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Michael McDougall Urban Design Scholarship Endowment

Michael has an endowment fund at California State Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, where he taught for over 20 years. Dawnna McDougall has requested that any donations be contributed to this fund, which allows students to travel and study abroad.

University Scholarship Statement of Purpose

The funds received shall be established in a permanent endowment, the payout shall be used for the exclusive purpose of awarding annually a scholarship to a continuing City and Regional Planning (CRP) student(s) at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, California. CRP faculty, in cooperation with the Financial Aid/Scholarships Department, shall develop an award process that promotes the use of funds to advance the teaching spirit of honored faculty member Michael McDougall, and will select an honoree(s) based on outstanding achievements in urban and environmental design. Recipients shall document their related work and make a presentation to the CRP Department. The fund principal shall be held and invested by the University Foundation, with a payout to be made from resulting earnings and used in accordance with this statement. The payout available for spending shall be defined by the spending rules established by Foundation Board of Directors, and in accordance with state law, including the California Uniform Management of Institutional Funds Act (“UMIFA”), and standard accounting practices.

The URL to the giving page is:

https://advancement-ssl.calpoly.edu/adv/
giving/w_online_giving_off_campus.new_gift_form

On the donor page, please erase the words “Where the need is greatest” and type in “Michael McDougall Urban Design Scholarship Endowment”.

If you would prefer to mail memorial gifts, please make checks payable to “The Cal Poly Foundation” with “Michael McDougall Urban Design Scholarship Endowment” in the notation area or indicated in an attached note. The mailing address is:

CAED Advancement
Cal Poly State University
Bldg. 5, Room 210
San Luis Obispo, CA 93407

The details of the Michael McDougall Urban Design Scholarship are:

Scholarship: Endowment-Foundation
Date of Scholarship Beginning: 2004-05

Originally begun as an award endowment in 1994, the McDougall fund has been reestablished as a scholarship endowment.

Eligibility:
- Major: City and Regional Planning
- GPA: Recommended Minimum 3.0 GPA
- Class level: Continuing Student
- Financial Need —Optional
- Preference to students who demonstrate outstanding achievements in urban and environmental design through documentation of related work and presentation to department.

Michael McDougall - Endowment Background

As the former City and Regional Planning (CRP) Department head and faculty emeritus, Michael McDougall provided CRP with the vision, the leadership and the energy to always seek excellence in urban design as a fundamental planning skill. His experiences as a youth in Macau and Southeast Asia demonstrated that seeing the world made for better urban design decision making. He wanted all students to travel, to be challenged by the diversity of the world and to gain the richness provided by different cultures. Michael is known for his work as chief designer of Foster City’s multiple neighborhood design plan, and his beliefs in variety and form.