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Department of Animal Science, UC Davis HIGHLIGHTS A PUBLICATION FOR OUR ALUMNI AND FRIENDS Summer/Fall 2001 |
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McOmie Trust Funds Come to Animal Science |
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The Department of Animal Science will receive a major gift from the
estate of Lorenzo and Judith McOmie. Mr. and Mrs. McOmie raised
sheep in Solano County for 25 years, during which time they worked
with Glenn Spurlock, Animal Science Cooperative Extension
Specialist, and later with Professor Eric Bradford. In 1976 the
McOmies established a trust from sale of their ranch. In addition to
supporting the McOmies throughout the rest of their lives, the trust
provided that upon their death half of the funds would go to UC
Davis, to be shared equally by the Department of Animal Science and
Department of Agronomy and Range Science. Lorenzo McOmie, who was
preceded in death by his wife, passed away in January of this year.
The current value of the gift to UC Davis is estimated to be $9.7
million; Animal Science will use its half of that to establish an
endowment. Income from the endowment will be used to support special
departmental projects. Departmental faculty have suggested that high
priority for use of funds from the McOmie Endowment will be support
of graduate education, animal facilities development, new research
initiatives, outreach activities, collaborative research with other
departments and support of visiting scientists. The Department of
Animal Science will partner with the Department of Agronomy and
Range Science and the office of the Dean of the College of
Agricultural and Environmental Science to recognize the generosity
of the McOmie family once the gift becomes available to the
university.
Dairy Gift ReceivedA gift of $20,000 to support dairy research in the Department of Animal Science has been received from the estate of the late Albert DeFrietas. Mr. DeFrietas was a dairyman in the Helmar area. Dairy researchers in the department recommended that the funds be deposited in an endowment account for later use in support of construction of a new Dairy Teaching, Research and Outreach Center. |
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