Word: gordon
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Harvard it's not fashionable to gush support, but it is to give money," Gordon adds. "At other places it's vice versa...
...order to do this, Harvard has developed an extraordinary number of methods. As Gordon puts it, "Some people like ego massaging and Harvard is a great place...
...Gordon describes these meetings, which draw between 300 and 400 couples, as a prime fund-raising ground for repeat givers. While there is no set criteria for an invitation, a "dedication to Harvard" is needed and the individuals are either large donors or fund-raisers...
Some events are reserved for members of the President ($25,000) or Associate ($10,000) giving levels. The cocktail parties at such events are where "the real action occurs," according to Gordon, and the location of many key individual fundraiser/donor conversations...
Another common method, according to Gordon, is for a dean or a prominent faculty member to hold a dinner in a city such as New York and invite seven couples or so to discuss the University and its future. These events make donors feel like they are helping to run Harvard, Gordon adds...