HONOR DUTY RESPECT - The Citadel

LEADERS IN PHILANTHROPYIn September, The Citadel Foundation hosted its fourth annual Leaders in Philanthropy inductionceremony, celebrating the generosity of those donors whose lifelong support allows the college topursue its vision of achieving excellence in the education of principled leaders.Members of the college’s lifetime and legacy giving societies, known collectively as the Cadre ofBenefactors, gather each year in Summerall Chapel to be honored in front of their peers. We celebratethese individuals for their profound commitment to the college, as expressed through their leadershipgiving of estate gifts or cumulative contributions totaling $100,000 or more by the close of the precedingcalendar year.This year, we are pleased to recognize a new group of philanthropicleaders who form the Order of the Tartan. The Scottish tartan, awoolen cloth woven in a distinctive pattern of plaid, has longserved as a symbol of loyalty and association with a particularregion, family or clan. The Citadel’s Order of the Tartan iscomposed of those loyal donors who have given consecutively tothe college each year for 25 years or more.The Citadel Foundation’s newly introduced loyalty givingprogram recognizes consecutive donors beginning at the fiveyearmark, with additional recognition offered at 10, 15, and 20years. At each milestone, donors receive a tartan-patterned lapelpin corresponding with their number of consecutive years ofgiving. Upon reaching the 25th year, these loyal donors receivetheir tartan sash and are officially inducted into the Order of theTartan at the Leaders in Philanthropy ceremony.54