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from H. F. GLAIR, '12 President, U of I Foundation

u n « the initial year of the Achievement Fund. He re i . glance, is the record for tlu- five-year period iini dJ!vE£lw£ Siblished by the University of IUmois foundation:

jmor 7 ^ " 1950 ,951

)952 w

' " ' TOTAL:

,953

Fond Income _ $ 52,131.47 74,042.85 77,123.80 112,224.53 137,163.03 $452,685.68

On behalf of the University of Illinois Foundation, I acknowledge with gratitude tin- support ol all Mini and others who have

h e l p e d to w r i t e this record of p r o g r e s s . T h o u s a n d s ol a l u m n i a m i

friends of the University have joined hands to make the Achieve ment Fund one ol the leading annual-gift programs among state

universities. In t h a n k i n g those w h o s e n a m e s a p p e a r in this r p o r t as 1953 C o n t r i b u t o r s , I e x p r e s s the sincere h o p e that m a n y o t h e r s will )om t h e m in s u p p o r t i n g the 195<f F u n d . As the A c h i e v e m e n t F u n d b e g i n s its sixth year, it has m a i n o p p o r t u n i t i e s to serve t h e U n i v e r s i t y t h r o u g h o u t 1954. Y o u r

s u p p o r t will h e w e l c o m e d a n d a p p r e c i a t e d . l a r g e or small, w>ur C o n t r i b u t i o n w i l l he- an i n v e s t m e n t in v o u r A l m a Mater. And you Can he- s u r e t h a t y o u r gift will be- used t o p r o d u c e the greatest I p o s s i* b lIe — e_t. *u. r.n it** ****** u r mn vle s t m ie ni ft . r _ . - % on yo m i i uf m M

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panel its facilities for r« i r c h , a n d i n c r e a s e its usefulni t o s t u d e n t s . A s u m m a r y of t h i s A c h i e v e m e n t F u n d project a p p e a r s o n p a g e 1 2.

6. The President's

Emergency

Fund

FUND PROJECTS FOR 1954

T h e f o l l o w i n g A c h i e v e m e n t F u n d projee for 1954 h a v e DC" >prened by t h e Hoard of D i r e c t o r s of t h e U n i v e r s i t y of I l l i n o i s nidation:

T o c o v e r special d e m a n d s o n t h e U n i v e r s i l not covered by a p p r o p r i a t i o n s o r o i l i e r f u n d s , i n c l u d i n g a i d to foreign students.

7. Hiram T. Scovill Scholarship Fund (in co-operation with an alumni committee of the College of Commerce and Business Administration)

T o p r o v i d e a n e n d o w m e n t f u n d oi at l e a s t $ 2 5 , 0 0 0 , t h e i n c o m e f r o m w h i c h w i l l b e u s e d for u n d ; r a d u a t e scholars h i p s in t h e C o l l e g e of I m n i e r e c a n d B u s i n e s s A d m i n i s t r a t i o n . T h i s p r o j e c t is d e d f u r t h e r o n p a g e 10.

1. Illini War Memorial

Scholarships

T o e n a b l e w o r t h y y o u n g m e n a n d w o m e n of u n u s u a l a b i l ity to att I t h e U n i v e r s i t y a n d p r e p a r e for useful careei f l e a d e r s h i p . The h o l a r s h i p p r o g r a m is c! ribeel furtl on p a g e 5.

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