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DOWNING COLLEGE ASSOCIATIONT HE D EVELOPMENT D IRECTOR’ S R EPORTHalfway there. As we complete this academic and financial year, the College’sCatalysis Campaign is on the cusp of reaching its halfway point. It was launchedin 2009 with a goal of £20million. At the time of writing, the College hasraised £9.65million and we should reach the midway point early in the nextacademic year.This is a great achievement for a number of reasons. Not least is the fact thatthe Catalysis Campaign was launched as global markets tumbled andinternational financial turmoil has remained the norm ever since. In thisturbulent backdrop, to reach the £10million mark is a testament to the fact thatDowning alumni and donors are answering the call. The Catalysis Campaignmessage that due to a woefully under-endowed start in 1800 the College needsa far more stable financial underpinning to face the future is being heard andsupported.This year we have seen two Fellowships endowed, a legacy of £1million andothers of varying sizes, a major gift to the Chapel organ to reignite that effort,one of our most successful telephone campaigns ever and several significantdonations to the launch of The Everitt Butterfield Research Fellowship in BiomedicalSciences among many other gracious and generous gifts to support the College.Our challenge is to keep up the momentum. The needs are as great now asthey were when the campaign was launched, if not more so – particularly in thearea of student support and hardship. Through the five main areas of theCatalysis Campaign: Teaching and Learning, Research and Discovery, Heritageand Environment, Support and Services and Culture and Community, alumniand donors can choose with confidence to invest directly in whichever arearesonates most with them. The wide-ranging scope of the Campaign meanssupport for students who face financial hardship, keeping our buildings andgrounds in good condition and providing new accommodation andstrengthening an already vibrant academic and cultural community.Additionally with the launch this summer of the fundraising effort for TheEveritt Butterfield Research Fellowship in Biomedical Sciences which we hope will befully endowed by the time Professor Everitt retires, there are many ways alumnimay choose to support the College and progress the Catalysis Campaign as well.The College is enormously grateful to a combination of major donors,alumni who spoke to our student callers, those who responded to mailings ortook the initiative to give on-line and members of the 1749 Society who havegot us to this important milestone.Gabrielle Bennett29