NCSU Libraries Focus Online
Volume 21 number 2 - Winter 2001
Class of 1993 Collections Endowment Honored
By Tony Reevy, Library Development
On April 13, 2000, the NCSU Libraries held a reception honoring donors to
the Class of 1993 Collections Endowment. The fund produces income to expand
the library collections that help undergraduates study and learn. More than
1,000 members of the Class of 1993 gave to the endowment, which was one of
NC State's largest senior class gifts. Ryan Addison, Class of 1993 president,
spoke of his fellow students' recognition of the central role the library played
in their education and their generous enthusiasm in pledging such a large senior
class gift. He was excited and pleased to learn that the Class of 1993 Collections
Endowment now has a principal of more than $210,000.
Participants at the reception enjoyed the a cappella music of the university's
Ladies in Red singing group and toured areas of the D. H. Hill Library that
had been renovated since they graduated. Library director Susan K. Nutter noted
that the Class of 1993 Collections Endowment marked the beginning of the NCSU
Libraries' rise in the Association of Research Libraries' rankings from 98
in 1993 to 35 in 1999. She also told how the endowment produced enough income
last year to fund the purchase of more than 300 books. Nutter thanked alumni
for their generous support of the Libraries, emphasizing that thousands of
future library users will benefit from their generosity.
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