DARTMOUTH COLLEGE DEVELOPMENT REPORT 1986
FROM THE PRESIDENT
Private philanthropy has always been the cornerstone of excellence in higher education in this country, even before it was formally a nation. Years before the Revolution, English champions of learning underwrote the establishment of many of our most enlightened institutions of higher learning, among them Dartmouth, whose most generous founding benefactor was the Second Earl of Dartmouth.
Never for an instant of its two centuries of service to society has the College ceased to be dependent on the generosity of those who share its faith in the emancipating power of a good liberal arts education. The more than 43,000 alumni who had the pleasure and the privilege of the Dartmouth Experience and are now contributing productively to society are eloquent testimony to that salutary power.
From among those alumni, many of whom are in leadership roles, comes the greatest number of supporting gifts this grateful college receives. Over 64% of them participated in this past year's outstanding development effort, dedicating their labors and their resources so that those who come after them may have the same opportunities they had. There is no more renewing attribute than this concern for future generations, and Dartmouth is blessed above all others in the nobility and the openhandedness of its Family.
On the bedrock of our own responsibility is founded our success in finding friends outside the Family, among parents, foundations, corporations, and philanthropic individuals who share our aspirations. To all who provide for her future, Dartmouth is indebted for its very existence. Your support is inspiring, and on behalf of future generations of Dartmouth men and women, we are profoundly grateful to you all.
David T. McLaughlin '54 President
FROM THE VICE-PRESIDENT
It is a personal pleasure and an honor to address each of you who are Dartmouth's benefactors. I returned to the College as a vice president this spring, 31 years after my graduation; and I have rediscovered, in the institution to which I am deeply grateful for my own education, an environment unparalleled in quality and relevance to the needs of today's students.
All Dartmouth students owe you a debt of gratitude, for you make their opportunities possible. Without you, the College could not offer the richness of program, the quality of faculty, and the breadth of opportunity that characterizes the Dartmouth Experience in 1986. Your gifts to the annual fund are an increasingly significant proportion of the operating budget. Your generosity to capital projects, such as the new Berry Sports Center, coninues to underwrite important improvements in facilities. And your gifts to endowment secure resources for the College to draw on in meeting the ever-changing needs of higher education.
1985-86 has been tumultuous for all of us who care about Dartmouth. Yet each of us recognizes that an institution dedicated to exploring the complexities of each generation cannot isolate itself from the often-controversial world we live in. Your generosity is thus the outward symbol of an attitude at the heart of Dartmouth's liberal arts tradition an attitude of critical inquiry into the salient issues confronting us and our children.
Your support has made 1985-86 a near-record development year at Dartmouth. Total giving of $40,540,157 has been exceeded only once in the College's history during the peak year of the Campaign for Dartmouth. It is my privilege to express to all alumni, parents, and friends of the College a grateful community's heartfelt thanks for your confidence. It inspires us all to dedicate ourselves anew to our vital educariopal mission.
Warren S. Hance Vice President for Developmentand Alumni Affairs
