Word: sibley
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...walked in here in Rochester expecting the same thing, but Russ Sibley [an active alumnus] was standing outside--he put a drink in my hand, got me talking to four other people, and was back outside again before I knew it," Rice says...
...Rochester, Russell A. Sibley '44, whose family founded the city's main department store, has been the College Fund representative and an active fundraiser for many years--he managed the local effort of the Campaign for Harvard College in the 1950s, Harvard's last major capital drive, and last year ran his class's 35th reunion as well. Rider says the Harvard Club has left most of the fund-raising work to him. "You need to have one enthusiastic guy like Russ Sibley to keep things going and to keep other people interested," he says...
...drive hasn't geared up in the Rochester area, Clifton says, and local reports bear him out. Sibley says, "I have not heard of any activity in this area affecting the fund drive, period." Development officials have earmarked the first year-and-a-half of the Campaign for gifts of more than $25,000, and Sibley says that rules out practically every potential contributor in the area...
...Sibley has asked not to manage the Campaign in the Rochester area since he just finished work on his 35th reunion, Clifton says. Sibley says he thinks the two local alumni who had organized the January luncheon may have taken charge of the local campaign...
Tripp, however, says, "All I did was host a group of people last year. At that time I made it clear I could not be in charge. The best fellow to talk to would be Russ Sibley...