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the beginning of the campaign?
RA: It was somewhere around $26,000, I think. It almost
doubled the amount in that account. I should say here
that I am not really a campaigner for that sort of thing. A
lot of people donated, but in the larger sense that wasn't
really a great amount of money. So I didn't feel that I did
my homework on that. But at least it made the membership aware that there was an endowment and that it
should be enriched. It WaslJ"t until later that other funding devices, like the art auctions, were put together that
have now raised it to the $100,000 mark and above,
where it is now.
Interviewer: Doubling the size of the endO\l"ment, that is
quite an accomplishment. Most of that money 'I"as raised
selling Silver Anniversary pins for $25.00 each. That's a
lot of silver pins, Doc. You continue to work on the endowment committee today, don't you?
RA: It's the Endowment Management Committee that Tim
Kelly chairs.
Interviewer: And then of course there's the establishment of
the ew Century Fund ...
RA: That was due to encouragement from the Fellows to consider the possibility of posing that to the board. I then
took it to the board and the board immediately adopted
it. Now there is a program that has really paid off in a
relatively short period of time. And it is unlimited. It has
been used for the awards for young professionals, and
many other things can be funded from that as well. Here

we are now each year, giving out awards to seven young
people who are just about to enter into our field. That is
fantastic. Just the competition involved and seeing what
they are doing in those areas encourages much more of
that assistance to our younger people.
Interviewer: I know that a lot of us have always been firm
believers in doing everything we can to help our student
members because they are our hlture. I guess that
Eddie's challenge really did get that ball rolling after all.
RA: Absolutely.*:.
THE LIVING HISTORY PROJECT isjoint()' sponsored and
funded as an all-commission project ~)' the COJllmissioners Fuud and the commissions ofthe Institute. The objective is to video tape interviews with those individuals that
have had significant involvemeut with the histo/:)' ofthe
lustituteji"Om itsfounding to the present. This process
u'as initiated this year at the Toronto co/iftrence. It is envisioned that over the ne.rtjiveyears some 75 to 100 individuals will be interviewed. The ongoingproject will then
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THE LIVlJ GHISTORY PROJECT is chaired by Richard D.
Stephens, who edited the above article. He wishes to thank
Sarah B. Faszholzfor assistance with transcription and
editorial suggestions, as well as Douglas C. TaylOJ; USITT
archivist,for research assistance.

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