Office of Development Report of Voluntary Giving
The Campaign for Dartmouth includes all gifts from private sources and I am pleased to report on behalf of the Trustees that $42.6 million was pledged or paid in the 1977-78 fiscal year, truly an auspicious beginning.
I must single out for special mention the remarkable achievements -of the Alumni Fund: $5.3 million (a record), 61% participation and a record breaking achievement by 1953. Another record was set by the Bequest Program which raised $7.5 million. The following pages detail those successes.
With such sustained support from alumni, parents and friends, I am confident the Campaign for Dartmouth will achieve its goal of $160,000,000 by 1982.
Norman E. McCulloch, Jr. '50 Chairman, Trustees Committee on Alumni and Public Affairs
July 1, 1977 through June 30, 1978SOURCE FISCAL'7B vs. FISCAL'77 Alumni $12,954,351 $ 7,391,855 Parents 483,109 153,772 Friends 3,000,132 972,906 Corporations 1,446,837 1,277,925 Foundations 2,823,725 2,239,620 Other 776,960 711,895 $21,485,114 $12,747,973
CompleteAlumni Fund &Bequest Programsummaryon following pages
The greatest Alumni Fund in Dartmouth's history in 1978 totalled $5,317,218 from 20,651 alumni. 1978 marked the first year the Fund exceeded $5-million, surpassing the goal by 6% and - of the 1977 Fund by over $600,000 or 13%. At 61% participation, Dartmouth stands first in the nation.
Reunion classes raised $2,018,309, and records were set by the Classes of 1918, 1923, 1949, 1953 and 1973. 1953 became the first class to exceed $1-mil!ion in one year; of the $1,000,053 total, $750,000 was allocated to the Alumni Fund and $250,053 was earmarked for the Trustees' discretionary use for the Campaign for Dartmouth.
Non-reunion classes exceeded their 1977 counterparts by 24%, providing great promise for continuing strength of the Fund. Two classes, 1954 and 1958, became the first non-reunion classes to top $100,000.
All in all, the 1978 Alumni Fund was enormously successful and provides early momentum for the 5-year Campaign for Dartmouth.
Raymond J. Rasenberger '49 Chairman, Alumni Fund Committee
1978Alumni FundHighlights
Total Dollars $5,317,218Total Donors 24,005Alumni Donors 20,651Alumni Participation 61%Average Gift $257.48Total — 12 ReunionClasses $2,018,309Total - Non-reunionClasses $2,950,828Parents Fund $ 167,701Volunteer Class Agents 4,032Alumni Fund Expenses $382,888(7%)
1978 Alumni Fund Campaign Green Derby Groups
Campaign Amount Class Leaders Donors Given GROUP 1 1915 Duze Lounsberry 104 $ 26,822** 1921 Don Sawyer 174 39,487** 1916 Dan Dinsmoor 100 20,765** 1917 Friday Bean 102 22,443** 1919 NockWallis 152 20,263 1914 Abe Newmark 73 13,514 1922 Spenny Smith 174 35,498** 1920 Nate Whiteside 153 21,635 GROUP II 1926 Al Louer 410 1925 Curt Abel 310 66,637 1924 Earl Daum 275 58,617** 1929 Ed Chinlund 363 65,365 Dick Black 1930 LeeSturman 340 68,223 1927 Bob Williamson 280 60,652 GROUP III 1936 Bob Fernald 374 92,452** 1931 Don Stoddard 383 70,239 DougWoodring 70014** 1933 Manny Sprague 346 70,914 1934 Bill Emerson 380 81 817** 1937 Frank Robin 385 81,817 1935 AlDodd 404 86,718 1932 Leon Warner 278 66,772 1939 Jim Comer 307 83,846 GROUP IV 1946 Jim Lynch 381 79,658** 1942 Bill Enos 364 71,157** 1940 Art Ostrander 347 88,590** 1943 Bob Field 291 81,294** 1944 RossHigier 321 82,712** 1941 Bud Hart 284 49,099 1945 John Leggat 318 52,053 Campaign AmountClass Leaders, Donors Given GROUP V 1954 Steve Mullins 534 $109,381** 1952 Will Rooke 420 82,133** 1955 Mike Gorton 472 76,657 1951 Jim Bovaird 386 75,718** 1950 Joel Leavitt 372 79,523** 1956 Wally Pugh 402 50,802 GROUP VI 1962 John Walters 482* 68,271** 1958 Joel Portugal 500 100,372** 1960 Phil Kron . 550* 67,676** 1957 Chuck Winslow 434 61,228 1959 Mike Hellman 388 53,642 1961 Terry O'Neil 345 43,851 GROUP VII 1972 Peter Thomson 339 16,818** 1966 Paul Doscher , 383 39,281** 1971 Craig Robelen 354 19,621** 1964 Carl DuRei 438 36,643 1963 Charlie Parton 416 39,473 1965 JockHosmer 372 35,937** 1970 Ernie Babcock 297 13,979 GROUP VIII 1975 Rick Waddell 465* 11,613** 1974 Chris Gates 457* 12,774** 1976 Bill Saubert 509* 10,403** 1977 Brian Deevy 499* 7,734 Betsy Fauver 1978 Bill Devine 330 3,005 (Senior pledges for 1979)
*lndicates class donor record
**lndicates year-out dollar record
Reunion Roundup Campaign Amount Class Leaders Donors Given 1918 (60th) George von Kapff 156 $ 54,188** 1923 (55th) Charlie Zimmerman 265 61,694** 1928 (50th) Bill Lary 316 305,007 Bill Morton 1938 (40th) Dick Holt 345 312,579 Clark Barrett 1947 (30th) Alan Epstein 330 89,669 Frank Weber 1948 (30th) Ken Young 221 46,441 John van Raalte 1949 (30th) Bill Chapman 330 269,827** Ed Leede 1953 (25th) Dickjoslin 564 750,000** Paul Paganucci (Total Class gift at 25th Reunion: $1,000,053; $750,000 to Alumni Fund, $250,053 to Trustees discretionary use within Campaign for Dartmouth.) 1967 (10th) John Kornet 472* 43,565 Warren Cook 1968 (10th) John Engelman 361 38,510 Jon Page 1969 (10th) Tom Parks 312 25,107 Dick Glovsky 1973 ( sth) Donna Ferretti 424* 21,722** John Hauge *lndicates class donor record**lndicates year-out dollar record
Veteran Classes Campaign AmountClass Leaders Donors Given 1902 Hermon Farwell (dec.) 15 $1,501 1907 LuraKenyon ' 53 6,815 1901 6 3,434 1904 6 2,880 1905 16 9,249 1903 12 7'277 1912 Nelson Doe 53 7,838 1906 13 1'791 1911 Frank Dudley 52 7,363 1909 Stan Leighton 33 4,189 1910 Andy Scarlett 47 7,064 1913 Milt Aronowitz 49 6,984 1908 JohnHinman 14 11,272
Non-ReunionDollar Leaders 1954 $109,380 1958 100,371 1936 92,452 1940 88,589 1935 86,718 1926 86,218
500 PlusDonors 1953 564 1960 550 1954 534 1976 509 1958 500
Donor Improvement 1967 +100 1954 +41 1960 +79 1962 +39 1973 +68 1972 +38 1974 +6l 1953 +35 1955 +44 1976 +33 1975 +43 1928 +32
Decade ParticipationLeaders 1970's 1975 55% 1960's 1962 71% 1950's 1953 85% 1940's 1940 71% 1930's 1931 101% 1920's 1926 142% 1910's 1912 265%
Leaders inAnnual Funds % ALUMNI PARTICI- TOTAL PATION DOLLARS DARTMOUTH 61 $5,317,218 PRINCETON 55 5,392,214 YALE 40 6,974,542 HARVARD 38 6,306,704 MIT 36 4,969,076 CORNELL 33 5,406,687 PENN 27 4,500,236
New Alumni Fund Endowments Within the past year, many individual funds have been established through outright gift, bequest or life income trust to provide income annually to the Alumni Fund, credited to the class of the donor. This program has grown rapidly over the last few years and offers a fine opportunity to perpetuate one's Alumni Fund giving. Space does not permit listing the individual funds in this report.
Alumni Fund Committee of theDartmouth Alumni Council
MEMBERS *Raymond J. Rasenberger '49 — CHAIRMAN Richard S. Jackson '39 William B. Hale '44 *Stanley H. Feldberg '46 *Charles H. Hood I! '51 William L. Randall '52 *Robert L. Callender '53 *Don W. Hummel '55 Thomas H. Schwarz, '57 "Louis V. Gerstner, Jr. '63 Ronald B. Schram '64 "Stephen L. Waterhouse '65 David E. Clem '71 Jeffrey K. McElnea '71 John R. Hauge '73 *Diane J. Boyer '78 *Peter B. Maglathlin '78 NEW MEMBERS FOR 1979 Frederick H. Stephens, Jr. '53 - CHAIRMAN Allen I. Bildner '47 Edward H. Leede '49 Robert A. Danziger '56 Philip C. Kron '60 J. Bruce McKissock '66 Sara H. Hunter '76 Edwin M. Kania, Jr. '79 Evelyn C. Pratt '79 DARTMOUTH PARENTS FUND Imre Cholnoky - CHAIRMAN HANOVER STAFF Josiah Stevenson IV'57— DIRECTOR Clifford L. Jordan'45 Henry Eberhardt '61 H. Allan Dingwall '42 ' DIRECTORS Thomas B. Campion - DIRECTOR, PARENTS FUND *Retiring Members
Norman E. McCulloch, Jr. '50Trustee & National Chairman of The Campaign forDartmouth
Raymond ]. Rasenberger '49Chairman, '77 & '78, Alumni Fund Committee
Stephen M. Mullins '54 (left) Joel B. Portugal '58(right). These two Head Agents are the first in Fundhistory to lead their respective classes over the$100,000 level in a non-reunion year.
Kirk Eveleth '81 (Daughter of Max Eveleth '60) was oneof some 80 undergraduate volunteers who mannedtelephones from Crosby Hall last spring to call alumniacross the country on behalf of the '78 campaign.
The first $1-million-plus reunion gift was presented tothe College last June by the Class of 1953 at its 25th Reunion. Shown, left to right, are Paul Paganucci '53, VicePresident of the College; Dartmouth President JohnKemeny; '53 Head Agent Dick Joslin; and FredStephens, '53 Class President. Of the $1,000,053.53raised, $750,000 was credited to the '78 Alumni Fundcampaign and the balance given to the Trustees foruse in the Campaign for Dartmouth.
Frederick H. Stephens, Jr. '53 was elected as Chairmanof the Alumni Council's Committee on the AlumniFund to serve for the '79 and '80 annual Fund campaigns. Fred Stephens is a former Head Agent for hisclass, a former member of the Dartmouth AlumniCouncil, and has just retired this past June as presidentof the Class of 1953. After graduating from the HarvardBusiness School and a tour of duty with the U. S. Army,Fred joined the Gillette Company in 7958 as a salesman.In 1970 he was appointed Vice President for Marketing,and three years ago he was named President of Gilletteof Canada. Fred currently works and lives in Montreal.He succeeds Raymond J. Rasenberger '49 as AlumniFund Chairman.
Servicing the annual Fund operations from Hanoverheadquarters in Crosby Hall are, left to right, AllanDingwall '42, Cliff Jordan '45, Joe Stevenson '57 (FundDirector), Tom Campion (Parents Fund), and HenryEberhardt '61.
