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Duke Celebrates Record Alumni Support During Reunion
Alumni give President Brodhead a standing ovation following his "State of the University" speech in Page Auditorium on April 22. Click photo for full-sized version. (Photo: Chris Hildreth, Duke Photography)
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Five classes have already broken records for alumni giving, President Richard Brodhead announced Saturday, and alumni still have until June 30 to make a reunion gift.
With two months of fund-raising left before the close of the fiscal year, the Classes of 1996, 1986, 1981, 1961, and 1956 have already broken records for 10th, 20th, 25th, 45th, and 50th reunion giving, respectively. In addition, two classes have broken all-time reunion giving records.
The Class of 1981 announced the largest Annual Fund reunion gift in Duke history with commitments totaling more than $3 million. The Class of 1956 had secured Annual Fund gifts from 56% of its alumni, making it the reunion class with the highest participation rate in Duke history.
In total, Brodhead accepted gifts totaling more than $140 million, including almost $11 million for the Duke Annual Fund.
"It's your gratitude for your experience that makes you reach forward and want to enable such experience for others," Brodhead said to alumni. He added that it is "important for universities to have the people who went there care about them and continue to care about them and support them, and I just want to say that means an enormous amount to all of us and to me in particular."
Nearly 3,900 people visited campus April 21-23 for the reunions of the classes of 1956, 1961, 1966, 1971, 1976, 1981, 1986, 1991, 1996, and 2001.
Alumni and their families attended tours, seminars, and performances, and heard from university leaders including Provost Peter Lange, Chancellor for Health Affairs and Dean of the Medical School Victor Dzau, and President Brodhead.
For more information, contact Peter Vaughn at (919) 681-0428 or peter.vaughn@duke.edu.
April 26 , 2006