Alumni Reunion Gifts: Setting New Records Again

Five of the 14 reunion classes that presented their checks to President Judith Rodin during the Friday night dinners and the Alumni Day picnic set new records for their respective reunion years, according to Ken Goebel, Director of The Penn Fund --and many designated all or part of their contribution to the endowment of scholarships, a high priority in the Agenda for Excellence. This year's gifts and givers, wtih record-setters marked [*], are:

Class Reunion Total Dollars Donors Project
1936 65th $419,562 72 Endowed Scholarships
1941 60th $873,117 180 Class of 1941 Memorial Scholarship
1946 55th $226,149 103 Endowed Scholarships
1951 50th $3,774,680 311 Endowed Scholarships
1956 45th* $11,626,574 255 650K Endowed Schol./250K Penn Press/100K sculpture
1961 40th* $2,274,474 257 Endowed Scholarships
1966 35th $3,486,386 277 Endowed Scholarships
1971 30th $1,745,608 375 330K Endowed Scholarship/150K Quad seminar room / 20K Memoribilia Case
1976 25th $2,336,634 516 1M Quad Grand Staircases; remainder to Endowed Scholarship
1981 20th $877,711 516 Unrestricted
1986 15th* $1,870,996 430 Unrestricted / Endowed Scholarships
1991 10th* $478,210 396 Unrestricted
1996 5th* $189,247 325 Unrestricted / Endowed Scholarships
2001 senior $21,797 273 Staircase in Houston Hall


Almanac, Vol. 47, No. 35, May 29, 2001

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