THE 1986 ALUMNI FUND
FROM THE CHAIRMAN
Despite all the contention, 1986 was a good year for the Alumni Fund, since 24,095 Dartmouth alumni contributed $11,021,046. That's a participation rate of 64.5 per cent, the highest in the Ivy League and one of the highest in the country. Dartmouth's alumni brought to life the words of President Emeritus John Sloan Dickey "In the Dartmouth fellowship there is no parting."
Highlights included: • A 50th reunion record of $1,056,000 set by the Class of 1936; • The tenth million-dollar class the 25th reunion Class of 1961, which gave $1,001,961 with a record 87 per cent participation; • Corporate matching gifts increased to $1.7 million; • New year-out records for 21. classes; • Contributions of over $100,000 each by 24 non-reunion classes; • Parents Fund giving increased to $552,000; • The top non-reunion class in the country the Class of 1953, which gave $253,000 with 83 per cent participation.
It cost the Alumni Fund only seven cents to raise a dollar this year, thanks to devoted head agents, reunion giving chairmen, telethon and participation coordinators, and class agents. They deserve special thanks and recognition, not only for the work they did for the Fund, but also for the extra time they spent answering classmates' difficult questions.
Equally important is a special thank-you to every one of you who expressed your devotion to and concern for Dartmouth by contributing to the 1986 Alumni Fund. Difficult and challenging though the year may have been, the Alumni Fund came through with flying colors. I am very proud, and I consider it a privilege to have served as its chairman.
For Dartmouth, Joel B. Portugal '58
1986 HIGHLIGHTS
Total Dollars $ 11,021,046 Alumni Donors 24,094 Alumni Participation 64.5% Parents Fund 552,000 Matching Gifts $ 1,700,000 Class Agents 3,829
ANNUAL FUND LEADERS
Alumni Dollars DARTMOUTH 64.5% $11,021,046 Princeton 58.4 17,208,123 Cornell 56 12,001,432 M.I.T. 50 11,177,925 Yale 46 17,059,340 Brown 40 4,340,631 Penn 33.6 5,943,332
1987 CHAIRMAN
For Russell A. Boss '61, the role of Volunteer Chairman for the 1987 Alumni Fund will be another in a long career of service to Dartmouth.
As 25th Reunion Giving Chairman, he led the '61s in raising $1,001,961 and set records for matching gift support and participation. Ron Boss was Head Agent from 1983 to 1985, is a former Alumni Council member, was honored as Dartmouth Club President of the Year in 1978, and has been an admissions interviewer for over 15 years.
After three years with the U.S. Coast Guard, Ron joined the A.T. CROSS Company and has held various management positions in the worldwide firm, of which he is now President and Chief Operating Officer. Ron and his wife Marge have three daughters-Robin, at Harvard; Martha, at Dartmouth; and Alexis, who attends Lincoln School.
