[Faculty] Major Gift Announcement: $2.7 million estate gift from Wayne and Mary Beitler Leutloff will support Engineering

[Eugene Olevsky]

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To:       All SDSU Engineering Faculty, Staff, Dean’s Advisory Board
and Industry Advisory Boards

From:  Dean Eugene Olevsky  and Senior Director of Development Kate Carinder


*$2.7 million estate gift from Wayne and Mary Beitler Leutloff  will
support Engineering*



On behalf of the College of Engineering, we are pleased to announce that an
estate gift from Wayne and Mary Beitler Leutloff has been realized with an
initial distribution of $2,748,126.  Part of the distribution ($1M) is
designated to name the Wayne E. and Mary Beitler Leutloff Student
Innovation Center in the EIS.  The remainder, as well as any subsequent
distributions, will add to the Wayne E. and Mary Beitler Leutloff
Endowment.



Wayne Leutloff was an SDSU ‘49 social science alumnus. He worked in
engineering services at Lockheed Martin. According to his niece, Julie
Hertzog, her Uncle Wayne was innovative in his work and in fact was an
“actual rocket scientist for Lockheed Martin/General Dynamics at Vandenberg
Air Force Base” and hobbyist investor. She mentioned that her Aunt Mary was
a flight nurse; the two met in the Korean War when they were in the
military; they are from farm families from the Midwest. Mary enjoyed music
and the arts. The Leutloffs were “vastly private people.” Wayne Leutloff
passed away in January of 2000.  Mary Beitler Leutloff resided in Santa
Maria, California before her passing late last year.



The College of Engineering is grateful to Wayne and Mary Beitler Leutloff
and all those who support our students, faculty, research and university
efforts.  If you or someone you know is interested in providing
philanthropic support for the College of Engineering, please contact Kate
Carinder, Senior Director of Development, College of Engineering at
kcarinder at sdsu.edu.


Best regards,


Eugene A. Olevsky, Ph.D.; FASME; FACerS; FASM
Dean and Distinguished Professor
College of Engineering
San Diego State University
5500 Campanile Drive
San Diego, CA 92182-1323
Office: (619)-594-6061
E-mail: eolevsky at sdsu.edu <eolevsky at mail.sdsu.edu>
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