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The
Barnard Campaign Concludes with $162.9 Million
Raised - Most Successful in College’s History
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NEW
YORK, N.Y -- The most ambitious fundraising effort
in the history of Barnard College, The Barnard Campaign
concluded onJune 30, 2000 with $162.9 million raised,
far exceeding the College’s original goal of
$100 million.
“The entire College community owes a debt of
thanks to all those who helped to ensure that the
Barnard vision remains as bold and as fresh as it
was in its earliest days,” said President Judith
Shapiro. “Everyone who has a stake in the continuation
of Barnard’s mission as a leader in women’s
education can rejoice in the fact that we are finally
making real progress in our efforts to build a stronger
fiscal foundation for the College.”
Among the most significant gifts to the Campaign
were an $8.7 million bequest from Barnard alumna
Carolyn Agger ’31 to establish a scholarship
fund for young women interested in law; a $5 million
gift from the Sulzberger family to support the creation
of Barnard’s largest residence hall; a $2.5
million gift from Ingeborg and Ira Rennert, parents
of Barnard alumnae Tamara Rennert ’93 and Yonina
Rennert Davidson ’95, to establish a professorship
in Judaic studies and a speakers’ forum for
issues relating to women and Judaism; and a $2 million
gift from Dr. Samuel J. and Ethel Stone LeFrak ’41
to restore the lobby and gymnasium in Barnard Hall
and endow a scholarship fund. A series of gifts
totalling $2 million from Ida Frances Mulhall, her
daughter Edith Mulhall Achilles ’14, and her
granddaughter Frances Mulhall Achilles ’45
established a scholarship fund for international
students and an alumnae fellowship fund, and also
provided support for a number of academic programs.
During The Barnard Campaign the College’s endowment
more than tripled; Annual Fund totals grew from
$1.7 million to $4 million; alumnae participation
in the Annual Fund rose from 28% to 38.3%; and annual
support from corporate, foundation, and government
sources grew from $1.3 million to $4.3 million.
Gifts from supporters made possible the endowment
of 145 new scholarship funds; the introduction of
26 internship, fellowship, and other student support
funds; the creation of six professorships and 27
faculty support funds; and the allocation of $20.4
million to much-needed facilities renovations and
information technology improvements, including the
creation of six classrooms specially designed to
incorporate the use of advanced learning technologies.
Perhaps most important for the continued well-being
of the College, The Barnard Campaign tapped into
the substantial base of support that exists for
Barnard and established a new standard of commitment
and participation among the College’s alumnae,
parents, friends, and corporate, foundation, and
government sponsors.
The Campaign was launched in 1990 to strengthen
the fiscal and academic foundations of the College
and preserve its legacy for future generations of
women. Under the leadership of former President
Ellen Futter and the then board chair and national
Campaign chair Helene Kaplan, the Campaign’s
first-phase goal of $60 million was reached six
months ahead of schedule in 1993. The arrival of
President Judith Shapiro in 1994 created the opportunity
for a reassessment of Campaign objectives and College
needs, which led to a unanimous vote by the Board
of Trustees in 1996 to raise the Campaign goal to
$125 million. In 1998, Trustee Virginia B. Wright
’51 took the helm as national chair and brought
the Campaign to its unprecedented final tally of
$162.9 million.
Contact: Penny Van Amburg, Director of Communications,
Office of Development, 212-854-2001
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