Donor Recognition
2006-07 WPI Honor Roll of Donors
Last year, 5,820 alumni, parents, and friends, contributed a total of $14.7 million in gifts and pledges to WPI-an impressive 20 percent increase over 2005-06. We deeply appreciate the support of every person who made WPI a philanthropic priority. To see the complete list of contributors, please continue to the honor roll.
"For several reasons, I have made the commitment to invest in WPI at a level that reflects my passion for this university. First, because I am in the financial position to do so—thanks, in large part, to my WPI education. Second, because I believe in WPI's mission. Today, more than ever before, our world needs the kind of engineers, scientists, and leaders that WPI produces. Third, because I know that alumni participation is critical to WPI's national ranking and to the value of my own WPI degree. And finally, because when I think back to 1975, it brings an instant smile to my face. Could there be a better reason than that?"
Robert R. Martin '75, chair, President's Circle
Robert R. Martin '75, chair, President's Circle
Members of WPI's leadership giving societies have an enormous impact on the university. Through their generous annual and lifetime gifts, these donors help WPI realize the philanthropic promise of its alumni and friends and assist the university in achieving its ambitious goals. They also lead the way in strengthening WPI's distinctive, forward-looking education that prepares our outstanding students for leadership in many fields of endeavor and fulfillment in all walks of life.
WPI's leadership recognition societies include the President's Circle, the Presidential Founders, and the Alden Society.
President's Circle
Every year, President's Circle members provide the margin of excellence at WPI, helping the university recruit and retain the finest community of faculty and students, enhancing the value proposition of a WPI education, and strengthening our competitive position among our peers. In 2005–2006, the WPI Annual Fund raised nearly $700,000 from 140 President's Circle donors.
Giving levels for the President's Circle are:
Fellows, $25,000 to $49,999
Patrons, $10,000 to $24,999
Ambassadors, $5,000 to $9,999
Associates, $2,000 to $4,999*
*For those who have graduated in the past 10 years, membership in the President's Circle is available with a gift of $1,000.
To join the President's Circle today, you can make your gift online by visiting our online giving page.
Presidential Founders
WPI recognizes with special appreciation and gratitude those benefactors whose desire to share in the continuing development of the university has inspired them to a level of support that equals or exceeds the $100,000 founding gift of John Boynton. These generous friends, both living and deceased, are honored as Presidential Founders of Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
In 2006, WPI hosted a special dinner in honor of Presidential Founders members Paul R. Beswick '57, president of Beswick Engineering, and S. K. Beswick for their generous support of the university. To read more about the Beswicks, please visit profiles in giving. To read or listen to President Berkey's remarks at the 2006 Presidential Founders dinner, please visit the President's Web site.
If you would like to learn more about the Presidential Founders, please contact Lisa Maizite, assistant vice president for development, at lmaizite@wpi.edu or 508-831-5073.
The Alden Society
Honoring George I. Alden, one of WPI's greatest benefactors, the Alden Society was established to recognize all deferred gifts and bequest intentions. The Alden Society enables WPI to thank, during their lifetimes, those individuals who have already given a life-income gift, a deferred gift arrangement and/or who plan to make a gift to WPI in their will.
Membership in the Alden Society includes all of the original charter members and is also open to other alumni, parents, and friends who choose to make a planned gift to WPI. Such commitments may take the form of a transfer of cash or stock to a gift annuity fund, a pooled income fund, the creation of a charitable remainder trust, naming WPI a beneficiary of a retirement plan, creating a retained life estate, and/or through specific inclusion in a will or living trust.
WPI was fortunate to have the opportunity to express its gratitude to George Alden during his lifetime. The Alden Society affords WPI the chance to share its appreciation with a new generation of benefactors.
To learn more please visit the Alden Society Web site or contact Judi Taylor Cantor, executive director of planned giving, at jtcantor@wpi.edu or 508-831-5076.
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