Plankowner Campaign update

THE PLANKOWNER CAMPAIGN, AS PART OF THE NEW ALUMNI ASSOCIATION & FOUNDATION CENTER PROJECT, WRAPPED UP AT THE END OF 2022 HAVING RAISED $17 MILLION. IT WAS A BIG SUCCESS.

AS I REPORTED AT OUR OCTOBER CLASS REUNION MEETING, OUR CLASS RAISED ABOUT $800,000 FROM 61 CLASSMATES. WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 22 PLANKOWNERS, AND WE QUALIFIED FOR CLASS RECOGNITION AT A HIGHER LEVEL, WHICH CAN BE VIEWED BELOW, OR here.

WE ALSO EARNED NAMING RECOGNITION FOR ONE OF THE CONFERENCE ROOMS, WHICH CAN ALSO BE SEEN BELOW.

THE PROJECT FINISHED WITH OVER 1100 PLANKOWNERS, WITH THE CLASS OF ’67 HAVING 115, FOLLOWED BY THE CLASS OF ’75 WITH 80.

I’M INCLUDING A LIST OF ALL OF THE 22 PLANKOWNERS FROM OUR CLASS, WITH A REQUEST THAT YOU REVIEW THIS, AND ADVISE ME IF YOU THINK WE’VE MISSED ANYONE THAT SHOULD, IN FACT, BE INCLUDED. THE CRITERIA IS ANY INDIVIDUAL WHO DONATED $12,500 OR MORE TO THE PROJECT QUALIFIES AS AN INDIVIDUAL PLANKOWNER. 22 OF OUR 61 DONORS MET THIS CRITERIA, ACCORDING TO OUR RECORDS.

MY THANKS TO ALL OF YOU THAT CAME THROUGH AND MADE THIS LATEST CAMPAIGN A SUCCESS FOR THE CLASS!

JEFF BEARD

John M. Dillon, John K. Welch, Gary G. Groefsema, Nelson M. M. Jones, William L. Sheppard, Jeffrey R. Beard, Richard T. Boeshaar, Ray A. Ritchey, Gerard R. Bodson, Thomas D. Jones, George E. Voelker, Webster L. Benham, John J. Keenan, Rodney K. Womer, Joseph V. Bridgeford, Gary M. Hall, Glenn E. Reitinger, Todd C. Nichols, Jerome P. Boyle, Richard M. Gutekunst, Lawrence H. Kubo, Robert D. Loeffler, Kenneth A. Paul, Yelena Dillon, Michele M. Welch, Roberta Groefsema, Ebru Sheppard, Cecily Beard, Emily Boeshaar, Anne Ritchey, Brenda L. Joyner, Deanna L. Jones, Linda L. Benham, Gayle C. Keenan, Barbara Karplus, Cynthia K. Bridgeford, Betty J. Hall, Beth Reitinger, Christine Nichols, Joan Boyle, Anne P. Gutekunst. Carmen E. Kubo, Janet Loeffler, Holly G. Paul