The University of Nebraska Medical Center announced today that funding
is complete for the $1 million Charlotte Peck Lienemann and Alumni Distinguished
Chair in Nursing. The chair enhances the UNMC College of Nursings ability
to attract and retain a prominent nursing scholar. In addition, the fund
provides support for the research and educational activities of the chair
recipient.
We are extremely excited about this endowed faculty position and the
opportunities it holds for the College of Nursing, said Ada M. Lindsey,
Ph.D., dean of the UNMC College of Nursing. This fund provides us with
the means to attract an outstanding faculty member to assist us in providing
excellence in education and research. The many donors to this endowment
show a clear and strong commitment to nursing. The leadership and generosity
of the alumni and friends who have contributed to this chair illustrates
their pride in the College of Nursing and its students.
The UNMC College of Nursing Alumni Association began the funding initiative
for the chair in 1989. The fund received a large boost in 1996 when
the Lienemann Family Charitable Foundation and The Ethel S. Abbott Charitable
Foundation made a combined gift of $200,000 to support it. That same year,
the Alumni Association Board of Directors approved the renaming of the
endowed chair to recognize this gift made in honor of Charlotte Peck Lienemann,
a 1945 College of Nursing graduate. A chair recipient will be announced
following a national search.
My wife was an inspiration to those she served through nursing, said
Del Lienemann, Sr., president and manager of The Ethel S. Abbott Charitable
Foundation and husband of the late Charlotte Peck Lienemann. Nursing
is a valiant profession that gets to the heart of helping others. We are
pleased to help UNMC in its efforts to attract a top quality instructor
to better prepare nurses for the important job that lies ahead of them.
Lienemann, of Lincoln, again pledged his assistance for the fund in
1997 at the colleges 80th anniversary celebration. The chair had
surpassed the $500,000 interim endowment goal established by the Alumni
Association, leaving a remaining $500,000 to be funded. Lienemann pledged
a $250,000 gift, challenging the College of Nursing to raise the remaining
$250,000 by Dec. 31, 1999 to fully fund the chair. Over 1,000 alumni, faculty,
staff, friends and foundations contributed gifts and pledges, fully funding
the $1 million chair.
The support shown to UNMC by the Lienemann Family Charitable Foundation
and The Ethel S. Abbott Charitable Foundation as well as the many alumni
and friends who contributed to this fund is spectacular, said Harold M.
Maurer, M.D., chancellor of UNMC. The College of Nursing is an outstanding
institution and this new faculty position furthers UNMCs commitment to
a quality education. We are grateful for the opportunity to expand our
research and teaching efforts.
The University of Nebraska Foundation is a non-profit corporation supplementing
support for students, faculty, facilities and programs at the University
of Nebraskas four campuses through gifts from alumni, friends, corporations
and other foundations.
UNMC is the only public academic health science center in the state.
Through its commitment to research, education, outreach and patient care,
UNMC has established itself as one of the country’s leading centers for
cancer research and treatment, solid organ transplantation and arthritis.
Nearly $32 million in research grants and contracts were awarded to UNMC
scientists during the past fiscal year. In addition, UNMCs educational
programs are responsible for training more health professionals practicing
in Nebraska than any other institution.