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GIFT of the WEEK / Scholarship Leads to Generosity

WHO GAVE IT: Bernard J. DelGiorno

WHO GOT IT: University of Chicago

HOW MUCH: $5 million

BY REQUEST: The gift, to be announced today, will help establish a Center for the Creative and Performing Arts, renovate Stagg Field and build part of a 900-student dormitory.

YOUR NAME HERE: The Bernard J. DelGiorno house, one section of the new dorm.

HOW IT HAPPENED: Mr. DelGiorno, 74 years old, is the son of Italian immigrants who settled on Chicago's South Side. His father worked as a barber and musician, while his mother worked briefly in a paper-box factory. He attended the university on an academic scholarship and graduated with a degree in liberal arts in 1954 and received an M.B.A. and a B.A. in business in 1955. He then worked at a steel plant in industrial relations and personnel before joining Paine Webber in 1964 as a stockbroker. Today, he's a first vice president of investments at UBS Financial Services, part of UBS AG.

A varsity gymnast in college, Mr. DelGiorno lives close to campus and works out there regularly. He never married, can still do a handstand and doesn't play golf. "That's for old people," he says. Since he graduated, Mr. DelGiorno has pledged or contributed more than $3 million to the school, excluding the latest gift. Last fall, he asked the school's athletic director how else he could help out. Installing new lights and artificial turf at Stagg Field, the school's main athletic field, was a top priority, since the university wants to enable more people to use the facility at night and when cold, wet weather makes the natural field unplayable. He acknowledges the university is better known for academics than athletics, but says a large percentage of students participate in all kinds of sports. "We have a reputation for being unathletic," he says, "but it's not currently deserved."

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