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Distributed February 25, 2006
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Meeting of the Brown Corporation
Corporation Accepts Gifts, Approves Appointments

Funding from Brown graduates Artemis A.W. Joukowsky and Martha Sharp Joukowsky was accepted by the Corporation at its meeting today, allowing the University to immediately establish the Joukowsky Family Professorship in Archaeology within The Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World. The Corporation also accepted a number of significant anonymous gifts to a wide range of disciplines – from history to the creative arts – and made new staff appointments.


PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The Corporation of Brown University today formally established the Joukowsky Family Professorship in Archaeology, effective immediately. This professorship was generously funded by Artemis A.W. Joukowsky ’55 LHD ’85 P’87 and Martha Sharp Joukowsky ’58 LLD ’85 P’87. The chairholder will have an appointment in the Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World, established in October 2004 by a gift from the Joukowsky family.

A number of gifts to the University were accepted by the Corporation, including:

  • From an emeritus trustee and parent, a gift of $5 million, $4 million of which will endow and establish a professorship in the Department of History; with $500,000 for the Brown Annual Fund and $500,000 for the Brown University Sports Foundation.
  • From the Walter Annenberg Foundation, a gift of $3 million for the Annenberg Institute to promote innovation and progress in small schools and to develop leadership to sustain school reform.
  • From a trustee and parent, a gift of $2,515,000 for the following purposes: $1million for the Nelson Fitness Center; $750,000 for financial aid; $750,000 for the Brown Annual Fund; $10,000 for the Brown University Sports Foundation; and $5,000 for the Watson Institute.
  • From an alumnus and parent, a gift of $2.5 million, $2.2 million of which will create an endowed flexible research fund in environmental sciences and environmental studies, and $300,000 for the Brown Annual Fund.
  • From parents, a gift of $2 million for the Creative Arts Building.
  • From an emeritus trustee and parent, a gift of $1.6 million to be added to an existing fund to endow and create a professorship in contemporary African studies and/or environmental studies.
  • From an alumnus and parent, a gift of $1.1 million, of which $1 million will be added to an existing fund to endow and create an assistant professorship of history, with the remaining $100,000 earmarked for the current-use of the Department of History.
  • From parents, a gift of $1 million to fund renovations at the Thomas J. Watson Sr. Center for Information Technology for the Department of Computer Science.
  • From an alumnus, a gift of $1 million for the following purposes: $375,000 for an endowment for Commerce, Organizations and Entrepreneurship; $250,000 for the Brown Annual Fund; $25,000 for current-use program support.

Appointments and Promotions

The Corporation approved the appointment of Stephen M. Maiorisi as vice president for facilities management, effectively immediately. Maiorisi has served as both acting vice president and director of design and construction since last summer, and has worked at Brown since 1996.

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