特里的持久遗产

一个新R.B. Terry慈善基金会的1600万美元礼物will keep NC State’sCollege of Veterinary Medicineon the cutting edge for years to come — by providing generous support for its student, faculty and research endowments.

The college is在全国排名第三(U.S. News & World Report, 2015), a remarkable achievement given it only graduated its first students in 1985. That success is thanks in large part to the extraordinary private support the college receives from alumni and friends like the late Randall B. Terry, Jr.

联合出版商高点企业，特里（Terry）于1998年首次参与兽医学院，当时他的九个心爱的金猎犬之一耐克（Nike）生病了。北卡罗来纳州州立大学（NC State）获得的精湛护理耐克（Nike）促使特里（Terry）加入，后来主持北卡罗来纳州兽医医学基金会（NCVMF）。在他生命的最后几年，他是devoted to the betterment of veterinary medicine。

“I think his association with us was obviously through his love of animals,” said Dr. Oscar Fletcher, professor in poultry health management and member of the foundation’s board. “That just demonstrates the power of the human-animal bond.”

特里（Terry）在他的一生中担任了一项竞选活动，该活动为北卡罗来纳州州立大学（NC State）筹集了1000万美元的兽医学生教育。他向挑战补助金和学生奖学金提供了超过400万美元的本人。在2004年去世后，特里基金会承诺了最初的2000万美元，以帮助建造Randall B. Terry，Jr。Companion Animal兽医医疗中心，该中心于2011年开业。

特里中心（Terry Center）是NC州原始兽医教学医院的两倍以上，是该国最先进的中心之一。它意识到特里（Terry）对杰出的环境的愿景，在这个环境中，才华横溢的教师和学生可以在兽医医学的最前沿工作。它与学院的其他广泛推荐和紧急服务结合在一起关心所有需要它的人。

弗莱彻说：“就像北卡罗来纳州州的许多地方一样，我们正在为人们提供服务。”“在特里中心（Terry Center），我们有客户因为有需要而带上动物，并且让学生学习如何应用兽医医学的艺术和科学来解决这些问题。”

Those students are the chief recipients of the Terry Foundation’s latest gift: Half of the $16 million pledged will go toward支持和培训下一代兽医领导者。This will more than double the college’s student scholarship endowment, ensuring that the top prospects in the nation can learn and thrive at NC State.

“Every student that graduates, that doesn’t have to pay back debt — that’s success,” said Susan Ward, member of NC State’s Board of Trustees and former NCVMF president. “Every new thing they try here, every problem they solve, that’s success. That’s how I measure it.”

The Terry Foundation’s new gift supports the college’s innovation and problem-solving, too. It includes a $3 million investment in research support and $5 million dedicated toattracting and retaining leading faculty在该领域。

“人才的需求over the world, so they can go anywhere,” said Fletcher. “Private support helps us keep them here. Endowed chairs, additional grant support — they give us a competitive edge.”

The Terry Foundation has also pledged to match other private donations and state funds raised, potentially doubling the gift’s impact. That, too, is in keeping with the legacy of Randall B. Terry, Jr.

“Randall always said he liked to use money to make money,” said Ward. “He’d say, ‘Let’s use it as a challenge gift, a matching challenge.’ We’d use that to attract other donors who would want to join in his efforts.”

Thanks to those efforts, NC State’s College of Veterinary Medicine now enjoys national pre-eminence and provides world-class care to some28,000 patients each year。在特里基金会和其他朋友的持续支持下，学院的使命比以往任何时候都更大胆，更雄心勃勃。

“Private support provides us with the critical funding to do groundbreaking research,” said Chancellor Randy Woodson. “We are educating the next generation of veterinary health professionals and improving lives. It’s the investments that private support provides that allow NC State to think and do.”