A person speaks at a capital funds campaign meeting

Description:	A person, possibly Dr. David M. Silver (Class of 1937), Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, stands while speaking during a major gifts report meeting. Held at the Indianapolis Athletic Club in 1969, this meeting was part of a 10-year capital funds campaign. The goal was to raise $21.8 million for improvements to campus facilities and to plan for an expected increase in student enrollment. At the time, it was the largest capital funds campaign in Butler University history. The first goal of the campaign was to raise $6,125,000 for the construction of a science building to replace the outdated science labs and classrooms in Jordan Hall, which opened in 1928. Additional funds from the campaign were to be used to expand the dormitories on campus, and increase endowment funds for scholarships and professorships, among other projects. A series of committees organized trustees, administrators, faculty, staff, alumni, and others in this fundraising campaign. Launched in 1968, the initial goal of the campaign was successful and by October 1970, enough money had been raised to pay for the science building. Dorothy and Edward Gallahue donated more than $1 million towards the buildings construction, so when the structure opened in 1973, it was named the Dorothy and Edward Gallahue Science Hall in their honor.
Origin:	1969
Source:	http://palni.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/BldgsGrnds/id/2949
Collection:	Butler University Buildings and Grounds Collection
Rights:	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Copyright:	In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
Geography:	Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, 39.772507, -86.158037 39.772507 -86.158037
Subjects:	Fund raising Educational fund raising Butler University--Buildings College buildings Butler University--History Indianapolis (Ind.)--History People Indianapolis Athletic Club Science Complex Dorothy and Edward Gallahue Science Hall Gallahue Hall

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