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Special Thanks Big Boost for WBFO Fund to strengthen station's programming, outreach A gift from the Donald L. Davis Foundation of Amherst has created the Don Davis Auto World Fund from WBFO 88.7 FM, the National Public Radio affiliate operated by UB. The gift-the largest in WBFO history-will allow the station to develop new programming and buy new equipment. "An endowment for WBFO has been one of our high hopes for a long while," said Jennifer Roth, WBFO general manager. "The Don Davis Auto World Fund will strengthen the station's financial security, and will enable us to continue improving the quality of our programming." A native of Buffalo who attended UB, Don Davis started the Don Davis Auto World Endowed Lectureship Fund, which supports the university's Distiguished Speaker Series. This annual series has brought many notable figures to campus, including two former U.S. presidents.
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Lecture series Lecture fund recalls contributions of nursing dean Nationally prominent leaders in the nursing profession will be featured in a new UB School of Nursing annual lecture series in honor of Bonnie Bullough, former dean of the school, who died in April. The series will be supported by a $100,000 gift from Vern L. Bullough to honor the memory of his wife and colleague. The Dr. Bonnie Bullough Endowed Lecture Fund, scheduled to begin in fall 1997, is expected to attract speakers from across the country to address topics of interest to the nursing community. Vern Bullough said he established the fund as a tribute to his wife's steadfast dedication to the nursing profession and the School of Nursing. "Bonnie devoted her life to building the nursing school's distinctive presence in higher education," said Bullough, who served as dean of natural and social sciences at Buffalo State College while his wife was a dean at UB. "This lecture series is a way to bring new points of view on many different issues to nursing professionals, students and the community, and to make them aware of the different trends occurring in the profession." Bonnie Bullough's nursing career spanned nearly 50 years. She headed the UB nursing school from 1980-91 and was a professor on the UB faculty until 1993, when the Bulloughs moved to North Ridge, Calif. A prolific author and authority on human sexuality, Bonnie was "one of the leaders in nursing, as well as law and the nursing profession," said her husband.
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