Emerge Transformed: The Campaign for Lawrenceville

Lawrenceville launches Emerge Transformed: The Campaign for Lawrenceville.

Historic in its scope and ambitious in its goals, Emerge Transformed will shape the future of our great School. We invite you to learn more about Lawrenceville’s philanthropic priorities and the aspirations that will sustain our community going forward.

On May 6, Lawrenceville launched the most ambitious fundraising campaign in its history, Emerge Transformed: The Campaign for Lawrenceville. With a goal of $425 million, Emerge Transformed also has the distinction of being the largest fundraising effort ever undertaken by an independent school. Its successful completion will assure our

INTRODUCING

School’s position as a national leader in college preparatory education well into the future.

EMERGE TR ANSFORMED T H E C A M PA I G N F O R L AW R E N C E V I L L E EMERGE TRANSFORMED rests on four pillars: K TRANSFORM LIVES seeks to raise funds to sustain scholarship aid, vital to bringing the most promising students to the table from all income levels. Lawrenceville is committed to meeting the full demonstrated need of the students we accept. Goal: $100 million.

K TRANSFORM LEARNING is focused on faculty and students, emphasizing faculty compensation; the need for additional faculty housing; and expanding opportunities in experiential education, including S.T.E.A.M. learning, the Big Red Farm, and our Harkness Travel and immersive Scholars programs. Goal: $80 million.

K TRANSFORM COMMUNITY addresses the impact of Lawrenceville’s physical campus and facilities on School culture. The Tsai Field House will modernize and enhance our existing indoor athletic facilities through renovation and new construction and replace Irwin Dining Hall to create a unique recreational and dining complex, unlike any other at an independent school.

The Getz Sports Complex will feature upgraded spectator seating and other facilities, and Keuffel Stadium will become a lighted, multi-use turf field. A carless campus core, enabled by a new “ring road” circling the built area of campus, will encourage socialization, reduce vehicle traffic, and help us preserve our Olmsted-designed landscape. Goal: $175 million.

K TRANSFORM THE WAY FORWARD reflects the fundamental purpose of this Campaign, the need to ensure that Lawrenceville’s extraordinary programs, cherished traditions, and landmark campus remain financially sustainable for current students as well as future generations. Unrestricted gifts to The Lawrenceville Fund, which incorporates the Parents Fund, and the School’s general endowment support the underpinnings of the Lawrenceville experience today and in the years ahead. Goal: $70 million.

The name of our Campaign, Emerge Transformed, describes the influence of Lawrenceville on our students as much as the impact your support will have on the trajectory of our School. We invite you to join us as we travel in exciting new directions, renew our commitment to our most essential beliefs, and true to our mission, inspire the best in each to seek the best for all. Our Campaign ends June 30, 2023.

In fall 2016, the Board of Trustees approved a new strategic plan for the School, “Lawrenceville 20/20,” presenting a set of priorities that drew

EMERGE TRANSFORMED: THE VISION

directly upon targeted conversations, focus groups, and workshops with alumni, parents, faculty, staff, and students – beginning on campus and extending around the globe. These community conversations, held during my first year as your Head of School, informed our assessment of competitive challenges,

WHO’S LEADING THE CAMPAIGN? EMERGE TRANSFORMED IS BENEFITING FROM THE DIRECT LEADERSHIP OF LAWRENTIANS ACROSS THREE DECADES, HONORARY LEADERSHIP

campus infrastructure, financial sustainability, and the

REPRESENTING MORE THAN 75

qualities and values that have defined Lawrenceville since its

YEARS OF ALUMNI SERVICE, AND THE

inception.

PERSPECTIVE GAINED FROM 21 TURNS

Building on our existing strategic plan, the priorities of Emerge

AS LAWRENCEVILLE PARENTS OR

Transformed: The Campaign for Lawrenceville seek to fully deliver

GRANDPARENTS. WE ARE ESPECIALLY

on the vision for our future in concrete ways. At the conclusion of

GRATEFUL TO OUR CO-CHAIRS AND

this Campaign, our School will be:

VICE CHAIRS, WHOSE COLLECTIVE

K stronger through an increased commitment to scholarship aid;

EFFORTS HAVE BEEN INSTRUMENTAL TO

K more dynamic as a result of investments in faculty and staff;

OUR SUCCESS THUS FAR.

K more unified with the completion of the Tsai Field House and

K CAMPAIGN CO-CHAIRS

the successful implementation of our campus physical plan; and K more inspired, thanks to innovative experiential learning

Glenn H. Hutchins ’73 Joseph C. Tsai ’82

opportunities catalyzed in the Gruss Center for Art and Design.

Alexandra Buckley Voris ’96

Harkness discussions will be empowered by an enriched

K VICE CHAIRS

curriculum, unique perspectives, and the expertise of top faculty.

Joseph B. Frumkin ’76 P’11

House life will be energized by a campus infrastructure and

Jonathan G. Weiss ’75

programs that emphasize and reinforce community. A better, more resilient Lawrenceville will be sustained by an endowment befitting

K HONORARY CHAIRS

its aspirations.

Thomas L. Carter, Jr. ’70 P’01 ’05

The programs and projects connected to our Campaign priorities will fulfill the promise of House and Harkness in ways that address 21st-century challenges and affirm Lawrenceville’s leadership. Just as our enduring values are embedded in time-honored traditions, they are celebrated in the initiatives of Emerge Transformed.

Judith-Ann Corrente ’01 H’01 P’98 ’01 Edith Baird Eglin H’52 ’65 ’66 ’67 ’70 GP’19 Mortimer B. Fuller III ’60 P’89 ’01 Bert Getz ’55 H’56 P’85 GP’18 ’20 Martin D. Gruss ’60 Peter Lawson-Johnston ’45 GP’95 ’98 ’15 ’18 Truman T. Semans ’45 P’87 Raymond G. Viault ’63 P’96

Stephen S. Murray H’54 ’55 ’65 ’16 P’16 ’21 The Shelby Cullom Davis ’26 Head of School

Seth H. Waugh ’76 P’19 ’21 John C. Wellemeyer ’55 P’18

CAMPAIGN PROGRESS

EMERGE TRANSFORMED has already begun to transform our campus and programs.

K TSAI FIELD HOUSE A gift from Clara and Joe Tsai ’82, the largest in Lawrenceville’s history, kicked off a massive renovation and rebuilding project to create a unique athletic, recreation, and dining facility.

This project is also benefiting from early major investments by Fahad Al-Rashid ’98, Jeanie and Tom Carter ’71 P’01 ’05, Michael Chae ’86, the F. M. Kirby Foundation, Kathy Li and Michael Shum P’19 ’24, and Sunday Pan and David Yu P’21.

K GRUSS CENTER FOR ART AND DESIGN (GCAD) The generosity of Audrey and Martin Gruss ’60 enabled the transformation of the Gruss Center of Visual Arts into a state-of-the-art makerspace.

K HUTCHINS GALLERIES Debbie and Glenn Hutchins ’73 funded the topdown renovation of the Hutchins Galleries, with additional major support from Jean Fang ’90.

K SCHOLARSHIP AID Approximately $38 million has been raised for scholarship aid, led by named endowed scholarship funds established by Stacy and Hyman Brody ’75 P’07 ’08 ’11 and their children, Samantha Brody Moses ’07, William Brody ’08, and Nathan Brody ’11; Marina and David Ottaway ’57 P’86 ’91; Alex Buckley Voris ’96; and Barbara Asch and Jon Weiss ’75.

K CAMPUS MASTER PLAN The master plan intentionally complements the vision for campus community outlined in Head of School Steve Murray’s strategic plan.

Anchored by support from Clara and Joe Tsai ‘82, the plan incorporates a host of campus upgrades and projects to enhance School life.

Among these is the renovation of the Getz Sports Complex, with refurbished fields and new seating and amenities, led by a gift from the Getz Family—Sandy and Bert Getz ’55 H’56 P’85 GP’18 ’20 and Susie and Bert Jr. ’85 P’18 ’20. Additional major support for the sports complex has been provided by Kit Howard GP’15 ‘16 ’19, Lisa and Mike Tiernan ‘68 P’01 ‘05 ‘09, and the Violich Family. A lead gift from Yama and Goodwin Gaw ’87 P’21 is paving the way for a new main entrance to campus, key to a “ring road” around the built area of campus and creation of a carless campus core.

K THE LAWRENCEVILLE FUND When we set a five-year Campaign goal of $32.5 million for The Lawrenceville Fund, which incorporates the Parents Fund, Lawrentians and their families rose to the challenge with a generous outpouring of support. With over two years remaining in the Campaign, The Lawrenceville Fund has already topped $26 million, making this a critical funding source.

K FACULTY & STUDENTS Nearly $34 million has been raised for experiential learning and faculty housing and compensation thanks to donors like Shelby M.C. Davis ’54 GP’06 ’07 ’15 ’18, Debra Mayer and Joe Frumkin ’76 P’11, Louise and John Wellemeyer ’55 P’18, and David Reese ’58.

WE ARE GRATEFUL TO THE 5,200 DONORS WHO HAVE ALREADY INVESTED IN EMERGE TRANSFORMED: THE CAMPAIGN FOR LAWRENCEVILLE, AND WE WELCOME PARTICIPATION BY ALL ALUMNI AND PARENTS IN THIS HISTORIC EFFORT.

TLF AND THE CAMPAIGN “TLF” is the acronym for

Incorporating the Parents Fund, TLF is also one of the most critical fundraising

The Lawrenceville Fund,

priorities of this Campaign, with the greatest potential for immediate impact on

on track to be the

every aspect of School life, and the easiest way for every Lawrentian to participate in this historic philanthropic effort.

second largest gift to EMERGE TRANSFORMED.

Your gift to The Lawrenceville Fund is a gift to the Campaign, and can be designated to any of the TLF initiatives listed on our giving form at giving.lawrenceville.org. With over $26.1 million already raised toward a five-year goal of $32.5 million, supporting TLF allows you to be part of a huge collective impact. By making your gift of any size today, you will be joining the largest campaign ever undertaken by an independent school—and making an important statement about the value of a Lawrenceville education.

T HE L AW R ENCEV IL L E F U ND $26.1 MILLION RAISED

$32.5 MILLION GOAL

SAVE THE DATE! Follow along on @LvilleAlumni and @LvilleSchool (on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter) on the big day for exciting updates, and to learn how you can participate in the Emerge Transformed Campaign by supporting The Lawrenceville Fund on Big Red Giving Day.

BIG RED GIVING DAY IS TAKING PLACE ON FRIDAY, JUNE 4.

STORIES OF TRANSFORMATION

The recipient of a full, four-year scholarship, he’d been accepted by every top high school

“LAWRENCEVILLE CHANGED THE ARC OF MY LIFE,” SAYS GARRY D. HOWARD ’77.

in New York City, but a visit to campus convinced him of the possibilities in Lawrenceville’s multiple academic buildings, massive field house, and pastoral setting. Looking back, he calls his experience “transformational,” from relationships with his teachers and advisors to learning about life through classmates “from everywhere.”

Today, Garry is director of corporate initiatives at American City Business Journals, having risen through the journalistic ranks at multiple major publications, breaking barriers along the way. From his first job as a sports reporter with The Times of Trenton, he went on to become deputy sports editor at The Philadelphia Inquirer and later the first Black sports editor at a major metropolitan newspaper, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, and editor-in-chief of The Sporting News. His long list of honors and awards includes an Emmy Award, induction into the Milwaukee Press Club Hall of Fame in 2017, induction into the National Association of Black Journalists Hall of Fame in 2019, and most recently, the creation of the Garry D. Howard Scholarship by the Associated Press Sports Editors association.

“One of six kids of a single mom from the South Bronx, and look at what I’ve achieved,” he says. “My daughter is in college now. Not only did the gift of Lawrenceville change the course of my life, but it assured the success of future generations.”

With a goal of raising $100 million, Scholarship Aid is the largest endowment priority of this Campaign.

In recognition of its critical importance to sustaining the prominence and vitality of our School, a group stepped forward to create the Trustee Challenge for Scholarship Aid. These generous alumni and parents have dedicated $15 million in challenge funds to this endeavor. Your support will be doubled as you help Lawrenceville continue to invite a full spectrum of students to the table, providing a transformative experience that shapes global leaders. Scholarship Aid commitments currently stand at close to $38 million—your response to the Trustee Challenge can help us reach our goal.

Interested in learning more?

Contact Greg Carter, .

Assistant Director of Advancement, Director of Principal and Leadership Giving, at (609) 895-2114 or gcarter@lawrenceville.org.

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Emerge Transformed isn’t only about supporting Lawrenceville financially. Your involvement as an active alumnus/a, parent, and volunteer also makes an important contribution to this Campaign and will be crucial to our success. Here are just a few ways you can participate and help Lawrenceville achieve our Campaign goals: STAY IN TOUCH! Have you

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FOLLOW US! We’re on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube.

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our posts with your Lawrenceville

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friends and classmates!

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HOW YOU CAN PARTICIPATE Gifts at every level will

K SUPPORT THE LAWRENCEVILLE FUND (TLF), including The Parents Fund, with

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a gift we can use today. Whether you are just starting your philanthropic journey, or

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are seeking a leadership gift opportunity, The Lawrenceville Fund offers you a way to

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make an immediate impact. We appreciate the flexibility to apply these gifts where the need is greatest, but we know that many of you have specific preferences. Check

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K TOP OFF AN EXISTING ENDOWED FUND Increase an existing scholarship fund to $1 million, and it will generate income equivalent to a 60% tuition award, often the difference in the ability to attend for many families. Take an existing program fund to $100,000, and you can put your name on it.

K OFFER THE LAWRENCEVILLE EXPERIENCE TO A STUDENT FROM YOUR STATE. Scholarship funds of $250,000 and above carry the option for donor preferences.

K MAKE A PLANNED GIFT Trusts and bequests are tailor-made for endowing scholarships, funding new programs, or naming a deanship.

K SUPPORT A STUDENT OR PROGRAM NOW Current use gifts for student scholarships or special programs, like the Rising Scholars or one of our summer immersion programs, provide immediate support for these important priorities.

CONTACT US If you’d like to learn more about ways you can participate in EMERGE

Mary Kate Barnes Assistant Head of School Director of Advancement (609) 895-2100 mbarnes@lawrenceville.org

TRANSFORMED, please visit our website at giving.lawrenceville.org or contact us by phone or email.

Skylar Beaver Assistant Director of Advancement Director of The Lawrenceville Fund and Alumni and Family Engagement (609) 895-2185 sbeaver@lawrenceville.org

Greg Carter Assistant Director of Advancement Director of Principal and Leadership Giving (609) 895-2114 gcarter@lawrenceville.org Jerry Muntz Director of Planned Giving (609) 620-6064 jmuntz@lawrenceville.org