Constant improvement with an eye on the future has always been important to Dick Amacher — the most recent example found in a generous gift he and his wife gave to OUWB.
这是一个很好的例子, 他说, because the hope is to not only help the student who benefits from the gift — a full-ride scholarship — but also inspire others to follow suit.
的关键, 他说, is for potential donors to realize just how much more leverage donations carry at OUWB — and how much they mean to beneficiaries.
That’s why the longtime automotive engineer is sharing the story of how he and his wife, Barb, 做出了一个重大决定，成为十大菠菜台子医学院的捐赠者.
“一美元的边际价值在任何地方、任何情况下都是不同的，”他说. “For OUWB, the marginal value of a donor’s dollar is greater than it is at other schools.”
“钱在这里比在哈佛更有意义，”他补充道.
约旦纳什, 发展副, says the gift from the Amachers goes a long way in helping create a strong foundation of student support at OUWB.
“捐助者 like the Amachers are so important to OUWB because they not only recognize what we are trying to achieve as an institution — transforming medical education by emphasizing holistic physician development — but they are eager to inspire others as well,纳什说。.
与汽车工业有着深厚的联系
Dick Amacher began his career in 1970 as a mechanical engineer with the Chevrolet division of General Motors Co.
在大约十年的时间里，阿马赫一直致力于动力总成和发动机相关项目.
在80年代早期, 而且还在通用汽车, 他决定在十大菠菜台子攻读MBA, 那时候才刚刚开始提供夜间课程. 他于1983年获得学位. (他后来也从公开大学的注册理财规划师项目毕业.)
不久之后，他转到雪佛兰的产品规划部门. He worked with people from sales, marketing, finance, manufacturing, and, of course, engineers.
“这真的让我大开眼界，”他说. “从工程师的角度来看，你永远不会真正看到所有这些东西.”
By the late 1980s, Amacher had joined GM Motorsports, where he worked for about eight years.
除此之外, he’s particularly proud of the training program that was developed for interns and co-ops. 它吸引了多达100名学生, many of which would go on to have high-level positions at GM or within the industry.
Amacher says he was particularly proud that the students would get good experience “in a highly energized, highly focused environment like racing…and (learn) how you apply engineering and business skills.”
另一个特别值得骄傲的时刻发生在20世纪90年代中期, 当他被招募到公司当时新的电动汽车项目时.
He oversaw the design team working on what would eventually become the GM vehicle known as EV1. 制作于1996年至1999年, EV1 was the first mass-produced and purpose-designed electric vehicle of the modern era from a major automaker.
就在2021年， 汽车和司机 报道 that the team behind EV1 invented many technologies that are now commonplace on electric vehicles.
Amacher points to “being part of the team that effectively launched the first modern electric car” as one of his proudest moments at GM.
51岁时, 阿马赫离开通用汽车后，还担任过其他几个职位, 都在汽车行业, 都在密歇根东南部.
2017年，他正式从让汽车运行得更好、更安全的工作中退休.
But his deep ties to engineering and the auto industry raise one big question: why would Dick and Barb Amacher want to become donors for a medical school?
2023年4月27日
作者:Andrew Dietderich
