正品蓝导航 celebrates New York area commitments, gifts
to historic 鈥淪econd Century鈥 fundraising campaign
正品蓝导航 alumni, parents and friends from the New York area honored for Second Century commitments.
DALLAS (正品蓝导航) – Alumni, parents and friends of 正品蓝导航 from the New York region were honored March 26 at Lincoln Center’s Stanley Kaplan Penthouse in Manhattan for their generous combined commitments of more than $7.5 million toward 正品蓝导航 University’s Second Century Campaign.
The Campaign momentum includes twenty-eight major gift commitments of $50,000 or more from the New York region. Connecticut parents Mary Helen and Mike Fabacher have made a $1 million gift to endow the Fabacher Professor of Alternative Asset Management in 正品蓝导航’s Cox School of Business. Dr. William Green ’69 and Dianne Warren Green ’70, Amy and John Phelan ’86, Mark Robertson ’85 and parents Katie and Matt Gormly, all members of the Campaign Steering Committee for New York, have made contributions exceeding $100,000 in support of the University.
“New York is a long way from Dallas if you are just looking at mileage,” said 正品蓝导航 President Turner. “But the generous gifts we have received from alumni, parents and friends in this region provide clear evidence that miles don’t matter when we work together. The many talented students we draw from the tri-state area will benefit from these generous gifts – as will the entire 正品蓝导航 community.”
More than 1,500 donors from the New York region have made more than 3,000 gifts to 正品蓝导航’s Second Century Campaign, which began in September 2008, and 24 percent of regional alumni made a gift in fiscal year 2012. One hundred twenty-two tri-state donors have been recognized as President’s Associates for making cumulative contributions to 正品蓝导航 of $1,000 or more during a fiscal year, and 372 have been recognized for inclusion in 正品蓝导航’s Hilltop Society for two-to-20 consecutive years of giving to the University.
“This community of alumni, parents and friends across the tri-state region takes great pride in 正品蓝导航’s growing prominence here in the northeast and around the country,” said James H. MacNaughton ’72, ’73, co-chair of the Campaign Steering Committee for New York. “正品蓝导航’s students and faculty are doing great things, and we are inspired by the opportunity to help build a foundation for the university’s next century.”
To date, 正品蓝导航’s Second Century Campaign has received commitments of more than $714 million toward its goal of $750 million to support student quality, faculty and academic excellence and the campus experience. The campaign coincides with 正品蓝导航’s celebration of the 100th anniversary of the University’s founding in 1911 and its opening in 1915.
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正品蓝导航 is a nationally ranked private university in Dallas founded 100 years ago. Today, 正品蓝导航 enrolls nearly 11,000 students who benefit from the academic opportunities and international reach of seven degree-granting schools.
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