— $1 million to jump-start the fundraising campaign for a new School of Business at UW-Madison. John Morgridge graduated from the school in He later added $, in Cisco System stock for computer networking at what would become Grainger Hall.
— , shares of Cisco stock for historic preservation and renovation of the old Red Gym on the UW-Madison campus, and to start the Morgridge Center for Public Service. Mary Rouse, the former director of the center, says when the shares were first given to the UW Foundation, they were worth $33 each before quickly jumping to $ — making the gift worth $10 million. She estimates $7 million went to the Red Gym project and $3 million to establishing an endowment that helps fund the center.
— $ million to endow two chairs at UW-Madison. For their 41st wedding anniversary, Tashia’s gift to John was a $ million chair in computer science, while John’s gift to Tashia was a $ million chair in reading in the School of Education.
— $6 million to Alverno College in Milwaukee to help build a $ million teaching, learning and technology center.
— $ million to the UW-Madison, with $ million of that in donated computer equipment to help the univ
New John and Tashia Morgridge gift: $70 million committed to one-for-one match
Alumni Tashia and John Morgridge acknowledge audience applause following the announcement of the couple&#;s original $ million match for other donors who endow a professorship, a chair or a distinguished chair at UW–Madison. Photo: Jeff Miller
Thanks to the generosity of UW alumni John and Tashia Morgridge, UW–Madison has announced a new $70 million matching opportunity to support faculty recruitment and retention.
The match will be available to donors who would like to establish or enhance an endowed professorship or chair fund. An endowed professorship or chair distributes income annually in perpetuity to support faculty salary and research.
This one-to-one match will provide private support to help UW–Madison recruit and retain world-class faculty. A previous Morgridge match generated $ million in endowed support and has already had a major impact on the university, including:
- The new BerbeeWalsh Department of Emergency Medicine in the School of Medicine and Public Health was able to create two endowed chairs in its first year, adding remarkable momentum to its rapid national recognition.
Cover story: Philanthropy is all in the family for the Morgridges
The Morgridge money comes from Silicon Valley.
John D. Morgridge’s father, John P. Morgridge, in became CEO and chairman of Cisco Systems Inc., a San Jose-based manufacturer of wireless routers and other networking equipment that was then just four years old. He took the company public in , and a year after his retirement Morgridge’s Cisco Systems stock had made him a billionaire.
John P. Morgridge and his wife Tashia – high-school sweethearts who married in – created what’s now called the TOSA Foundation in to distribute their fortune.
The younger Morgridge remembers having to share a room with his older brother, Peter, because his father used “what rightly was my bedroom as his office.” Toward the end of every year, his parents would pour over a list of charitable organizations and decide how much to give each.
“I can remember from a very early age that they did that,” he said. “We didn’t grow up overly religious, but there was an understanding that you had a duty as a citizen to help your fellow man.”
“We are fortunate people,” John P. Morgridge, the chairman emeritus of Cisco Systems, told graduates of S
Tashia F. Morgridge (BSE Education) exemplifies the spirit of a human ecologist, committed to improving the quality of people&#;s lives and the values of leadership and service. After receiving her bachelor&#;s degree from UW-Madison and her master&#;s degree from Lesley University in Massachusetts, Tashia devoted her career to special education at the elementary school level. Her volunteerism, philanthropy, and board service have focused on children and young adults. She has been an active supporter of early literacy programs, youth civic engagement, and access to higher education for young scholars.
Along with her husband John (BBA ), the Morgridges have generously supported students, faculty, research, and initiatives across UW-Madison. In , Tashia and John announced an extraordinary matching gift to inspire increased support for endowed chairs and professorships at the university. School of Human Ecology alumni and friends enthusiastically took up this matching challenge, partnering with Tashia and John to create ten new endowed faculty positions. In recognition of Tashia and John&#;s transformational impact on the School of Human Ecology, the SoHE community is honored to
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