Tachi and Leslie Yamada’s $10 million donation five years ago helped launch U-M’s Center for Global Health Equity. Earlier this year, Leslie Yamada and her family donated an additional $10 million to the center, a portion of which has been used to name the center’s directorship, held by Joseph C. Kolars.

Philip and Nicole Hadley’s commitment to the U-M student experience represents the largest gift to date from a member of the Parent & Family Leadership Council volunteer network, as well as the largest gift ever to support campus recreation.

A century after a medical school alumnus gifted U-M with a collection of herbaceous peonies, the garden finally bears his name (not to mention 350 varieties of the flower). Donor W.E. Upjohn considered these blooms his ‘salvation.’ This June, they’re making music.

Student-athletes are not the only ones who thrive on the high-level competition yielded by an annual rivalry. Aspiring journalists at U-M and OSU debuted their ‘Rivalry Edition’ three years ago as a newsroom fundraiser, ending on game day, Nov. 27.

From Captain Beefheart to Broadway, legendary music producer Richard Perry, ’64, has been catching stars for decades — many in U-M’s School of Music, Theatre & Dance.

Former media executive John Madigan, BBA ’58/MBA ’59, empowers student journalists with a fund named for former Chicago Tribune editor and Michigan Daily alumna (1977-78) Ann Marie Lipinski, BA ’94.

The campaign, which closed Dec. 31, 2018, counted more than 398,000 donors giving 2.4 million gifts over seven and a half years.

Lisa and Christopher Jeffries have committed the largest gift in the school’s history: $33 million to support student scholarships, financial aid, debt management, and more.

The man who endowed the University’s gothic, architectural masterpiece vowed never to lay eyes on it. He feared he would be disappointed.