SOURCE: nuBridges, Inc.

 

ATLANTA, GA--(Marketwire - August 27, 2008) - nuBridges, Inc., the secure eBusiness authority, announced today that the C. Tycho Howle family has made a gift of $2.5 million to Clemson University for the establishment of two endowed chairs that will benefit computing research. C. Tycho Howle is founder, chairman and CEO of nuBridges, a leading provider of software and managed services for data protection and secure digital information exchange.

"This truly generous contribution from the Howle family exemplifies the long-time leader Tycho Howle has been within the Clemson community," said President James F. Barker. "It is the ultimate gift that embodies what we are about at Clemson. We are extremely grateful."

"My life's work has been the application of computer technology to help make companies more efficient and more responsive," said Howle. "As computer technology continues to advance, I like the notion of smart people continuing to apply those advances to take on difficult and challenging societal needs. My career and accomplishments are all due to the great education I received. My life would have been entirely different had I not had the benefit of my Clemson education."

The Clemson gift is the latest in more than 450 grants the C. Tycho and Marie Howle Foundation has awarded since the mid-1990s, when Tycho and his wife Marie decided to set aside a portion of their income each year to establish a foundation for charitable causes. The family has been a generous supporter of education, healthcare, the homeless, youth and the arts. More than 60 percent of the family's gifts are to organizations serving the Atlanta area, including highly respected organizations such as Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, the Alzheimer's Association Georgia Chapter, Atlanta Union Mission and the Atlanta Symphony.

"As we strategize our contributions, we like to think of approaches that motivate others to give too," said Howle. "On several occasions we have spearheaded matching-funds programs where we match contributions that others give, and thus make their contributions go farther. It's rewarding to see our grants cause a multiplier effect that increases the impact on the important missions of the organizations we support."

Gene Hayes, president of the Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Foundation, has worked with Tycho and Marie Howle for nearly a decade to help raise money for a constantly growing number of children that Children's serves.

"Tycho is a leader by example, always doing first before reaching out to his friends, business relationships and the wider community," said Hayes. "He is not only generous, but also highly engaged with the mission of our not-for-profit organization. By asking questions to achieve a deeper level of personal understanding, he constantly elevates our collective thinking, which drives a higher vision of the possibilities we can achieve at Children's. When Tycho and Marie established a challenge grant in 2001 to encourage five-figure individual donations, none of us realized how successful the program would be and how quickly. Today, due in great part to Tycho's innovation, we now have more than 350 donors making annual donations to Children's of more than $10,000 each."

The Howle's have also worked closely with the Alzheimer's Association Georgia Chapter through its annual J. Paul Austin Invitational Golf Tournament. According to Sam Austin, president of the tournament and past state chair of the Alzheimer's Association Georgia Chapter, the Howle family has been instrumental in raising money for the organization.

"Tycho and Marie's support of the J. Paul Austin Invitational Golf Tournament serves as a tremendous catalyst to jump start the event each year and is instrumental in helping us reach our goals for the Alzheimer's Association," said Austin. "With their unwavering support, we've raised more than $2 million over the past 14 years. Their contribution is nothing short of a lifesaver year after year."

Tycho Howle received his B.S. in physics and an M.S. in systems engineering, a degree program previously in the electrical and computer engineering department, from Clemson University in 1971. He also holds an M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School. A native of Lancaster, S.C., he and Marie, reside in Atlanta and have two daughters, Meredith Russell and Dana Sample, all of whom are actively involved with the C. Tycho and Marie Howle Foundation.

About nuBridges

nuBridges is a leading provider of software and managed services to protect sensitive data at rest and in transit, and to transfer data internally or externally with end-to-end security, control and visibility. nuBridges encryption, key management, managed file transfer and B2B integration solutions are used to comply with security mandates and to digitally integrate business processes among enterprises, systems, applications and people. Over 3,000 customers depend on nuBridges secure eBusiness solutions to encrypt millions of credit cards, exchange billions of dollars in B2B transactions and enable countless business-critical file transfers, including Wal-Mart, Amazon.com, Timberland, American Eagle Outfitters, Belk, Bon Ton, John Deere, Wachovia, Sun Trust, AIG, CheckFree, Bank of America and Verizon. nuBridges is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. More information is available at www.nubridges.com.