The First National Bank of Santa Fe (Albuquerque office), New Mexico Banquest Corporation and UNM will host a reception celebrating the generosity of Jack and Donna Rust on Thursday, Sept. 9, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., at the Hibben Center for Archaelogical Research on UNM’s main campus.
Jack Rust was the first chair of the UNM Foundation Board. He was one of New Mexico’s business and community leaders summoned by then-UNM President William “Bud” Davis in 1979-1980 to spearhead the organization.
Last year the Rusts gave $1 million to the University, establishing three professorships in the field of ethics - two at UNM’s ASM (ASM) and a third to the UNM Health Sciences Center Institute for Ethics.
The professorships were matched by the State of New Mexico through Senate Bill 14, the Endowment for University Excellence, yeilding an additional $600,000 for the University. Senate Bill 14 offers an incentive to donors who wish to endow faculty positions at the state’s four-year universities by providing state matching funds. The professorships are held for five-year terms.
Adjunct Professor John Ackerman and Professor Jeanne Logsdon were named recipients of the Jack and Donna Rust Endowed Professorships in Business Ethics at the ASM.
The Jack and Donna Rust Endowed Professorship in Biomedical Ethics was awarded to Laura Roberts, the director of the UNM Health Sciences Center Institute for Ethics.
Contacts: Sachi Isobe, (505) 277-7088; Steve Carr, (505) 277-1821