Dear Associates:

In the past year the library received gifts of funds, books, journals, and manuscripts from more than eight hundred Associates. This outstanding generosity will help the library provide essential books and journals for thousands of Georgetown students. The following are some examples of recent gifts to the library.

Oldest Living Alumnus

Francis Burrell Hoffman, Class of 1900, who was a Georgetown student more than eighty years ago, recently sent another gift to the library, with a letter expressing his interest in the library as Georgetown's oldest living alumnus.

Alumnus of 1904

An Alumnus of the Class of 1904, John W. Fairfax, is an annual donor of funds, and this year he has also sent an extra gift for purchase of books as a memorial to the late Reverend Vincent F. Beatty, S.J., who gave much assistance to Georgetown library development.

Class of 1930

The Class of 1930 on the occasion of its fiftieth reunion in June this year designated the library to be the recipient of its Golden Jubilee Reunion gift amounting to $35,000. The devotion and benevolence of the Class of 1930 will enable the library to acquire several thousand important books. We hope that this will be an incentive for other classes to make reunion gifts to the library.

Class of 1978

Several hundred members of the Class of 1978 are making annual contributions to the Alumni Association for a fund which will be presented to the library at their fiftieth anniversary. This fine expression of appreciation for the library should encourage future graduating classes to designate the library for their anniversary gifts. Books purchased with class gifts will be identified by an inscribed bookplate in each volume purchased with these funds.

Parents Fund

The annual Georgetown Parents Fund campaign for the past year accumulated $85,000, of which a portion is designated for library acquisitions. Parents of more than 780 students contributed to this fund. Their generosity is an example of the high appreciation which students and parents have for the library.