Alumni Volunteers Urge Mabie Challenge Gifts

More than 50 King Hall alumni have volunteered to urge their class members to give to the King Hall Expansion and Renovation project and help meet the goals that will result in the William and Inez Mabie Foundation committing up to an additional $500,000 to the project as part of the Mabie Challenge.

 "We're making this push because we want to make sure the Law School is able to take full advantage of the Mabie Challenge and realize the full potential of the construction project," said Melissa Borrelli '05, who has volunteered to help support the initiative.  "The Mabie Foundation is very generously offering to make another major contribution to the building project if we alumni show our support, and we want to encourage everyone to give whatever they can and help us reach our participation goals."

The Mabie Foundation has been a generous supporter of the Law School, pledging more than $2.4 million to name the Mabie Law Library, Mabie-Apallas Public Interest Chair, and William and Inez Mabie Foundation Scholarship.  With 100 percent of King Hall faculty already supporting the building project, and student participation goals at more than 84 percent (based on donations from the classes of 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011), it is hoped that the Mabie Challenge will spur greater alumni participation and help secure full funding for the renovation so that its impact on King Hall can be maximized.

While $5 million in private funds have been raised for the building project, the Law School still needs an additional $3 million to realize the full potential of the project's renovation phase, which will begin upon completion of the expansion in May 2010.  Most immediately, the Law School needs to raise $35,000 to meet the first phase of the Mabie Challenge and realize an additional $400,000 from the Mabie Foundation.

"I would like to thank all of our Mabie Challenge volunteers on behalf of UC Davis School of Law," said Dean Kevin R. Johnson.  "Your efforts, and the support we hope to receive from your classmates, are a critical part of our plans for an even better King Hall."

If you would like to help support the King Hall Expansion and Renovation project by volunteering to reach out to classmates regarding the Mabie Challenge, please contact Jen Aldridge at jaldridge@ucdavis.edu.

The Law School would like to thank the following alumni for working to make the Mabie Challenge a success:

Professor Jay C. Carlisle '69
Thomas G. Redmon '69
Art Silen '69
John Schick '72
Charles Bird '73
Thomas R. Schuttish '73
Steven N. Machtinger '74
Alberto Y. Balingit '75
Philip G. Satre '75
Tom Stallard '75
Robert D. Bacon '76
Charity Kenyon '77
Joan Story '77
Lee Altschuler '78
Barbara Detrich Gallagher '78
Frank L. Rugani '78
Jeffery Anne Tatum '78
David L. Hyman '80
Mark L. Perry '80
Craig Labadie '81
Debra S. Margolis '83
Penny Westfall '84
William N. Brieger '85
Nancy Coan-Torres '86
Professor Lisa C. Ikemoto '87
Jeffrey G. Leacox '88
Demetrius Shelton '93
Amy N. Tirre '94
Steven Muldowney '95
David A. Lorie '96
Bijal V. Vakil '96
Amy Briggs '97
Lisa Taylor Carlock '97
Laurence Mathews '97
Seth Merewitz '97
William Strickland '97
Michael Williams '97
Vincent Caruso '98
Mark M. Malovos '98
Seth A. Rafkin '98
Pascal Benyamini '99
Aimee Dudovitz '99
Melissa A. Jones '99
David W. Kesselman '99
Megan M. La Belle '99
Scott M. Lay '00
Nitasha K. Sawhney '00
Grace Arupo '02
Dawn Belcher Neufeld '02
Noah C. Cuttler '03
Gage C. Dungy '03
Jacqueline L. McDonald '03
Melanie L. Proctor '03
Danielle L. Thiry-Zaragoza '03
Sally H. Schwettmann '04
Melissa A. Borrelli '05
Jennifer R. Klein '05
Wendy L. Tauriainen '05
Marissa Lisbeth Dragoo '06
Marc Gregory Fernandez '07