Giving

Mary Bassing and Peter Friedlieb
“These scholarships helped relieve some of my financial anxiety. I am extremely grateful for donors who made such an appreciated investment in my future.” Mary Bassing, 2008 scholarship winner, with preceptor Dr. Peter Friedlieb at Grand Itasca Clinic and Hospital.

Duluth Medical Legends and Leaders Scholarship

Legends and leaders are our founders, faculty and staff – people who fought for a medical school in Duluth, shaped its beginnings, and rallied around our mission – people who inspired and educated our students from the very beginning and continue to do so today. By supporting this scholarship, we advance our students’ ability to succeed. By supporting this scholarship, we also give in honor or memory of those trailblazers who shaped this medical campus. Click here to contribute to this scholarship

Duluth Medical Alumni and Friends Scholarship

Are you someone who cares deeply about the future success of our school and students? Whether you are one of our 1400 alumni or a friend of our campus, we hope you will consider giving to this scholarship. Formerly called the UMD Scholarship, our alumni and friends have been contributing to this for many years. Help us maximize this legacy gift and keep replenishing its fund level. You may also give in memory or honor of someone you knew – a favorite teacher, a classmate, or one of your own family members. Make it meaningful. Click here to contribute.

Edwin W. Haller Scholarship Fund
A Remarkable Teacher, Mentor, and World-Citizen

This fund will provide scholarships to new students with demonstrated financial need at the University of Minnesota Medical School. Preference will be given to students who begin their medical education in Duluth and renewal of past recipients. A plus factor is given to students of Native American descent who would enhance diversity at the University of Minnesota Medical School.

Remembering a Beloved Family Physician and Teacher
Dr. Lyle ‘Doc’ Munneke, 1934–2007
Dr. Lyle Munneke, 73, Willmar, died on Saturday, November 10, 2007, at Rice Memorial Hospital in Willmar, Minnesota. In addition to practicing family medicine, Dr. Munneke was preceptor in the University of Minnesota Medical School’s Rural Physician Associate Program (RPAP) from 1972 until his retirement in 2002 and a past president of the Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians. The family has requested that memorials be sent to the Dr. Lyle Munneke Scholarship at the University of Minnesota Medical School–Duluth Campus. Read more…

Cathy and Rick Ziegler Endowed Scholarship for Student Recruitment
Richard Ziegler was the leading face and voice of the Duluth Campus for 10 years as dean and 26 years as professor of microbiology and immunology. Rick’s term as Dean ended in 2006 but his passion for the school is still alive and well.
Read more about this appeal and about Rick’s legacy.

An Endowment from the St. Mary’s Duluth Clinic Health System
One of the goals of the Medical School-Duluth is to translate research into medical cures. As a result of a generous gift of $1.2 million in 2002 from SMDC Health System (SMDC), the Medical School-Duluth, the Minnesota Medical Foundation and SMDC established the Duluth Clinic Chair in Molecular Medicine.
Read more about the Duluth Clinic Chair in Molecular Medicine and Dr. Edward Perkins.

An Alumnus Gives Back
An interventional cardiologist today, 1979 alumnus Greg Schuchard M.D. still appreciated Duluth’s family medicine focus and decided it was time to give back.
Read more about Dr. Greg Schuchard.

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