RICK
&
JEAN
JENNER
ENCOURAGING THE NEXT GENERATION
OF ENTREPRENEURS
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Rick and Jean Jenner, together with their three children — all Hoos:
Chuck (SIE ’16), Trey (CLAS ’17), and Molly (BME ’13).
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GIFTS TO THE ENGINEERING SCHOOL
ost parents feel that they’ve made their contribution to the University when they write their tuition check,
but not Rick and Jean Jenner. Impressed by the quality of the education their three children — Molly
(BME ’13), Chuck (SIE ’16) and Trey (CLAS ’17) — have received, they decided to create an endowment in the
Engineering School for experiential learning.
The form that endowment took — the Jenner Family Award for Technological Entrepreneurship — reflects the
intersection of School priorities and their own interests. Three years ago, the Engineering School introduced a
technology entrepreneurship concentration as part of its engineering business minor, and Engineering students
have won awards — and funding — at such University-wide competitions as the UVA Entrepreneurship Cup and
the Galant Challenge.
Rick himself is an engineer and entrepreneur, the founder of Endeavor Natural Gas. Having graduated from
a school that focused almost ^