Campaign Annual Report 2006–2007
Preserving and sharing knowledge
Serving the world, serving Yale
From the President
Dear Friends,
This Campaign Annual Report for 2006–2007 comes to you with my deepest appreciation for your generosity. Thanks to your support, the impact of Yale Tomorrow is already evident in all corners of the Yale campus—and beyond.
The completely rebuilt Bass Library (the former Cross Campus Library) has reopened its doors to students and faculty. In December 2006, the Yale University Art Gallery’s restored Louis Kahn building was unveiled to great acclaim and our progress continues on other aspects of the Arts Area Plan. The new sculpture building has been completed and construction is under way for the Jeffrey Loria Center for the History of Art, the Arts Library, and the renovation of the A+A building. Across campus, we have broken ground for Kroon Hall, the future home of the School of Forestry & Environmental Studies. Appropriately, Kroon Hall will be a model of sustainable green design.
Yale Tomorrow is having an equally visible impact on new programs and
on the
University’s support for students. Your generosity is helping to
build a more robust
financial aid program at the schools of Art, Drama, and Architecture,
and to create
new international opportunities for both undergraduate and graduate students.
From
Yale Bowl to the Cullman-Heyman Tennis Center, we are making major progress
in
renovating and expanding our athletic facilities. And a completely renovated
Silliman
College welcomed students in September.
In the sciences, the new Yale Institute for Nanoscience and Quantum Engineering is helping to redefine our relationship with the physical world. Yale’s recent acquisition of the 136-acre West Campus, the former Bayer HealthCare complex, with over a million square feet of laboratory, office, manufacturing, and warehouse facilities, will dramatically increase our ability to undertake new research programs and to develop discoveries, inventions, and cures.
These are just a few examples of how Yale Tomorrow is fulfilling its promise. There is much to read about and, of course, much more still to be accomplished. I know you will find our progress as inspiring as I do. Thank you again for your ongoing commitment to Yale Tomorrow.
Richard C. Levin ’74 Ph.D.
President
From the Campaign Co-Chairs
Dear Friends,
We are delighted to report on the progress of the Yale Tomorrow campaign. As Campaign Co-Chairs, we share President Levin’s excitement about what your support has allowed Yale to accomplish. From recently completed buildings to new professorships, and from expanded and strengthened programs to increased financial aid, the impact of your gifts is dramatic. Every member of the Yale community benefits from your generosity.
So many of you have demonstrated that Yale alumni, parents, and friends enthusiastically embrace the vision of Yale Tomorrow. This is a tribute to our donors and to the tireless efforts of our campaign volunteers.
During 2006–2007 we raised a total of $555,677,300, bringing us to $1.699 billion, or more than 56% of our campaign goal, as of June 30, 2007. We are profoundly grateful for this outpouring of support; but our progress also underscores the important opportunities that lie ahead. Together we are creating a Yale of significantly greater strength and breadth. If we are to fulfill our promise to the next generation, we must keep the momentum going.
This report is organized around the impact your giving is having on three central components of Yale’s mission: the creation, the dissemination, and the preservation of knowledge. A fourth section focuses on those who serve Yale and the larger world.
We know you will enjoy reading about how much the entire community has achieved this year. Thank you for all you have contributed to Yale.
G. Leonard Baker, Jr. ’64
Edward P. Bass ’67
Joshua Bekenstein ’80
Roland W. Betts ’68
Susan M. Crown ’80
Campaign momentum
Generous donors propelled the Yale Tomorrow campaign forward for the third consecutive year, contributing over $555 million in gifts and new pledges during the period July 1, 2006–June 30, 2007. This remarkable commitment to Yale was made in gifts large and small, by an enormous range of alumni, parents, friends, corporations, and foundations. Many alumni stretched to make special contributions in recognition of the Campaign. Classes setting new records for reunion giving included the Class of 1967 (40th) and the Class of 2002 (5th), which broke a record that had been standing since 1969. Support from corporations and foundations increased to more than $105 million.
The Alumni Fund raised nearly $32 million, another record, in unrestricted currentuse contributions to the University. Yale College alumni gave over $16 million, an increase of almost 8% over last year. Graduate and Professional School giving also rose, by over 23%. Giving to the Parents Annual Fund increased 10%.
“We are so grateful for your remarkable
generosity this year. Each gift builds on the
giving of others and has a defining impact
on Yale. Thank you for inspiring the entire
Yale community.”
—Inge T. Reichenbach,
Vice President for Development
Depth, breadth, and momentum of support for Yale have continued to build. The $555.7 million raised in 2006–2007 enabled Yale to reach a cumulative campaign total of almost $1.7 billion. Since the Campaign’s inception, total yearly giving has increased to levels more than double those before the Campaign. Similarly, 50% more cash has been received, on average, each year during the Campaign.
Individually and collectively, donors had a major impact in key priority areas. This year, over $233 million was committed to endowment gifts that will give Yale more power to expand its capabilities and leadership potential. $222 million in new gifts for current use helped Yale be responsive and innovative. Facilities gifts of almost $68 million will help ensure that Yale is an inspiring place to be. Within each of these priorities, supporters funded an astonishing array of programs to strengthen every aspect of the University’s mission to create, disseminate, and preserve knowledge.
Endowment
performance multiplies
the impact of gifts
Yale’s Endowment earned a 28.0% return
in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2007,
bringing its value to $22.5 billion. The
Endowment has returned an annualized
17.8% over the past ten years, performing
in the top rank of institutional funds.
This superb stewardship has multiplied the value of contributions and the impact of gifts. For example, $100,000 endowed at Yale ten years ago would have appreciated more than fivefold as of 2007, allowing the original gift to generate more support for Yale over time.
New gifts are critical
to Endowment growth
The strength of the Yale Endowment
drives the strength of the University,
its excellence, and its competitive
standing. In 2006–2007, spending
from the Endowment was Yale’s single
largest source of budgetary support,
providing $684 million, more than
30% of the year’s operating budget.
New contributions from donors, in turn, have driven the growth of Yale’s Endowment. Since 1950, more than 75% of the Endowment’s growth has been determined by additional gifts and their subsequent investment performance. Ongoing contributions give Yale its ability to lead, and new gifts are essential to keep pace with Yale’s evolving needs.
Gifts for facilities make Yale an inspiring place to be
Yale needs world-class facilities to attract the most accomplished faculty
and students, and to enable them to do their very best work. With cutting
edge laboratories that enable new discoveries, renovated masterpieces
that evoke Yale’s traditions, and new spaces that inspire artistic
expression, Yale’s buildings project its vibrancy and breadth
of endeavor.
New gifts are needed
to fund innovation
Because almost 75% of the Endowment
is restricted by the designation of the
original donors, new programs and
initiatives require new funding. These
new gifts are necessary to expand Yale
beyond its current scale and scope,
to fund initiatives ranging from new
medical research and a nanotechnology
center to curricular reform in Yale
College. Through the Yale Tomorrow
campaign, donors are contributing in
innovative ways, and breakthrough
ideas are attracting new support across
the University.
Creating knowledge
Yale faculty and students improve the way we live in the world by creating knowledge, making new discoveries, and answering long-standing questions.
This year, for example, the journal Science ranked the work of two Yale School of Medicine researchers among the top ten scientific breakthroughs of 2006. Josephine J. Hoh, associate professor of Epidemiology and Ophthalmology, identified a gene linked to macular degeneration. Haifan Lin, professor of Cell Biology and director of the Yale Stem Cell Center, was recognized for his ongoing work on genes that are essential for the self-renewal and division of stem cells.
Yale biochemist Craig Crews, associate professor of Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology, Chemistry, and Pharmacology, led a team that identified a treatment for polycystic kidney disease (PKD), a leading cause of fatal kidney failure. Godfrey Pearlson, professor of Psychiatry, discovered that the brain’s “default mode,” or idling condition, may not be properly coordinated in patients with schizophrenia.
Some important discoveries involved not the new but the very old. Archaeologists from Yale and the University of Leicester resolved long-standing controversy about a Peruvian site. They identified thirteen mystery towers as the hemisphere’s first—and very sophisticated—solar observatory. In April, a distinguished group of historians, musicologists, and journalists gathered for the second international conference on Line Singing, a centuries-old call-andresponse church service. Yale Music Professor Willie Ruff discovered that this “lost” art is still very much alive in far-flung congregations from the Scottish Hebrides to Oklahoma.
And in the area of encouraging creativity in the next generation of scholars, the Yale University Art Gallery has expanded opportunities for students to curate their own exhibitions. Students work with faculty and Gallery staff and are responsible for all aspects of the installations, including research, conservation, and related educational programs. Here are just a few gifts, from among many, that are helping Yale faculty and students create knowledge.
Envisioning
Yale tomorrow
The extraordinary foresight of Robert
Rosenkranz ’62 will enhance Yale’s
ability to fund promising ideas and
explore new opportunities in the years
to come. He has designated his very
generous planned gift to Yale as unrestricted
endowment funds. “There is
no institution about whose future
excellence and importance I feel more
confident,” said Rosenkranz.
Unrestricted endowment funds are critical to the future of the University. Nearly three-quarters of Yale’s existing endowment funds were given by donors of the past and present to be used for specifically designated purposes, leaving a relatively small fraction of the Endowment available to pursue innovation in science, engineering, medicine, and other underendowed areas. “If you set your sights as we have on new activity— whether it’s new medical research, a nanotechnology center, or curricular reform in Yale College—you need to find new funding that can launch those undertakings,” explained President Levin. “We are tremendously grateful to Robert Rosenkranz for his truly visionary gift.”
In recognition of Rosenkranz’s commitment to Yale, the new home of the Department of Political Science will be named Rosenkranz Hall. This architecturally distinctive building will be adjacent to Luce Hall, the epicenter of Yale’s global initiatives.
Funding promising
young researchers
Henry F. McCance ’64 has endowed
the Henry F. McCance Yale Scholar
position at the School of Medicine. The
Yale Scholars program supports outstanding
scientists early in their Yale
careers. This startup funding allows
researchers to establish their laboratories
before they receive NIH grants or other
longer-term support. The McCance
Scholar will be a scientist from the Cellular
Neuroscience, Neurodegeneration
and Repair program who is working to
advance the treatment of Alzheimer’s
disease. A new McCance Scholar will
be named every four years. “The idea
of supporting the best up-and-coming
research talent in the Scholars program
embodies an entrepreneurial can-do
spirit I appreciate,” explained McCance.
Recognizing leaders
in pediatric medicine
Karen Pritzker and Michael
Vlock have established two endowed
professorships at the School of Medicine
through the Seedlings Foundation. Each
is named in honor of one of Ms. Pritzker’s
parents. “We are thrilled to support
two talented and dedicated doctors who
both care for patients and inspire the next
generation of researchers and clinicians,”
said Pritzker. Sally E. Shaywitz, M.D.,
co-director of the Center for the Study
of Learning and Attention and a leader in
dyslexia research, was named the Audrey
Ratner Professor of Learning Development.
R. Lawrence Moss, M.D., chief of
Pediatric Surgery and surgeon-in-chief
at Yale–New Haven Children’s Hospital,
was named the Robert Pritzker Professor
of Pediatric Surgery.
Helping talented
directors
Edgar M. Cullman, Jr. ’68 and
Trip Cullman ’97, ’02 MFA have
endowed the Cullman Scholarship
in Directing at the Yale School of
Drama. “For generations, Yale has
encouraged artists to make bold artistic
choices, but embarking on a theater
career has always been financially
challenging,” said James Bundy, dean
of Yale School of Drama and artistic
director of Yale Repertory Theatre.
“A young director who receives a
Cullman Scholarship will be able
to enter the field free of the kind of
debt that discourages risk taking.”
Pushing the limits in nanoscience
Mark Reed, the Harold Hodgkinson
Professor
of Engineering & Applied Science, leads a laboratory full of scientists
who like to push the limits.
“That’s why I’m in this field, to try new things,” Professor
Reed explains. But when a graduate
student posited that the lab could create nanowires that could act as
highly sensitive biomolecule
detectors, Reed was initially skeptical. Now, through a remarkable collaboration
involving biomedical,
electrical, and mechanical engineers, as well as chemists and applied
physicists, Reed
and his colleagues have developed incredibly sensitive nanoscale sensors
that could revolutionize
biological diagnostic applications, according to a report in Nature. “Our
collective work creates the
potential for practical point-of-care diagnostics for cancer or AIDS
and other diseases—incredibly
accurate technology that could fit in your pocket and be inexpensive
to produce. What makes this
project so exciting for me is that it can have a real impact on humankind
in our lifetime.”
Encouraging
original research
The mission of training tomorrow’s
scholars requires caring, thoughtful
investment. A gift from Heidi Miller
’79 Ph.D. will provide fellowships for
graduate students pursuing Ph.D. degrees
in history. The Miller Endowed Fellowship
Fund in History will help defray the
costs of a graduate education, allowing
Yale to attract and sustain the world’s top
students as they pursue original historical
research and scholarship.
Patricia A. and Kenneth G. McKenna ’75, ’78 ph.d. have created an endowment in support of students pursuing their Ph.D. degrees in mathematics. In addition to providing fellowship resources, the Ken and Patty McKenna Fund for Graduate Studies in Mathematics will ensure ongoing funding to students for related educational activities, such as attending conferences, traveling to present papers, and buying necessary equipment for original research projects.
Pursuing
breakthroughs
and therapies
With the support of The G. Harold
& Leila Y. Mathers Charitable
Foundation, Yale research promises
to generate dramatic advances in our
understanding of how stem cells function.
The program’s aim is to gain new
insight into the capacity for stem cells in
developmental and regenerative processes,
which will expand opportunities for
developing more effective therapies.
Support from the William N. and Bernice E. Bumpus Foundation provides crucial funding for Yale research on Parkinson’s disease. Six years of continuous support from the Foundation has enabled clinical scientists at Yale School of Medicine to explore new approaches and develop more effective therapies for the treatment of this disease. The Foundation’s generosity is especially significant for young scientists who have yet to obtain major federal funding.
To unravel the causes of pulmonary diseases, the Edward Mallinckrodt, Jr. Foundation funded a study into bone marrow-derived stem cells and their role in alveolar repair and regeneration. The Foundation has also generously supported other Yale researchers with the aim of ensuring that young scientists of extraordinary ability receive opportunities to pursue projects that will have a significant impact on their respective fields of study.
Disseminating knowledge
This year, as in every year, broad new initiatives, innovative courses, and remarkable accomplishments offer ample evidence of Yale’s exceptional learning environment.
In just one year, the Yale School of Management developed and introduced a curriculum that replaces the traditional study of finance and marketing with courses that cut across functional boundaries. Yale SOM is also the first major business school that requires students to have an international experience.
At the School of Medicine, the section on Immunobiology was ranked number one in the United States by the Chronicle of Higher Education, based on data such as faculty publications, grants, honors, and awards.
Additions to the Yale College curriculum continue to enhance the undergraduate experience. They included new introductory science courses, more choices for studying and working abroad, an expanded journalism initiative, and new opportunities to take advantage of the resources offered by Yale’s preeminent schools of drama, music, art, and architecture.
In the sciences, a new freshman seminar incorporated virtual trips to the Galápagos. Stephen Stearns, the Edward P. Bass Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, created an online multimedia experience based on his own work and travel, which he also used to teach a course in our new joint undergraduate program with Peking University.
At the Yale Journalism Initiative, Jill Abramson, managing editor of The New York Times, taught an advanced seminar on print journalism. “Spending a semester with one of this country’s leading journalists creates a way for students to improve their writing skills no matter what their intended careers,” said Yale College Dean Peter Salovey.
There is no question that the experiences offered at Yale in and outside of the classroom continue to develop tomorrow’s leaders. This year, Yale College seniors won thirty-one Fulbright grants—more than were won by students at any other single school. Here are just some examples of gifts that promote excellence in teaching and learning throughout the University.
Expanding the Grand
Strategy Program
A gift from Nicholas F. Brady ’52
and Charles B. Johnson ’54 will
expand and fund Yale’s Grand Strategy
Program for the next fifteen years. The
mandate of the program, which has been
renamed in their honor, is to prepare a
new generation of leaders. It is unique
among Yale programs in two ways: first,
the Brady-Johnson Program brings
together students from Yale College, the
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences,
and Yale’s professional schools to study
the best of what has been thought and
written about grand strategy over the
past 2,500 years. Second, it brings into
the classroom eminent practitioners who,
working beside traditional faculty, present
a whole new and experienced view
of the study of this field. “As professors,
practitioners, and students examine
problems and issues from the perspective
of history and research, on the one
hand, and actual experience, on the other,
wisdom is the result,” commented Brady
and Johnson.
Inspiring tomorrow’s
environmental leaders
Elizabeth (Lise) Strickler ’82
has made a 25th Reunion gift to foster
environmental leadership. The gift
establishes the Lise Strickler ’82 and
Mark Gallogly Fund for Environmental
Studies at Yale College. It will encourage
course development and other initiatives
that support the major in environmental
studies. The fund will also allow Yale
College to underwrite courses taught
by faculty from the School of Forestry
& Environmental Studies, the Law
School, and other parts of Yale, as
well as enabling Yale to secure visiting
lecturers from outside the University.
Sustaining
exceptional faculty
Douglas A. Warner III ’68 has
established The Douglas A. Warner III
Professorship in Economics in the Faculty
of Arts and Sciences. Such named professorships
are held by particularly distinguished
scholars and teachers, and form
the core of Yale’s exceptional faculty.
Because of the prestige that they command,
endowed chairs also serve as a
persuasive tool in Yale’s efforts to
continue recruiting superlative teachers
and scholars. Warner’s gift is a visible
and permanent tribute to his farsighted
loyalty to the University. “It means a
great deal to me to support an important
campaign priority and strengthen Yale
for the future,” Warner explained.
Creating an art
education center
The generosity of Roly ’48 and Eliot
Chace Nolen, their sons Christian
’82 and Malcolm ’83, their daughter
Eliot ’84 and son-in-law Timothy
Bradley ’83 will allow the Yale University
Art Gallery to shape the future
of its education program through the
endowment of four permanent positions
and the creation of a Center for Art and
Education in Street Hall. The Center will
house classrooms, offices, and expanded
working space for the curators, postdoctoral
fellows, interns, and undergraduates
who develop and implement the
Gallery’s extensive art education and
teacher-training programs. The gift also
supports the creation of new initiatives,
pilot projects, and teaching materials.
“We are continually exploring new ways
to engage Yale students and faculty, K-12
students and teachers, and the wider
community directly with the art objects
in the museum’s encyclopedic collection.
The Center for Art and Education will
allow us to further define the important
role of teaching museums in the 21st
century,” said Jock Reynolds, the Henry
J. Heinz II Director of the Yale University
Art Gallery.
Transforming SOM
Yale Tomorrow campaign co-chair
Joshua Bekenstein ’80 is providing
leadership support to the Yale School
of Management (SOM) at a time of
landmark change. The youngest of Yale’s
professional schools, SOM is building on
the Campaign to transform its curriculum,
academic centers, and campus and
to dramatically expand its faculty. The
goal is a fundamentally new and better
approach to business education—one
that will have a lasting impact on the
way future managers are trained to serve
business and society.
A successful career was once defined as an upward climb in a single field and organization. Today’s managers must navigate between fields, functions, firms—even industries and nations. SOM is out front in providing the teaching and research experiences students need to prepare for this rapidly changing environment.
Said Bekenstein, “I’m proud to support SOM at such an exciting moment. The direction of the School and the momentum it is building are terrific.”
Continuing a long tradition of giving to Yale, William S. ’36 and Betty Beinecke and their four children, Frederick W. ’66, John B. ’69, Sarah B. Richardson, and Frances ’71, ’74 MFS, have become lead donors of the New Campus Fund for SOM with a $10 million gift. Through their continuing generosity and farsighted support, the Beinecke family is helping achieve the transformation of SOM to a national, if not international, leader in business management. The four Beinecke siblings have made their gifts in honor of their father, William, to recognize the role he played in establishing the School and the important contributions, both financially and personally, he has made to SOM over the years.
A landmark collaborative arrangement with BearingPoint established the inaugural BearingPoint Leadership Program, which is designed to enhance the knowledge and skills of their global management and technology professionals. The arrangement will also endow a professorship and help fund the construction of SOM’s new campus.
The excitement of a freshman seminar
“It’s a privilege
to have a small freshman
class and to watch students learn and mature,” said Robert Nelson,
the Robert Lehman Professor of
History of Art. His class, “Medieval Cathedrals Past and Present,” is
one of Yale’s freshman seminars.
These introductory classes are taught by senior faculty and stress original
research and active discussion.
“At first, French, English, Early Gothic, and Gothic Revival architecture
all looked the same
to students, but gradually they learned to observe details, analyze their
findings, and write with real
sophistication about the historical, religious, and cultural significance
of the cathedrals we were
studying. These are our brightest young people, but they haven’t
yet engaged in independent analysis
—that’s what a freshman seminar is all about. My students
learned these skills so well that soon
we were teaching each other about architectural details on the Yale campus.”
Supporting graduate
students in nursing
and law
The Helene Fuld Health Trust
has committed to funding for two important
Yale School of Nursing needs:
endowment toward financial aid for a
select number of Graduate Entry Prespecialty
in Nursing (GEPN) students, and
support for the School’s share of the
joint simulation lab with the School of
Medicine and Yale–New Haven Hospital.
A challenge grant from The John S.
and James L. Knight Foundation
to endow Yale Law School’s Knight
Law and Media Scholars Program will
help prepare tomorrow’s leading legal
journalists and media lawyers for a
rapidly changing media environment by
expanding the law and media curriculum,
bringing journalists and legal experts to
campus, and creating new internship and
career planning opportunities.
Ensuring
continued excellence
in Yale athletics
“Endowing a head coach position is an
important way to ensure the University’s
ability to attract an outstanding coach,
teacher, and mentor whose leadership
is essential in overseeing a Division I
athletic program. This permanent named
fund also honors the incumbent and
affirms the importance of this appointment
throughout the Ivy League and
all of college athletics,” said Thomas A.
Beckett, director of Athletics.
To help sustain excellence in baseball
coaching at Yale, John Mazzuto ’70
has endowed a coaching position for
the men’s team. While at Yale, Mazzuto
played for both the freshman and varsity
baseball teams. His faithful gifts supporting
Yale baseball span four decades.
In 1920, Yale was the first university to have a formal men’s squash team. The Yale women’s team began in 1972–73. Today each has won multiple Ivy League and national collegiate championships. An anonymous donor has endowed the director of coaching positions for both the men’s and the women’s team, ensuring the continued development of this sport at Yale.
David and Karen Thomas P ’08 have made a founding gift for an International Summer Awards Fund with a preference for athletes. The fund will support students who participate in programs that accommodate the demanding training schedule of Yale teams. “Athletes want to work and study abroad but they need to continue with their training,” said Mr. Thomas. “We want to make sure they can participate in the full range of educational experiences that Yale has to offer.”
Preserving and sharing knowledge
Ever since Elihu Yale donated the 417 books that became the foundation of the University’s first library, Yale has been a leader not only in preserving knowledge, but in making it accessible to scholars, students, and the larger society. This year a tremendous range of events, exhibits, and initiatives underscored the depth and breadth of Yale’s invaluable collections.
The Yale Center for British Art marked the centennial of Paul Mellon’s birth with “Paul Mellon’s Legacy: A Passion for British Art.” The exhibit showcased nearly 250 treasures from the most comprehensive collection of British art ever assembled outside the United Kingdom.
At the Yale University Art Gallery, the new, open spaces of the Louis Kahn building have created the perfect venue for viewing extraordinary artwork, including Yale’s premier collection of ritual figures and masks from West and Central Africa. Pieces now on display include a four-foot-high abstract figure from Guinea that is one of the largest and most unusual masks in any museum.
All over campus, scores of smaller shows featured well-known treasures and hidden gems. The Peabody Museum of Natural History celebrated the 6oth anniversary of the Rudolph Zallinger mural The Age of Reptiles. The Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library featured “Rudyard Kipling: The Books I Leave Behind,” drawn principally from the collection given to Yale by David Alan Richards ’67, ’72 J.D. While tracing the development of Kipling’s writings, the exhibition paid special attention to variant editions and elusive printings of his works. The Sterling Memorial Library displayed the work of an obscure but important photographer named Casimir Zagourski. His portraits provide a glimpse of cultures on the brink of irrevocable change.
Throughout the year, the Library accelerated its efforts to digitize Yale’s diverse and rare collections. Digitization not only preserves fragile documents and supports innovative teaching, it furthers scholarship by giving researchers from around the world access to invaluable original materials. As Yale continues to preserve and share its vast holdings, these are some of the many gifts that are having a direct impact on our work.
Continuing a long
collecting tradition
Janet and Alan J. Ginsberg ’83,
P ’11 have endowed an acquisition fund
for the Peabody Museum of Natural
History. The gift reflects Mr. Ginsberg’s
long-standing interest in Yale’s extensive
collection of vertebrate and invertebrate
fossils. Over the past 200 years, seven
generations of Yale faculty and students
have built one of the largest collections in
the United States, and the Ginsbergs’ gift
will ensure that the quest continues. The
Ginsbergs are Yale Tomorrow Campaign
Committee volunteers and generous
supporters of other Yale programs. Mr.
Ginsberg has also become a member of the
new Peabody Museum External Advisory
Board and is a member and longtime
supporter of the Soccer Association Board.
Exploring art
in the digital age
Joseph G. Fogg III ’68 has made a
major gift in support of the Access to
Digital Assets project at the Yale University
Art Gallery. The project will increase
accessibility to the University’s extensive
collections for teachers and students on
campus and scholars worldwide. “We
are designing an infrastructure that will
allow the Gallery to reach out in very
exciting ways. Joseph Fogg’s support
is helping us incorporate the very best
digital practices into the study of art,”
said Yale University Art Gallery Director
Jock Reynolds.
Nurturing the
arts at Yale
A significant commitment from Jane
Davis Doggett ’56 MFA includes
bequests for the Department of Ancient
Art at the Yale University Art Gallery
and for financial aid at the Schools of
Art and Architecture. Doggett’s generosity
will benefit not only the work of
distinguished curators and scholars,
but also the experience of all visitors
to the University’s invaluable collection
of Egyptian, Greek, Roman, and Pre-Columbian Art. By increasing the amount
of financial support that Yale is able to
provide, the gift will also ensure that the
most talented students are able to pursue
a career in the arts. “I am delighted to
help future artists and architects enjoy
the resources and opportunities that a
Yale education afforded me when I was
starting out,” said Doggett.
Documenting the
lives of important
composers
The papers of two significant twentiethcentury
composers have been donated
to the Irving S. Gilmore Music Library,
giving scholars access to new information
and primary source materials. The
Family of Leroy Anderson (1908-
1975) has donated materials related to
such popular compositions as “The Syncopated
Clock” and “Sleigh Ride.” The
archive also includes four scrapbooks and
other items that document Anderson’s life
and the development of his career.
Yale friend Thomas Hall has donated music, correspondence, photographs, and additional items by and about the inventive German composer Paul Hindemith (1895–1963). The extensive collection of archival material, given over the past several years, chronicles Hindemith’s life and career, particularly during his tenure at the Yale School of Music.
Inspiring curatorial
scholarship
In honor of his 20th and 25th Class
Reunions, John F. Wieland, Jr. ’88
has established the Wieland Fund for
Student Exhibitions at the Yale University
Art Gallery. The gift will allow
students to conceive and install museum
exhibits. These projects can range in size
and scope from full-scale exhibitions
focused on broad subjects or themes
to creative juxtapositions of two or
three works of art. Students will also
develop interpretive materials and
programs related to their installations.
The world on your desktop
The Yale Map Collection contains over 11,000
rare maps—
from 16th-century views of the New World to the Sanborn Insurance series
detailing American
cities and towns in the 19th century. Now some of Yale’s most remarkable
maps are being digitized
and catalogued so that students, scholars, and the public can explore them
from their desktops.
The first 170 maps went online as part of a pilot project this year, and
new grants will allow the
library to add several hundred more. “Recently, for instance, we
scanned over twenty maps of Asia
for a course on the Silk Road. Maps are critical to studying this topic,
and we were able to project
high-resolution images on a 50-inch plasma screen. The maps could be seen
in incredible detail
during lectures and discussion,” said Abraham Parrish, interim director
of the Map Collection.
Supporting
Yale’s libraries
In honor of his 60th Reunion, Bob
Lawrence ’47 has increased his longstanding
support of Yale’s libraries by
endowing the Robert A. Lawrence ’47
Sterling Memorial Library Resource
Fund. His generosity gives the University
Librarian the flexibility to respond
quickly to technological change and to
continue to build the University’s outstanding
collections. Lawrence has also
made an additional gift to the Yale School
of Management that will help support
their pioneering new curriculum.
Neil L. Thompson ’63, p ’02, ’06 has endowed the Neil L. Thompson ’63 Book Fund for the acquisition, preservation, and digitization of materials relating to archaeology and French culture. The gift will help Yale expand access to its excellent holdings in both of these areas.
Translating
world literature
A major gift from Cecile and
Theodore Margellos P ’06 will
underwrite a Yale University Press series
dedicated to making literary works from
around the globe available in English.
“This series will allow Yale to help reverse
the trend against literary translation that
further insulates our culture,” said John
Donatich, director of the Yale University
Press. Mrs. Margellos, who is herself a
translator, said, “Ted and I believe that
Babel was a blessing, since each and every
language reveals another vision of our
world’s infinite reality.” The Cecile and
Theodore Margellos World Republic
of Letters series will begin publication
in 2008.
Advancing the study
of an ancient culture
The Stavros Niarchos Foundation
will endow the Stavros Niarchos
Foundation Center for Hellenic Studies
at Yale University. The Center will
advance the study of post-antiquity
Hellenic society through visiting scholars,
travel grants for language study and
research, support for the Library’s Hellenic
collections, and a variety of events
such as lectures, film series, scholarly
conferences, and cultural performances.
Serving the world, serving Yale
As one of the world’s great universities, Yale has both the responsibility and the expertise to bring fresh thinking and innovative solutions to society’s most pressing issues, including those of the environment, health care, and intergroup conflict.
This year, at the World Economic Forum, President Levin called upon large organizations to address global warming. He told the leaders assembled in Davos that “we cannot wait for our governments to act.”
Yale is leading the way through its ambitious commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 10% below its 1990 levels by the year 2020. Campus emissions have already been cut by 6%. In November, representatives from more than fifty schools looking to take similar action gathered to discuss sustainability goals. One highlight of the conference was a tour of Yale’s energyefficient cogeneration power plant.
Sustainability is just one of a constellation of global issues that Yale is responding to through the work of its faculty and students. At the Whitney and Betty MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies at Yale, a multifaceted initiative will promote a richer understanding of the contemporary Middle East. Specific components include a visiting faculty program, expanded programs in Iranian and Turkish studies, and public health efforts. Another initiative that focuses attention on inter-group conflict is the newly created Yale Initiative for the Interdisciplinary Study of Antisemitism (YIISA). In conjunction with the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP), it is the first scholarly center based in North America to examine this issue.
These new programs represent just a fraction of the ways that the University meets its responsibility to the larger community. Thousands of individuals who teach and study at Yale volunteer as researchers, teachers, and interns in projects throughout the world. Likewise, the Yale community depends on the countless alumni, parents, and friends who contribute their time and energy year after year. The Yale Tomorrow campaign is built on their ongoing efforts. Here are a few of the many contributions that support Yale’s ability to serve society.
Continuing a family
tradition of support
A key priority of the Yale Tomorrow
campaign is to ensure that each Yale
College student has a meaningful work
or study experience abroad. Summer
internships provide just such opportunities,
allowing students the chance to face
real-world challenges while living in an
international setting. To further this
effort, David Jones, Jr. ’80, ’88 J.D.
and his father, David Jones ’60 J.D.,
have provided generous support for
Yale’s International Summer Internship
Program. Their gift will help Yale replicate
the highly successful Bulldog model
in major cities throughout the world.
Expanding
international
opportunities
A member of the Yale Tomorrow
Campaign Committee, Mark Wan ’87
has made a gift that augments the Shen
Wu Wan ’35 Ph.D. Memorial Scholarship.
The scholarship, named for Mr. Wan’s
grandfather, benefits undergraduates
majoring in chemical engineering. “My
grandfather came to study at Yale from
China. He would be proud to know that
a scholarship endowed in his name is
helping other talented students begin
careers in an area of engineering that
he helped pioneer,” said Wan.
Teaching
international
relations
Honoring both a 40th Reunion and
long family ties to the University,
John W. ’67 and Susan Jackson
have established an endowed chair
in political science or history for a
professor specializing in international
relations. The gift reflects Mr. Jackson’s
lifelong interest in foreign affairs and
supports Yale’s role as a global university.
“We are pleased to encourage the work
of a leading scholar in an area of such
importance to Yale students and
the larger world,” said Mr. Jackson.
Serving the Alumni Fund Earmarked for current use, Yale Alumni Fund gifts have immediate impact in every part of the University, from financial aid and faculty recruitment to new technologies and facilities. Volunteers play a key role in soliciting annual gifts and work closely with members of their classes, especially as reunions approach.
Since 1988, Howard Newman ’69, ’69 M.A. has provided energetic leadership for Yale as well as meaningful annual contributions to the Yale Alumni Fund. The former chair of the Alumni Fund, he also has chaired the University Council Committee on New Haven Economic Development and now serves at-large on the University Council. “The spirit of community that exists among Yale alumni has made all of my various volunteer jobs particularly satisfying,” said Newman.
William H. Wright II ’82 has served as chair of his 25th Reunion Gift Committee, is a member of the Campaign Executive Committee, and has been an active member of the Yale Alumni Fund Board since 1993, both as chairman and as a member of the Executive Committee. He is also a board member of the Berkeley Divinity School, a member at-large of the University Council, and chairs the University Librarian’s Development Council. In addition to his leadership commitments for the Bass Library and the Arts Library, Wright also demonstrates his unwavering loyalty to Yale with his own annual giving through the Alumni Fund.
An opportunity to learn and to serve
During the summer of 2006, Nadine
Kronfli
’07 MPH completed an internship at the UNICEF Regional Office for
Latin America and the Caribbean
in Panama City, Panama. She was also a member of a UNICEF field team that
assessed rates of
mother-to-child HIV transmission in the Darién province and then
made recommendations to the
Panamanian government. “My three-month experience helped me understand
the challenges that
healthcare professionals in resource-constrained settings face as they
work to prevent and treat
HIV and AIDS. Although it faces a daunting task, Panama will attempt to
be the first country in Latin
and South America to eliminate mother-to-child HIV transmission by 2010.
For my master’s thesis,
I assessed Panama’s healthcare system with respect to prevention
of mother-to-child transmission
(PMTCT) services and created a plan for the Ministry of Health that integrates
HIV care into the
existing healthcare system in an attempt to achieve the 2010 objective.
I am very grateful that I
was able to contribute to such an important project while still a Yale
student.”
Starting out
by giving back
Yale students often have a history of service
even before they arrive on campus.
Laura Greer ’07 worked in a Miami
emergency shelter for foster children
while in high school. At Yale, she was a
member of Community Health Educators
and taught at a tuition-free academic
program in New Haven. As co-chair of
the Senior Class Gift campaign, Greer
proved that she is also a highly effective
Campaign volunteer. The Class of 2007
raised a record-breaking $27,000, with
80% participation in the Senior Class
Gift. Greer will continue to serve Yale as
an alumni co-chair of agents for her class.
Leading classmates
to record giving
Yale Tomorrow campaign volunteers
and 5th Reunion Gift co-chairs Cara
Denver ’02 and Michael Horn ’02
galvanized their classmates and achieved
impressive results as they led the most
successful 5th Reunion fundraising effort
in Yale’s history. Nearly 800 members
of the Class of 2002 participated in
raising $442,174, breaking both the
decade-old dollar record as well as the
more than forty-year-old participation
record. “In the five years since graduation,
we have all continued to benefit
from our Yale education. This is our first
major opportunity to show our appreciation
as a reunion class and the response
has been overwhelming,” said Horn. “It’s
been a pleasure helping our Class understand
how much our collective efforts
mean to Yale. We hope that this marks
the beginning of a lifelong tradition of
giving among the members of 2002,”
explained Denver.
Tackling
climate change
Robert E. Buchanan ’64 has made
a generous gift to the Project on Climate
Change at the Yale School of Forestry &
Environmental Studies. The Project is the
outgrowth of the influential Yale F&ES
Conference on Climate Change that was
attended by over 110 environmental
leaders and thinkers to generate creative
diagnoses and fresh solutions to address
the gap between science and action. “We
are working to implement the sweeping
and substantive recommendations of
the conference and catalyze real societal
change,” explained James Gustave Speth
’64, ’69 LL.B., Carl W. Knobloch, Jr.
Dean of the School and Sara Shallenberger
Brown Professor in the Practice of
Environmental Policy. “Bob Buchanan’s
support will help us engage business and
community leaders and the larger public
in the vital work that lies ahead.”
Supporting those
who support society
The S.D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation
and Stephen D. Bechtel, Jr. made
generous gifts to the Yale–New Haven
Teachers Institute and for undergraduate
scholarships to attract more women
and minority Engineering majors.
The Teachers Institute award will help
support expanding national seminars
in the sciences, technology, engineering,
and mathematics; an evaluation of
teacher and student achievement in
Teachers Institutes around the nation;
and establishment of a new Institute in
the San Francisco Bay Area.
An award from Lilly Endowment Inc. supports the project “Learning Pastoral Imagination” at the Yale Center for Faith & Culture. This project will be an in-depth study of learning ministry over time, thus supporting the mission of Yale Divinity School to advance theological education through research and leadership development.
