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Dear Friends,

Through six years as a Dean and my first year as President at South Dakota State University, I have witnessed extraordinary generosity and commitment by our donors.

Those moments are seared in my memory, a constant reminder about the special people who help make our university great.

Let me share just one example. Several years ago, a farm family made a very generous commitment to the education and research facilities for both cow-calf and swine. We met with the couple, explaining the project and asking for their support.

They agreed to make a gift. Their words were every bit as meaningful as their financial support. “We want you to know this comes from a place of sacrifice, not of abundance.”

While it was the first time that I had heard it articulated in that manner, I know that sentiment applies to so many donors. Their sacrifice has allowed them to invest in our university and our students and faculty.

On behalf of a grateful university, thank you for being a member of the Sylvan Circle, SDSU’s legacy society.

Through a thoughtful process of reflection, you have declared SDSU to be an heir in your estate. That is a powerful reflection of your confidence in our University.

You are part of a very select, yet growing, group that has made the commitment of future support of SDSU through planned and deferred giving.

Again, thank you for being a member of Sylvan Circle and sharing your intention to leave a lasting impact on our university. Jane and I look forward to hosting Sylvan Circle members at the new President’s Home in September.

Sincerely,

Barry H. DunnPresident


TABLE OF CONTENTS

Planned giving ensures that the music keeps playing

Engineer’s gift ensures future of safe bridges

There’s no gift like home—Howards donate through Jackrabbits Land Legacy

Rawhide Trust helps ag producers slow down

Trust helps S.D. farmer fund retirement

Generosity impacts generations of engineers, nurses

Fan’s estate will help support SDSU basketball

Sylvan Circle Society

Campus Update

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Planned giving ensures that the music keeps playing

Patricia Pierce planned for

some generous gifts to the

SDSU Music Department

through charitable gift

annuities, a charitable

trust, and a bequest in her

will. However, sometimes

planning her future giving

wasn’t enough for the music

lover. Impatience took over

and the Music Department

was the better for it.

“She used the word ‘now’

an awful lot,” said Music

Department Head David

Reynolds. “I want to enjoy

this now. I want to see

successes now.”

that’s had the distinction

for two years has used the

money in very different and

unique ways and I think that’s

the wonderful thing about

this. It’s not a cookie-cutter

kind of program.”

The current artist in

residence, Associate

Professor Aaron Ragsdale,

will use the money to fund

his participation in concerts

in New York City, Chicago

and Minneapolis. He has also

commissioned percussion

works from three composers

that Ragsdale will premiere.

“I’m using it to create some

music, to get out and perform

and expand the footprint of

the department and expand

the footprint of what we do

here,” Ragsdale said.

The expense of renting a

venue in New York City or

going it alone to commission

new works of music is far

beyond what Ragsdale could

normally afford.

“It is completely outside the

realm of anything I would

have been able to do on my

own,” Ragsdale said.

Professor Laura Diddle used

her award for international

travel. Part of the funding

helped defray her costs when

the concert choir went to

Spain.

The award also paid her

expenses to attend a

Conductors’ Institute

Program in Vancouver,

British Columbia, where she

Before her death on Sept.

1, 2016, Pierce was able to

enjoy seeing her funding

of the Artist in Residence

program change the

performance and educational

landscape in the Music

Department. Every two years

the endowment generates

$17,000 for the faculty

member deemed the Artist in

Residence.

“I think of it as being a

scholarly bucket list fund,”

Reynolds said. “Everybody

“Music is a little bit of heaven on earth. It can just heal all kinds of wounds.”

–Pat Pierce

Patricia Pierce and John Walker, first recipient of the Distinguished Artist-in-Residence award.


worked with John Washburn,

the director of the Vancouver

Chamber Choir.

“I really learned a lot about

conducting techniques and

styles,” Diddle said. “It honed

my conducting technique in a

way that the students could

better read my direction

from the podium.”

Pierce’s generosity while she

was alive rejuvenated the

department’s aging fleet of

pianos. Music faculty offices

are also teaching studios

where professors offer

private lessons.

For the next incoming

freshman class, and many

to follow, Pierce’s estate

will fund eight $1,500

scholarships for music

majors.

“That fits right in with how

much she truly enjoyed

interacting with our students

at concerts,” Reynolds said.

“She hardly ever missed a

program when she was able

to travel.”

Traveling was a large part

of Pierce’s life before she

resettled in Brookings

in 2004. She grew up in

Brookings, graduating from

State in 1950 with a degree

in history.

“She thought it was very, very

important for folks to know

that the world was bigger

than Brookings and bigger

than South Dakota,” Reynolds

said.

The planned gifts from

Pierce will help bring the

world to Brookings with the

establishment of the Visiting

Artist Program.

“It’s going to bring world-

class musicians, cutting-edge

musicians to campus to

interact with our students

and then to ultimately

perform on campus,”

Reynolds said.

Pierce’s visitors would often

hear about the concerts she

attended in the great cultural

centers of Europe.

“It costs an awful lot to

send the choir to Europe,”

Reynolds said, “but if we

can bring some of the great

musicians and conductors

here, that’s a wonderful

equivalent to what she did in

her life.”

Later in life, Pierce was an

enduring presence at SDSU

concerts. At choral concerts,

Pierce was often in the

front row, conducting right

along with Diddle. After the

concert, she was the first

to praise students for their

work.

“All they ever heard from Pat

was, ‘You are magnificent.

You’re wonderful. You’re

fantastic musicians,’” Diddle

said. “It was very genuine.

You could see it on her face.”

Patricia Pierce visiting with SDSU music students.

Former SDSU President David Chicoine, Marcia Chicoine, Patricia Pierce, Dr. David Reynolds.


Engineer’s gift ensures future of safe bridges

Arlen Ottman has been

building bridges all his life.

And his SDSU legacy will

ensure a future in which

bridges continue to be

plentiful and safe.

Ottman graduated in

1959 with a degree in

civil and environmental

engineering. That same

year he started working

for the bridge office in the

Minnesota Department of

Transportation. He retired

from the department 50

years later as principal

engineer.

“My basic work was in the

actual design of bridges,” said

Ottman, who explained that

three offices oversee bridges

on Minnesota state highways.

One office decides on the

need for a new or repaired

bridge while another makes

the preliminary designs.

“We would take the

preliminary plan and turn

it into a detailed plan a

contractor could work with,”

Ottman said.

Ottman supervised an office

that usually had six or seven

employees including two or

three drafters and a couple of

engineers.

Bridges must be constructed

according to Federal

Highway Administration

standards. Any work on

county or township bridges

that involves state funding

must also have their

specifications checked by

Ottman’s office.

Ottman, who moved back to

his hometown of Lemmon

when he retired, still works

as an adviser to a consultant

who works on Minnesota

bridge projects.

A lifetime in bridge building

informed Ottman’s decision

about how to give back

to his alma mater. He has

created the Arlen Ottman

Endowment for Civil

Engineering Education

that will help fund the

participation of SDSU

engineering students in the

American Society of Civil

Engineers Steel Bridge

Competition.

Like many alums, Ottman

knew he wanted to give, but

was uncertain how his gift

would work best.

“I kind of wanted it to fit

into the Civil Engineering

Department,” said Ottman,

who noted that the bridge

competition didn’t exist when

he was a student.

Bruce Nearhood, Senior Gift

Planning Officer at the SDSU

Foundation, suggested an

endowment that would help

fund students’ participation

in the bridge building

competition after learning

that Ottman had been a

judge during his career.

Nearhood explained that it’s

not uncommon for alumni to

need some direction on how

their gift could best benefit

SDSU.

“Sometimes the donor

already knows what they

want to impact,” Nearhood

said. “Other times they may

simply need an idea or help in

thinking bigger and showing

them how they can make

a bigger impact than they

thought they could.”

Ottman’s impact on the

civil engineering students

will last for generations.

His endowment will pay

for travel and materials for

SDSU students who enter

the regional competition.

In addition to currently

funding the endowment,

Ottman has named SDSU

to be the beneficiary of a

financial account that will

help fund the endowment far

into the future.

“They do need some financial

assistance, the students do,”

Ottman said.

The SDSU Civil Engineering steel bridge team preparing for competition.

Arlen Ottman


Richard and Kathryn Howard

were determined to give to

the SDSU programs they

care about. To do that, they

used their vacation home

There’s no gift like home—Howards donate through Jackrabbits Land LegacyLand Legacy

JackrabbitsThe land is your legacy. SDSU understands that because it’s our legacy too.

“The university’s mission as an 1862 land-grant

institution remains the same,” said Dr. Barry H.

Dunn, SDSU’s 20th President. “To be a beacon of

opportunity, providing access to higher education,

championing the creation of knowledge and

understanding, and continuously expanding the

university’s reach. It starts with the land.”

By partnering with SDSU through the Jackrabbits

Land Legacy, you can make gifts of land, grain,

machinery, and other property to support

scholarships, research, athletics, and academic

programs in areas most important to you.

SDSU alumni and friends have already taken the

steps to gift their ownership of property in a variety

of ways that will impact future generations of

Jackrabbits.

in Arizona as a funding

mechanism for gifts to State.

Both 1962 graduates of

SDSU, the Howards have

deep ties to State. All six

of their children went to

SDSU, five of them on

ROTC scholarships. They

also count three of their

children’s spouses and three

grandchildren among family

members who attended

SDSU. No wonder the

Howards were the SDSU

Family of the Year in 1994!

Rick and Kay met at SDSU

after Rick transferred in

during his junior year from

St. John’s University in

Minnesota. They met at

a Halloween party at the

Newman Center where Kay

was bobbing for apples. Rick

got the idea that her red hair

would look even better if it

was wet.

“I pushed her head in a

bucket of water,” Rick said.

Obviously, she forgave him.

Rick transferred to SDSU

to get him closer to home

because his help was

needed at the family

business in Blunt. The family

International Harvester

business was established in

Blunt in 1899.

“We had everything from

teacups to iron,” Rick said.

Richard and Kathryn Howard’s photos from the 1962 Jackrabbit yearbook.


“What they get out of it is an immediate tax deduction,” Littlecott said. “The lower federal interest rates are, the higher your tax

deduction. So now is the best time ever to do a life estate.”

He also went on to run a

retail seed business for 36

years. In 1976, he started

farming a few quarters of

land that his father had

owned, ending his farming

career with 2,000 acres.

Kay balanced her role as the

mother of six with her job as

a full-time substitute teacher

in Blunt and Onida.

Their years in Blunt were

busy with work and family.

Rick was the fire chief and a

first responder for 22 years.

He also served on the city

council.

In retirement, the couple first

traveled to Arizona in 2000,

eventually buying a winter

home in Surprise. They live

in Blunt from April through

Thanksgiving.

In Arizona, Rick plays golf

two or three times a week

and volunteers at spring

training baseball games

where he parks cars for the

Kansas City Royals and the

Texas Rangers.

“By the second inning, I can

go watch the ballgame,” Rick

said.

Their Arizona home has

become an integral part of

their giving to SDSU. The

Howards are currently

supporting a scholarship

endowment to help students

in the College of Arts and

Sciences who are part of

the ROTC program. The

gift of their vacation home,

called a life estate, along

with a separate estate

bequest, will enhance their

endowed scholarship, help

the economics, history and

music departments as well

as the Rodeo Club and SDSU

Athletics well into the future.

To form the life estate, the

Howards deeded their home

to the SDSU Foundation,

realizing an immediate tax

deduction. The Howards get

to use the home throughout

their lives, agreeing to pay

property taxes, upkeep and

fees.

Marc Littlecott, Director of

Gift Planning at the SDSU

Foundation, cautions that life

estates are irrevocable. Once

a donor decides to create

a life estate, however, the

benefits are plentiful.

“What they get out of it is an

immediate tax deduction,”

Littlecott said. “The lower

federal interest rates are, the

higher your tax deduction. So

now is the best time ever to

do a life estate.”

Once the Howards no longer

have need of the house, the

Foundation will likely sell

the property and use the

proceeds to fund a variety

of the Howards’ interests at

State.

Rick got his degree in

economics and Kay’s was in

history. Those departments

will benefit as well as the

Music Department where

Kay participated in vocal

music. They both have a soft

spot for SDSU Athletics.

Rick served as publicity

chairman for the SDSU

Rodeo Club and it will benefit

as well.

It turns out that Rick was

more interested in publicity

than he was in being a

cowboy. He would dress as

a rodeo clown for the Hobo

Day parade, but that was as

close as he got to the action.

“I was smart enough not to

get on one of those animals,”

Rick said.

Don’t try to heap praise

on the Howards for their

generosity. Kay sums up their

philosophy best: “That’s what

you’re supposed to do.”Richard and Kathryn Howard


Rawhide Trust helps ag producers slow down

Allen and Becky Walth are

the type of people who will

probably never retire. They

do plan to slow down, though.

Allen and Becky, who farm

and ranch near the Missouri

River, credit the Rawhide

Trust for allowing them the

capital to semi-retire without

seeing a large portion of their

lifetime of work make its way

to the IRS.

“We don’t know if we’re going

to really retire,” the Walths

said, “but we plan to slow

down by renting out most of Allen and Rebecca (Becky) Walth

the farm/ranch since neither

of our two children plan on

returning and taking over the

operation.”

Allen and Becky have a

diversified farm/ranch where

they grow corn, soybeans,

wheat and hay as well as

running a 350-head cow/calf

operation.

The Walth place is located in

north central South Dakota.

Allen’s grandfather bought

some of the land in 1917 and

it’s been in the family ever

since.

Looking for a way to dial

back their work on the farm

and still support themselves,

the Walths met with Marc

Littlecott, Director of Gift

Planning at the SDSU

Foundation. Littlecott

introduced them to the

Rawhide Trust, a way to turn

tangible personal property

into income.

“Ninety-eight percent of

people’s worth is in non-cash

assets,” Littlecott said. “Yet

most people, when they give

to a charity, guess what they

give, a check or cash.”

The Walths deeded livestock

to the trust and plan on

deeding grain in the future.

“They gave it to a charitable

trust,” Littlecott said.

“Basically, they gave it to

charity.”

The trust, in turn, sold the

livestock, bypassing the large

hit the Walths would have

taken on their federal taxes.

“It’s a big tax savings if

you liquidate a lot of your

farm assets without having

to give a large portion

to the government and

still providing a source of

retirement income,” Allen

said.

The trust will pay the Walths

until they pass and then

pay their two children for

another 20 years. Called a

charitable remainder trust,

the remainder will go to

SDSU.

The Walth property near the Missouri River.


The largest percentage

will go to the College of

Agriculture and Biological

Sciences where Allen got his

degree in animal science. A

portion will also go to the

College of Education and

Human Sciences in honor

of Becky’s degree in home

economics.

Other recipients will be the

College of Pharmacy and

Allied Health Professions

to honor their daughter,

a pharmacy graduate,

and to the Department of

Agricultural and Biosystems

Engineering to honor their

son, an ag engineering

graduate.

Allen said the process for

setting up the trust seemed

overwhelming at first but

really wasn’t that difficult.

Since Rawhide Trusts are

relatively new, the Walth’s

attorney was not familiar

with how to set it up.

That’s where Littlecott came

in, serving as a technical

resource.

“Giving assets is a little more

complex,” Littlecott said. “It’s

off the usual radar for most

people and often it’s off the

radar for tax planners and

advisers, too.”

With their Rawhide Trust in

place, the Walths have some

traveling on their radar.

“We’ll never fully retire,

but slow down,” the Walths

said, “do some traveling

and attend as many SDSU

festivities as possible.”

Charitable Remainder Trust funded with Tangible Personal Property:

Also known as a “Rawhide Trust”, this kind of

charitable remainder trust (CRT) is commonly

funded with grain, livestock, or equipment. The

CRT will pay a variable quarterly income based

on a fixed percentage of the trust fair market

value. By selling tangible property within a CRT,

one can defer the ordinary income from the sale

to the quarterly income payments over a term of

years, or a lifetime.

Rawhide Trust

Gift of assets

Income + deduction

Remainder to the SDSU Foundation

DONOR

Trust helps S.D. farmer fund retirement

If you live in South Dakota,

don’t be surprised if you see

Dennis and Dorothy Bietz in

your town soon. One of the

things on Dennis’ retirement

bucket list is visiting every

town in South Dakota.

“That’s something I read in

South Dakota Magazine,”

Dennis said. “There are many

things in South Dakota we’re

not aware of.”

The ability to travel the

state—and play more golf—

was made available when

Dennis and Dorothy funded

their retirement from

farming by establishing a

charitable remainder trust or

“Rawhide Trust” with the help

of the SDSU Foundation.

The trust will help fund the

Bietz’ retirement before

ultimately being donated to

the College of Agriculture

and Biological Sciences.

The creation of the trust

started with Dennis and his

quest to retire from farming

without making a significant

investment in federal taxes.

“When you’re trying to retire

from farming, it’s difficult,”

said Dennis, who bought

the farm near Olivet from

his grandparents in the

mid-1940s. “It causes tax

consequences.”

Dennis and Dorothy Bietz


Patent attorneys are lifelong

learners. Each invention

they deal with presents new

challenges in understanding

the latest technology. A

patent attorney has to learn

enough about an invention

to prepare a document

with enough detail to teach

others how to duplicate the

inventive concept.

Bruce Lutz took the

inquisitive nature he

developed as a patent

attorney and trained it on

his plan for giving to his alma

mater. His discovery led to a

method of charitable giving

that was so innovative and

unusual, that Marc Littlecott,

Director of Gift Planning at

the SDSU Foundation, had

only seen it executed one

other time.

According to Littlecott,

Bruce wanted to guarantee

a certain payout to his heirs:

two sons, a daughter-in-law

and four grandchildren.

Once the estate plan for

Bruce and his wife, Gloria,

takes effect, a charitable gift

annuity will be funded for

each heir that will provide

a fixed quarterly income

distribution for his or her life

beginning at age 65.

Generosity impacts generations of engineers, nurses

Bruce and Gloria Lutz

Dennis wanted to fund

his retirement, avoid tax

consequences and help

favorite causes like SDSU.

To do that, he gifted grain

and farm equipment to a

“Rawhide Trust”.

Dennis had read about

charitable trusts in farm

magazines and had attended

a church seminar on the

topic. With retirement

looming and favorable

prices on grain, Dennis

was ready to act, but the

original organization that

was handling his trust was

bogged down in red tape.

That’s when Dennis turned

to Marc Littlecott, Director

of Gift Planning at the SDSU

Foundation. Usually when

Littlecott first works with

interested friends, they

need a little education about

charitable trusts. That wasn’t

the case with Dennis.

“He knew his stuff,” Littlecott

said. “He was already

rounding third base and

heading for home.”

That “stuff” included the

advantage of donating

tangible personal property—

grain, livestock, farm

equipment—to a charitable

remainder trust. When

that property is sold, the

proceeds are invested within

the trust and bypass U.S. tax

collectors.

“When you’re giving assets

like tangible personal

property, not to mention

land, stocks or things other

than cash, your giving

potential is usually a lot

greater,” Littlecott said.

“There are a lot of tax

incentives that are available.”

Dennis was also looking

for speed. The other

organization had been

working on his trust for

a year. He said the SDSU

Foundation got it done in a

week.

“Within a week, the trust was

set up,” said Dennis, who was

pleased that he could use

his own attorney during the

process. “The timeliness was

great. It was quick and easy

to do.”

The Bietz trust will pay

an income to Dennis and

Dorothy throughout their

lives and the remainder will

be split between SDSU and

their church.

Bietz farm near Olivet, SD.


“Bruce kind of chided me

for not first suggesting the

complex plan I eventually

developed for him,” Littlecott

said, explaining that when the

heirs pass, SDSU will get the

annuities.

Bruce and Gloria’s

grandchildren are in their

30s and 40s. “We can

guarantee the heirs a pretty

high payout,” Littlecott said.

“We’ve got all those years of

tax-free growth.”

From engineer to attorney

Bruce graduated from SDSU

in 1958 with a degree in

electrical engineering. He

went to work for General

Mills in Minneapolis where

he met Gloria.

“My supervisor said any

engineer could greatly

benefit from one year of law

school,” Bruce said. During

the first year of law school he

responded to a Honeywell

patent department ad

offering free law school

tuition and accepted a job

there as a patent trainee and

eventually obtaining a Senior

Patent Attorney position.

“The only way you can be

a realistically competent

patent attorney is to

have a good engineering

background,” Bruce said.

Later he decided to move to

a warmer climate in Dallas,

TX where he worked for

various corporation patent

departments before deciding

to retire from a directors’

position in corporate

practice and do patent

law independently. He still

handles a small amount of

patent work.

“I have thoroughly enjoyed

patent work,” Bruce said.

“Every idea that comes along

gives me further education.”

A gift for engineering

The solid education he

received in engineering

brought Bruce back to SDSU

when he was considering

his estate plan. A prolific

reader, Bruce learned about

biomedical engineering and

was struck by the ways his

original profession was aiding

in health care.

Since Bruce’s graduation,

State started a minor in

biomedical engineering.

“It’s a fascinating field,” said

Dr. Lew Brown, Dean of

the Jerome J. Lohr College

of Engineering. Brown has

a doctorate in biomedical

engineering, started the

minor and was its first

coordinator. “It’s one I’ve

been passionate about for

years.”

Students who enroll in the

minor, usually electrical or

mechanical engineering

majors, also take courses that

build their knowledge of the

life sciences.

“A typical biomedical

engineer can converse with

the physician,” Brown said.

“They have the anatomy

and the physiology. They

have enough background

in biomechanics,

bioinstrumentation

to basically apply the

engineering skills they’ve

acquired to medical

problems.”

Brown notes that the minor

is popular with top academic

students, especially women.

“It’s really attracted some

of our best students

in engineering here at

SDSU,” Brown said of the

minor. “They’ve been very

successful going off to

the world’s top research

institutions and graduate

schools.”

A portion of the significant

Lutz gift will fund

scholarships for students

interested in biomedical

engineering. Another portion

will be used for what Brown

calls “funds for excellence.”

Those funds will be used for

conferences, speakers, travel

or new equipment for labs.

“Funds for excellence means

student enrichment funds,”

Brown said. “Basically

funds that can enhance the

biomedical engineering area.”

A gift for nursing

According to Nursing

Dean Nancy Farhenwald,

as Bruce and Gloria Lutz

were deciding how to give

to SDSU, they hit on giving

to the College of Nursing

because, like many people

their age, they are consumers

of health care. Bruce was

particularly interested in the

SDSU Nursing students

Bruce Lutz visits with SDSU Biomedical Engineering students during a recent campus visit.


college’s Doctor of Nursing

Practice program.

“Bruce learned about the

DNP in his prolific reading,”

Farhenwald said. “He saw

our focus on rural and

underserved populations.”

Farhenwald explained that

underserved populations can

include health care inequities

caused by geography, social

circumstances or poverty.

Members of underserved

populations can include

refugees, minorities, children,

the homebound and the

elderly.

“The underserved are often

the populations that don’t

have a voice,” Farhenwald

said. “Representing that voice

and ensuring access to care

resonated with Bruce.”

During the course of his

inquiry about the DNP

program, Bruce visited the

College of Nursing.

“He saw what we were

doing in the area of

telehealth care, developing

competencies among our

family nurse practitioner

students to deliver care

to distant patients via

telecommunications as a way

to address health inequities

or healthcare access,

especially for underserved

populations,” Farhenwald

said. “I think he was especially

inspired by that.”

As part of a health care team,

DNPs offer personal health

care but they are also trained

to look beyond the patient

to consider the health of the

population.

“The DNPs are prepared to

look at population health

care data, make decisions

about gaps in care and apply

research evidence and

examine outcomes to make

sure that it’s having an impact

on patients,” Farhenwald said.

Both deans grateful and

humbled

Brown knows it’s not likely

he’ll still be the dean when

the Lutz estate makes its

way to the Jerome J. Lohr

College of Engineering. He

knows, however, that there

will always be a need for

biomedical engineers.

“What’s hot today may not

be hot tomorrow,” Brown

said, “but I guarantee we’re

“I am honored and humbled by their generosity,” Farhenwald said. “Their passion and their investment is paying off well into

perpetuity and that’s the whole focus of planned giving.”

Charitable Gift Annuity:

A charitable gift annuity is a simple contract

between a donor and a charity funded with cash

or securities. Unlike commercial annuities, it is

not an insurance or financial product. A donor

establishes the gift annuity either while they’re

alive, or through their estate plan. The designated

income recipient (annuitant) receives a fixed

quarterly income for his or her lifetime from the

charity. This person may be the donor, an heir,

a parent, friend, or sibling. The donor, or their

estate, immediately receives a tax deduction for a

portion of the gift and a portion of the income may

also be tax-free. At the end of the annuitant’s life,

the charity then applies the remaining amount to

its charitable purposes.

Gift of assets

Income + deduction

Remainder to the SDSU Foundation

DONOR

all going to need health care

and we’re all going to need

continuing breakthroughs in

health care forever.”

Brown described the

generosity of Bruce and

Gloria Lutz as “mind-

boggling.”

“He’s paying forward

generations, in perpetuity,

generations of engineering

students interested in

biomedical engineering and

nursing are going to benefit

from this pay-ahead gift,”

Brown said.

The College of Nursing

is already reaping the

benefits of the Lutz family’s

generosity as they have

endowed scholarships for

DNP students. As they did

in the engineering college,

the Lutzes have provided

the nursing dean with an

excellence fund.

“Bruce and Gloria did it right

for a dean,” Farhenwald

said. “They know that to add

value we have to support our

students to extend beyond

the educational objectives of

the program.”

Like Brown, Farhenwald has

a tough time comprehending

the generosity of Bruce and

Gloria Lutz.

“I am honored and humbled

by their generosity,”

Farhenwald said. “Their

passion and their investment

is paying off well into

perpetuity and that’s the

whole focus of planned

giving.”

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better,” Troy said. “We love

following them both.”

A portion of his estate will go

to both teams with no other

restrictions on how it can be

spent.

“As the needs of our student-

athletes and coaches

continue to evolve, so too,

will our funding needs in

order to remain competitive

both regionally and

nationally,” said Scott Brown,

Senior Associate Athletic

Director for Development.

“The flexibility and discretion

that Troy has provided the

department will allow his gift

to serve the greatest need at

that time.”

Troy has a simple explanation

for including SDSU in his will:

“I’m just a big basketball fan.”

Fan’s estate will help support SDSU basketball

Fans of SDSU sports have

different ways of showing

their support. Some buy

Jackrabbit gear. Others have

season tickets to the games.

Others follow the Jacks

faithfully on the radio or

Internet.

Troy Anderson does all that

and more, earmarking one-

fourth of his estate for the

SDSU men’s and women’s

basketball programs.

A 1990 graduate who

majored in agronomy, Troy

turned 49 in February. Some

might think that’s a little

young for estate planning.

“I was basically getting my

ducks in a row,” said Troy,

“just making sure we have

everything on paper.”

Before it got on paper, it had

to be discussed with his wife

and his grown children. The

kids were fine with his gift to

SDSU.

“They said, ‘Hey, Dad, it’s

your money.’”

Though he’s a big basketball

fan now, Troy, originally from

Albert Lea, Minn., showed up

at SDSU with a hockey stick

and skates. He played club

hockey for State.

A senior sales representative

for Mycogen Seeds, Troy

got his lessons in how to

be a basketball fan from his

father-in-law, Jerry Busick.

“You just grabbed your cow

bell and followed him,” Troy

said. “It was so much fun.”

It was Busick’s philosophy,

and one that Troy continues

to follow, that the SDSU

student-athletes were more

than a team, they were family.

“You follow their young

adulthood,” Troy said. “That

was Jerry’s philosophy.”

Troy’s fondest memory

of SDSU basketball is a

women’s game against Penn

Troy Anderson and Jerry Busick

State. Jerry’s health had

deteriorated. He needed a

walker to get to his seat on

the floor and needed help

standing for the National

Anthem.

Busick asked for help

standing again, this time to

cheer at the end of the game

when the Jacks won.

“He was so excited,” Troy

said. “That was his last game.

That is the highlight of all my

games.”

With the assistance of his

attorney and the SDSU Gift

Planning team, Troy has

directed in his will that the

money go to both the men’s

and women’s basketball

programs.

“There’s no one team that’s Troy Anderson cheering on the Jackrabbits.

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Virgil H. WintrodeRichard F. and

Kathleen M. Wojcik

Eldon W. Wollmann

Winston W. and Mary A. Wolpert

Walter W. and Yvonne Wosje

James V. and Penny L. Woster

Glenda F. Wurster

Anson and Ada May YeagerJeffery B. Young

Roger R. and Dorothy L. YoungRoger L. and Helen K. Zebarth

Stephen M. Zebarth

John Zilverberg

Paul R. and Audrey E. Zimmer

Stanley J. Zimmer

Thomas W. and Lynne Zimmer

Darrell L. Zimmerman

Jo Ann M. Zwanziger


A Successful Community Partnership: The current facility draws

more than 130,000 visitors annually. With the addition of two

significant performance spaces, this number could triple. The

225-seat Recital Hall will host more than 90 recitals annually and

accommodate the Brookings Chamber Music Society concerts. The

850-seat proscenium theater will offer a significantly enhanced

environment for visitors and performers.

The facility will house SDSU’s emerging School of Performing Arts

where more than 1,000 current students participate as performers.

While the public will enjoy performances in the new Recital Hall and

Proscenium Theatre, the entire facility is academic space.

The expansion is scheduled to be completed by January 2019.

A DESTINATION FACILITY FOR ENTERTAINMENT AND PERFORMING ARTS EDUCATION

South Dakota State University was transformed from a modest tract of land northeast of town that residents bought in 1881 by pooling together $647.50.

Every generation since has witnessed growth that’s turned our “College on

the Hill” into a dynamic, sprawling campus and the state’s largest and most-

comprehensive institution of higher learning.

A new Alumni Center will be attached to the Jerome J. Lohr building that

serves as home to the Foundation. It will put the Foundation and Alumni

Center under the same roof again for the first time in more than 30 years.

The President’s Home will be the new home for presidents of SDSU, with

generous indoor and outdoor entertaining spaces.

ALUMNI GREEN


SDSU names Hedge provost and vice president for academic affairs

Pharmacy grads rank second in nation

SDSU Local Foods Education Center

Athletics Update The Human Anatomy and Cadaver Laboratory Expansion

All 76 graduating SDSU pharmacy students from the class of 2016

passed the required professional exam in order to be licensed as a

pharmacist and 75 of them did it on the first attempt.

That 98.68 percent first-time passage rate ranks second in the nation,

barely trailing the University of Washington, which had 98.94 percent

of its 94 graduates pass the North American Pharmacist Licensure

Examination on their first attempt.

Nationally, the marks dropped sharply in 2016 with a first-time

passage rate of 85.86 compared to 92.64 in 2015, 94.88 in 2014 and

95.87 in 2013.

Since SDSU’s first entry-level Pharm.D. class graduated in 1998, there

have been 1,117 students take the exam with 1,110 passing on the

first try (99.4 percent). There were only three other years—2006,

2011 and 2014—when SDSU wasn’t at 100 percent and in those years

its first-time pass rate was 94.7, 97.0 and 98.7 percent, respectively.

Dennis Hedge, a member of the South

Dakota State University faculty and staff

since 1992, has been selected provost and

vice president for academic affairs of the

institution following a six-month national

search.

“It is with great pleasure I welcome Dennis

into this very important position on a

full-time basis,” said SDSU President Barry

Dunn. “This was an extremely thorough

and competitive search process, and I thank

everyone on campus and in the community

who was involved.

“Dennis is a proven leader who is respected

by his peers, and he will elevate the

university to another level in this role,”

Dunn added. “It became clear during this

process that his energy and understanding

of higher education in the state and region

will be a benefit to all of us at SDSU.”

The Department of Plant Science is

building a new 1.3-acre teaching and

learning facility to foster student learning

in local foods production.

The Local Foods Education Center is

based on a foundation of student learning,

ecosystem sustainability, and consumer

access to a safe and stable food supply.

“There is increased public awareness of

the source of the food we eat and the

reliability of its safety. These are highly

emotional issues for today’s consumers

and are drivers of change. That is why

local foods production has become a core

of our horticulture curriculum,” says David

Wright, SDSU Plant Science department

head

Innovation LabDid you know….

> Approximately 30% of first-year college students in South

Dakota require remediation in Math or English or both.

> In 2015, 40% of South Dakota teaching vacancies were

unfilled.

South Dakota State University, the PAST Foundation

(Columbus, Ohio), the Brookings Economic Development

Corporation, the Brookings School District, and neighboring

districts are working on plans to combine programs and

expertise to develop an Innovation Lab that provides both

a concept and space to experiment with new models of

educational instructional design and delivery. These models

will include integrating content across subject areas, utilizing

new technologies, and working with community and industry

partners to design and solve real world problems. This model

of teaching and learning will reflect the unique culture, needs

and expertise of each community in which it resides. It will

allow students, teachers, and pre-service teachers to engage

together in ongoing critical thinking, problem solving and

communication.

SDSU won its first-ever Missouri Valley Football

Conference title in the inaugural season of the

Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium, marking another

exceptional year for academic and athletic

success within the program.

The football team was ranked 6th in a year-end

poll, its highest final ranking since moving to

Division I.

The men’s basketball team qualified for its

fourth NCAA tournament in six years. The

women’s basketball team made the post-season

for its 11th consecutive year. Wrestlers drew

all-time record home crowds and produced its

first two All-Americans in the Division I era.

SDSU hosted The Summit League

Championships for indoor track – another

first for the university – thanks to the Sanford-

Jackrabbit Athletic Complex. All-conference,

all-tournament and all-academic honors were

prevalent throughout SDSU’s 19 different

sports.

The SDSU Human Anatomy and Cadaver

Laboratory Expansion will enhance

undergraduate and graduate students’

opportunities for critical hands-on dissection

and learning in multiple pre-professional

and other medical-related disciplines.

The enhanced laboratory environments

will foster students’ abilities to develop

important skillsets that will continue to

make them competitive regionally and

nationally for careers and for graduate and

professional programs.

On average, more than 750 students

annually from a wide range of undergraduate

majors and programs will be impacted by the

Human Anatomy and Cadaver Laboratory

Expansion. The expansion will also impact

current and future graduate programs.

We are preparing for the future as well as

improving these lab environments for our

current students.


THE SDSU FOUNDATION GIFT PLANNING OFFICE

We are excited to highlight a newly published guide for friends and alumni of SDSU that are interested in creating or leaving an estate gift for SDSU. The guide has been designed to help in the decision making process and to highlight important questions that need to be answered for an estate gift to have the impact you intend on campus.

Contact the Gift Planning Office for a copy today.Planning an

Estate Gift for SDSU

A guide for Friends and Alumni Interested in Creating or Leaving a Legacy at

South Dakota State University

Marc Littlecott, CAP®

Director of Gift PlanningBrookings Office 605-697-7475 ext. [email protected]

Bruce Nearhood, CFP®

Senior Gift Planning OfficerRapid City Office605-697-7475 ext. [email protected]

Carolyn PossGift Planning Coordinator605-697-7475 ext. [email protected]

Our Gift Planning team is your expert resource in:

• Estate Planning Ȥ Proper will, trust, and beneficiary language Ȥ Zero-tax estate planning Ȥ “Give-it-Twice” estate planning

• Farm and Ranch Tax Mitigation Ȥ Tangible property Ȥ Land and buildings Ȥ Succession or sale

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