Alumni Fund Chairman's Report
By any standard, Dartmouth's 62nd annual Alumni Fund campaign represents a series of historic and extraordinary achievements on the part of its solicitors and contributors. The records compiled by the alumni classes and other donor groups are covered in this report, but certain achievements are worthy of special noting:
• The '76 campaign exceeded its challenging $4.5-miilion goal by $47,000, providing an 8.9 per cent increase of $345,537 over last year's record Fund.
• Total donors, including alumni, parents, friends, and memorials, came to 22,475 — an increase of 618 over the previous year, with 58 per cent of all living alumni contributing.
• The Dartmouth Parents Campaign, ably directed by Mr. & Mrs. Sinclair Weeks Jr. and a 120-member committee, exceeded the $100,000 level for the first time, with 1,240 non-alumni parents giving $102,733.
• Memorial gifts, honoring deceased alumni, were received from 1,527 family members and totalled $235,600, also a Fund record.
• Corporate matching gifts, made possible by individual alumni donations, totalled a record $382,000 and came from over 400 corporations.
• Special praise must go to this year's 12 reunion classes, whose combined gifts, under the Reunion Giving Program, reached a record total of $2,116,000 — almost exactly one-half of the total alumni dollars given to the '76 campaign. Spearheading the reunion classes was 1926, which contributed an astounding $626,626.26 in honor of its 50th Reunion!
The Class of 1951 produced $258,487 for its 25th year with a new all-time record of 264 classmates giving at the $100-and-up level, while 1936 set a 40-year class record with contributions of $252,526, and the 45th year classes of 1930, 1931, and 1932 all exceeded $200,000 goals. Other reunion records were achieved by the Class of 1916 (60th), with a $44,509 total, and the Class of 1971 (5th) with $20,210. Among the non-reunion classes, 1953 led the way with a non-reunion record total of $88,649.
Decade Participation Leaders
1970's 1975 48% 1960's 1962 62 1950's 1953 78 1940's 1940 63 1930's 1931 90 1920's 1926 88 1910's 1918 82
Decade Dollar Leaders
1970's 1973 $11,411 1960's 1962 43,997 1950'S 1953 88,649 1940's 1944 73,314 1930's 1935 76,875 1920's 1927 55,884 1910's 1918 32,445
Fund Growth
Amount Participation 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 1976 4,547,131 58
1976 Annual Funds Comparison
Fund Total Participation Cornell $4,610,423 23% Dartmouth 4,547,131 58 Harvard 5,451,714 32 Michigan 3,934,592 25 M.I.T. 4,025,073 43 Penn 3,449,271 28 Princeton 4,406,373 56 Smith 2,190,089 44 Stanford 2,890,633 19 Yale 7,148,833 41
1976 Alumni Fund Campaign
class campaign Leaders Donors Participation (percentage) Amount Given Percent Of Goal Green Derdy place Group 1901 6 $ 2,117 5 1902 Hermon Farwell 27 100 2,064 1 1903 10 20 10,809 7 1904 10 33 1,671 3 1905 22 57 10,571 4 1906 172,045 6 1907 LuraKenyon 60 71 5,844 2 1908 John Hinman 24 57 9,324 13 Veteran 1909 Stan Leighton 43 59 3,949 8 Classes 1910 Andy Scarlett 48 53 14,266 12 1911 John Learoyd 57 57 5,209 10 1912 Nelson Doe 57 61 5,390 9 1913 Milt Aronowitz 71 62 8,043 11 1916 Burt Lowe 127 82 44,509 111 60th Reunion 1914 Abe Newmark 87 63 14,261 95 4 1915 Duze Lounsberry 111 77 20,911 123 1 1917 Lenßeade 114 75 22,339 149 2 1918 George von Kapff 165 80 32,445 155 3 I 1919 Nock Wallis 162 71 18,118 91 7 1920 Jack Mayer 171 69 18,607 93 5 1922 Spenny Smith 189 73 27,680 107 6 1921 Harry Chamberlaine 174 74 25,963 104 55th Reunion 1923 Charlie Zimmerman 282 83 51,497 114 1 1924 Earl Daum 283 73 48,800 102 4 1925 George Zahm 289 68 52,446 117 2 II 1927 Sam Wormser 299 71 55,884 112 3 1928 Bill Lary 288 64 45,908 98 6 1929 Ed Chinlund 340 74 55,509 97 5 Dick Black 1926 Al Louer 405 86 626,626 104 50th Reunion Charlie Bishop 1930 Lee Sturman 355 73 221,211 111 45th Reunion Ev Low 1931 Bill Minehan 395 87 201,568 101 45th Reunion Si Leach 1932 Bob Ackerberg 279 62 234,603 90 45th Reunion John Zimmerman 1933 Chet Thomson 323 65 47,153 86 6 1934 Al Jacobson 376 72 53,505 " 97 2 1935 Al Dodd 391 69 76,875 96 3 1937 Frank Robin 390 73 69,231 122 1 III 1938 Dick Holt 331 59 45,507 80 7 1939 Jim Corner 304 56 63,498 110 4 1940 ArtOstrander 335 62 68,784 93 5
Class Campaign Leaders Doners Participation (percentage) Amount Given Percent Of Goal Green Derby Place Group 1936 Frank Curtis 373 68 $253,926 101 40th Reunion Bob Keeler 1941 Bud Hart 319 55 40,893 91 6 1942 BuzzCassidy 363 62 52,631 101 2 I 1943 Fred Lent 297 52 57,152 104 4 1944 Ben Jones 338 54 73,314 122 1 IV 1945 John Leggat 296 46 37,662 88 7 1946 Jim Lynch 350 43 50,085 117 3 1947 Alan Epstein 340 57 32,307 88 5 1951 Dick Dutton 391 60 258,487 103 25th Reunion Bob Hopkins 1948 BudMunson 209 48 18,848 75 7 1949 Bill Chapman 307 55 36,434 96 5 1950 Joel Leavitt 366 53 58,106 83 6 1952 Jack Barclay 433 62 58,034 106 4 V 1953 DickJoslin 527 78 88,649 118 1 1954 George Voss 436 64 71,865 111 3 1958 Joel Portugal 465 66 64,800 118 2 1955 Peter Thompson 383 54 86,354 86 20th Reunion John French 1956 Em Houck 358 53 64,870 65 20th Reunion Don Spitzli 1957 Tom Schwarz 440 62 79,288 79 20th Reunion Clyde Brownstone 1959 Mike Hellman 380 52 38,189 107 4 1960 Phil Kron 449 59 41,768 104 2 1961 Ron Wybranowski 370 53 34,333 104 5 1962 John Clark 443 62 43,997 114 1 VI 1963 AlanDavies 461 57 30,712 102 3 1964 Carl DuRei 375 48 26,158 93 7 1965 Jock Hosmer 399 52 26,657 103 6 1966 Paul Doscher 383 48 28,083 117 1 1967 Steve Cheheyl 388 51 18,229 101 3 1968 John Engelman 346 44 12,396 89 4 VII 1969 Tom Parks 373 47 12,759 106 2 1970 Ernie Babcock 280 35 9,191 92 5 1971 Jeff McElnea 351 42 20,210 101 sth Reunion ReesToothman 1972 Frank Sullivan 301 37 8,972 4 1973 Jim Sullivan 418 47 11,411 2 1974 Chris Gates 367 44 6,271 3 VIII 1975 Rick Waddell 416 48 6,602 1 1976 Bill Saubert 293 30 5,007 Senior Pledge Program
Dollar Improvement
Reunion
1926 + $550,049 1951 + 207,125 1936 + 193,755 1932 + 181,724
Non-Reunion
*1946 + $16,748 1953 + 15,859 1958 + 14,719 *1944 + 13,312
*vs 1974 for 1975 reunion classes
Donor Improvement
Non-Reunion
1969 132 1973 119 1974 74 1966 42
Reunion
1971 31 1951 19 1916 19 1936 18
% Dollar Improvement Reunion
1926 818% 1951 503 1932 444 1936 430
Non-Reunion
1969 162% *1946 150 1973 150 *1966 146
*vs 1974 for 1975 reunion classes
Financial Summary
ReceiptsBy Size (Individuals only)Per PerDonors cent Gift Size Amount cent 42 $10,000 and up $857,678 19 745,000-$9,999 497,218 11 566 3 1,000- 4,999 866,005 19 582 3 500- 999 334,286 7 6,160 28 100- 499 983,724 22 4,014 18 50- 99 227,474 5 10,666 48 Less than $5O 211,536 5 By Category 19,290 87 All Alumni $3,735,919 82 1,527 7 Widows & Friends 123,148 3 1,240 6 Parents Fund 102,733 2 418 (11) Corporate-Matching gifts from 2,488 alumni 382,525 8 Memorial Funds 202,806 5 22,475 100 $4,547,131 100 Utilization For budgeted College expenses $4,220,917 93 For 1976 Campaign expenses 326,214 7 $4,547,131 100
New Endowment Funds for the Alumni Fund
In 1976 30 new endowment funds were established, which brings the total of such funds to 356 with a value of over $5 million. The 30 new funds established this year are listed below. Many of these funds have already begun to produce income for the Alumni Fund; others will be included after reservation of life income. This year the individually named funds yielded $95,160.
John C. Allen 1923 FundFletcher R. Andrews 1916 #2 FundVictor Borella 1930 Memorial FundDavid C. Bowen 1921 FundHarold S. Clark 1909 FundEarl C. Daum 1924 #2 FundLloyd S. 1921 & Margaret S. King FundCarl K. Lenz 1920 Memorial FundWilliam B. Lewis, Jr. 1933 FundArthur L. Livermore 1888 Memorial FundFlussell B. Livermore 1915 FundEdwin D. Martin 1909 Memorial FundAvedis Miridjanian 1919 Memorial FundClarence L. Phelps 1901 #2 FundDavid S. Plume 1921 FundRobert V. Reid 1928 FundHenry Swan Reynolds 1942 FundWilliam C. Rogers, Jr. 1973 Memorial FundHerman L. Smith 1918 FundParker F. Soule, Jr. 1931 Memorial FundBenjamin Tenney 1921 FundHenry B. van Zelm 1918 FundGeorge R. S. von Kapff 1918 FundAdrian A. Walser 1932 FundJay C. Whitehair 1932 FundJames C. Wicker 1921 FundWilliam Wilson 1931 & CIT FinancialCorporation FundEverett W. Wood 1938 FundGeorge H. Woodruff 1918 FundDelwyn Worthington 1926 Memorial Fund
Alumni Fund Committee of the Dartmouth Alumni Council
Charlie Hood '51 — Chairman
Members Bill Kendall '32 *Dave Lilly '39 *Charles McLane '41 Stanley Feldberg '46 Ray Rasenberger '49 Frank Harrington, Jr. '50 *Dick Dutton '51 Wes Nutten, 3rd '51 Pete Zischke '52 Bob Callender '53 Don Hummel '55 Swift. Lawrence '55 Don Spitzli, Jr. '56 *Garvey Clarke '57 Lou Gerstner, Jr. '63 *Scott Creelman '64 Steve Waterhouse '65 *Nancy Kepes '76 *Sean Stitham '76 *Retiring Members
New Members for 1977 Dick Jackson '39 Bill Hale '44 Jeff McElnea '71 Barbara Donnelly '77 Alan Gordon '77
Dartmouth Parents Fund Mary and Sinclair Weeks
Hanover Staff Charlie Breed '51 — Director Cliff Jordan '45 Henry Eberhardt '61 Associate Allan Dingwall '42 Directors Ann Jenks - Office Manager
Raymond J. Rasenberger '49, a Washingtvon, D.C. attorney, was elected by the Dartmouth Alumni Council last June to serve as chairman of the Alumni Fund Committee for a two-year term (1977-78), succeeding Charles H. Hood '51. Valedictorian of his graduating class at Dartmouth, Rasenberger received an A.M. degree from Syracuse University and a J.D. degree from George Washington University. He started his Washington career as an examiner at the U.S. Bureau of the Budget, and currently is a partner in the law firm of Zuckert, Scoutt and Rasenberger.
Mr. Rasenberger was president of the Dartmouth Alumni Council in 1975-76, and is a former president of the alumni club of Washington. He is married with five children, and resides in Bethesda, Md.
