October 2000 / V2 / #4
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building sketch Rita and Dennis Meyer building picture Bill and Patty Wilson

Campaign News
New Strategic Plan and Campaign / Endowment Growth / Morton to Lead DUMAC / Donor Weekend 2000 / Collins at Libraries / Carolinas Challenge

Regional Campaign Councils
RCCs are creating and strengthening Duke’s connections to its alumni, parents, and friends, led by volunteers like Dennis and Rita Meyer of Alexandria, Virginia.

Major Gifts
$5 Million for Grad Support / von der Heydens, PepsiCo Support Libraries / Crown Is First University Professorship / Fitzpatricks and Hills Support Athletics / $2.35 Million from Mellon Foundation

Donor Profile:
The Wilsons

Bill and Patty Wilson, both T‘76 and P‘04, have been a couple from nearly the first day they set foot on Duke’s campus and their eyes on each other.

This is archived material produced between 1997 and early 2004; some information is no longer accurate.
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