Giving

Founders, faculty, staff, alumni, friends and organizations who give share a common goal: to make a difference in education that makes a difference in our health. These are just some of the stories of those who gave to support the Duluth campus. Call 218-726-6876 or e-mail Michelle Juntunen if you want to learn more about giving.

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.

Nancy I. English, M.D., Memorial Scholarship
english_nancy Nancy I. English, M.D., Class of ’92, died suddenly in August 2008 of natural causes. Her life was one of advocacy and personal giving. In her short 57 years, she made a major impact on the people and communities she served. As she was an avid runner, her husband and daughters, Tom, Hilary, and Emily, organized the first annual Nancy English Memorial 5KWalk/Run in November 2008. Contributions from the run combined with the family’s personal donations have created this endowed scholarship. We invite you to honor the memory of this Duluth-Campus alumna and dedicated Duluth physician by contributing to this scholarship by sending your check, made out to the Minnesota Medical Foundation, put “English Scholarship” in the memo line, and mailing it to the MMF-Duluth at 1035 University Drive #107, Duluth, MN 55812 or by giving online. Click here for our online gift form.

Mary L. and Arthur C. Aufderheide Scholarship
art_mary_aufderheide Arthur C. Aufderheide, M.D. was part of our medical education community from our beginning in the early ‘70s. He was among our Charter Faculty, a professor of pathology, and interim Dean. We watched as he traveled the globe to bring a new science to the world, Paleopathology: the study of mummies. With Mary and, as Art calls it, her “uncanny communications skills” at his side, Art has enjoyed an illustrious and inspiring career. Read more about Art and Mary in our Duluth Campus Newsletter.

Would you like to honor Dr. Art and Mary? They have established the Mary L. and Arthur C. Aufderheide, M.D. Scholarship, and they invite your gift to this scholarship. Here’s how to give. Your check made out to the Minnesota Medical Foundation can be mailed to MMF at UofM Medical School, 1035 University Drive., #107, Duluth, MN 55812. (write “Aufderheide” in the memo line) Or click here to give online. Or call Michelle Juntunen at 218.726.6876.

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 Munneke_port2

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…

Annette L. Boman Women’s Fellowship for Cancer Research boman_annette

With this fellowship, we honor the memory of Annette Boman, a bright, intelligent medical researcher at the University of Minnesota Medical School – Duluth from 1998 to 2003 who died as a result of complications from cancer. Annette graduated summa cum laude with a degree in physics from Gustavus Adolphus College, earned a Ph.D. in biophysics from Johns Hopkins University, and was a postdoctoral fellow at the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health and at Emory University. In 1998 she joined the Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics as an assistant professor and she was also a wife and mother. To this day her legacy continues to influence researchers and students in her field. Click here to support the Annette L. Boman Women’s Fellowship for Cancer Research.

Cathy and Rick Ziegler Endowed Scholarship for Student Recruitment Rick_Cathy_Sholarship

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.
Click here to support this scholarship.

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