"Coach Bloomgren is a terrific leader for the Rice football program," Dunlevie added. Rice is one of the few FBS schools to have an endowed head coaching position, and this gift is a tremendous vote of confidence for the future of our program." "It's a commitment that cannot be overstated. "In the time I came to know Bruce it was always very clear how much Rice and Rice Athletics meant to him, and I am humbled that he and Elizabeth have decided to place their family's name on this position," Bloomgren said. He was promoted to be Stanford's Andrew Luck Director of Offense in 2013, one year after that position was endowed in 2012. We believe the endowment of our head football coaching position will serve as a catalyst toward the permanent support of other head coaches in the athletics department."īloomgren was named the 19 th head coach at Rice on Decemafter seven seasons at Stanford. "While faculty endowments have been making an impact at Rice for many years, this is the University's first endowed coaching position. "We are grateful for the Dunlevies' transformational support of our football program," said Joe Karlgaard, Rice Director of Athletics, Recreation & Lifetime Fitness. The endowment is the first for a Rice Athletics coaching position, and one of the few endowed head coaching position within the FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision) level of NCAA Football. We hope that others who feel as we do will be similarly inspired to support the vitality of Rice Athletics." We also have the utmost respect for the discipline required of Rice's student-athletes to succeed simultaneously in the classroom and in their sport. "We believe that Division I athletics is a fundamental aspect of a diverse college student experience, which it has been at Rice for decades. "As lifelong fans of Rice Athletics, Elizabeth and I are thrilled to make this contribution to the football program," Dunlevie said. We know of only one:Īrthur Rock, the Valley's original investor, who backed Apple, Fairchild Semiconductor, and Intel (his $300,000 Intel stake is now worth more than $500 million).HOUSTON-When Mike Bloomgren leads the Rice Owls onto the Rice Stadium turf for his first game on August 25, he will do so as the Dunlevie Family Head Football Coach, thanks to an endowed gift by Bruce '79 and Elizabeth Dunlevie. $500 MILLION PLUS The privately held half-billion-dollar category is still a tough one to join if you're an investor, but it does happen. His successes: National Semiconductor, Macromedia, and Oracle. Lucas of Sand Hill Financial has 40 years' investing and moneymaking under his belt. But he'll forever be known as the only VC to invest in Microsoft. David Marquardt at August Capital has done well with investments in Seagate, SpectraLogic (acquired by Seagate), Stratus, and Netopia. He funded Visigenic (acquired by Borland, now Inprise) at the firm's IPO in August 1996, Sippl held 23% of the firm, and his shares were worth some $22 million. Roger Sippl founded Informix and Vantive, then turned angel. Kapor's venture capital firm was among the earliest investors in Uunet (acquired by MFS and then WorldCom) and Performance Systems International (now PSINet), and his firm also owns 2.2 million shares of RealNetworks. Some others we estimate to be worth more than $200 million: Henry McCance of Boston's Greylock (Tellabs, Manugistics, ImmuLogic Pharmaceutical, and Peritus), his partner Roger Evans (Ascend and Xircom), and Lotus founder Mitch Kapor.
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