At Stony Brook University, we relentlessly pursue excellence in the classroom and on the field, a point that was driven home at the Stony Brook Foundation’s annual Stars of Stony Brook Gala held on Wednesday, April 20, at Chelsea Piers in Manhattan.
This year’s Gala raised more than $3 million, including $1.99 million for scholarships, $990,500 for the Indoor Training Center and $40,950 for Stony Brook’s baseball program, while recognizing the remarkable achievements and gratifying generosity of this year’s honorees: Glenn Dubin ’78, Hon. ’12, his wife Dr. Eva Andersson Dubin, and Major League Baseball all-star pitcher Joe Nathan ’97, Hon. ’13.
In October 2015, Dubin, a former member of the University’s football and lacrosse teams, and his wife announced a $5 million pledge in the form of a dollar for dollar matching challenge grant, setting the stage for a $10 million fundraising goal to build an Indoor Training Center, which will benefit all of the University’s 20 intercollegiate teams. Additional gifts for the Indoor Training Center received through June 30, 2016 will be matched by the Dubins.
The Dubin challenge is just the most recent example of their generosity to Stony Brook. In 2010, the Dubins donated $4.3 million through the G&E Dubin Family Foundation for the creation of the Dubin Family Athletic Performance Center — which opened in 2012 — and a $1 million gift to create the Glenn Dubin Endowed Scholarship Fund. The Fund offers scholarships to students from Washington Heights, and in particular to students from P.S. 132, where Dubin attended elementary school.
“I’m honored and couldn’t be more proud to be a Stony Brook alum and to give back to the school. It has meant so much to me and to my family,” Dubin said.