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Members of the Class of '95 have already received letters encouraging them to contribute to the Senior Gift. Seniors should get used to the calls and letters associated with the Gift--Harvard friends or possibly minor acquaintances will be calling them before every reunion in search of contributions for Harvard...
...most of them will end up contributing. This past year, a majority of the College's alumni contributed to the school. Even more remarkable, according to Joseph O'Donnell '67, a University fundraiser who chaired his 25th reunion drive, between 85 and 90 percent of alumni contribute to their 25th reunions...
...these sessions, particularly common during reunion years, groups of alumni are brought in to review lists of their classmates who they know, in terms of giving ability. At the meetings, the UDO figures out who would be most likely to "rattle the purses," in Monrad's words...
...percent of the donations come from three percent of the donors," Gordon says. In his own 35th reunion class, of which he was co-chair, $8.9 million was raised with $5 million coming from four people...
...mention all of this because Asa and I had a reunion of sorts on Tuesday night at the Harvard-Dartmouth basketball game. Asa, after spending a year at prep school, is now a freshman and backup center at Dartmouth. I watched the Harvard crowd harass him, I watched him score an athletic fastbreak basket and I watched him grab an offensive rebound...