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Number 1
October, 1980
LAW SCHOOL CAMPAIGN MEETS $1.5 MILLION GOAL
I am pleased to advise you that the Capital Campaign of the law school has been successfully concluded. The campaign, launched during the spring of 1979, has been conducted to provide $1,500,000 for the library expansion program. The results are as follows: Pledged $
823,599
823,599
TOTAL
$1,500,000
$1,217,911
35,325 400,400
Other gifts to the law school for 1979-80: -Gifts to the Allen Chair $92, 820 -Miscellaneous Gifts $72, 592
1.
I was able to visit personally with several hundred law alumni in small group meetings around the state. These personal contacts were not only rewarding, but I have gained valuable information which will help the faculty and me conduct the business of the law school over the next year.
2.
More of our newer graduates are interested in the law school and are willing to help in many ways. These volunteers are important to our future.
3.
Alumni and others know more about the law school today--its direction, its educational program and its needs.
Paid
Alumni Friends Corporations Foundations Gifts from UR Development Program
198,794 41, 882
The gifts received during the last fiscal year constitute the largest amount received since the last law school capital campaign was conducted in 1970. The campaign had several important side benefits:
$
91,336 39,251 11, 325 252,400
I want to thank all of those who contributed, and a special thank you to those who gave time to help us conduct this important campaign.
~a.ÂŁL-J},_ Thomas A. Edmonds Dean