FCR 7


Office of the President
May 2, 2000





Members, Board of Trustees:


                        JACK W. GRAHAM GIFT AND PLEDGE

Recommendation: that the Board of Trustees accept a gift of $50,000 and a pledge of $100,000
from Jack W. Graham of Jessamine County, Kentucky, to create and endow the Endowment for
Support of Urologic Research in the College of Medicine's Division of Urology in the
Department of Surgery.

Background: Mr. Graham is a businessman and a long-time supporter and generous contributor
to the University. Mr. Graham serves on the board of the University's Committee for Urologic
Progress, which supports the clinical, research and education mission of the Division of Urology.
Mr. Graham requests the University apply for a matching $150,000 allocation from the state's
Research Challenge Trust Fund. His pledge will be paid in four annual installments of $25,000
beginning in 2001.



A Disapproved        i Other



Action taken:



Approved