The CSU Board of Trustees recognized leadership gifts to the university by naming the following academic programs or facilities in 2005-2006:

• The Martin V. Smith School of Business and Economics at CSU Channel Islands honors the memory of Mr. Smith, a leading real estate investor and developer in Ventura County, whose family generously committed $8 million.
• The estate of alumna Mary Bayramian and her husband Jack bestowed $7.3 million for a scholarship fund at CSU Northridge. The student services center was named the Mary and Jack Bayramian Hall in their memory.
• Uka Solanki, president and CEO of Big Saver Foods, and his wife, Nalini, contributed $500,000 to endow the Yadunandan Center for India Studies at CSU Long Beach.
• The McMahan House at CSU San Marcos recognizes the $2 million contribution by JoAn and Richard A. McMahan to construct and furnish the new event facility.

• The Broad Athletic Facility acknowledges a $2 million contribution by the Eli and Edythe L. Broad Foundation to CSU Sacramento for a new athletic facility and field house.
• The La Kretz Wing at CSU Los Angeles recognizes contributions totaling $2.5 million by the La Kretz Family Foundation for construction of the Integrated Sciences Complex and an endowed fund for the environmental sciences.
• A $4.5 million grant from the City of Palm Desert Redevelopment Agency resulted in the construction of the Palm Desert Health Sciences Building at the CSU San Bernardino, Palm Desert campus.
• The Lucas Graduate School of Business honors Donald and Sally Lucas for a $10 million commitment to San José State University for initiatives to attract professors that are global business thought leaders and to recruit top-level graduate students.
• CSU Fullerton alumnus Dan Black contributed $4.5 million to renovate laboratory space, purchase equipment and support scholarships in physics. In honor of his leadership, the facility was named Dan Black Hall.
• Namings at San Diego State include the J. R. Filanc Construction and Engineering Management Program, recognizing a $3 million gift made by Jack R. and Jane E. Filanc; Manchester Hall, which honors Douglas F. and Elizabeth C. Manchester for a $5 million gift for campus priorities, the golf program and faculty support; the Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation Institute on Tribal Gaming for a $5 million gift for Hospitality and Tourism Management; and the QUALCOMM Institute for Innovation and Educational Success, acknowledging a $14.5 million gift.

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