Alumni Fund Chairman's Report

If it were not for the definition of the word - to preclude belief - "incredible" would certainly be the appropriate adjective to describe the 1975 Dartmouth Alumni Fund campaign. Although we embarked on this year's campaign with confidence that we could reach our ambitious goal, the achievement of $4,201,594 from 21,857 donors stands as a tribute to the loyalty and generosity of Dartmouth's friends.

There are so many great accomplishments listed on the following pages that to single out any is to be unfair, but at that risk, I would like to particularly salute and thank:

• the 12 reunion classes which raised $1,750,000 - 42% of the total

• the Class of 1950 which set a new standard for all reunion classes of $500,005 - which they hope will soon be broken

• the Class of 1925 with an equally astounding $404,000 - an average of $1,243 for each class member

• the intrepid non-reunion classes which do far better than their Ivy counterparts. Four classes - 1926, 1940, 1954 and 1953 in that order exceeded $70,000

• the six anonymous Challenge donors whose offer was oversubscribed by six to one and whose summons in early June triggered an unprecedented surge in the final weeks

• the 1,392 parents whose gifts totaled $93,460

• the 3,810 agents who worked to make this campaign so successful

I must admit that I assumed the chairmanship a year ago with a certain degree of concern as to how we might better 1974's excellent results. At this writing, my worry is for 1976! However, as we now look forward to the '76 campaign, my concern is tempered with the knowledge that Dartmouth alumni have a unique knack of answering their college's call. It is my strong conviction that by helping keep Dartmouth financially strong, we are contributing in a very real way to the future welfare of our nation and our way of life.

1975 Alumni Fund

Class Campalgn Leaders Donors Partlclpatlon Amonunt Given Percent Of Goal Challenge Earned Green Derby Place 1901 3 300 $2,087 4 1902 Hermon Farwell 25 500 2,167 1 1903 10 200 12,960 7 1904 10 333 1,760 3 1905 Roger Brown 30 273 10,212 5 1906 19 238 1,982 6 1907 Lura Kenyon 71 418 19,712 $21 2 1908 John Hinman 25 109 9,992 13 1909 Stan Leighton 50 172 4,005 31 9 1910 Andy Scarlett 68 166 10,308 17 10 1911 John Learoyd 71 178 7,746 27 8 1912 Sam Hobbs 61 139 4,950 44 11 1913 Milt Aronowitz 78 130 8,145 37 12 1914 Abe Newmark 82 100 19,726 289 14 1915 Duze Lounsberry 114 146 28,982 97 898 60th Reunion 1916 Burt Lowe 118 131 17,151 114 45 2 1917 Len Reads 124 133 20,248 135 112 1 1918 George von Kapff 169 122 31,748 113 235 3 1919 Nockc Wallis 168 96 20,042 98 293 6 1921 Harry Chamberlaine 186 91 31,447 126 426 4 1922 Spenny Smith 184 88 27,138 109 184 5 1920 Jack Mayer 173 109 19,314 77 318 55th Reunion 1923 Charlie Zimmerman 265 89 50,111 109 590 2 1924 Earl Daum 291 85 47,874 99 165 3 1926 AlLouer 390 112 76,577 108 752 1 1927 SamWormser 298 83 52,658 94 491 4(tie) 1928 Bill Lary 286 93 43,085 83 750 6 1929 Ed Chinlund 328 75 57,192 102 332 4(tie) 1925 Charley Moore 317 97 404,582 124 9,221 50th Reunion George Zahm Dutch Schroedel 1930 Lee Sturman 349 83 $55,134 84 391 2 1931 Bill Minehan 390 96 65,254 99 764 1 1932 Bob Ackerberg 269 63 52,879 94 906 4 1933 Chet Thomson 330 70 50,248 84 747 6 1934 Allan Jacobson 360 75 48,962 82 1,294 5 1936 Frank Curtis 356 68 58,771 98 649 3 1935 Jack AuWerter 398 75 225,038 90 6,719 40th Reunion Len Bryant 1937 Frank Robin 365 .70 56,226 99 939 2 1938 Dick Holt 330 57 51,264 92 1,926 4 1939 Robb DeGraff 285 54 52,227 93 1,552 5 1940 Art Ostrander 316 61 74,110 124 1,636 1 1941 Bud Hart 326 57 38,493 86 789 7 1942 Buzz Cassidy 332 58 46,110 89 872 6 1943 Fred Lent 289 52 54,153 104 1,307 3

Class Campalgn Leaders Donors Partlclpatlon Amonunt Given Percent Of Goal Challenge Earned Green Derby Place 1944 Bill Hale 315 51 193,391 110 6,166 30th Reunion Clark MacGregor 1945 John Leggat 320 50 100,455 91 3,844 30th Reunion Geoff Maclay 1946 Jim Lynch 365 45 115,103 105 5,539 30th Reunion Ed Seheu 1947 Alan Epstein 328 56 31,139 89 551 6 1948 Bud Munson 213 50 22,095 88 556 7 1949 Bill Chapman 289 52 34,199 107 1,440 5 1951 Dick Dutton 373 58 51,362 101 954 4 1952 Jack Barclay 395 57 53,262 104 1,280 3 1953 Ron Lazar 509 75 72,790 107 1,716 2 1954 George Voss 438 65 73,454 131 1,384 1 1950 Sandy McCulloch 426 63 $500,005 100 11,249 25th Reunion Jack Harned Bob Kilmarx 1955 Pete Thompson 405 57 46,070 102 1,228 4 1956 Em Houck 394 58 40,871 105 1,205 3 1957 Dick Canton 450 63 37,546 102 931 2 1958 Joel Portugal 471 65 50,081 125 3,082 1 1959 Mike Hellman 377 52 29,908 86 1,913 6 1960 Phil Kron 427 56 35,820 94 1,455 5 1964 Sandy McGinnes 459 59 64,250 100 5,445 10th Reunion Roger Aaron Lew Eisenberg 1965 Steve Waterhouse 511 66 51,182 102 3,989 10th Reunion Jock Rex Roberts Jock Hosmer 1966 Caleb Loring 341 43 40,307 101 1,592 10th Reunion Roger Kline Rich Daly 1961 Ron Wybranowski 338 49 28,301 98 1,036 4 1962 John Clark 417 57 34,915 109 1,224 2 1963 Alan Davies 494 60 26,403 102 910 3 1967 Steve Cheheyl 404 50 16,074 124 902 1 1968 John Engelman 315 40 10,798 90 579 5 1969 Tom Parks 241 30 7,876 79 518 6 1970 Kevin Cunningham 248 31 9,204 76 673 th Reunion Ted McConnell 1971 Jeff McElnea 320 38 9,147 653 1 1972 Frank Sullivan 280 34 8,081 494 3 1973 Jim Sullivan 331 33 7,858 480 4 1974 Chris Gates 310 34 4,952 668 2 = broke previous reunion record

Improvement!Reunion ClassesClass Amount 1965 + 81 Donors 1964 + 72 1946 + 36 1950 + $433,000 Dollars 1925 + 353,000 1935 + 144,000 1925 + 789% Percent 1950 + 750 Dollars 1946 +345 Non-Reunion ClassesClass Amount 1967 +74 Donors 1958* + 52 1971 +25 1958* +520,000 Dollars 1954 + 18,000 1940* + 16,000 1958 + 170% Percent 1972 + 138 Dollars 1967 + 138 (*vs 1973 for 1974 reunion classes)

Financial SummaryReceiptsBy size (individuals only)Donors Percent Gift Size Amount Percent 44 - $10,000 and up $1,011,312 24% 498 2% 1,000 —59,999 987,865 24 6,447 31 100— 999 1,256,683 30 3,851 18 50— 99 222,859 5 10,253 49 Less than $50 182,396 4 By category 19,131 88% All Alumni $3,420,374 81% 1,398 6 Widows & Friends 112,974 3 1,328 6 Parents Fund 90,167 2 (2,232) (10) Corporate Matching 285,388 7 - - Memorial Funds 192,691 5 (6) - Challenge Fund 100,000 2 217857 100% Grand Total $4,201,594 100% Utilization For 1974-75 College Budget $3,698,291 88% For 1975 campaign expenses 301,709 7 For Trustee's discretion 201,594 5 $4,201,594 100%

Fund Growth Partlcl- Amount pation 1970 $2,038,572 58% 1971 2,464,201 59 1972 2,660,193 58 1973 3,245,744 56 1974 3,836,273 58 1975 4,201,594 58

1975Alumni Fund ComparisonFund Total Participation Yale* $6,331,000 43% Harvard 4,853,000 35 Dartmouth 4,201,594 58 Cornell 4,012,388 23 Princeton 3,500,833 57 M.I.T. 3,301,000 41 Penn 3,115,037 21 Smith 3,033,450 48 Incomplete Fund will close in October

New Endowment Funds for the Alumni Fund

There are now 326 endowment funds, totaling over $5 million, which have been established over the years by individuals and classes to yield income to the Alumni Fund. The majority of these funds are already producing income for the Alumni Fund; the remainder will do so after reservation of life income. This year, individually named funds yielded $93,770 which was divided among the classes of the donors or the persons memorialized. Nineteen named funds were established during 1974-75 designed to yield income to the Alumni Fund either immediately or after reservation of income for life. The new funds are:

1933 Class FundDean Alexander 1916 Memorial FundFrank C. Brady 1924 FundArthur I. Charron 1904 Memorial FundRalph Clark 1915 FundThomas & Bettina Cleveland 1921 FundJohn W. & Constance Dregge 1924 FundGeorge N. Farrand 1933 Memorial FundGeorge F. French 1901 FundJohn F. Gray don 1921 FundDon P. Hobbs 1904 Memorial FundBarbara & Harvey P. Hood 1918 FundLouis S. Kimball 1925 Memorial FundWinslow H. Loveland 1914 FundAlfred I. Merritt 1923 FundDonald & Alice Sawyer 1921 FundElie Cole Smith 1921 Memorial FundRichard P. White 1918 FundWillard C. Wolff 1931 Fund

Alumni FundCommitteeof theDartmouthAlumniCouncil

Charlie Hood '51 - Chairman

Members

Shep Wolff '31 Bill Kendall '32

Stan Smoyer '34 Charles McLane '41 Ray Rasenberger '49

Charlie Davison '50 Frank Harrington, Jr. '50 Dick Dutton '51 Wes Nutten, 3rd '51 Pete Zischke '52

Fred Stephens, Jr. '53

Fred Whittemore '53 Don Hummel '55 Swift Lawrence '55 Don Spitzli, Jr. '56 Garvey Clarke '57

Bill Batt '60

Ben Read, Jr. '62 Scott Creelman '64

Mark Ditmar '75

Retiring Members

New Members For 1976

Dave Lilly '39 Stanley Feldberg '46 Bob Callender '53 Lou Gerstner '63 Steve Waterhouse '65 Nancy Kepes '76 Sean Stitham '76

Dartmouth Parents Fund

John McConnell - Chairman

Hanover Staff

Charlie Breed - '51 Executive. Secretary Cliff Jordan '45 Henry Eberhardt '61 Allan Dingwall '42 Ann Jenks - Office Manager

Charlie Hood '51 - Chairman

Some last minute figuring is done by Charley Moore, '25's prime mover, as Ford Whelden studies his notes for the 50-year address.

Green Derby winners - senior and junior - Len Reade '17 contemplates the results with pleasure - Jeff McElnea '71 snags one more contributor.

As (l to r) Jack Harned, President Kemeny and Sandy McCulloch look on in obvious satisfaction, Bob Kilmarx announces 1950's record-breaking half-million dollar total.

Last minute telethons were an important part of the June surge. Two undergraduates helped out in San Francisco. Franca Taylor '78 calls while her father, David Taylor '50, and Tim Behr '77 kibitz.