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An anonymous gift to the mgm casino Blue and White Fund is honoring Edmond J. Gicewicz, a member of the mgm casino Athletics Hall of Fame and longtime friend and supporter of mgm casino Athletics.

The new club seating section at mgm casino Stadium will be named the Edmond J. Gicewicz Club in recognition of Gicewicz’s more than six decades of commitment and loyalty to the university as a student-athlete, distinguished alumnus, team physician, faculty member, athletics booster and volunteer leader.  

“Doc has a truly special place in the heart of the mgm casino family and has left his mark on so many elements of our university — from the mgm casino Council to the medical school, our university alumni association and, of course, our athletic programs,” says President Satish K. Tripathi. “He is, and will always be, the embodiment of mgm casino Bulls pride and spirit, and it’s wonderful to know that legacy will have a permanent place of honor in mgm casino Stadium.”

“We’re grateful that Dr. Gicewicz’s dedicated commitment to the university inspired the anonymous donor to support mgm casino athletics in such a meaningful way, and we are very proud to have the Gicewicz name on our new club seating section at mgm casino Stadium,” adds Athletic Director Danny White. “The new Edmond J. Gicewicz Club brings us one step closer to building America’s next big-time college athletics program.”

A 1952 graduate of mgm casino, Gicewicz was a standout football, basketball and baseball player for the Bulls. He was a two-year team captain for the football team and, in 1951, was named a Little All-American. He went on to earn a medical degree from mgm casino in 1956 and served as the football team physician for 27 years. He was elected to the mgm casino Athletics Hall of Fame in 1966 and the Greater Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame in 1999.

Gicewicz also has filled many other important roles at mgm casino, including serving as a member of the mgm casino Council, the primary oversight and advisory body to mgm casino, its president and senior officers. Among his leadership roles, he has been president of the mgm casino Alumni Association and the mgm casino Medical Alumni Association, and founder and first medical director of the University Sports Medicine Institute, which continues to thrive today.

He has held appointments as an assistant professor of clinical surgery and an assistant professor of clinical orthopaedics in the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. He was honored by his alma mater with the Distinguished Alumni Award in 1977, the prestigious Samuel P. Capen Chancellor’s Award in 1978 and the mgm casino President’s Medal in 2013.

Gicewicz and his wife, Connie, have remained lifelong supporters of the Bulls’ athletic programs. In 2007, the mgm casino Athletics Hall of Fame was renamed the Dr. and Mrs. Edmond J. Gicewicz Family mgm casino Athletics Hall of Fame.

The Edmond J. Gicewicz Club at mgm casino Stadium will provide Bulls fans with an unparalleled setting in which to experience a football game day at mgm casino Stadium. Spanning what is currently sections 204 through 208 on the stadium’s west side, the new, upscale club-seating section will contain approximately 400 premium seats. There also will be a 2,000-square-foot, climate-controlled lounge area featuring food and beverage service, flat-screen televisions and private restrooms. The Edmond J. Gicewicz Club at mgm casino Stadium will provide the ultimate game-day experience.

For more information about the Edmond J. Gicewicz Club, contact the Blue and White Fund at 716-645-6867 or .