and Judy Hoefle
Richard and Sandra Horton
Al and Ann Jennings
Richard and Marijo Marshall
     (in honor of Janet L. Marshall*)
Glen and Mary Jo Mente
Michael and Jean Steffenson
Edward and Elaine Tubbs

Ringing in the Hearts –
$50,000 to $99,999
Class of 1959
     (Golden Anniversary Gift)
O. Robert and Barbara N. Eddy*
Donald H. and Doris Goering
     (in honor of their children, Deborah and Dennis, and their families)
Mick and Judy Guttau
Norman and Erma Skadburg

Crown a Golden Melody –
$25,000 to $49,999
Anonymous
Monica Dolezal
Family of the Year Society
Norman and Joyce Farrington
Charles and Joanne Frederiksen
Donald Hanson*
Gary and Donna Hoover
Jim and Judy Hopson
Gerald and Carol Hunter
Donald Jordahl
David and Sharon Juon
Scott and Penny Olson
Richard and Marilyn Pecaut
     (in memory of Dorothy Kent Pecaut*)
Ned and Paula Skinner family
     (in memory of Robert and Joan Skinner*)
Marcia and Steven Stahly
Elizabeth Stephenson
The Circle
Todd Swanson
Melvin and Kathy Weatherwax

For Thy Throne –
$10,000 to $24,999
Martha Anderson
      (in memory of Kenneth O. Anderson*)
Gretchen Backlund
Bill and Linda Bywater
Tim and Janice Coble
Harvey and Marcia Freese
Thomas and Martha Lagomarcino Gleason
Jeffery and Peggy Johnson
Phil and Martha Krone
Melvin and Darlene Larsen
Craig and Michelle Rinker Mahoney
Martin and Sue Roepke
Kay Runge
Robert J. and Jamie Lucas Stensland
Steven and Michele Whitty
Don and Carolyn Zuck

Green Hills –
$5,000 to $9,999
Irene Beavers
Scott and Mary Braucht
Robert and Lucy Crom
Kevin and Jeanne Drury
Brian and Paige Hamilton
Randall and Elizabeth Hertz
Jeffrey and Pamela Larson
Gary and Rhea Mulhall
Charles and Elaine Notis
Frank and Peggy Parks
Nicholas Roby and Deborah Tharnish
Verne and Mary Simson
Kyle Staley
Jennifer and Brent Swanson

Fight for Iowa State –
Under $5,000
Anonymous
Faye and Ron Abbes
Roseva Albertson
J. Alan and Elizabeth Albright
Ken Allbaugh
Jim and Anne Almquist
Bob Anderson
Carol Anderson
Jim and Wendy Anderson
Paul and Marlene Armbrecht
Peg Armstrong-Gustafson
Mary Aspengren
John and Joan Axel
Rodd and Evolue Baxter
Rachel and Robert Beatty
Craig and Janet Beer
Stephen and Debbie Beer
Benjamin and Vicki Biller
Mark Bohner
Douglas and Jinita Boyd
Jeffery and Janice Breitman
Virginia Clark
Barbara Correll
Jack and Dilla Cosgrove
C. Peter and Jolene Crawford
Daniel and Ruth Crawford
Harold and Rachel Crawford
John and Kathryn Crawford
Kenneth and Lila Crawford
Lawrence and Sarah Crawford
Russell Crawford
Janice Cross
Roger and Carole Custer
John and Kay Dunn
Dennis and Julie Earhart
Don and Glenda Eggerling
Loren and Alma Elliott
David and Joyce Emmert
Thomas and Janet Erickson
Mary and Ray Evert
Craig and Barbara Foss
James and Dorothy Foster
Lucy Futrell
Allen and Sandra Glenn
Golden K Kiwanis Club of Des Moines
Richard and Betty Grant
Donald and Yvonne Greiman
Timothy and Wendlyn Haight
Katherine Hallenbeck
Mary Harms and Joshua Sharlin
Craig and Kathryn Harris
H. Clifford and Monica Hinkhouse
Betty Baudler Horras
Jack and Susan Huff
Gerald and Gwen Johnson
Steven Kane
Henry and Barbara Kinney
Marcia Klindt
W.A. and Lois Kreofsky
Daniel and Sharon Krieger
Gary Krull
Charles and Joanne Kuster
John and Julie Larson
Choy and Connie Cher Leow
Elisabeth and Brian Levine
L. Kim and Rhonda Lloyd
David and Cheryl Lowe
Martha Mangas
Earl and Helen Maxwell
Stee Maxwell
Kenneth and Adele Mikesell
Steven and Michelle Mores
Eleanor Munger
Roy and Gayle Nelson
Donald and Charlotte Neumann
Wayne and Margaret Northey
Charles and Elaine Notis
Charles and Barbara Oldham
James and Frankee Oleson
Les and Barbara Omotani
David and Bonnie Beer Orth
James and Nancy Pellett
Ken and Debra Portsche
Douglas and Nancy Pringnitz
Thomas and Peggy Radio
Harold and Nancy Rathert
Lester* and Luetta Rhodes
Carolyn Ringgenberg*
Curt and Darcy Ringgenberg
Oliver and Beverly Rinker
Dan and Leslie Saftig
Duane and Alpha Sandage
Delores Skinner
Richard and Shirley Snyder
Beverly Soshea
Vaughn and Meg Speer
Chelon Stanzel
Scott Stanzel
Jeffrey and Jane Stautz
Stephen and Cheryl Stefani
Dorothy Stewart
Stan and Nancy Thompson
Ramon and Ruby Trice
Alan and Myrna Tubbs
David and Sally Van Wert
Dwayne and Lori Vande Krol
David and Diana VanHorn
Craig and Sara Vander Leest
Merlyn and Dorothy Vander Leest
Robert and Lois Vohs
Randy and Annette Ackerson-Waldorf
Robert L. and A. Loy B. Walker
Marvin and Janice Walter
Winnie Walters
Douglas and Lori Wenzel
Weldon and Marilyn Whitenack
Jeffrey and Cheri Whiton
James and Nancy Wong
Terry and Dianne Wycoff
Patricia Yungclas
James and Mary Zych

* Denotes deceased at time of gift
Donor list is through June 30, 2009