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REPORT OF THE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
As the MBL engaged
in institution-wide strategic planning during this past year as described by
Dr.
Speck earlier in this report, 2002 was a pivotal year for Development efforts. Moving forward
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after our spectacularly successful Discovery Campaign with new research and educational programs
now in place, we turned our attention to broadening our outreach and education activities
through a series of events and communications.
Last summer, we held an enjoyable and informative Day of Science attended by 92 guests from
nearby communities that included presentations by MBL scientists and lab tours. The Council of
Visitors meeting drew 80 friends from across the country to learn about Modem Molecular
Approaches to Global Infectious Diseases and to tour the totally refurbished suite of laboratories
for the newly established research program in this area. As in past years, our summer lectures and
childrens' programs in Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard spread the word about the MBL. We
branched out in 2002 and held our first-ever alumni reception
in
Chapel Hill, North Carolina,
attended by 65 course alumni and faculty,
MBL Corporation Members, and friends of the Lab.
And, turning to the Internet, Development information is
can effectively extend our message to a world-wide community.
now featured on MBL's web site so we
In 2002, MBL raised $4,944,803 in private support. This included $1 ,350,000 from the Andrew W.
Mellon Foundation in renewed support for terrestrial forest research and support for a new pilot
project designed to index and organize information about organisms that is distributed on the
Internet.
MBL Council of Visitors member, Robert Shifman, provided an additional gift of
$564,502 to the Milton Shifman Endowed Scholarship The G. Linger Vetlesen Foundation
continued its
generous and long-standing support for the Bay Paul Center and unrestricted
support. The Ellison Medical Foundation, the Grass Foundation, and the Burroughs Wellcome
Fund all
provided renewed support for MBL's advanced courses in biology and biomedicme.
The 2002 Annual Fund had another strong year with $553,620 raised from 898 donors
both new
records in annual fund giving at the MBL. The amount raised and numbers of donors are both up
by 9% over last year. As in past years, the Whitman Society, comprised of donors whose gifts of
$1,000 or more accounted for much of this success.
I
like to thank Dr. Peter Armstrong for
serving as Annual Fund Chair and Mr. Michael Fenlon for leading the Annual Fund drive for the
Associates. We are enormously grateful for this unrestricted support for the Laboratory.
On behalf of the Development Committee, the Board of Trustees, and the entire MBL community,
would like to express my appreciation to the donors whose names appear on the following
pages, and to those who requested anonymity. We are all most grateful for their generous
support for the Marine Biological Laboratory's research and educational programs.
Christopher M. Weld, Chair, Development Committee