2/03/2003: EVANSTON, Ill. --- A surge in gifts to Northwestern in December pushed the University over its $1.4 billion fundraising campaign goal eight months ahead of its scheduled conclusion, University officials announced this week. Gifts in December 2002 totaled more than $20.7 million, allowing Northwestern to reach its goal – which had been increased from the original $1 billion goal set when the University announced Campaign Northwestern in 1998. The campaign is scheduled to end Aug. 31. “Reaching our increased goal eight months early is a tremendous accomplishment, particularly given the difficult economy of the past two years,” said Thomas Z. Hayward Jr., who co-chaired Campaign Northwestern with Donald S. Perkins. “It is a tribute to the campaign volunteers, the fundraising staff and the incredibly hard work by President (Henry S.) Bienen.” Campaign leaders were quick to point out that the University’s fundraising efforts would continue through the campaign’s scheduled completion on Aug. 31 and beyond. “We have important objectives still to be met, so we do not plan to reduce our efforts despite having reached the goal,” Hayward said. Campaign Northwestern’s key goals and total funds raised through last year include: - $592 million to increase Northwestern’s endowment, including endowed scholarships and fellowships, faculty chairs and library collections. Funds raised through Dec. 31, 2002 total $547.6 million.
- $400 million for new facilities for academics and student life. Funds raised through 2002 total $315.8 million.
- $408 million for current and unrestricted use, including academic programs, research, technology and curricula. Funds raised through 2002 total $524.1 million.
The campaign also has received $15.6 million in gifts that are not designated yet toward any of the goals. Helping push the campaign over the $1.4 billion mark in December was a $5 million gift from the Zell Family Foundation to help support faculty recruitment for and operations of the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University. Since the campaign began, Campaign Northwestern has received gifts from approximately 62,000 alumni and 28,000 non-alumni. All members of the Board of Trustees have contributed to the campaign and their gifts total more than $249 million. “Northwestern is extremely fortunate to have trustees who have been real leaders in Campaign Northwestern, both in terms of financial support and volunteering an extraordinary amount of their time,” said President Bienen. The success of Campaign Northwestern has literally changed the face of Northwestern’s campus. In addition to the Robert H. Lurie Medical Research Center now under construction on the Chicago campus, 11 major building projects have been completed or are under way on the Evanston campus, funded at least in part by gifts to the campaign. The projects include: - Two new residence halls, James S. Kemper Residence Hall and Benjamin W. Slivka Residence Hall, which together added room for more than 300 undergraduate students in apartment-style suite living arrangements.
- The McCormick Tribune Center, completed last fall, which provides broadcast studio facilities, as well as teaching and office space for the Medill School of Journalism.
- The Pancoe-Evanston Northwestern Healthcare Life Sciences Pavilion, now under construction, which provides research space for biology and medical research.
- The Center for Nanofabrication and Molecular Self-Assembly, completed last fall, which houses Northwestern’s cutting-edge research into nanotechnology.
- Expansion of the Block Museum, the art museum on the Evanston campus, completed in 2000.
- A major expansion of the Donald P. Jacobs Center, completed in 2001, the home of the Kellogg School of Management, which provides space for 30 group study rooms, five quiet study rooms, two new classrooms and faculty offices.
- The Ford Motor Company Engineering Design Center, scheduled to open in 2004, which will provide space for engineering design.
- Crowe Hall, an expansion of Kresge Hall, now under construction, which will provide additional office space for faculty in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences.
- The Transportation Center/Chambers Hall, completed in 1999.
- The reconstruction of Anderson Hall, which will include the Ron Burton Academic Advising Center, Athletic Department offices and the Ken Kraft wrestling complex, which will significantly improve training and practice facilities for the wrestling team. Construction is expected to begin this summer.
Several other building projects also were completed as part of the campaign. The campaign also has resulted in the creation of more than 30 new endowed chairs for faculty and more than 90 endowed scholarships and fellowships for students. In addition, endowment gifts for Northwestern’s libraries totaled more than $25.1 million. In January, the campaign received additional major gifts, bringing total giving to date to $1.42 billion. The gifts include: • A $5 million gift from the Drucker Family Foundation through their support of the Midwest AIDS Foundation. The virology laboratories in the Lurie Medical Research Center will be named the Fred and Norman Drucker Virology Research Laboratories. “By any measure, Campaign Northwestern continues to be a significant success. We are extremely grateful for the extraordinary support we have received from alumni and other friends of the University and the outstanding work of our staff, led by Penelepe Hunt, the campaign director,” said Sarah Pearson, Northwestern’s vice president for development. “Yet we know there are unmet needs and will be even after the campaign concludes in August. Therefore, we intend to continue our outreach to secure support for this great institution after the official end of the campaign.” 2/25/2003
We are pleased to announce the appointment of Sherman Elias, M.D., as chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, effective June 1, 2003. Dr. Elias has served as professor and head of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Illinois at Chicago since 1998. Previously he held appointments at Baylor College of Medicine and the University of Tennessee College of Medicine. Dr. Elias's professional career began at Northwestern in 1978 where he held a faculty appointment until 1986. Dr. Elias was awarded his medical degree from the University of Kentucky. He completed his residency in obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Louisville, followed by fellowships in genetics at Yale University and Northwestern University, respectively. Dr. Elias is distinguished internationally in reproductive endocrinology and genetics. He is a member of many prominent academic societies, including the American Association for Advancement of Science and has held important leadership positions in many professional societies. We are delighted that Dr. Elias will be joining us and look forward to working with him in the future to build a premier Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Northwestern. Please join us in congratulating him. | 
