CUA Cover Winter 2005 final (Page 2) - Columbus School of Law

HONOR ROLL OF DONORS 2006–2007Dear Alumni and Friends,This letter marks the end ofmy two-year term as chair of theLaw School Annual Fund andmy final opportunity, as chair, topublicly extend my thanks to allour generous alumni and friends.Over the last two years I havewitnessed a wonderful increasein the number of alumni and friends who are giving tothe law school and in the amounts being given. Somany of you have made your first gift to the lawschool, renewed your past support and increased thesize of your commitment. I am pleased to have beenpart of such a successful two years, and I want you allto know that your gifts truly make a difference for theColumbus School of Law.Over the last year, alumni participation increasedfrom 14.5 percent to 15.6 percent, a sign that more ofour alumni are making the law school a philanthropicpriority. Overall, thanks to your generosity, contributionshave nearly doubled over the last two years,reaching almost $1.5 million. We added nearly 300new donors, and many alumni and friends have joinedThe 1897 Society by making their first gift of $1,000or more.Gifts to the Law School Annual Fund, our unrestrictedfund that is being used for scholarships, grewto $685,000, a 21 percent increase over last fiscal year.We have also seen great participation and success inour newer programs, including the Graduation ClassGift and CUA Law Firm Challenge:• Again this spring, graduating students committedmore than $60,000 to the law school program orfund of their choice. Fifty-seven percent of theClass of 2007 made a gift or pledge, setting a newparticipation record. Special thanks to Larry Pilotand Stanley Samorajczyk, both Class of 1967, fortheir help in encouraging such great participation.They each made a challenge gift of $5,000,which became part of the class gift after 50 percentparticipation had been reached. Thank youalso to committee co-chairs Sean Mahoney andAnna Kouba and to all members of the Class GiftCommittee listed on page 78.• The CUA Law Firm Challenge also experiencedwonderful growth with 10 new firms joining thecompetition. Congratulations and thank you toall participating firms, especially Holland &Knight who won the challenge with 93 percent ofalumni at the firm giving to the law school. Youcan see a full list of participating firms and thealumni chairs on page 11.As members of the law school community,whether alumni or friends, we have the opportunity toimpact the lives of current and future students by sharingour financial resources. Listed on the followingpages are the generous individuals, companies, foundationsand organizations that made a difference last fiscalyear (May 1, 2006–April 30, 2007). I thank each ofyou for your wonderful commitment, and I encourageall our alumni to participate this year and in the yearsto come by giving back to CUA law. Every gift is aninvestment in the law school and its students — aninvestment that will bear dividends for years to come.Sincerely,Nell Hennessy, 1978Chair, Law School Annual Fund56CUALAWYER /Fall–Winter 2007