The George Harrell Club is the prestigious donor organization founded in 1988 to recognize those individuals who generously provide gift income to the University of Florida College of Medicine.
The Club's name honors the College's founding dean, a physician and educator, who was invited to come to Florida in the late 1950s to help build a college of medicine that would be renowned for its quality of education while supplying the state with knowledgeable, compassionate and skilled physicians. Dr. Harrell died in 1999, but he will be remembered as a visionary who believed in the importance of patient-centered physician training, and his leadership greatly influenced the core of the College's education programs.
To date, George Harrell Club donors have contributed more than $2.4 million in financial aid and special endowment funds to further the educational mission of the College.
Alumni, friends, faculty and staff may join The George Harrell Club with an annual gift of $1,000 or more for three funds that support student scholarships, programming for alumni, students and housestaff, and the Harrell Center. Those funds are the College of Medicine Alumni Fund, the Hill Endowment Fund, the Harrell Fund, and the New HSC Education Building Fund. Membership in the Harrell Club is renewed annually.
Levels of Membership
Annual Membership
Requires an annual gift of $1,000 or more. Gifts may be designated from the funds indicated above.
A gift of $2,000 entitles you to the privileges of membership in the UF President's Council.
Lifetime Membership
Requires a commitment of $25,000 or more. Gifts may be designated as above, and may be made in the form of cash, securities, or property, with an appraised value of at least $25,000, a documented bequest of $50,000 or more, or a life insurance policy of at least $125,000.
Founder's Membership
Requires a commitment of $100,000 or more over a period of three to five years, in the form of cash, securities, property or a documented bequest of $200,000 or more, or a life insurance policy of at least $500,000.
For more information on The George Harrell Club, contact the Office of Medical Alumni Affairs at 352-273-7986 or e-mail us at drgator-L@lists.ufl.edu
Location: http://medinfo.ufl.edu/alumni/harrellclub.shtml