CU-Boulder Celebrates 10 Years Since Leeds Endowment
A landmark 2001 $35 million endowment gift by the Leeds family to the University of Colorado Boulder was celebrated at a surprise 10th anniversary dinner Tuesday at the Hotel Boulderado.
At this dinner—attended by CU-Boulder Chancellor Philip DiStefano, Leeds School of Business Dean David Ikenberry, and CU Foundation CEO Wayne Hutchens among other CU leaders—past and present members of the school spoke about the substantial impacts of the endowment.
One such impact was in 2006, when the Center for Education and Social Responsibility was created to fulfill Leeds’s mission of emphasizing ethics and social responsibility at CU. In this program, Leeds teaches a class on business leadership. “That’s unheard of for donors anywhere else,” said 2009 graduate Ben Thacker. “He sets a great example,”
A Boulder Daily Camera story reported these and other details of the event. An in-depth interview of Michael Leeds and CESR director Donna Sockell can be viewed here.
