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Rice's fund-rasing goals have risen sucessfully for each of the last three years. Building campaigns have contributed greatly to these annual increases. By the end of FY97, both the Computational Engineering and the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy campaigns reached their combined goal of $85 million. The Nanoscale Science and Technology campaign had raised $26.5 million of its $32.3 million goal.
![[Pie chart - data below]](sgifts.gif)
| A | Estates | 23% |
| B | Philanthropic Foundations | 8% |
| C | Alumni | 15% |
| D | Friends | 9% |
| E | Corporations & Corp. Foundations | 8% |
The Class of 1947 raised a total of $473,891 for its Golden Anniversary Scholarship Fund
during the 5 years between its 45th and 50th class reunions.
The Rice University Fund Council is the organization of individuals that support the University in achieving its fund-raising objectives by providing volunteer effort and by advising and supporting the University's Office of Development.
| Executive Committee (1997-98) | |
| Chair | Arthur Rogers '67 |
| Vice Chair | H. Russell Bowers '61 |
| Annual Gifts Committee Chair | Helen Lawrence-Toombs '79 |
| Major Gifts Committee Chair | H. Russell Bowers '61 |
| Support Groups Committee Chair | Bridget Jensen '53 |
| Member-At-Large | Lynn L. Elsenshans '78 |
| Member-At-Large | Carl E. Isgren '61 |
| Member-At-Large | Mel Hildebrandt '55 |
| Immediate Past Chair | Anne Shamblin Baillio '62 |
| Giving Level | Household Numbers | |
| Edgar Odell Lovett Society | $10,000 | 70 |
| George R. Brown Society | 5,000 | 106 |
| 1891 Charter Society | 2,500 | 194 |
| Founder's Society | 1,000 | 855 |
| Sallyport Society | 500 | 843 |
| Campanile Society | 250 | 1,299 |
| President's Society | 100 | 3,850 |
| Criteria | |
| Rice Associates | Multiyear Commitment |
| Captain James Addison Baker Society | Deferred Gifts (Estates and Trusts) |
| William Marsh Rice Society | Cumulative Lifetime Gifts |
| Beneficiaries | |
| Friends of Fondren Library | Fondren Library |
| Friends of Rice Theater | Rice Theatrical Groups |
| Friends of Rice University Art Gallery | Rice Art Gallery |
| Jones Graduate School Partners | Jones Graduate School |
| Owl Club | Varsity Athletics |
| Rice Design Alliance | Architectural, Preservation Interests |
| Rice Engineering Alumni | Brown School of Engineering |
| Rice Historical Society | Rice Preservation Interests |
| Shepherd Society | Shepherd School of Music |
Last updated 4 February 1998.
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