Chairman's Report

Man, by nature and inclination, presses relentlessly forward toward loftier and more challenging goals for himself, for his family, and for those things he holds more dearly. From this search has come the strength of the world, of our nation and, in great measure, of an institution such as Dartmouth College.

In seeking such goals mankind guides itself and measures its progress by certain mileposts and obviously the 1961 Alumni Fund Campaign will be recorded in Dartmouth history as a very significant milepost toward the 1969 Bi-Centennial objectives.

The $1,015,545 contributed by 20,936 alumni, parents, and friends represented new Fund records and placed the Dartmouth Fund, in its 47th year, even more securely in the front rank of all colleges and universities in annual giving. Only four other institutions —Cornell, Harvard, Princeton, and Yale—can boast of a million dollar alumni fund.

It is worthwhile to spend a few moments reflecting on the growth of our Fund as reflected in the table on the back page. Just ten years ago the Alumni Fund Committee boldly set a goal of a half-million dollars and this was achieved under the dynamic leadership of Charles J. Zimmerman '23, now a Dartmouth Trustee. Fittingly enough it was Mr. Zimmerman who, this past June, led the Trustees in a search for last-minute gifts, both new and additional, which produced over $25,000 to help attain the 1961 goal.

Reflected on these pages are the dollar, contributor, per cent of participation, and objective and other yardsticks of our 1961 accomplishments. Impressive though these be they can never reflect accurately the human dedication to a cause which has produced them. I think of our Alumni Fund, Committee (pictured above), busy men all, who in meeting after meeting wrestled with the Fund problems and challenges to hammer out a policy and a campaign for all Dartmouth men. Guiding them were the work and accomplishments of many previous committees. I refer particularly to the 1957 Committee under the chairmanship of William G. Morton 28, which led the Fund almost to the million dollar level with a $928,592 campaign. Perhaps even more importantly this committee developed the thoughtful program which permitted the merger of the Fund with Dartmouth's Capital Gifts Campaign without loss of our great Fund traditions or the weakening of our Class Agents organization. The 1959-60 Committees, led by Donald F. Sawyer '21, guided the Class Agents in a vigorous campaign which produced over $BOO,OOO in pledges and gifts during the final months of the Capital Campaign and then, in i960, turned its efforts toward rebuilding the Alumni Fund.

Two other former Fund Chairmen played an im- portant role in our 1961 Campaign. Roger C. Wilde '21 headed a special committee in the Chicago area seeking some of the gifts of $10,000 and up which were instrumental in reaching the goal. And Richard A. Holton '18, Fund Chairman in 1947-48, was preparing last fall to serve for his 19th consecutive year as Head Agent for his class, when he died. All of us, I know, deeply mourn the passing of this loyal Dartmouth son who gave so much of himself to the Fund and to Dartmouth.

Many thousands of Dartmouth men played vital roles in our million dollar achievement and space will permit mention of only a few. Uppermost in my mind is our President, John Dickey. I met with the President last fall as we were developing the program for our 1961 Campaign. He told me then that he regarded the rebuilding of the Fund as a number one priority item, that he was prepared to have his associates furnish any help and information needed and that he would willingly undertake any assignments we asked of him.

John Dickey did all of this and more. He returned in mid-March from a month's trip to Poland for the Ford Foundation and immediately took to the road, appearing in nine cities from coast to coast on behalf of the Fund. He wrote the opening mailing piece for our Fund while he was in Poland, later wrote our final appeal and worked constantly with the Committee as the campaign progressed. Mr. Dickey regards all of this as just part of his job, yet I suggest that his dedication to the Fund sets an example for all of us. You will find on this page a message from the President which I know you will read with interest.

Effective and inspiring leadership was the keynote of the campaign, demonstrated at all levels. Mr. Myron W. Krueger served as Chairman of a 70-member Parents Committee which raised $38,180 from 1,067 parents of undergraduates and recent graduates, while I5 Canadian alumni contributed $1,510 to the Fund through their gifts to the Dartmouth Canadian Foundation. My good classmate, Wilbur W. Bullen '22, headed a special Alumni committee in the Boston area which sought major Fund gifts, and these special campaigns in New York, Boston, and Chicago ac- counted for a major portion of the 118 gifts of $I,000 and up totaling $226,705 which the Fund received.

Many classes established individual class records as 31 classes exceeded their formal dollar goals (25 of these representing new class dollar records), while 26 classes achieved 100% of participation or better. The over-all Fund alumni participation percentage was 68.8%, only slightly lower than the national record of 7I.3% established by Dartmouth in 1957.

The Class of 1925, under the leadership of Laurence G. Leavitt, bolstered its claims as one of Dartmouth's greatest classes by leading all classes in dollars contributed—$35,983—to win the Davis Trophy and also topped all classes in Century Club members with 133 on the books. The Class of 1921, led by William M. Alley, put on a finishing drive at reunion which took it to the front of all classes in $1,000 and up gifts with 14 recorded. Celebrating its 25th reunion, the Class of 1936, thanks to the $24,378 produced for the Fund by the efforts of Head Agent C. Kirk Liggett and his Class Agents, became the first class in College history to go over the half-million mark in total giv- ing since graduation. The $523,966 announced by 1936 in- cluded Alumni Fund total gifts, Capital Campaign contribu- tions, and gifts by parents and friends on behalf of 1936 since graduation.

Heartiest congratulations must go also to these winners of the traditional Green Derby competitions: Group 1, Harold H. Lounsberry '15; Group 11, William M. Alley '21; Group in, Laurence G. Leavitt '25; Group iv, C. Kirk Liggett '36; Group v, Warren G. Kreter '42; Group vi, Edward J. Spiegel '53; and Group vn, John J. Feldman '54. Certainly they, the Class Agents who worked with them, and the classmates whose gifts made possible such records, deserve the thanks of all Dartmouth men.

I wish space would permit the listing of the 2,875 Dartmouth men who served this past spring as Class Agents. This group, largest in Fund history, exemplified the Alumni Fund tradition and spirit by their dedicated efforts performed in an efficient and thoughtful manner over many weeks of campaigning. I know, in expressing thanks to these men, that I bespeak the admiration and appreciation of the entire Dartmouth fellowship.

I think it particularly noteworthy that the Million Dollar goal was achieved and that all classes compiled such fine rec- ords in view of some lingering complications of the Capital Campaign. Nearly one third of our alumni were still paying on Campaign pledges during our 1961 Fund drive, yet many of these made extra gifts to the Fund, while 4,141 alumni were counted as 1961 Fund donors, for participation purposes, because they were still paying on such pledges.

Last year, in looking ahead to the 1961 Campaign, I wrote in this report that we would seek to "have the understanding that can come only from a studied awareness of Dartmouth's highly competitive situation in the field of higher education and of what needs to be accomplished if we are to remain at the forefront." The response by Dartmouth men to the 1961 Campaign demonstrated such an understanding, and I believe if we can continue to make clear to each Dartmouth man both the needs of the College and the reasons behind such needs that the Dartmouth Alumni Fund will go on to even more significant accomplishments in the years ahead.

A ' I look forward with anticipation and confidence to the 1962 Alumni Fund, which I shall be privileged to lead, for I know that together we will continue to build for a cause which is vital and dear to each of us.

1961 Million Dollar Funds

Dartmouth is one of five colleges and universities in the nation with an Alumni Fund exceeding one million dollars. Here are the comparative records for the 1961 campaigns: % ofAlumni

Institution Contributors Dollars Avg. Gift Participation CORNELL 22,554 $1,042,945. $46. DARTMOUTH 20,936 $1,015,545. $48. 68.8% HARVARD 17,625 $1,054,079. $59. 36.7% PRINCETON 22,205 $1,407,927. $63. 70.7% YALE 34725 $2,720,029. $78. 57.I%

All Funds include some gifts from parents, friends, and "In Memoriam." Harvard Fund includes some dual crediting from the Program for Harvard.

1961 Class Honor Rolls LARGEST DOLLAR TOTAL 1925 Laurence G. Leavitt $35,983 1924 Phillips M. Van Huyck 33,355 1927 Lawrence W. Scammon 32,518 1926 Reginald W. Hanson 31,290 1921 William M. Alley 29,007 1935 Robert W. Naramore 27,705 1929 M. Carter Strickland. 27,151 1928 George W. Emery 26,817 1922 Carter H. Hoyt 26,793 1923 James D. Landauer 25,892 PERCENT OF OBJECTIVE 1903 Harold M. Hess 212 1904 Charles I. Lampee 202 1901 Richard Ward 167 1942 Warren G. Kreter 161 1940 John B. Burnap 151 1953 Edward J. Spiegel 147 1921 William M. Alley 146 1905 Fletcher A. Hatch 143 1936 C. Kirk Liggett 140 1950 John F. Swenson 139 NUMBER OF CONTRIBUTORS 1953 Edward J. Spiegel 556 1950 John F. Swenson 539 1946 Herman W. Schulting, ill 531 Francis T. Adams, Jr. 1952 E. John Rosenwald, Jr. 525 1957 Thomas H. Schwarz 515 1954 John J. Feldman 511 CENTURY CLUB MEMBERS 1925 Laurence G. Leavitt 133 1929 M. Carter Strickland 93 1928 George W. Emery 92 1927 Lawrence W. Scammon 82 1926 Reginald W. Hanson 81 1924 Phillips M. Van Huyck 80 1930 Arthur M. Browning 80 1923 James D. Landauer 79 1935 Robert W. Naramore 73 1936 C. Kirk Liggett 68 $10,000 AND UP DONORS 1921 William M. Alley 14 1922 Carter H. Hoyt 9 1924 Phillips M. Van Huyck 8 1928 George W. Emery 8 1927 Lawrence W. Scammon 6

JOHN D. DODD '22 Chairman

CLIFFORD L. JORDAN, JR. '45 Executive Secretary WILLIAM E. BUCHANAN '24 FORREST C. BILLINGS '28 JOHN "W. MOXON '29 VICTOR G. BORELLA '30 JOHN L. GREISBERGER '46

CLIFFORD L. JORDAN, JR. '45 Executive Secretary WILLIAM E. BUCHANAN '24 FORREST C. BILLINGS '28 JOHN "W. MOXON '29 VICTOR G. BORELLA '30 JOHN L. GREISBERGER '46

CLIFFORD L. JORDAN, JR. '45 Executive Secretary WILLIAM E. BUCHANAN '24 FORREST C. BILLINGS '28 JOHN "W. MOXON '29 VICTOR G. BORELLA '30 JOHN L. GREISBERGER '46

CLIFFORD L. JORDAN, JR. '45 Executive Secretary WILLIAM E. BUCHANAN '24 FORREST C. BILLINGS '28 JOHN "W. MOXON '29 VICTOR G. BORELLA '30 JOHN L. GREISBERGER '46

CLIFFORD L. JORDAN, JR. '45 Executive Secretary WILLIAM E. BUCHANAN '24 FORREST C. BILLINGS '28 JOHN "W. MOXON '29 VICTOR G. BORELLA '30 JOHN L. GREISBERGER '46

CLIFFORD L. JORDAN, JR. '45 Executive Secretary WILLIAM E. BUCHANAN '24 FORREST C. BILLINGS '28 JOHN "W. MOXON '29 VICTOR G. BORELLA '30 JOHN L. GREISBERGER '46

The names of contributors to the 1961 Alumni Fund, contrary to previous custom, are not listed with their respective classes in the class-notes section of thisissue of the Alumni Magazine. Separate contributor lists for each class havebeen prepared and are being sent out by each class to all members.