• A detail of Beinecke Plaza

    39,232
    Alumni, parents, and friends who gave to the Yale Alumni Fund

  • Dean Marvin Chun and students at Elihu Day

    773 
    Personal thank-you notes to donors from students and faculty on Elihu Day

  • Nathan Hale Statue

    422
    Scholarships and fellowships created through the Nathan Hale Associates program

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Essential Support: Annual Giving

Thanks to active, engaged volunteers and the generous participation of annual donors, the Yale Alumni Fund had another successful year. Annual giving contributed $40.4 million to the university across Yale College and all of Yale’s graduate and professional schools. 

Donors make a tangible difference in the lives of Yale students and faculty when they give to the Alumni Fund. Annual gifts are put to use immediately, helping to fund financial aid, maintain facilities, enable professors to develop cross-disciplinary courses, and underwrite student activities.

Record-breaking year for the Parents Annual Fund
The Parents Annual Fund raised an all-time high of more than $4 million. Since the founding of the Parents Leadership Council in 2012, the Parents Annual Fund has doubled its fundraising results. In addition, the Class of 2021 parents raised over $1 million—becoming the first cohort of parents to achieve this milestone.

Strong performance across campus
The School of Art, the Divinity School, and the Law School had particularly strong years, exceeding their goals. The Yale School of Management topped its previous participation rate with a new milestone of 54.8 percent. The School of Forestry & Environmental Studies had its most successful year ever, raising more than $350,000.

$1 million raised in one week for Yale College
During one week in April, the Bulldog Blitz raised $1 million for the Yale Alumni Fund. Sixteen generous challengers agreed to match or add to gifts, contributing an additional $245,000. The Yale College Alumni Fund raised $21.3 million overall in 2017-2018.

Outstanding annual giving volunteers

Yale College leaders in participation

An alumni volunteer is honored here if his or her constituency achieved an annual giving participation rate of 70% or more in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018.

Name/Affiliation participation

John W. Hincks ’52

100.0%

Brett I. Zbar ’94

100.0%

Thomas E. Neff ’53

100.0%

Harold P. Wilmerding ’59

100.0%

Anthony D. Lee ’64

100.0%

David M. Waterbury ’58

95.2%

James L. Gault ’50

94.1%

Andrew S. Berkman ’66

94.1%

Marc R. Cohen ’81

94.1%

Joseph G. Wolf ’66

93.8%

Mark P. Curchack ’69

93.3%

J. Philip Zaeder ’58

93.3%

Richard D. Simonds ’58

93.3%

George L. Spaeth ’54

92.9%

Carla Y. Taylor ’91

92.9%

William M. Folberth III ’66

92.3%

Marla Grossman ’90

92.3%

Robert H. Ferguson ’59

91.7%

Andrew M. Wallach ’80

91.7%

F. Ronald Dimond ’58

90.9%

Roger B. Daniels ’56

90.9%

G. Leonard Baker, Jr. ’64

90.9%

Katherine P. Kaufman ’10

90.9%

Sherman M. Bull ’58

90.0%

William C. Baskin, Jr. ’53

90.0%

Timothy W. Merrill, Jr. ’65

90.0%

Giles Kavanagh ’93

90.0%

C. Michael O’Hearn, Jr. ’57

88.9%

E. Leigh Quinn ’54

88.2%

John M. Kindred ’58

88.2%

Suzanne I. Baillie ’89

88.2%

Malcolm S. Harris ’65

87.5%

Thomas K. Emmons ’69

87.5%

Gilbert H. Kinney ’53

86.7%

Curtis E. Large ’92

86.7%

Theodore L. Garrett ’65

86.4%

Phelps T. Riley, Jr. ’97

86.4%

Blair Childs ’50

85.7%

Harry E. Gordon, Jr. ’52

85.7%

Stephen L. Darwall ’68

85.7%

Nancy Furman Paul ’91

85.7%

Lydia S. Monroy ’00

85.7%

William L. Nightingale ’53

85.7%

Alan Stamm ’52

85.4%

Clem A. Barrere, Jr. ’60

85.0%

Robert B. Fiske, Jr. ’52

84.6%

George F. Nichols, Jr. ’55

84.6%

Thomas C. Kwei ’58

84.6%

Roy L. Regozin ’64

84.6%

Peter L. Stambler ’66

84.6%

Thomas C. O’Brien ’67

84.6%

Anne H. Large ’90

84.6%

Paul J. Planet ’96

84.2%

Todd R. Harrison ’92

84.0%

Edward S. Reid III ’51

83.3%

Donald H. Leavenworth ’52

83.3%

Robert A. Mitchell ’54

83.3%

Ken K. McDonald ’54

83.3%

Jerome L. Hoganson ’58

83.3%

James D. Darby, Jr. ’58

83.3%

DeForest W. Smith ’61

83.3%

Michael V. Busko ’66

83.3%

Miriam C. Porter ’88

83.3%

Charles T. Foley ’93

83.3%

Ronald R. Wilmore ’65

82.6%

John P. Kidwell ’55

82.1%

Thomas E. Congdon ’50

81.8%

Henry R. Hatch III ’49

81.8%

John T. Mackelfresh ’51

81.8%

Joseph E. Friend ’53

81.8%

R. Bennett Eppes ’58

81.8%

Ellis E. Wisner ’62

81.8%

Samuel R. Karetsky ’66

81.8%

Thomas D. Kitch ’66

81.8%

Timothy D. Mattison ’73

81.8%

Theodore M. Sabety ’81

81.8%

Kathryn A. Johanessen ’88

81.8%

John T. Hendrix ’90

81.8%

Peter Menikefs ’91

81.8%

Allison Rabkin Golden ’12

81.8%

Charles E. Hoyt ’59

81.5%

Barry R. Bryan ’52

81.3%

Frederick K. Gaston III ’57

81.3%

Ralph S. Hirshorn ’60

81.3%

Kenneth A. Strassner ’68

81.3%

William T. Hyman ’80

81.3%

James W. Breznay ’61

81.0%

Alyse M. Forcellina ’90

81.0%

Frank D. Aronson ’69

80.8%

Hayward L. Draper ’71

80.8%

Richard T. Richardson ’55

80.0%

Alan F. Hockstader ’57

80.0%

Thomas S. Squire ’68

80.0%

Leonard L. Marshall, Jr. ’46

80.0%

Karl F. Krieger ’53

80.0%

A. Stanton Wells ’53

80.0%

John A. Franciscus ’54

80.0%

Merz K. Peters ’55

80.0%

Joseph C. McNay ’56

80.0%

Charles S. Miller ’56

80.0%

Edward L. Howes, Jr. ’56

80.0%

Zach W. Hall ’58

80.0%

Benjamin Liptzin ’66

80.0%

Randy Fredrikson ’68

80.0%

Eric S. Schned ’71

80.0%

Margaret E. Corvini ’82

80.0%

Melissa J. Hilton ’83

80.0%

Julie H. Prentiss ’89

80.0%

Chris D. Dusseault ’91

80.0%

Rachel C. Goulding ’98

80.0%

Rebecca H. Friedman ’98

80.0%

Jessica R. Herrera-Flanigan ’92

78.9%

Gregory B. Beggs ’51

78.6%

Samuel P. Cooley ’53

78.6%

Jonathan D. Kutner ’55

78.6%

Kenneth V. Butler ’56

78.6%

Charles P. Allee ’56

78.6%

Herbert C. Rule III ’59

78.6%

Chandler H. Everett ’60

78.6%

Robert T. Lacy ’63

78.6%

Robert W. Brundige, Jr. ’66

78.6%

John H. Reid III ’66

78.6%

Gib Carey ’85

78.6%

Daniel A. Wilderman ’00

78.6%

Joshua M. Rodriguez ’04

78.6%

Louis S. Gimbel III ’51

77.8%

Putney Westerfield ’51

77.8%

Bruce R. Duggar ’60

77.8%

Albert L. Evans, Jr. ’68

77.8%

Harry Levitt ’71

77.8%

Robert F. Calman ’54

77.8%

John E. Silliman ’56

77.4%

Marshall T. Keyes, Jr. ’53

77.1%

George G. Atkeson ’57

76.9%

Terrell L. Carlisle ’57

76.9%

David J. Kudzma ’58

76.9%

Richard M. Harter ’58

76.9%

Ward D. Barmon ’65

76.9%

Sigourney B. Romaine, Jr. ’66

76.9%

Peter A. Gisolfi ’66

76.9%

John D. Valiante ’66

76.9%

Daniel B. Feller ’74

76.9%

Bruce C. Cozadd ’85

76.9%

Reid M. Lerner ’99

76.9%

Paul H. Decoster ’55

76.5%

James K. Don ’56

76.5%

Alfred L. Ferguson ’58

76.5%

Lawrence R. Krakoff ’59

76.5%

Theodore A. O’Leary* ’65

76.5%

Randy S. Aberg ’82

76.5%

Kristin L. Hoganson ’87

76.5%

Alexandre F. Emery ’91

76.5%

Charles W. Goodyear ’55

76.0%

Gregg W. Brody ’98

76.0%

Allan C. Rabinowitz ’54

75.0%

Andrew R. Morse ’68

75.0%

Robert S. Pohly ’94

75.0%

Reynolds Springborn ’50

75.0%

William T. Burke ’56

75.0%

John W. Rindlaub ’56

75.0%

Kimberly B. Cheney ’57

75.0%

Joseph P. Rogers, Jr. ’58

75.0%

Walter C. Fraze, Jr. ’63

75.0%

William M. Morse ’64

75.0%

Lyndel J. Wishcamper ’64

75.0%

Paul A. Sears ’68

75.0%

F. Jared Sprole ’69

75.0%

Robert A. Shlachter ’69

75.0%

Alan B. Astrow ’76

75.0%

Cary J. Davis ’88

75.0%

Beverly L. Little ’88

75.0%

Amanda C. Kelly ’88

75.0%

John C. Martin ’91

75.0%

Marc A. Sorel ’04

75.0%

Laura G. Haim ’07

75.0%

Ward A. Wickwire III ’64

74.2%

Adrienne L. Cotterell ’78

74.2%

Arthur R. Taylor ’57

74.1%

John F. Woyke ’63

74.1%

Abram Claude, Jr. ’52

73.9%

Troy Y. Murray ’63

73.7%

Paul F. Balser ’64

73.7%

Edward M. Kimball ’68

73.7%

Brandon W. Lower ’95

73.7%

Winnie W. Au ’97

73.7%

Daniela R. Odierno ’01

73.7%

Herman S. Kohlmeyer, Jr. ’53

73.3%

Charles M. Converse ’53

73.3%

Daniel N. Swisher ’54

73.3%

Sherwood L. Anderson III ’55

73.3%

John H. Hughes ’57

73.3%

Donald M. Roberts ’57

73.3%

G. Malcolm Holderness ’58

73.3%

Paul K. Kaestle ’59

73.3%

Thomas M. Iezzi ’63

73.3%

John K. Lassen ’64

73.3%

Frank A. Schreck, Jr. ’65

73.3%

Anthony M. Fitzgerald ’66

73.3%

James A. Jones III ’66

73.3%

James H. Barton ’81

73.3%

Fred Douglis ’84

73.3%

Andrew D. Sipes ’85

73.3%

Talis C. Trevino ’12

73.3%

Anne R. Thompson ’99

73.1%

Andy J. Kelly ’93

72.9%

Jeffrey C. Miller ’65

72.7%

Steven P. Shelov ’66

72.7%

John F. Gottshall ’69

72.7%

Thomas E. Weil, Jr. ’70

72.7%

John B. Reichenbach ’80

72.7%

Steven D. Warner ’80

72.7%

David J. Pollay ’87

72.7%

John E. Sorkin ’90

72.7%

Andrew S. Cheung ’93

72.7%

Cam C. Hoang ’97

72.7%

Stan D. Keller ’97

72.7%

Amy T. Sheehan ’98

72.7%

James F. Hoge, Jr. ’58

72.7%

John R. Adams ’69

72.4%

Douglas F. Seaver ’68

72.2%

Robert H. Wellen ’68

72.2%

Christina H. Coffin ’74

72.2%

Eileen P. Tang ’90

72.2%

Sarah E. Lesko ’91

72.2%

Ashley F. Grant ’93

72.2%

Gavin C. Wellington ’87

71.8%

Bruce B. Bates ’53

71.4%

Willis C. Arndt ’54

71.4%

David A. Christenson ’57

71.4%

Marnie C. FitzMaurice ’92

71.4%

Redmond S. Ingalls ’98

71.4%

Samantha W. Heffner ’’02

71.4%

Stewart M. Landefeld ’76

71.0%

Thomas C. Hughes ’71

70.8%

Abigail M. Huffman ’79

70.8%

Robert A. Hartley ’62

70.6%

Andrew M. Barclay ’63

70.6%

David S. Liebschutz ’80

70.6%

Karen Bellinger ’91

70.4%

Alina Rocha Menocal ’94

70.2%

Willem L. Weertman ’47

70.0%

David E. E. Frederick ’52

70.0%

Joseph F. Callo ’52

70.0%

Donald C. Mell, Jr. ’53

70.0%

Gerald Grinstein ’54

70.0%

Jim M. Kingsbury ’56

70.0%

John P. Reeder, Jr. ’59

70.0%

Leon V. Sigal ’64

70.0%

Carl N. Martin ’66

70.0%

Robert B. Trukenbrod ’68

70.0%

Timothy L. Clemm ’75

70.0%

Richard A. Figueroa ’81

70.0%

Georganne Nattress ’85

70.0%

Jennifer Beynart Pachus ’90

70.0%

Alexander M. Kayne ’94

70.0%

Stefan C. Weiss ’96

70.0%

Margaret G. Kuchner ’99

70.0%

Elizabeth V. Newman ’02

70.0%

Diana K. Thiara ’10

70.0%

Graduate and professional schools leaders in participation

An alumni volunteer is honored here if his or her constituency achieved an annual giving participation rate of 60% or more in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018.

name/affiliation participation

Michael C. Duddy, ARC ’85

91.3%

Elisabeth N. Martin, ARC ’83

91.3%

Kenneth H. Jarrett, GRD ’79

90.9%

Lavinia Petrache, SOM ’17

89.7%

Asa Barnes, Jr., MED ’59

88.2%

Firoozeh Kashani-Sabet, GRD ’97

85.0%

Anthony D. Sabatelli, GRD ’84

85.0%

Jonathan W. Fitch, SOM ’78

81.6%

Annette S. Naegel, FOR ’87

81.3%

Norman A. Noyes, FOR ’74

80.0%

Margaret D. Williams, FOR ’93

80.0%

Aaswaad H. Kalamkar, SOM ’16

77.8%

Ruth R. McMullin, SOM ’79

75.3%

Jane C. Watkins, DIV ’68

75.0%

David A. Purdy, DIV ’63

73.7%

John E. Fischer, Jr., GRD ’93

72.7%

Robert W. Lyons, MED ’64

72.2%

Harry C. Miller, Jr., MED ’54

70.0%

David N. Damrosch, GRD ’80

69.2%

Craig H. Llewellyn, MED ’63

69.2%

Seth M. Powsner, MED ’78

69.2%

William C. Davis, FOR ’78

68.8%

Whitney A. Beals, FOR ’70

66.7%

James P. Di Bartolo II, SOM ’15

66.7%

Ralph J. Falkenstein, MED ’69

66.7%

Howard S. Neufeld, FOR ’77

66.7%

Hussain B. Al-Shibib, SOM ’14

66.4%

Robert E. Steele, SPH ’71

65.4%

Elizabeth R. Levy, FOR ’02

65.0%

Clyde H. Cremer, FOR ’73

64.7%

Philip B. Plottel, SOM ’98

64.6%

Tracy R. Kay, FOR ’77

63.6%

Stephen K. Scher, GRD ’66

63.0%

Ann T. Freedman, SPH ’78

62.5%

Constance C. Hornickel, NUR ’53

62.5%

Priscilla D. Kissick, NUR ’56

62.5%

John F. McQuade III, MED ’73

62.5%

Karl G. Wagner, MED ’89

62.5%

Roger H. Yee, ARC ’72

62.5%

Charles A. Zelle, SOM ’83

62.3%

Cathie M. Cipolla, DIV ’70

61.8%

Myrdene Anderson, GRD ’78

61.5%

Malin Dollinger, MED ’60

61.4%

Amy Starr, MED ’74

60.7%

Gary L. Townsend, MED ’66

60.7%

Alfred T. Halsted, Jr., DIV ’56

60.5%

Fredric K. Cantor, MED ’62

60.0%

Stuart C. Haskins, Jr., DIV ’63

60.0%

Robert F. Knuth, SOM ’88

60.0%

Parents Annual Fund leaders in participation

A parent volunteer is honored here if his or her constituency achieved an annual giving participation rate of 50% or more in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018.

name/affiliation participation

Michael and Denise Palmieri P ’05

88.2%

Michael Dearing and Lilian Camio P ’09, ’14

81.8%

Satoru and Hiroko Murase P ’15

81.8%

William and Donna Cronin P ’00

81.0%

Elinor Flatow P ’86

80.0%

David Remnick and Esther Fein P ’15

80.0%

Michael and Tina Connelly P ’07

75.0%

Mark and Betty Greenwold P ’92, ’95, ’05

75.0%

Marc and Missy Karetsky P ’14

75.0%

Barry and Vicki Baldwin P ’06

72.7%

Nim and Joanna Cheung P ’01

72.7%

Andrew and Ellie Glass P ’99

72.7%

Michael Reed & Camille Olson P ’16

72.7%

Janice Ackerman P ’12

70.0%

William and Diane Meyer P ’98

68.2%

Peter and Marsha Pratt P ’01

68.2%

David and Kathy Root P ’14

66.7%

Ellen M. Iseman P ’20

64.3%

Kenneth Ballard and Renee Rinaldi-Ballard P ’08

63.6%

Francis and Cheryl Izzo P ’04

62.5%

Yan Jin and Fan Hu P ’20

60.0%

David Shapiro and Abby Pogrebin P ’21

58.3%

Alan and Judy Zafran P ’19

57.9%

Ray and Pamela Ng P ’16, ’18

57.1%

David Belluck P ’21

53.8%

Nancy Better and James Better P ’15, ’17, ’19

53.3%

David and Charlene Geffen P ’19

52.9%

George and Jan DeVries III P ’16, ’18

50.0%

Michael and Lisa Ullmann P ’14

50.0%

Annual giving results

Nathan Hale Associates: leadership annual giving

Level Donors

Leaders Circle

Fourth Century Associates
$50,000 or more

77

Woodbridge Associates
$25,000–$49,999

203

Hillhouse Associates
$15,000–$24,999

165

Sterling Associates
$10,000–$14,999

577

Harkness Associates
$5,000–$9,999

963

Elihu Yale Associates
$2,500–$4,999

1,085

Woolsey Associates
$1,000–$2,499

4,448

Class 2008–2012
$500–$999

341

Class 2013-2017
$250–$499

858

Total

8,717

Yale College annual giving by class (1931–1959)

Yale College Class Participation Annual Gifts

1931–1939

N/A

$21,132

1940

30.8%

$62,470

1941

21.1%

$11,200

1942

43.3%

$29,554

1943

30.8%

$9,136

1944

38.1%

$48,326

1945

42.3%

$51,393

1945W

36.3%

$48,355

1946

26.3%

$21,715

1947

35.7%

$76,571

1948

32.4%

$69,823

1949

39.2%

$76,515

1950

41.8%

$170,961

1951

62.1%

$176,516

1952

73.2%

$175,769

1953

51.6%

$483,893

1954

51.3%

$220,011

1955

51.8%

$254,459

1956

46.1%

$272,191

1957

51.7%

$252,526

1958

47.6%

$409,776

1959

44.9%

$229,997

Yale College annual giving by class (1960–1979)

Yale College Class Participation Annual Gifts

1960

37.6%

$295,191

1961

40.5%

$113,724

1962

37.9%

$220,616

1963

44.6%

$402,239

1964

38.6%

$292,044

1965

34.0%

$242,178

1966

52.5%

$571,859

1967

31.4%

$195,990

1968

43.4%

$916,603

1969

38.5%

$336,021

1970

34.0%

$190,839

1971

34.8%

$222,070

1972

28.7%

$236,298

1973

32.5%

$505,153

1974

27.3%

$246,625

1975

25.5%

$471,953

1976

26.9%

$246,509

1977

23.5%

$257,131

1978

25.1%

$490,468

1979

25.9%

$340,123

Yale College annual giving by class (1980–1999)

Yale College Class Participation Annual Gifts

1980

24.0%

$558,046

1981

24.4%

$473,154

1982

22.1%

$311,387

1983

23.4%

$388,415

1984

24.7%

$371,010

1985

33.5%

$706,583

1986

22.7%

$607,525

1987

25.9%

$537,182

1988

24.5%

$685,618

1989

28.9%

$527,454

1990

29.0%

$494,154

1991

28.4%

$505,599

1992

27.7%

$518,468

1993

28.0%

$811,539

1994

28.8%

$416,146

1995

26.3%

$474,055

1996

21.4%

$286,722

1997

24.9%

$222,332

1998

25.4%

$396,219

1999

23.4%

$214,882

Yale College annual giving by class (2000–2017)

Yale College Class Participation Annual Gifts

2000

22.9%

$209,139

2001

19.8%

$229,988

2002

19.1%

$145,775

2003

19.6%

$206,187

2004

21.1%

$128,341

2005

18.3%

$117,768

2006

21.4%

$93,243

2007

20.4%

$117,253

2008

17.8%

$85,158

2009

18.6%

$49,801

2010

19.8%

$45,119

2011

20.1%

$46,097

2012

21.4%

$48,467

2013

19.3%

$38,716

2014

18.7%

$37,704

2015

16.7%

$41,167

2016

13.5%

$27,712

2017

11.3%

$13,289

Annual giving to the graduate and professional schools

school Participation Annual Gifts

Architecture

21.8%

$384,892

Art

8.5%

$272,155

Divinity

27.4%

$664,582

Drama

18.9%

$346,294

Engineering & Applied Science

15.2%

$102,398

Forestry & Environmental Studies

28.0%

$357,816

Graduate School

12.2%

$1,078,064

Law

34.7%

$6,544,774

Management

54.8%

$3,912,970

Medicine

25.3%

$1,016,282

Music

9.0%

$52,062

Nursing

16.3%

$124,013

Public Health

14.7%

$160,320

Parents Annual Fund results

Parents Annual Funds chairs: 
Nancy Marx Better ’84, P ’15, ’17, ’19 and Jamie Better P ’15, ’17, ’19

Class Gifts Donors

2018

Class chairs: Kevin and Michele Harrington P’14, ’18

$501,420

144

2019

Class chairs: David and Karen Sobotka P ’15, ’19

$806,028

205

2020

Class chair: Ellen M. Iseman P ’20

$837,838

220

2021

Class chairs: Paul and Donna Nadel P ’21

$1,063,043

254

Past parents

$842,068

802

Total

$4,050,397

1,625