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Allen and Kathleen Lund

New Gift By Allen and Kathleen Lund Announced

lunds150University president Rev. Mark L. Poorman, C.S.C., announced at the May Board of Regents meeting that Allen and Kathleen Lund have made a significant gift in support of the University of Portland. This gift brings the Lund family commitment to the University to over $10 million. To honor the Lunds’ new commitment and past charitable contributions, the new residence hall scheduled to open in August will be named Lund Family Hall.

The Lunds are longtime supporters of the University of Portland and Catholic education. Allen is the president and CEO of the Allen Lund Company, a transportation and logistics brokerage, which he established in 1976. He is chairman of the University of Portland’s Board of Regents and has been a member of the board since 2001.

Allen and Kathleen Lund recently received the University’s highest honor, the Christus Magister medal, at the 2016 Commencement ceremonies, in recognition of their dedication to the mission of the University. Their support made possible the University’s Bell Tower, which has quickly become an iconic campus landmark since its dedication in 2009. The Lunds’ support also includes the establishment of an endowed scholarship, the building of the new Beauchamp Recreation and Wellness Center, and the aquisition of a rare Heritage Edition of The Saint John’s Bible, which is on permanent display in the Clark Library.

For more information contact development at hanna@up.edu.

Honorees for 2016 Commencement

lunds150The University of Portland has announced the honorees to be recognized during the 2016 Commencement ceremonies, which will be held on campus in the Chiles Center on Sunday, May 1. To accommodate the increasing number of graduates and family members, there will be two ceremonies this year: Commencement I, which begins at 10 a.m., is for graduates of the College of Arts and Sciences and School of Education; Commencement II, which starts at 2 p.m., is for graduates of the Pamplin School of Business, Shiley School of Engineering, and School of Nursing.

Regent D. Allen Lund and his wife, Kathleen Lund (pictured), will receive the University’s highest honor, the Christus Magister Medal.The Lunds are longtime supporters of the University of Portland and Catholic education. Allen is the president and CEO of the Allen Lund Company, a transportation and logistics provider he established in 1976, and he is also chairman of the University’s Board of Regents.

University of Portland alumnus Fedele Bauccio ’64, ’66 MBA, ’04 Hon., co-founder and CEO of Bon Appétit Management Company, will deliver the address for the University’s morning Commencement ceremonies. Bauccio co-founded Bon Appétit in 1987 after working for more than two decades in the food service industry. Bon Appétit now operates more than 650 highly customized onsite restaurants at corporations, private universities, museums, and sports venues in 31 states.

Columbia Sportswear CEO Tim Boyle will receive an honorary doctorate and deliver the address at the University’s afternoon commencement ceremony. He started his career at Columbia in 1971 when his father died, joining his mother, Gert Boyle, in expanding the small, Portland-based sportswear company into a globally recognized brand with net sales of more than $2.3 billion in 2015.

Steve Shepard graduated from the University with a degree in business in 1958, and has been a member of the Board of Regents since 1989. He and his wife Donna are namesakes and benefactors of the University’s Shepard Academic Resource Center, which has transitioned from its original mission as a center for helping first-year students transition to college to its current focus of serving the academic needs of all students.

Educator and electrical engineer Eleanor Baum holds the distinction of being the first female dean of an engineering school in the United States, serving in that capacity at Pratt Institute starting in 1984. She is also the first woman to be president of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE).

Rev. Robert S. Pelton, C.S.C., is concurrent professor emeritus, theology director emeritus, Institute for Pastoral and Social Ministry Director emeritus, and director and founder of Latin American/North American Church Concerns at the University of Notre Dame.

Women’s sports pioneer Cathy Rush was head basketball coach at Immaculata College from 1972 to 1977. Her “Mighty Macs” won the 1972, ’73, and ’74 Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) championships. After retiring from coaching, Rush became the first female commentator for women’s basketball on national television in 1978.

Ron Thomas became the thirteenth president of the University of Puget Sound in 2003, a position he will hold until the end of June 2016. Under his leadership, Puget Sound was named the nation’s number one producer of Peace Corps volunteers in 2007 for universities its size and, in 2006, a top-ten producer of Fulbright Scholars for baccalaureate colleges.

More information about the University’s commencement ceremonies can be found at http://www.up.edu/commencement.

Saint John’s Bible Print Display, Feb. 10 to March 6

saint johns bibleTen large prints of The Saint John’s Bible will be on display in Buckley Center gallery from Tuesday, February 10, to Friday, March 6. An opening reception will be held on Tuesday, February 17, at 6:30 p.m., followed by a talk with Rev. Eric Hollas, O.S.B, at 7:15 p.m. in the Board Room of the Bauccio Commons. The gallery exhibit and reception are free and open to all.

In 1998, the monks of Saint John’s Abbey in Minnesota commissioned renowned calligrapher Donald Jackson to produce the first hand-written and illuminated Bible in 500 years. Following production, the University of Portland received a Heritage Edition as a generous gift from Allen and Kathleen Lund. The Saint John’s Bible is on permanent display in the Clark Library.

For more information contact Karen Eifler at 8014 or eifler@up.edu

$150,000 Lund Gift To RISE

The University of Portland has announced a RISE Campaign gift of $150,000 from longtime UP supporters Allen and Kathleen Lund of Pasadena, Calif. Their gift will purchase a Heritage Edition of the Saint John’s Bible, which will be on display on the main floor of the Clark Library when construction is completed in August.

The Saint John’s Bible is the first completely handwritten and illuminated Bible to have been commissioned by a Benedictine Abbey since the invention of the printing press. Divided into seven volumes, the original Saint John’s Bible was commissioned by Saint John’s University in Collegeville, Minnesota in 1998 and completed in 2011. With this gift, the University of Portland is one of approximately 45 institutions to have acquired a rare Heritage Edition. Other schools include Yale University, Brigham Young University, and Santa Clara University.

Allen Lund is the president and CEO of the Allen Lund Company and chairman of the University’s board of regents. The gift is part of the RISE Campaign, which seeks to raise $175 million over the next several years, one of the largest development campaigns ever for a Pacific Northwest private college or university.