Summer 2007

A Campaign of Superlatives

Wooster faithful contribute $147.9 million for the College’s top priorities

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Crowning seven years of Herculean effort, the Independent Minds Campaign soared to a successful conclusion on June 30.When the last check had been counted, estate note booked, and stock transfer recorded,Wooster’s trustees, alumni, parents, and friends had raised $147.9 million for the College’s top priorities, including $56.7 million in new endowment, more than $13 million of which was raised in the campaign’s final year.

From beginning to end, Independent Minds was a campaign of superlatives:

• Most ambitious fund-raising goal in the College’s history: $122 million
• Most money raised: $147.9 million, almost $26 million above the stated goal
• Largest single gift from a foundation or corporation: $9 million from The Walton Family Foundation
• Largest personal gift: $10 million from Stan and Flo Gault ’48s
• Largest challenge met: $8 million in 15 months for the Kauke project
• Biggest capital project: $18 million for the renovation of Kauke Hall

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