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News Release
March 1, 2007
Boise State Alum, Small Business Owner Hopes to Build on Success
with $100,000 Contribution to Business Building
A Boise State University alum and his wife have pledged $100,000 toward a new
College of Business and Economics building at Boise State University, noting
that they want to build on recent success at the university.
Allen Dykman said he and his wife, Dixie, took note of a recent $12.5 million
gift from the Micron Technology Foundation to the new building and $5 million in
matching dollars that the foundation offered.
“I am happy to give back to Boise State, a school that has given me so much
pride over the years and played an instrumental role in my development and in
giving me a competitive edge in the business world,” Allen Dykman said. “I
believe the Boise State school of business has the ability to rank in the upper
echelon of business schools, similar to what the Boise State College of
Engineering has done.”
A conference room in the new building will be named after the Dykmans to honor
their contribution.
Dykman was a member of the Bronco football team from 1969-73 and earned a
bachelor’s degree in economics in 1974. In 1981 he founded Dykman Electrical
Inc. in Boise. The wholesale operation resells electrical equipment and supplies
to distributors, industrial accounts and electrical equipment builders. The
company has warehouses in Seattle, Portland, Spokane, Sacramento, Denver, Salt
Lake City and Boise, with a sales force of 50.
Dykman has been very involved with Boise State and the Boise community. He
joined the Boise State Foundation board in 1989, serving on the executive
committee for eight years, and then as president from 2001-04. He served as
Alumni Association president from 1984-85; Bronco Athletic Association president
from 1997-98; and as Hillcrest Country Club president from 2001-02.
He also has a family endowed scholarship for football players who major in
business at Boise State.
Dykman is the second alum in recent weeks to come forward with a large donation
for the new business building. Doyle Heaton, a 1961 Boise Junior College alum
who lives in California, pledged $250,000 after receiving a mailing from the
university that included a front page USA Today article on Boise State and news
of the Micron Technology Foundation donation.
The proposed building will be located at the corner of Capitol Boulevard and
University Drive and will serve as a gateway to the university from the west.
Current budget projections are for a total
project cost of $31 million. The university plans to seek approval for the
project from the State Board of Education early this year. Pending approval and
success in raising additional funds, construction could begin as early as spring
2008.
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Contact: Howard Smith, College of Business and Economics, (208) 426-1125,
howardsmith@boisestate.edu
Media Contact: Sherry Squires, University Communications, (208) 426-1563,
ssquires@boisestate.edu
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