About The Phil Dorr Fund
Establishment
The Philip M. Dorr Alumni and Friends Endowed Investment Fund was established in 2000 with an initial endowment of $250,000 from Philip Dorr of Chicago. With additional contributions raised by Dean Terry Maness from alumni and friends, the Fund opened with a total of $400,000. Special mention should be made of a generous gift from Don and Ruth Buchholz of Dallas, which was matched by a contribution from the endowment fund of the University.
The Fund has since grown through contributions and investment gains to approximately $13.2 million (as of January 2023).
Fund Guidance
Students in the Practicum Portfolio Management course manage the Fund under the guidance of two faculty members: Mr. Brandon Troegle, CFA, CAIA, Senior Portfolio Manager and Senior Vice President with Northern Trust, and Mr. Taylor Finch, CFA, the Founder and Portfolio Manager at Finch Capital Management. Together, they teach students how to make well-informed equity investment decisions through fundamental analysis.
The student analysts learn through first-hand experience the amount of research and analysis that goes into stock selection. They use a combination of Value Line, First Call, Bloomberg, FactSet and financial websites to research earnings surprises, forward growth drivers and other pertinent information.
Student Managers - Large Cap Portfolio, Spring 2025
| Market Sector | |
|---|---|
| Communication Services | Lydia Wagner and Luke Gotwald |
| Consumer | Andrew Ambler and Amanda Judson |
| Energy and Utilities | Kyle Whitworth and Collin Waterhouse |
| Financials and Real Estate | Savannah Colvin and Rohaan Khan |
| Health Care | Kaden Kozsuch and Grace Viso |
| Industrial and Materials | Nico D'Argento and Andrew Hines |
| IT - Software and Services | Blake Ludwig and Marco Di Laudo |
| IT - Hardware and Equipment | Aidan Minoux and Natalie Hamilton |
Large Cap Portfolio Holdings as of January 1, 2023
| Market Sector/Ticker | Company |
|---|---|
| Communication Services | |
| GOOG | Alphabet Inc. Class C |
| DIS | Walt Disney Company |
| Consumer Discretionary | |
| AZO | AutoZone, Inc. |
| LULU | Lululemon Athletica, Inc. |
| Consumer Staples | |
| COST | Costco Wholesale Corporation |
| HSY | Hershey Company |
| Energy | |
| CVX | Chevron Corporation |
| XOM | Exxon Mobil Corporation |
| Financials | |
| BRK,B | Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. Class B |
| BLK | BlackRock, Inc. |
| Health Care | |
| MRK | Merck & Co., Inc. |
| UNH | UnitedHealth Group Inc. |
| Industrials | |
| CP | Canadian Pacific Railway |
| TDG | TransDigm Group Inc. |
| Information Technology | |
| AAPL | Apple Inc. |
| MSFT | Microsoft Corporation |
| QCOM | Qualcomm Incorporated |
| V | Visa Inc. Class A |
| Materials | |
| CTVA | Corteva Inc |
| Real Estate | |
| PLD | Prologis, Inc. |
| Utilities | |
| NRG | NRG Energy, Inc. |
