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Annual Giving 2014-2015Class of '69's 46th Reunion Annual Giving Campaign
Bruce Freeman '69, Class Agent
Click Here to Donate to AG Click to see Previous AG Results Another Annual Giving Success!
This year’s Annual Giving totals were
extraordinary! Over $61,000,000 was raised and 60.3% of undergraduate
alumni participated in this year’s campaign. For the Class of 1969,
59.7% of us gave $252,500 to this effort. This year’s result will have a
tremendous impact on Princeton and the current group of undergraduate
students. For those who joined in this effort, thank you for your
contribution and commitment. For those that missed out on the fun, we
welcome your participation next year. And finally thanks to all of the
Annual Giving volunteer Team that made these great results possible.Princeton Celebrates 75 Years of Annual Giving|
This academic year of 2014-15 marks the
75th anniversary
of that mainstay of so many academic years at Old Nassau, Princeton Annual
Giving. With much of the world in flames and with war clouds impinging upon the
United States, 1940-41 may not have seemed an auspicious juncture to launch
such a bold and optimistic new undertaking. As President Harold Dodds *14
admitted, "the uncertain state of world affairs created a temptation to
mark time, but . . . Princeton could afford to follow no such policy." He
applauded the efforts of "enthusiastic Class representatives who quickly
developed effective and comprehensive methods of procedure and then went to
work."
The first Princeton University
Fund Chair was Albridge Smith of the Class of 1903, a prominent New York
attorney. In his keynote report he astutely noted: "I think I am safe in
saying that nowhere in the world is interest in an institution, its program and
its growth more widespread among its alumni than at Princeton." He
continues to be proven right.
The oldest Class participating in the
inaugural year of Annual Giving was the Class of 1865, to which its descendants
can raise a toast this June on occasion of the 150th anniversary of their
graduation. Following them in the first-ever AG report are arrayed the Classes
of 1869, 1872 through 1874, and 1876 through 1941, as well as alumni of the
Graduate College. Legendary Princeton names are visible among the ranks of
the neophyte Class Agents: Hall, Garrett, McGraw, Eno, Dodge, Proctor. Many of
the firms and enterprises these alumni worked for have long since vanished or
morphed, and many of their lives and certainly the world they knew would change
radically and forever by the next academic year. But ever since they started
Princeton Annual Giving, the worthy object of their fundraising mission would evolve
and grow into today’s significant financial cornerstone of Princeton
University.
| Annual Giving Status
2014-2015
| Participation
59.7%
| Contributions
($K)252.5
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Class of '69 Launches 46th Reunion AG Campaign
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This fall the Class of 1969 launched its 46th
Annual Giving campaign. Click here
to see the first Class Agent letter of the year. This year’s campaign coincides with the 75th Anniversary of Princeton’s Annual Giving
Program. In the wake of our very
successful 45th Reunion AG effort, our dollar goal is much more
modest this year - $260,000, a number slightly below our average result during
our 41st to 44th campaigns. Our participation goal, however, is the same as last year:
the aptly chosen 69%. We
made this goal last year, why not this campaign? The Class will re-constitute the dynamic ’69 AG Volunteer
Team in early spring to provide personal reach out to all non-donors. If you have not helped in the
past, but are interested in making a few AG phone calls, email our Class Agent
Bruce Freeman at bfreeman@princeton.edu
and let him know.
We will be
tracking our progress using the thermometer graphics on this page (right) and on the Home Page. Your support this year will
be greatly appreciated by all of Princeton’s current undergraduates. Many thanks to
all of our Annual Giving supporters.
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