Support received for students
| A $1-million commitment in matching funds is made by Dr. William Waters (MBA '62) to establish PhD fellowships.
$750,000 from Sonia and Arthur Labatt establishes the Sonia and Arthur Labatt Fellowships in the Not-for-Profit Sector. This initiative, completed in the spring of 2011 made it possible for 24 newly graduated MBA students to pursue full-time work with organizations in the not-for-profit sector.
For seven years in a row, John H. Watson (MBA ’67) has made it possible for a group of second-year MBA students to travel to Omaha, Nebraska, to meet with legendary financier Warren Buffett.
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$50,000 from Julie Khanna, Ranjan Raja Khanna, and Kamal Sharma, along with friends and family of Manohar Lal Khanna (MBA '71) and matched by the Graduate Student Endowment Fund creates the Lal Khanna Award.
The Leacross Foundation provides an additional $106,000, matched by the Graduate Student Endowment Fund, to the Leacross Foundation/ R. Bern Award for Women, increasing the award endowment to $300,000.
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The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario (ICAO) commits up to $100,000 of annual funding to the ICAO/Rotman Centre for Innovation in Accounting Education.
$50,000 from Julie Khanna, Ranjan Raja Khanna, and Kamal Sharma, along with friends and family of Manohar Lal Khanna (MBA '71) and matched by the Graduate Student Endowment Fund creates the Lal Khanna Award.
The John and Deborah Harris Family Foundation (John Harris, MBA '77) provides a gift of $25,000 to support student scholarships.
The Canadian Securities Institute (CSI) Research Foundation awards a $25,000 CSI Research Foundation PhD Scholarship to Rotman School PhD candidate Mohammad M. Rahaman.
The Leacross Foundation pledges $56,000, $50,000 of which is matched by the Graduate Student Endowment Fund, to establish the Leacross Foundation/R. Bern Award for Women.
Birch Hill Equity Partners pledges $50,000, matched by the Graduate Student Endowment Fund, to establish the Birch Hill Equity Partners Award.
A $25,000 gift from the estate of Mary Verna Simmonds establishes the Mary Verna Simmonds Rotman MBA Fellowship in Social Change.
A $25,000 gift from KWA Partners establishes the KWA Partners Award in Leadership.
Sun Life Financial donates $50,000 to the Rotman Bridge to Business program.
Support received for community
Sandra Rotman contributes a total of $1 million to a joint initiative with the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) called Rise Asset Development. This initiative provides micro financing loans and mentorship to men and women living with mental illness and addictions who are interested in pursuing self-employment. The Rotman School and CAMH lend their respective expertise in business mentoring and mental health supports and services to benefit clients of this joint initiative.
Support received for our capital expansion*
*Includes all gifts of $25,000 or more, received between May 1, 2006 (the start of our $200-million campaign).
| $60 million, consisting of $50 million from the Government of Ontario and $10 million in other government funding.
$3 million from Lee and Margaret Lau.
$1.75 million from BMO Financial Group, recognized by naming the BMO Financial Group Finance Research and Trading Lab, a high-tech facility that enables students interact with the instruments of the global financial community in a real-time setting.
$100,000 from Mary B. (MBA ’85) and Graham Hallward, also used as a matching gift challenge for the Vision Fund.
$100,000 from Richard Nesbitt (MBA ’85), recognized by naming the Nesbitt Family Media and Teaching Effectiveness Centre, a multimedia and video conferencing facility.
$100,000 from the Larry and Cookie Rossy Family Foundation.
$50,000 Adjunct Professor Brendan Calder.
$50,000 from Debbie and Donald Morrison Family Foundation (Donald Morrison, MBA ’83).
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$50,000 from Bob Ewen (MBA ’77).
$50,000 Dan Sullivan (MBA ’71).
$50,000 from Professor Alan White (PhD ’87).
$50,000 from Professor Mihnea Moldoveanu.
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