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DU honors S crivner and Hummel families w ith Founders Medals

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The annual Founders Celebration recognizes the 1864 founding of DU by honoring the people and institutions that have left an indelible mark on the school and its future. At this year’s celebration on March 5, Chancellor Jeremy Haefner presented the Founders Medal, one of the highest honors bestowed by the University, to Mary and Doug Scrivner (JD ’77), a DU trustee,

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Mary & Doug Scrivner

Donald Sturm

and the Hummel Family Foundation in recognition of their transformative leadership and philanthropy in advancing DU’s mission and values. The University also paid tribute to the late Donald L. Sturm (LLB ’58), a long time donor and honorary life trustee who was honored with one of the inaugural Founders Medals in 2016. “Founders Celebration is an opportunity to honor these wonderful recipients and also all the people throughout the years who have made DU what it is today—and will be in the future,” says Val Otten, senior vice chancellor for advancement. Doug and Mary Scrivner met and got married at DU, and have been friends and supporters of the University ever since, including their generous $14 million gift in 2017 to establish the Scrivner Institute of Public Policy in the Josef Korbel School of International Studies. Doug has held a number of leadership roles at DU over the years, including serving on the Board of Trustees and as chair from 2014 to 2018. He has been instrumental in strategic planning and numerous initiatives and served as an adjunct

Carole & Robert C. Hummel

professor in the Sturm College of Law and on the Advisory Board of Educating Tomorrow’s Lawyers at the Institute for Advancing the American Legal System. The Hummel Family Foundation established a scholarship fund in 2017 to help students who may not otherwise go to college fulfill their dreams. The late Dr. Robert “Bob” C. Hummel was co founder of Animal Health International, one of the country’s largest animal health distributors. When he sold his business, he, his wife Carole and their two children created the foundation to establish scholarship funds at five different higher education institutions that have made a positive impact on their lives.

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