At Alumni Day 2009, former Annual Giving Chair and current Aspire Campaign Co-Chair Robert S. Murley '72 presented distinguished achievement awards to the leaders of last year's Annual Giving campaign.

The Harold H. Helm Award, recognizing “exemplary and sustained service to Annual Giving,” was presented to James E. Crawford III '68.

The Class of 1926 Trophy, awarded to the class that raises the largest amount in each year's campaign, went to the Class of 1983. For their 25th Reunion, class members raised $8,300,000, an all-time record for any Princeton class. The class was led by Class Agent Andrew B. MacDonald, Special Gifts Co-Chairs Kevin T. Callaghan and Louise Nicholson Howe, Participation Chair M. Wistar Wood III, and Class President Elise P. Wright.

The Annual Giving Committee of Georgia, chaired by William F. Kaspers '70, received the Jerry Horton Award, which honors a regional AG committee each year for its successful efforts to expand dollar and participation totals.

Also on Alumni Day, Annual Giving Chair Rajiv Vinnakota '93 was presented with the Woodrow Wilson Award, awarded each year to an undergraduate alumnus or alumna whose career embodies the call to duty in Wilson’s famous speech, “Princeton in the Nation’s Service.”

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(From left: Robert Murley '72, Harold Helm Award winner James Crawford '68, and Annual Giving Director William M. Hardt '63)

February 2009