J sawA ~uadrzgleNotes ; . 1978 Law School Fund Eighteenth Annual ~epGt Alumni News Note Feature KT?.- The University of Michigan Law School QuadrangleLaw Notes Vol. 23, No. 4 Summer 1979 contents Reading Beheen the Sheets b~ Roj F. Proffitt Letter of Transmittal 3 Letter oi Acceptance 3 Regional Summaries 4 1977- 1978 Comparisons 9 by Regions Tops in Percentage of Participation Thousand Dollar Cities 11 Law School Fund Contributors Law Quadrangle Notes (USPS 893- Annual Growth Chart 20 460), issued quarterly by the Univer- sity of Michigan Law School. Second C'lass Summary of Gifts 27 class postage paid at Ann Arbor, Michigan. Office of publication, 409 Special Donor Groups 30 E. Jefferson, Ann Arbor, Michigan About the Cover 48 109. POSTMASTER: SEND Things are changing. The cover FORM 3579 to Law Quadrangle photograph shows the new addition to the Corporate Matching Notes, Law School, The University of Gift Program Law School library as it looked in early Michigan 48109. May, 1979. The excavation is 55 feet deep, and this hole will eventually be filled with an In Memoriam 35 This issue of Law Quadrangle Notes is entirely underground three-story building. the eighteenth report of the Law The addition will add 77,500 square feet of Alumni News Notes School Fund. The Fund is under the floor space, and will be ready for occupancy direction of Professor Roy F. Prof- in 198 1. It is being constructed with funds Deceased fitt; Mrs. Lois A. Richards is super- raised in the School's first Capital Cam- visor of the Fund and is responsible for paign. gathering the names and data used in If you have not been back to quaint little Llichigan Special Donor 4 1 this report. Editorial and design "old Ann Arbor town" in recent years, and Groups responsibilities were handled by the the tall addition to the skyline seems out of University of Michigan Publications place, it is the Tower Plaza Apartment Office. building on the corner of Maynard and East William where Red's Right Spot eatery and Cover: Bob Kalrnbach, the Gold Bond Cleaners used to be the prin- U-M Information Services cipal attractions. Reading.. these special groups. A name will norm all!^ remarkable gain in both the number of . be found only in the one /is[ with [he gifts (+ 16.9%) and dollars (+5l%). Between the Sheets highest requiremenls for which the person (2) We cannot pass without noting that qualifies. For example, even though the REGION X (Wayne and Oakland Coun- person's gift for 1978 was at least $500, the ties, Michigan), which in 1977 accounted lower limit for The Universily Deans Club. for 19.6% of the national Lotal dollars, in- if that person is already a Benefaclor or a creased its proportion in 1978 to 19.8% of member of the Presidenrs Club his or her the national total, and that translates into name would not be included in the Deans $10,034 additional dollars. WOW! SIX Club list. (Is that all clear?) other regions (I, V, VII, XI, XIV, XV) in- The information we have shown may creased their contributions better than still leave you "short" with respect to some 20%. of the questions you would like to ask (3) Among the CLASSES, 1968 certain- about deferred gifts, trusts, insurance, uni- ly came into its own (Allen D. Field 1s the trusts, pooled income funds, bequests, gifts class agent): it finished at the top in three other than cash or negotiable instruments, important categories-most donors, most etc., etc. Please feel free to write or to gifts, and highest percentage of con- telephone the Law School Fund (313- tributors-and third in most dollars. Just 764-0518). Or you may wish to write to the great! Associate Director of Development, (4) STATES are particularly hard to THANK YOU! University of Michigan, 3540A Student compare because of the great disparity in We DID have a fine year in 1978, and Activities Building, Ann Arbor, MI 48109. population, but there were important gains we thank each one of you who helped to We work easily together, and we shall do in three of the less populated (with Mich- make it so. And our special thanks go to our best to see that you receive the answers igan alumni, at least) states: Alaska had all who helped with the solicitation because that you need. one-third more gifts, and 54% more dol- it is this help that we receive at the grass lars; Rhode Island showed 30% more gifts roots level that makes the Fund go and and 105% (that's right) more dollars and grow. IF YOU'RE LESS Wyoming (our next to smallest Michigan outpost), under first-year chairman David The balance of this report is jilled with THAN SPECIAL? details of the 1978 campaign, but two im- Kennedy, reported 100% more givers than portant figures which underscore the We still love you! We always have, and last year, and did it the hard way-two Fund's continued good health: we always shall, and to us you are a special who had never given before, and one who person regardless of the size of your gift. had lapsed since 1973. Total dollars $573,9 10.61 (up 8.7%) We know very well there are great and im- (5) Last, but not least, in the areas with a Total gifts 5,541 (up 0.9%) portant differences in resources, in de- major number of alumni (e.g. 50 or more) We shall have more to say about these mands upon those resources, and in the Berrien County, Michigan again improved figures and a number of other things in a priorities you have for the dollars you can its already outstanding record and received moment, but first we would like to talk use for charitable purposes. Our ultimate gifts from 89.4% of the alumni (59 out of with you about another subject (or sub- hope is that one day every single one of you 66) in the County to remain NUMBER jects, if you prefer) that previously we have will wish to participate a[ some level in the ONE in that category. not said much about. Law School Fund, but until that day we Other results and leaders in a variety of shall be well satisfied if each year the num- categories are listed throughout the report. bers who do participate move up. Our congratulations and thanks to SPECIAL DONOR GROUPS We are convinced that strong alumni everyone. participation in the activities of the Law Through a number of special groups the School is an important ingredient in keep- University honors its alumni and friends ing Michigan as one of the world's great COMMEMORATIVE GIFTS who give it significant financial support. schools. One very positive way you can Since all gifts to the Law School (certainly join in is through the Law School Fund. Each of us has at one time or another including the Law School Fund) can and Your gift when added to other gifts soon received the sad news of the death of a do qualify the donor for recognition in becomes a very meaningful sum of money. person who has meant a great deal to us. these groups, a substantial number of you During each of the last several years We must determine the most appropriate are already included within one or possibly more than 40% of our alumni have par- way to show our respect. A letter is often two of them. But we believe, on the basis of ticipated in the Fund, and in annual giving difficult to phrase. inquiries that we have received, that others fund circles that is a good figure, but a few You may feel that graduation of a friend of you have an interest in knowing more of our peer schools (Harvard, Yale, Stan- or relative, or a birthday, or perhaps retire- specific requirements for the several ford, Columbia) have at least 50% ment of a friend or colleague, etc. should groups so that your gifts can be tailored to participation each year. Is there any be marked by a commemorative gift, but fit within a group of your choice. reason Michigan alumni should do less? how, and where? On the inside of the back cover we What you do will be a part of the answer. On these occasions a gift to the Univer- have tried to anticipate and answer some sity of Michigan Law School will allow the of your questions. For a quick comparison donor to honor the individual in a way that the various classifications are indicated will bring lasting benefits to others. The graphically and in a shorthand way. But CONGRATULATIONS! person honored or the next of kin, as these descriptions slide over some of the Each year we point out that it is risky appropriate, will be told of the donor's details so we have included some of "the business to single out specific areas or thoughtfulness by the Law School. fine print" elsewhere on the page. classes for comment because of the very We welcome inquiries. Later on in this report you will find wide differences in size numbers and several lists containing the names of Law previous levels of participation, but each School alumni, friends of the Law School, year there are some things that simply BEQUESTS TO THE and members of the "Law School Family" must be said. This year they include: (usually spouses of alumni) whose gifts or (1) In a heavily populated, high density LAW SCHOOL commitments to the University now area, as mid-town Manhattan surely is, E.