University of Notre Dame - Dome Yearbook (Notre Dame, IN)

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Rev. John J. Cavanaugh, C.S.C. Director, University of Notre Dame Foundation University Development The University of Notre Dame Foundation exists in order to help the University secure the endowment it must have to function prop- erly. Since the fees paid by the students do not cover the entire cost of their education and since the University receives no tax aid it is necessary to seek private aid. The Foundation has been able to raise about $15 million in the last seven years. Rev. John J. Cavanaugh, C.S.C., is the head of University Development and the Director of the Notre Dame Foundation. Since he became president in 1947 and in his two years as Foundation head the University has put up four major buildings and inaugurated the Fac- ulty Development Fund, designed to add dis- tinguished professors to the faculty through corporate giving. iH B MMMMI IMMl BMM MMM HMMMi MMMMMMHMi MMMMMMMM $ 551,80300 ' 614,93942, ' 2,416,64737 3,114,83055 2,413,194.22 1,928,55715 1.470851. 13 ' Does not include S700.000 in pledged ( for 1949. 1952 and 1953 include gift Graph shows amount of gifts in the last seven years by alumni and friends of the University. The 1953 total does not include $700,000 in pledged capital gifts. 14

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Laetare Medalist 1954 The Honorable Jefferson Caffery The Honorable Jefferson Caffery, United States Ambassador to Egypt, was the recipient of this year ' s Laetare Medal. The award has been made annually since 1883 by the Univer- sity of Notre Dame to an outstanding Catholic Layman. Mr. Caffery is the senior United States ambassador. He has served as assistant Secre- tary of State and as ambassador to Cuba, Brazil, and France. Mr. Caffery received the State Department ' s Distinguished Service Award in 1950. The medal is awarded each year on Laetare Sunday. Some recent recipients have been: actress Irene Dunn, Army Chief of Staff Law- ton Collins, and I. A. O ' Shaughnessy, donor of the Liberal Arts Building. 13

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Mr. James E. Armstrong, assistant to the director of the foundation. He is also Secretary of the Alumni Association and Editor of the Notre Dame and Alumnus magazines. The Alumnus and Notre Dame magazines carry the name and news of Notre Dame to thousands of alumni and friends of the Uni- versity every year. Edited by Mr. James E. Armstrong and published by the Alumni Asso- ciation and the Foundation the two periodicals have a circulation of over 65,000. Notre Dame magazine features stories about happenings on campus and articles by such well known writ- ers as Arch Ward of the Chicago Tribune, George Sokolsky columnist, Francis Wallace of Colliers and Father Peyton. John N. Cack- ley is managing editor of both the Alumnus and Notre Dame. The Arizona Club of Notre Dame is an example of the work of the Alumni As- sociation and a senior at Notre Dame in spreading the name of Notre Dame throughout the country. Duke Rank from Phoenix engineered a plan for publiciz- ing the University throughout the state of Arizona. The State Alumni Association financed the drive which consisted of things like letters to ND alumni and par- ish priests, publicity and photos in the Arizona press and T-V showings of Notre Dame movies, and sending subscriptions to the Scholastic to all Catholic high schools in the state and making direct contact with the high schools. As a result, twelve new freshmen are enrolled for next year. New Notre Dame Bookstore. The gift of Mr. and Mrs. Romy Hammes, it will be erected on Badin Bog between Badin Hall and the Post Office. $250,000 was the amount of the gift. 15