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Loyalty Fund
The Loyalty Fund is the annual fund of the UNC Medical Alumni Association that provides an unrestricted resource designated primarily for student scholarships and educational activities for which no other funding source exists. Your annual gift provides a dependable source of funding with the flexibility to be allocated as the needs of the students and institution change.
The Office of Medical Alumni Affairs, the National Loyalty Fund Committee, and the UNC Medical Alumni Council convene annually to discuss the needs of the students and appropriate the Loyalty Fund accordingly. Therefore, the Loyalty Fund ultimately supports the programs that alumni consider most important in maintaining academic excellence and enhancing the medical student experience.
Make a contribution to the Loyalty Fund
Download the Loyalty Fund Case Statement for 2009-10 (pdf format)
Honor Roll of Alumni Loyalty Fund Donors for 2008-09
"While we can never repay directly those who made our medical school experience possible, we can help provide that opportunity for the future of medicine at UNC." - John Foust, MD '55
Get Involved. Make a Gift. Build Loyalty.
National Loyalty Fund Committee
| John W. Foust, MD '55 - Honorary Chair | Joseph M. Jenkins, MD '74 |
| Katrina H. Avery, MD '91 | Leigh H. Jones, MD '90 |
| Robert A. Bashford, MD '71 | Theodore C. Kerner, Jr., MD '85 |
| Frederick O. Bowman, Jr., MD '50 | Thomas J. Koontz, MD '66 |
| Jon P. Brisley, MD '88 | Stuart J. Levin, MD '88 |
| George W. Cox, MD '66 | Hugh A. McAllister, MD '66 |
| Vartan A. Davidian, Jr., MD '67 | Darlyne Menscer, MD '79 |
| Frederick M. Dula, Jr., MD '81 | H. Clifton Patterson, III, MD '74 |
| William E. Easterling, Jr., MD '56 | Carl S. Phipps, MD '62 |
| Maxwell E. Fisher, MD '98 | Harold C. Pollard, III, MD '74 |
| Otis N. Fisher, Jr., MD '59 | David A. Rendleman, III, MD '70 |
| Mary Susan Fulghum, MD '71 | Cadmus C. Rich, MD '95 |
| Lisa A. Gillespie, MD '94 | Robert E. Sevier, MD '66 |
| James R. Harper, MD '60 | James W. Snyder, MD '69 |
| John M. Herion, MD '83 | Sharon R. Stephenson, MD '84 |
| William M. Herndon, Jr., MD '81 - Vice Chair | Paul E. Viser, MD '84 |
| James D. Hundley, MD '67 - Chair | Richard C. Worf, MD '78 |
| Stacey N. Ibrahim, MD '90 |
Making a Difference Through Planned Giving
Many alumni would like to make a major gift to the UNC School of Medicine but cannot commit current assets for such a purpose. Through a will, however, alumni can make a more significant gift than they might ever have thought possible by designating a specific sum, a percentage, or the residue of their estate for the benefit of their alma mater.
To provide a bequest, simply include a paragraph in your will naming The Medical Foundation of North Carolina, Inc. as beneficiary. For example:
"I give, devise and bequeath (the sum of $_____) or (_____% of my estate or the residue of my estate) to The Medical Foundation of North Carolina, Inc., a 501(c)(3) created to maintain funds for the UNC School of Medicine with principal offices located at 880 Airport Road, Chapel Hill, North Carolina."
This language creates an unrestricted bequest for use by The Medical School when and where the need is greatest, or you may specify that your gift be used for a particular purpose. For further information, please call Jane McNeer at (919) 966-1201 or (800) 962-2543 or send email to jmcneer@email.unc.edu.