USD President's Report 1987

The first seven students enrolled in the new USD-Old Globe Master of Fine Arts program perform in their first production . A.R. Gurney·s "Scenes from American Life."

Summary of Gift Support

Degrees Awarded

Enrollment

1987

5.660

USD once again received strong fi nancial support from its community of supporters during 1986-87, as more than 3.400 individuals. corporations and foun- dations contributed $4 .1 million to the University. The total boosts USD's gift income to some $29 million during this decade. Gift income supports the University's capital projects and the Annual Fund , which provides monies for student scholar- ships and high priority projects related to improving the teaching, research and service aspects of the USD educational experience. Among the year's fund raising highlights: Gifts to the Annual Fund totaled a record $1.7 million-a 21 percent increase from last year. Annual Fund gifts are especially significant because they generally are unrestricted. allow- ing the University to apply them to the areas of greatest need. Total alumni giving soared from $119,000 to $296,837. Law School alumni gifts increased by 60 percent. Gifts from corporations topped $400,000 for the second consecutive year. Gifts from parents increased by 83 percent.

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3,349

1976

198 1

826

2,516

1972

536

1976

460

1972

Total Assets (Dollars in millions)

$ 128.8

$5 7. 7 $35.0 $28.8

A Concise Process Handbook , a textbook authored by Dr. Dennis Clausen . professor of English . is nominated by McGraw-Hill Book Company for the Mina P. Shaughnessy Prize. an award given by the Modern Language Association for outstanding research publication in the field of English language and literature.

Dr. Allan Bloom, author of t he best seller. The Closing of the American Mind . headlines a daylong USD conference on ethics and leadership. A law created almost single-handedly by law professor Robert Simmons requiring all superior courts in the state to estab- lish teleconferencing programs is signed into law by California Governor George Deukmejian .

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1987

1972

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To ta l Gi~ Income !Dollars in millions) $4. 1

Alumni Gi~

Financial Aid Awarded (Dollars in millions) (Exclusive of Law School)

$296,000

$ 14 .2 $ 8.0

December

$2 .4

USD's Community Choir presents Handel's 'The Messiah," Part I. at a public concert on campus.

$ .7 $ .5

$4 5,000

$ 1.9 $ .8

$ 14 ,000 $7,000

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