Alumni Giving Adds $13 Million in Year

The fiscal year which ended June 30, 1970 was another successive record year for contributions credited to Dartmouth classes with living members. During the year $13,392,619 in gifts was received, bringing the cumulative total of contributions so credited to almost $100 million.

As might be expected, payments on pledges to the Third Century Fund led the way, and realizations from bequests and another $2-million-plus performance by the Alumni Fund helped set the new record.

Leading all classes in contributions during the year was 1926 with $1.9 million, followed by 1920 with just over $1 million. This enabled 1926 to vault from 6th to 2nd place and 1920 from Bth to sth among all classes, but 1915 remained securely in first place with its total of more than $8 million.

Behind 1915 come the classes of 1926, 1914, and 1930, which become the first classes except for '15 to surpass the $4-million mark. 1920 and 1925 both joined the select group of classes over $3 million, and 1903, 1921, 1927 and 1931 were the new classes over $2 million. Four classes, 1917, 1932, 1937 and 1950, joined the ranks of classes with totals of over $1 million.

As expected during a major capital campaign, there were many other changes in the class rankings and these changes will continue to take place in this and future years as major commitments to the Third Century Fund are fulfilled.

Top class in Alumni Fund giving was 1930 with $62,395, followed by 1935 with $59,468. Four other classes, 1926, 1931, 1929 and 1925, all surpassed $50,000. 1925 remained in first place among all classes in all-time Alumni Fund giving with $955,868. This means that 1925 will have the honor of being the first class to reach the $1-million level of total Alumni Fund giving sometime during the 1971 campaign.

1971 marks a new major program of giving under which all classes holding official reunions are being asked to make an extra effort to increase significantly their Alumni Fund performance in the reunion year. This new Reunion Giving Program is an extension of the 25-Year Giving Program which has been conducted for some years and it is hoped that the new emphasis will provide the necessary thrust to lift the Alumni Fund to $2.5 million this year.

TOTAL CLASS GIVING TO JUNE 30, 1970 1969 Alumni Other GrandRank Class Rank Fund Bequests Giving Total 1 1915 1 $609,010 $3,787,928 $3,670,402 $8,067,340 2 1926 6 895,242 202,172 3,564,593 4,662,007 3 1914 3 491,501 629,292 3,066,736 4,187,529 4 1930 2 778,728 56,000 3,225,384 4,060,112 5 1920 8 430,973 320,262 2,788,142 3,539,377 6 1923 4 785,063 1,112,307 1,458,105 3,355,475 7 1925 7 955,868 314,702 1,892,894 3,163,464 8 1901 5 200,081 2,471,249 467,871 3,139,201 9 1924 9 744,857 30,823 1,864,176 2,639,856 10 1921 11 680,831 227,592 1,407,963 2,316,386 11 1931 10 671,757 266,278 1,198,047 2,136,082 12 1927 13 863,314 375,454 813,610 2,051,501 13 1903 12 368,840 951,110 695,356 2,015,306 14 1922 16 537,624 1,600 1,426,494 1,965,718 15 1928 15 684,125 2,948 1,206,206 1,893,279 16 1918 14 593,531 8,350 1,221,339 1,823,220 17 1929 17 794,270 10,000 943,542 1,747,812 18 1942 20 560,525 0 1,008,513 1,569,038 19 1906 23 221,042 418,197 875,448 1,514,687 20 1944 21 336,024 2,955 1,174,415 1,513,394 21 1935 28 668,133 28,769 773,140 1,470,042 22 1934 22 563,416 125,168 776,692 1,465,276 23 1913 18 337,500 43,686 1,076,466 1,457,652 24 1933 24 541,530 39,579 844,467 1,425,566 25 1900 19 164,255 912,782 319,493 1,396,530 26 1953 27 329,342 0 1,037,596 1,366,938 27 1952 26 243,114 25,000 1,063,991 1,332,105 28 1919 25 539,953 126,570 639,049 1,305,572 29 1940 30 546,480 0 677,245 1,223,725 30 1936 29 585,416 8,455 615,650 1,209,521 31 1932 32 482,870 0 664,039 1,146,909 32 1937 34 486,804 2,000 585,755 1,074,559 33 1950 35 303,278 0 760,139 1,063,417 34 1916 31 446,333 32,700 575,547 1,054,580 35 1917 33 469,534 38,943 506,116 1,014,593 36 1938 37 457,392 0 504,776 962,168 37 1939 36 411,274 8,102 541,493 960,869 38 1908 44 275,449 421,991 237,706 935,146 39 1907 40 282,167 137,574 465,057 884,798 40 1941 39 435,512 11,000 394,287 840,799 41 1904 38 176,124 17,058 605,648 798,830 42 1911 41 354,245 204,464 215,013 773,722 43 1912 43 343,173 123,339 288,640 755,152 44 1949 42 209,523 68,176 459,868 737,567 45 1943 46 350,287 0 377,768 728,055 46 1958 45 126,319 0 595,947 722,266 47 1954 50 229,878 0 409,314 639,192 48 1945 49 296,553 6,574 330,785 633,912 49 1899 51 76,843 447,848 104,528 629,219 50 1910 47 335,527 109,568 167,029 612,124 51 1905 48 208,210 55,661 324,778 588,649 52 1951 54 269,010 0 257,176 526,186 53 1898 52 80,080 391,827 44,380 516,287 54 1946 53 272,130 23,457 219,066 514,653 55 1960 55 113,919 0 336,643 450,562 56 1947 56 224,979 0 196,325 421,304 57 1955 59 139,566 0 236,823 376,389 58 1902 57 146,654 4,242 215,629 366,525 59 1909 58 183,657 96,464 53,190 333,311 60 1956 61 138,508 0 186,759 325,267 61 1957 60 129,130 0 184,043 313,173 62 1948 62 154,188 0 143,501 297,689 63 1963 63 40,619 0 185,660 226,279 64 1959 64 97,957 0 118,425 216,382 65 1961 65 75,078 0 95,335 170,413 66 1962 66 46,043 0 95,513 141,556 67 1964 67 30,213 0 63,156 93,369 68 1967 68 10,252 0 69,887 80,139 69 1969 69 2,903 0 72,997 75,900 70 1965 70 18,802 5,000 45,210 69,012 71 966 71 13433 0 54,882 68,315 72 968 72 6,522 2,041 57,351 65,914 ?i 970 73 1 0 53,676 53,677 74 971 74 0 0 32,931 32,931 75 1972 75 0 0 21,084 21,084 76 1973 76 0 0 19,327 19,327 77 1974 _ 0 0 25 25