Letter from President Morton Owen Schapiro

Dear Alumni Fund Volunteers,

As The Williams Campaign nears the halfway point of its five-year schedule, strong leadership and dedication are moreimportant than ever if we are to achieve our ambitious $400million goal. Luckily for Williams, you have shouldered this responsibility with the affable pride for which Williams alumniare famous

Due to your efforts, the Alumni Fund is now The WilliamsCampaign’s largest contributor – more than $33 million of theCampaign’s total of $275 million to date have been Alumni Fund gifts. Having completed the’62 Center for Theatre and Dance, hired 30 additional professors, and launched a host of curricular and extracurricular initiatives, we already reap the benefits of your hard work every Williams day.

There is still work to be done and we will not succeed without the unwavering support of the Alumni Fund. The unrestricted nature of Alumni Fund gifts gives us the financial flexibility to jump-start new initiatives and to dare to take on the permanent daily costs of new buildings, additional faculty, and new programs. For the life of The Williams Campaign, every gift to the Alumni Fund will count toward the campaign total.

The Class of 2009 has just arrived on campus. As your crucial work begins this fall, keep inmind the incredible good you are doing for this new generation of Ephs. On behalf of us all, I extend deepest gratitude for your time, your effort, and your leadership in supporting thisgreat college.

My very best,

Morton Owen Schapiro