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  Kentucky. " That is inucb of the   I  _t    It f I I   __-t' j ;;Ij·fI QI  
II reason iv/ay Louisville native   ee
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l caf] {O ggycyg gg ylgyjgyml Cbgirfgy tended [h€ Atlanta UK Alumni ClL1l)’S Kentucky Défby pillfy OH _
  me Campaign fm, the Unwersiw Of race day. There was a huge crowd and when   Olcl Ken-  
I Kentucky Stucleen, cl LOMISUIUQ tuc/cy Home was played, there wasnt a dry eye rn the place.  
I I ’ I I ‘“I’ve never forgotten that," Stuckert said. “Those types of loyal- I
· businessmen wee received lg ZS ties are what make the University of Kentucky so special.”  
  b6lCb€lO7”l$ d€§7”€€ in m€Cb6i77lC@l Another reason he decided to accept the role as volunteer  
` engineering in 1960 anal bis MBA chair is that Stuckert sees the leadership at UK as very focused i
I ; in 196], Smog be $685 the value Of on attaining true greatness; great student, faculty and staff op- I
I T educcltmn cmdfeels COmp€U€d tO pIprtunitI;es and ogtctgqmes. “I like to go wigh people whorgave
· ; . . s own exam e t eir commitment to t e University. is is
l l I be p€TSO7/ml  WWOZUQQYIWL aIdw"/LC- a big wirxwin sil)uation as I see it."
I ing the mission and directive Of Stuckert is president, chairman and CEO of ].].B. Hilliard,
‘l lbe University. WL. Lyons Inc., a full-service brokerage company in Louisville.
I “‘\X/e are in a very competitive environ- He joined the firm in 1962 and was named to his current posi-
, l ment in higher education, and there are a tion in 1996. He is married to the former Diane Vittitow of
·   lot of needs in UK’s colleges and pro- Owensboro, a 1961 graduate of the UK College of Education.
l 3 grams for teachers, staff, students and They have three children — Scott, Steve and Susan — all UK
l I facilities," Stuckert said. The University graduates. The Stuckerts live in Prospect.
r needs a comprehensive capital campaign, _ _ _  I I I      . I _
, he added, because there are many urrfin— I 1   I r if · I, I   _I * .  I II lr I yr’I/
  ished projects that could be funded with a I   ‘     " `L     I   I   [Il ll
l successhrl fund-raising effort. The percent- '  "** _, ` `  I.; I • _ . I ’     . [ rl [yi
,   age of state funding to UK has been " . -4  " •, I, I 2 l {   ° `° _   if , ·  
l l declining for several years (26.1 percent in ""` Q  r ' .   ` II I
l Y 1999-2000) giving rise to the critical need Ig _ I • '/·,·"*   I
  for increased private hrnding. "In the long ` · * v' °’ Y:   .  
R r mn, the University needs a lot of people _ _ I ·   I :` II  
  Q to step in to support current and future A ‘*~5>‘   » · .   I  
3 students, faculty and staff," he said.   "`V ' “w
l The Kentucky legislature in 1997 man- ‘ _II~. " “*’  
  ‘ dated UK to move into the top 20 "/ ,,._II%__r    
r , rankings among public research universi- _   ·
r l ties by the year 2020. "Accomplishing that   IIII _ _ `
    must be a function of combining all the '" .  ...         _II I; "
I I above to attract capital and move the Uni- W l l llll A I   I  _ A I {
I versity forward," Stuckert said. “There is a I___ -I
l deep love for the University of Kentucky ”*5$·°‘>
I I among its constituents, and I hope to be
* I able to help channel those loyalties to -·j; — < —»_I_ _  _ I
A I bring about a successful campaign."       Il ?  Ijl     L:
V To illustrate this high level of loyalty,   ·_‘,..  J ei IIEIQ   ;—   .III I  
I I Stuckert related something that happened ,I ;$g_".i  "f ."l I  II.  ’ .   III    
while hc was serving as president of the , {JJ CIE r ‘I`»     
I , UK Alumni Association in 1976. He at- °` °' " ` “' ` l “'““
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