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Donor Stories


Read the real life stories of how gifts from special donors made a lasting impact on others.

  • Cynthia Beamish and Michael Guilford
    Gratitude for good fortune motivates couple to give
    The Lloyd A. and Ruth L. Straits Scholarship Fund will open doors for future generations of students at the Miami Herbert Business School.
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  • Cynthia Beamish and Michael Guilford
    Alumni couple gain benefits when giving through University's donor-advised fund
    Cynthia Beamish, B.S. '82, and her husband Michael Guilford, J.D. '85, have long been donors to their alma mater.
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  • Charles Castleman
    Virtuoso empowers aspiring violinists
    Violinist Charles Castleman has made a planned gift to support a scholarship for violin performance at the Frost School of Music.
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  • Wayne and Patrcia Case
    Couple gives back with gratitude
    To Wayne and Patricia Case, their planned gift to University of Miami Athletics represents a fraction of what the U has given them-as students, alumni, parents, and lifelong fans.
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  • Artful Generosity
    Artful Generosity
    Michael Burris is proof that it's never too late to pursue a deeply rooted passion.
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  • Distinguished Alumni Lecture Series founders secure the program?s future
    Distinguished Alumni Lecture Series founders secure the program's future
    Alumnus Stuart M. Bloch (or "StuBloch") and his wife, Ambassador Julia Chang Bloch, have lived lives of service, advocacy, and barrier-breaking achievement.
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  • Couple's contemporary art glass collection destined for the Lowe
    Couple's contemporary art glass collection destined for the Lowe
    Robert Werner and his late wife, Florence, traveled the world together collecting contemporary art glass from many of the world's most renowned artists.
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  • Couple supports brighter futures for LGBTQ+ students
    Couple supports brighter futures for LGBTQ+ students
    Alumnus Jorge Amaya and his spouse, Robert Roark, have planned a significant bequest to create an endowed scholarship for LGBTQ+ students.
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  • Marilu Marshall Makes Bequest
    Marilu Marshall Makes Bequest
    Miami Law Alumna Honors Mother with Bequest to Support Student Scholarships
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  • Jeff and Mimi Kinkead gift $1 million to 'Canes student-athletes
    Jeff and Mimi Kinkead gift $1 million to 'Canes student-athletes
    Alumni of the Miami Herbert Business School, Jeff and Mimi Kinkead have planned a bequest of $1 million in support of scholarships and career development for student-athletes.
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  • Paving the Way for Breast Cancer Survivors
    Paving the Way for Breast Cancer Survivors
    When Jacquie Williams was diagnosed with stage IV breast cancer in 2007, she recognized that she didn't have much time to...
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  • Honoring the Gift of Life
    Honoring the Gift of Life
    Donor inspired by fascination with technology, respect for life-improving value of Simulation Hospital for Advancing Research and Education...
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  • From Scholarship to Leadership
    From Scholarship to Leadership
    Mayra Arana, B.S.N. '16, M.S.N. '20, was at work, in her third year as a pediatric nurse, when she received news that sent her bolting from Miami's Nicklaus Children's Hospital in tears...
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  • A Legacy of Perseverance
    A Legacy of Perseverance
    Dr. Marilyn Seskin's determination - and her generosity - set the bar high in the fight against gynecologic cancers...
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  • Alumnus' planned gift will support English scholarships
    Alumnus' planned gift will support English scholarships
    The University of Miami College of Arts and Sciences has received a planned gift to create the Drs. Henry and Francine Sikorski...
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  • Grateful Alumna Strengthens MBS's Marketing Program with Commitment to Endow Chair and Scholarship
    Grateful Alumna Strengthens MBS's Marketing Program with Commitment to Endow Chair and Scholarship
    rateful Alumna Strengthens MBS's Marketing Program with Commitment to Endow Chair and Scholarship...
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  • George G Sando, BSEE'55
    George G Sando, BSEE'55 George G. Sando was one of the earliest graduates of the University of Miami College of Engineering. His life was a testimony to living well combined with working hard...
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  • Attorney's planned gift to support F.I.N.S., attract girls to marine science
    Attorney's planned gift to support F.I.N.S., attract girls to marine science
    Jeanne V. Rowlee, Esq., has been fascinated by sharks since she was a little girl in New Jersey, watching Jacques Cousteau documentaries and perusing pictures of sharks...
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  • The Richard E. and Carole L. Gerstein Litigation Skills Program at Miami Law
    The Richard E. and Carole L. Gerstein Litigation Skills Program at Miami Law
    Before graduating from the University of Miami as a double alumnus, Richard E. Gerstein already had a storied legacy as an air...
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