May
21, 2004
Mount
Holyoke College Celebrates Campaign’s Success May 8–9
Assisting
with the ribbon-cutting ceremony at the science center
dedication are Eleanor Graham Claus ’55, chair,
board of trustees and campaign cochair; President Joanne
V. Creighton; Ann Bacon representing the family of
Marion Craig Potter ’49; Evelyn Backlund Fuss ’60;
Pauline Sherwood, also representing Dr. Potter; Jane
A. Barth ’55; and Harriet Levine Weissman ’58,
member, board of trustees and campaign cochair. |
On
Saturday, May 8, 250 alumnae, friends, faculty, and staff gathered
on campus to celebrate the success of The Campaign for Mount
Holyoke College, the recently concluded comprehensive fundraising
campaign that inspired more than $257 million in gifts and
pledges.
The centerpiece of the daylong event was the dedication of the new $36-million
state-of-the art science center, completely funded through gifts to the campaign.
The dedication ceremony took place in the Marion Craig Potter ’49 Atrium
located in the new Kendade Hall, which now connects all of the science facilities
at Mount Holyoke. Kendade Hall is the result of an extraordinarily generous $10-million
gift—the largest ever received by the College—from an alumna who
wishes to remain anonymous.
Rounding out the day were faculty and student presentations along with tours
of the newly renovated and refurbished science, music, and art facilities. Visitors
also took part in a horticultural tour of the campus, including the newly dedicated
Anne Pitt Heckel ’34 and Robert Heckel Staircase Gardenbehind the Art
Building.
The evening was
capped off in Chapin Auditorium, which was transformed for
the springlike “Celebration in the Garden.” Throughout the day’s
events, donors and volunteers were thanked for making The Campaign for Mount
Holyoke College: Advancing Our Legacy of Leadership a success.
The
counter is
3,050
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