Report of the Office of Development
For the ninth consecutive year the total of gifts and grants from private sources to Dartmouth exceeded $lO million. The total for fiscal '75-'76 was $16,244,501, up significantly from the previous year. Detailed below is a breakdown by source of gifts from the private sector for the last two fiscal years:
75-'76 '74-'75 Individuals Alumni 8,698,981 6,885,033 Parents 339,144 222,490 Others 2,214,286 700,240 Corporations 1,260,127 951,532 Foundations 3,111,530 1,437,320 Other 620,433 517,281 16,244,501 10,713,896
Gifts from foundations and the bequest program were largely responsible for the 55,530,605 improvement over '74-75. Gifts from the former increased by over $1.5 million and under the Bequest and Estate Planning Program by over $1.2 million.
Special note should be made of development efforts on behalf of Dartmouth Medical School. The Trustees of the College, at their June meeting, unanimously reaffirmed their "determination" to raise funds adequate to complete and sustain the expansion involved in a restoration of the M.D. degree-granting program. This special effort under the leadership of William H. Morton '32 seeks to raise a combination of endowment and current use funds sufficient to yield an additional $1.5 million annually.
In addition the Trustees have authorized the Office of Development to embark on a fund raising campaign for the Hopkins Center. Since its opening in 1963, Hopkins Center has more than fulfilled the expectation of its planners. In order to continue to serve the lives of undergraduates, a modest addition must be added to the Center and endowment for that addition, as well as for the on-going programs, must be funded.
As is true in any fine organization, the Dartmouth development office has seen some change in personnel and responsibility during the past year. With the retirement of George Colton '35 as Vice President of the College after 31 years of devoted service, the Trustees filled that vacancy by appointing Addison L. Winship II '42 as his successor. Robert J. Finney, Jr. '63 has been named to succeed Mr. Winship as Director of Development.
Certainly the backbone of Dartmouth's much envied development program is the Alumni Fund, and the following pages are devoted to detailing the remarkable success of the 1975-76 campaign. The Alumni Fund, coupled with other on-going fund-raising efforts, has in large measure allowed the College to remain at the forefront of private higher education in the United States.
The Trustee Committee on Alumni and Public Affairs, as well as the Office of Development, welcomes comments and inquiries from alumni and friends on all aspects of Dartmouth's development efforts.
Chairman, Trustee Committee on Alumni and Public Affairs
