Over the top

"I feel like we've won the world series," exclaimed Alumni Fund Director Henry Eberhardt '61. Eberhardt announced thathe Alumni Fund raised $12,028,617, surpassing its goal of $l2 million. The Fund had a record-breaking year on several fronts:

• A new dollar record was established. • Three reunion records were set: 1962 ($1,651,962), 1976 ($155,263), and 1982 ($67,362).

• A new Parents Fund record of $564,687 was set.

• The number of Alumni Fund Associates, donors of $1,000 or more, went from 1,628 to 2,063.

Eberhardt is also enthusiastic about next year; 60 percent of the class of 1987 have pledged already.

The success of the Alumni Fund was just one part of a fundraising effort that saw the College garner a record-setting $47.3 million in cash during the fiscal year that ended June 30. "It started out as an exceptional year," says Vice President for Development Warren (Skip) Hance '55, "and the momentum just kept on growing." Lu Martin '51 A, head of Capital Gifts, added that alumni contributions rose a total of 30 percent over last year. "That's the real story," Martin says. "It's a renewal of the legendary generosity and confidence of the alumni in the College."

"I say to all those who love Dartmouth to our faculty, students, alumni and staff, who are so justly proud of this College, 'Dartmouth is your College—and now it is also mine.'" Excerpt from President Freedman's inauguration speech.