Nov. 19, 2001

Michael D. McCormick of Zionsville, Ind., has given more than $2 million to support Duke basketball, football, and golf programs, university president Nannerl O. Keohane announced Monday.

McCormick, a 1970 Duke graduate, has donated slightly more than $1 million to the basketball Legacy Fund, $940,000 for Duke's new football training facility, and more than $100,000 to the Michael McCormick Golf Scholarship Endowment.

"Mike McCormick's recent contributions to athletic scholarship, facility and program needs are prominent among the many gifts he has made to Duke since he graduated," said Keohane. "We are grateful to him for his steady generosity, and for his recognition of the scope of Duke's athletic needs."

McCormick is also a donor to Duke's Annual Fund and the Fuqua School of Business.

"I am particularly glad to have the opportunity to support these athletic areas: basketball in recognition of the best college program in the nation, a football program that will be among the best again, and scholarship assistance for a student who plays golf, a sport I enjoy playing," McCormick said.

Duke's Legacy Fund, whose honorary chair is NBA star and 1994 Duke graduate Grant Hill, meets a variety of needs for the Duke men's basketball program, including financial aid for student-athletes. The football contribution will be applied toward the construction cost of the Yoh Football Center, a $20-million training facility scheduled to open next year. The Duke men's and women's golf teams are perennial Atlantic Coast Conference and national powers.

McCormick is a graduate of Indiana University Law School. He recently retired as executive vice president and general counsel of the Bindley Western Industries of Indianapolis, a wholesale distributor of pharmaceuticals.

He and his wife, Margy, live with a daughter and a son in Zionsville.

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