Faculty Support

 

$25 Million Gift Helps Dean Boost Faculty

 

Barbara and Gerson Bakar, BS 48

Haas alumnus Gerson Bakar, BS 48, a prominent real estate developer, and his wife, Barbara Bass Bakar, former CEO of Emporium/Weinstock’s and I. Magnin, have given $25 million to the Haas School to create at least five new faculty positions.

The gift – the largest individual donation in the Haas School’s history – will enable Dean Rich Lyons to increase the full-time, permanent faculty roster to an all-time high of 86 professors as he pursues his vision for the school.

 

 

 

Alumni Gifts Support Endowed Chairs

A trio of families provided generous gifts to the Haas School for endowed chairs over the past three years, enabling the school to attract the highest caliber of academic talent.

 

Most recently, Shu Kai and Angela Chan and their son, Tony Chan, BS 74, gave Haas a gift of $500,000 to increase the endowment of the S.K. and Angela Chan Chair in Global Management. The gift is meant to address the rising costs of pursuing research and retaining faculty.	Shu Kai and Angela Chan
In 2005, Virginia and Andrew Rudd, MBA 76, established the Rudd Family Foundation Chair in Finance to provide additional funding for finance faculty.	Andrew Rudd, MBA 76, and Virginia Rudd
In 2007, Marianne and James Lowrey, MBA 64, created the James J. and Marianne B. Lowrey Chair in Business, which enables faculty to study the behavior of financial institutions from a microeconomic perspective.	James Lowery, MBA 64, and Marianne Lowery