ROBERT COLLEGE Honor Roll 2019-2020
Table of Contents
Head of School’s Message 05 Director of Institutional Advancement’s Message 05 Outstanding Classes 06 Financial Aid at a Glance 07 Restricted Giving 08 Consecutive Giving 12 Class Lists 16 United States Roster of Donors 32 Turkey Roster of Donors 36
3 ROBERT COLLEGE HONOR ROLL/2019-2020 4 LETTERS FROM Director of Institutional Advancement Head of School
Dear Alumni and Donors, Dear Alumni and Friends,
I am excited to be in my early months as the Last year I introduced the Honor Roll with a new Director of Institutional Advancement and smile. Not just any smile: the RC smile. Infectious, have this chance to say Hello and Thank You – warm, sincere: it starts with the lips but shows its from a distance. What an interesting time to join profundity in the eyes. I saw it everywhere. Robert College. As the team began to design the following pages in the times of Covid-19, students I still am. should have already been on campus, but this year was different. The gardens and buildings Though one might expect the last months to were empty so we decided to draw them in with have replaced it with a frown, or even a grimace, our hope that very soon campus will once again they have not. This is, to me, an indicator of the be filled with conversation and laughter. resilience of Robert College – showing not in words, but in a resolve unweakened by difficulty. While it is an exceptional time we are living in, I thought I might share my first impressions. Robert College has overcome numerous challenges and hardships in the past century and Robert College students are exceptional - You already know this but it’s worth repeating. a half, and each time the school has become stronger for it. Looking back to the beginning Whether they are distance learning from their kitchen table or returning to campus and of this year, nobody could have foreseen the profound changes that have taken place in their classrooms, RC students not only excel at their academics but also the 130+ clubs, 2020. Healthcare professionals around the world were stretched to their limits, and on teams, and initiatives where they give back, design, and create. I have truly enjoyed behalf of the school community I thank them all – especially our RC graduates who have meeting the students I have chatted with so far and look forward to watching them made their careers in medicine: we are indebted to you for your courage and care. It is develop into brilliant adults. appropriate, and a pleasure, to share that the Class of 2020 graduated no less than 34 students into the medical profession. Our students become amazing alumni! The strength of support from our alumni and donors is how we can offer enrollment to a student no matter their ability to cover the cost of As an alumni community, you continued to provide ever-greater support for your alma tuition. Our alumni don’t actually leave RC but become the foundation upon which today’s mater. 2019-2020 saw alumni and friends united in their support, helping us achieve a record- students can stand. Whether by donating your time, toward a scholarship, or with a breaking year, with the highest number of people participating in the history of the Annual general gift you are helping develop the next generation of amazing adults. Giving Campaign: 2702 of you gave to the 2019-2020 campaign, raising a total of $1,880,000.
I want to congratulate and thank our Annual Giving Committee, Class Agents, the Together we achieved this, just as together we’re helping to provide the next generation Institutional Advancement Committee, and my teammates who led us through such of leaders with a world-class education: an education not just in academics but also in a successful campaign amid unknown circumstances. I am excited to meet all of you developing the character that will help them not only to survive, but to thrive in whatever whether online or in person one day and contribute toward this year’s success and many hardships they may experience in their lifetime. more to come. My sincere thanks to everyone whose name is featured in these pages for showing their I wish you all good health and happiness in the year ahead. commitment. There are certainly fresh challenges ahead, and we will need your support more than ever across the coming year. I am grateful to be part of such a strong, resolute Monika Mraz and compassionate community, and I know that we, the Robert College family, will rise to Director of Institutional Advancement meet the challenges ahead.
With gratitude,
Adam Oliver Head of School
5 ROBERT COLLEGE HONOR ROLL/2019-2020 Level of Participation Level of Giving
1| RC 76 6| RC 90 1| RC 86 6| RC 88 Class Agents: Class Agents: Class Agents: Class Agents: Nedim Ölçer Okan Atilla Meltem Tarhan Kayhan Arif Akdağ Yasemin Palanduz Kahya Aysan Sinanlıoğlu Sarmpezoudis Özlem Özbek Aslı Berkol Mete Tuncel Kazım Uzunoğlu Mehmet Cemalcılar 2| RC 91 Zeynep Yalım-Uzun Gülin Yenigün Yücel Class Agents: 7| RC 89 Beste Ortaç Class Agents: 2| RC 89 7| RC 91 Outstanding Cüneyt Soydaş Mert Tarlan Class Agents: Class Agents: Zümrüt Alp Yalman Mert Tarlan Beste Ortaç Classes 3| RC 00 Zümrüt Alp Yalman Cüneyt Soydaş Class Agents: 8| RC L12 03 Zeynep Kayhan Class Agents: 3| RC 94 8| RC 87 We are grateful to the Alara Orhon Özşeker Onur Eren Class Agents: Class Agents: following top performing Esra Yalçınalp Ayşen Nergiz Özen Bozçağa Bezirci Burak Pekcan Cem Oğuzhan Nevra Eker Güryel Aylin Barlas Sarıcı classes in participation 4| RC 98 Gaye Erkuloğlu Tabağ and giving who have Class Agents: 9| RC 88 4| RC 93 demonstrated exemplary Oral Bozyiğit Class Agents: Class Agents: 9| RC 90 efforts toward the Annual Zeynep Baylan Dirikcan Arif Akdağ Can Önen Class Agents: Giving Campaign. Baki Kantaşı Aslı Berkol İrem Kızılviranlıoğlu Önen Okan Atilla Mehmet Cemalcılar Aysan Sinanlıoğlu Sarmpezoudis 5| RC 93 Gülin Yenigün Yücel 5| RC 95 Mete Tuncel Class Agents: Class Agents: Can Önen 10| ACG 69 Melis Alemdar 10| RC 78 İrem Kızılviranlıoğlu Önen Class Agent: Fulya Çanakçı Güçlü Class Agents: Nur Şener Edil Memet Ünsal Semih Aksu Selma Şaşmaz Somer Haluk Şardağ Doğan Şenocak
6 ROBERT COLLEGE HONOR ROLL/2019-2020 Financial Aid at a Glance 2020-2021 H R 2020-2021
2 Kırklareli 1 8 735 5 Bartın Edirne İstanbul Zonguldak 6 18 4 6 Tekirdağ Sakarya 1 4 1 1 Kocaeli 1 1 Samsun 1 Düzce Ordu Trabzon 1 Yalova 2 Karabük Çankırı Giresun 3 1 Kars 5 18 Bolu Amasya 1 1 Çorum Çanakkale Bursa Iğdır 8 Bilecik 5 1 1 Balıkesir 3 Eskişekir 34 Kırıkkale Erzincan Kütahya 1 Ankara 4 Tunceli 1 Sivas 1 Tuition covers approximately 52 of the school’s 5 4 Afyon 5 Malatya 3 28 Manisa expenses, including the cost of scholarships. Uşak 1 Kayseri Elazığ 1 İzmir Aksaray 1 14 2 Siirt 4 10 1 Maraş Diyarbakır Isparta 3 Aydın 7 Konya Niğde Adıyaman 1 5 Denizli 21 1 Osmaniye Muğla 9 Antalya 8 Şanlıurfa Gaziantep 1 17 Adana Karaman Mersin 5 Hatay 2020-2021
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