Dr. Donald Van Riper, Canyon Lake, Texas, has made a gift of $25,000 to the College of Veterinary Medicine at Kansas State University to establish the Van Riper Scholarship in Veterinary Medicine.

David and Barbara Downing, Lawrence, Kan., have made a commitment of $64,000 to the College of Veterinary Medicine at Kansas State University to establish the Barbara A. and David R. Downing Scholarship.

Jay Longinaker and Lora Damme, Randolph, Iowa, have made a commitment of $32,500 to the College of Agriculture at Kansas State University to perpetuate the C.W. Longinaker Memorial Scholarship.

Alumni and friends of Kansas State University contributed $81.5 million to K-State through the KSU Foundation during the fiscal year that ended June 30, 2009. This is the fifth-largest total in the 65-year history of the foundation.

Pat (Intermill) and Larry Kendall, Fort Collins, Colo., Mary (Intermill) and Wade Kuhlmann, Bel Air, Md., and Mark and Nancy Intermill, Lincoln, Neb., have made a gift of $25,000 to Kansas State University to establish the Intermill Family Scholarship.

Scott and Karen Love, Bartlesville, Okla., have made a commitment of $20,000 to the College of Engineering at Kansas State University to establish the Scott and Karen Love Chemical Engineering Excellence Fund.

Robert McKay, Edmonds, Wash., has made a commitment of $112,000 to Kansas State University to establish the Robert McKay Engineering Excellence Fund and benefit the Justin Hall building project in the College of Human Ecology.

Diane Potts, Manhattan, Kan., has made a bequest in her will to the College of Architecture, Planning and Design at K-State to establish the Diane Potts Leadership Scholarship.