Fund Goal Within Reach

Early this month the 1966 Alumni Fund was close to its $1,900,000 goal, and incoming mail postmarked June 30 plus other definite income made it likely that the goal could not only be reached but surpassed.

Totals released by the Fund Office on July showed 21,800 gifts for $1,670,000. Some $200,000 of income from Class Memorial Funds and individual endowments was expected to be added, assuring a total of at least $1,870,000. The rest of the distance to the goal was expected to be covered by gifts still being processed, including security transactions, pledge payments, and Class Agent expense forms. Last year these July transactions amounted to nearly $50,000, so Alumni Fund Chairman Rupert C. Thompson Jr. '28 was predicting a final total in excess of the dollar objective. And a new contributor record also seemed likely.

"We missed last year's goal by $20,000," said Mr. Thompson. "I hope we can go over by at least that amount."

Many new class records were in sight. The Class of 1942, in its pre-25th year, expected to produce a total of at least $70,000, the largest dollar amount ever raised by a class in Fund history. Several classes were headed for totals in the $50,000 to $60,000 range. The final report on the 1966 Alumni Fund will appear in the October issue of the ALUMNI MAGAZINE.