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Barbara Rae and George Suart Athletic Award in Women’s Basketball Endowment
Your donation will honour Barbara's legacy as a champion of female empowerment by supporting students on the SFU women's basketball team.
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"An inspired community leader and advocate, Barbara Rae was a trailblazer and role model for women in business, academics and athletics. She helped create numerous opportunities for women in these fields and we are so very grateful for her decades of service to the university. On behalf of the SFU community, I offer heartfelt condolences to Barbara's family and many friends."
- Joy Johnson, SFU President & Vice-Chancellor
Rae was the first woman to graduate from SFU's Executive MBA program (1975), was the first female governor of the Vancouver Board of Trade, and was always the first to give back to her university and its students. Rae attended countless games in her lifetime and was always a mentor, a role model and a true friend of Athletics and its student-athletes.
Among her many awards and honours, is the naming of the Barbara Rae Tower in SFU Residences, and the Barbara Rae Cup, which was the prize awarded to the winner of an SFU vs UBC women's basketball game prior to SFU joining the NCAA.
As chancellor from 1987 to 1993, Rae was an energetic advocate of Athletics, championing the "It's Her ...read more
Donation Impact
This past season, the Barbara Rae and George Suart Athletic Award in Women’s Basketball Endowment supported five students-student athletes. Your donation will honour Barbara's legacy as a champion of female empowerment by supporting students on the SFU women's basketball team.
"Barbara attended many games over the years along with her husband George, and they took a personal interest in our student-athletes, acting as mentors and role models, sharing their values and experiences, and inspiring our student-athletes to be the best versions of themselves they could possibly be," said SFU women's basketball coach Bruce Langford. "Their handprints are all over our program and their impact will last forever."