FCR 14


Office of the President
September 16, 2003




Members, Board of Trustees:


                  CHANGING NAMES OF TWO GILL ENDOWMENTS

Recommendation: that the Board of Trustees approve changing the names and department
designations for two professorships that were established in 1999 with gifts from Linda C. and
Jack M. Gill of Houston, Texas.

Background: Linda C. and Jack M. Gill made gifts that were accepted by the Board of Trustees
on January 20, 1999 to establish several chairs and professorships to enhance cardiology research
and support construction of the Linda C. and Jack M. Gill Heart Institute building. On May 4,
1999, the Board approved creating and endowing chairs and professorships from previously
undesignated gifts made by the Gills. The Gills have approved changing the name and
department designations for two professorships and re-designating management responsibility of
the Gill Heart Institute endowment as follows:

   * The Jeff Gill Professorship in Cardiac Anesthesia is to be renamed the Jeff Gill
      Professorship in Cardiology, and the department designation will be changed from
      Anesthesiology to Internal Medicine.
   * The Jason Gill Professorship in Cardiac Radiology is to be renamed the Jason Gill
      Professorship in Cardiothoracic Surgery, and the department designation will be changed
      from Diagnostic Radiology to Surgery.
   * The Gill Heart Institute endowment, formerly managed by the Office of the Chandler
      Medical Center Chancellor, will be managed by the Office of the Provost. Interest
      income will be used to support research activities consistent with the mission of the Gill
      Heart Institute including supporting graduate student and postdoctoral fellowships.

Previously established chair and professorship names and departmental designations other than
those listed above remain unchanged.



Action taken:  RI Approved



q Disapproved    q Other