Alumni Fund Trophies: And The Winners Are . . .

Year after year, the Alumni Fund fields a winning team, and as any good team member knows, you end the season with awards and trophies, right? The following awards have evolved over the years, and Williams classes compete very hard to attain – and retain – these honors.

During the Campaign, trophies are awarded to classes based on results as of March 15th for nonreunion classes, and May 31st for reunion classes. A non-reunion class winning a trophy in March shares that trophy with any reunion class that later bests the non-reunion class results. A reunion class must be ahead of the non-reunion class by March 15th to win a trophy outright.

THE CLASS OF 1926 TROPHY

Awarded to the class in the Youngest Ten with the largest dollar gift.
Presented in 1961 by Daniel Chapman ’26, trustee of the College and president of the Society of Alumni, 1945-1950.
2005 winners: The reunion Class of 1995, Head Agent Michelle Kang. The Class of 1995 raised $30,578. The non-reunion Class of 1996, Head Agents Paul Burke and Krystal Williams.The Class of 1996 raised $25,180.

THE WILLIAM C. ALDEN ’54 TROPHY

Awarded to the Middle Years class (after the 10th and before the 25th Reunion) with the highest percentage of participation.
Presented in 1980 by the Class of 1955 in memory of William C. Alden ’54, assistant director of development, 1974-1978 and associate director of development, 1979-1980.
2005 winner: The Class of 1985, Head Agents Michael Greeley and Katherine Coté. The Class of 1985 won with 85.23 percent participation.

THE WEBSTER ATWELL ’21 TROPHY

Awarded to the class making the largest dollar gift.
Established in 1952 to honor Webster Atwell ’21, officer of the Society of Alumni and chairman of the Alumni Fund, 1953-1954.
2005 winner: The Class of 1980, Head Agents Robert and Barbara Pickel. The Class of 1980 raised $1,040,218.

THE BAXTER-1914 TROPHY

Awarded to the class in the Youngest Ten with the highest percentage of participation.
Presented in 1961 by the Class of 1914 in honor of their classmate, James Phinney Baxter III, 10th president of the College.
2005 winners: The reunion Class of 1995, Head Agent Michelle Kang. The Class of 1995 wonwith 46.57 percent participation. The non-reunion Class of 1998, Head Agents David Rubinand Reg Hall. The Class of 1998 won with 42.3 percent participation.

THE CHAIRMEN’S TROPHY

Awarded to the Middle Years class (after the 10th and before the 25th Reunion) with the largest dollar gift.
Established in 1980 by Damon Hart ’67, class agent and Alumni Fund officer, to honor all past Alumni Fund chairmen.
2005 winners: The Class of 1985, Head Agents Michael Greeley and Katherine Coté. The Classof 1985 raised $541,148.

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JOHN W. CHANDLER ’45 TROPHY

Awarded to the Post-50th class with the highest percentage of participation.
Presented in 1979 by J. Thomas Wilson ’25 and his wife, Marywells, in honor of John W. Chandler ’45, 12th president of the College.
2005 winners: The Class of 1949, Head Agent Richard W. Wells, Jr. The Class of 1949 wonwith 91.3 percent participation.

THE JOHN P. ENGLISH ’32 TROPHY

Awarded to the reunion class with the largest increase in dollars over the previous year.
Established in 1973 by John E. Sawyer ’39, 11th president of the College; R. Cragin Lewis ’41, then chairman of the Alumni Fund; and James R. Briggs ’60, then director of Annual Giving, to honor John P. English ’32, secretary of the Society of Alumni and director of Alumni Relations, 1960-1975.
2005 winner: The Class of 1980, Head Agents Robert and Barbara Pickel. The Class of 1980 raised $816,000 more than their previous year.

THE R. CRAGIN LEWIS ’41 TROPHY

Awarded to the non-reunion class with the largest increase in participation over the previous year.
Created in 1984 in honor of R. Cragin Lewis ’41, director of Alumni Relations, 1975-1986.
2005 winner: The Class of 1986, Head Agents Ted Plonsker and Pamela Johann and The Classof 1983, Head Agents Lis Bischoff-Ormsbee and John Kaczynski. The Class of 1986 and The Class of 1983 tied with a participation increase of 3 percentage points.

JOHN E. SAWYER ’39 TROPHY

Awarded to the Post-50th class with the highest performance factor – dollars times participation.
Established in honor of John E. Sawyer ’39, 11th president of the College. Presented in 1970 by his brother, William H. Sawyer ’37.
2005 winner: The reunion Class of 1950, Head Agent Douglas R. Coleman, Jr. The Class of 1950 raised $148,401 with 77.31 percent participation for a performance factor of 114.73. Thenon-reunion Class of 1954, Head Agent Guy Verney. The Class of 1954 raised $146,423 with 76.07 percent participation for a performance factor of 109.17.

THE JOHN WINEBERG ’31 TROPHY

Awarded to a class in the Youngest Nine whose performance is judged outstanding based on prior alltime records in either dollars or percentage of participation.
Presented in 1995 by the family of John Wineberg ’31, who served as class agent for thirty years until his death in 1994.
2005 winner: The Class of 2001, Co-Head Agents J. Bailey McCallum, Felton Booker, Kathryn Kelly, Ryan Mayhew, and Moira Shanahan. The Class of 2001 raised $21,880.

THE MEREDITH WOOD ’16 TROPHY

Awarded to the class in the Youngest Fifty with the highest percentage of participation.
Established in 1940 to honor Meredith Wood ’16, past trustee of the College, officer of the Society of Alumni, chairman of the Alumni Fund, and class agent.
2005 winners: The Class of 1970, Head Agent William A. H. Sammons. The Class of 1970 won with 93.05 percent participation.

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