'64 Alumni Fund Is Record-Smasher

DARTMOUTH'S 50th Anniversary Alumni Fund Campaign went well over its goal of 1.5 million by raising $1,624,810 to become the most successful campaign in the College's history. A total of 22,434 alumni, friends, and parents contributed to set this new record which was $245,863 above the 1963 fund of $1,378,947.

The contributor total is also a new record and represents 1,462 more donors than in 1963. The 70% participation by alumni once more places Dartmouth in the forefront among all major colleges and universities.

Records and goals were surpassed by almost every class: 44 classes reached or exceeded their assigned dollar goals; 32 classes had 100% or better participation; 44 classes achieved new dollar records; seven classes set percent of objective records; 23 classes set class participation records; and eight classes made new contributor records. The Class of 1957 under Josiah Stevenson IV set a new Fund record with 570 contributors, the Class of 1953 was second with 562, and six other classes had over 500 donors.

The Class of 1925, led by Laurence G. Leavitt, retained the Davis Trophy, setting still another record by leading all classes in total dollars raised with $58,-479. Both 1927 and 1931 raised over $50,000. 1931 under H. Sherwood Guernsey doubled the amount it raised last year, climbing from the cellar to first place in Group IV of the Green Derby.

This year's Green Derby competition was extremely close with the following classes winning: Group I - 1907, Robert D. Kenyon, head agent; Group II - 1919, Frederick M. Daley; Group III - 1921, William M. Alley; Group IV - 1931, H. Sherwood Guernsey; Group V - 1942, Warren G. Kreter; Group VI - 1949, Richard W. Banfield; Group VII - 1952, John C. Klein; Group VIII - (tie) 1957, Josiah Stevenson IV, and 1961, H. Michael Hecht.

More than one hundred parents worked with Chairman Ralph E. Becker of Washington, D.C., on the 1964 Parents Committee to raise $50,248 from 1,368 donors.

Charles F. Moore Jr. '25 was Chairman of the 50th Anniversary Campaign and had previously headed the 1963 drive. These two campaigns combined to produce just over $3 million for the College. Some 4,000 alumni worked last spring on the campaign.