{"id":347,"date":"2009-06-01T11:31:12","date_gmt":"2009-06-01T17:31:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.coloradocollege.edu\/bulletin\/?p=347"},"modified":"2009-06-01T11:31:12","modified_gmt":"2009-06-01T17:31:12","slug":"commitment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/bulletin\/2009\/06\/commitment\/","title":{"rendered":"Commitment"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photo by Will Powers<\/p><\/div>\n

Dear Alumni, Parents, and Friends,<\/p>\n

Like virtually every college president in the country, I have had many occasions to communicate with the Colorado College community about how we are dealing with the effects of the economic downturn. It has been helpful to put our circumstances into historical context.<\/p>\n

We often hear and read the word \u201cunprecedented\u201d to describe current economic conditions, but they are not in fact without precedent. Eighty years ago, Colorado College suffered a severe endowment loss, decreased enrollment, and unpaid student accounts. Four residence halls were closed. A decade later, the effects of the Great Depression still held sway, and as President Thurston Davies stated in his 1939 annual report to the Board of Trustees:<\/p>\n

\u201cUpon the vigorous foundation of the past we are trying to build a new and vital institution which will continue to uphold and develop the previous achievements \u2026. To say that an institution is at any time at a crossroads is trite. I feel right now, however, that \u2026 Colorado College, already one of the widely known small colleges in the country, will be preeminent in its field.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Davies believed it 70 years ago. I believe it now. We are at a crossroads, but we will prevail. We are making tough financial decisions to ensure CC\u2019s viability.<\/p>\n

In this issue about the quality that characterizes our students and faculty (standouts in the Class of 2009<\/a>; new tenure-track faculty hires<\/a>); and read about the commitment that characterizes our supporters (support for financial aid<\/a>; commitment to the Vision<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Such quality and commitment are what promise to sustain Colorado College.<\/p>\n

Sincerely,<\/p>\n

Richard F. Celeste<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Board of Trustees<\/td>\nDavid Lampton P \u201900<\/strong>
\n \u2013 Washington, D.C.<\/td>\n		Raymond Petros Jr. \u201972 <\/strong>
\n \u2013 Golden, Colo.<\/td>\n		David van Diest Skilling \u201955<\/strong>
\n \u2013 Palm Desert, Calif.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Margaret Allon \u201981<\/strong>
\n \u2013 Denver, Colo.<\/td>\n		Elizabeth Larned \u201983<\/strong>
\n \u2013 San Francisco, Calif.
\n (Secretary of the Board)<\/em><\/td>\n		Jack Pottle \u201977<\/strong>
\n \u2013 Denver, Colo.<\/td>\n		Michael Slade \u201979<\/strong>
\n \u2013 Seattle, Wash.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Neal Baer \u201978 <\/strong>
\n \u2013 Los Angeles, Calif.<\/td>\n		Amy Shackelford Louis \u201984<\/strong>
\n \u2013 Hinsdale, Ill.<\/td>\n		Adam Press \u201984<\/strong>
\n \u2013 Los Angeles, Calif.<\/td>\n		Brian Thomson \u201985<\/strong>
\n \u2013 Denver, Colo.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Susan Burghart ’77 <\/strong>
\n \u2013 Colorado Springs, Colo.<\/td>\n		Robert Manning \u201969<\/strong>
\n \u2013 Denver, Colo.
\n (Co-Vice-Chair of the Board)<\/em><\/td>\n		Harold Price P \u201975 \u201976<\/strong>
\n \u2013 Laguna Beach, Calif.<\/td>\n		Hans Utsch P \u201992 \u201995<\/strong>
\n \u2013 New York, N.Y.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
William Campbell \u201967<\/strong>
\n \u2013 Englewood, Colo.<\/td>\n		Manuel Martinez \u201974<\/strong>
\n \u2013 Denver, Colo.<\/td>\n		Jane Rawlings \u201970<\/strong>
\n \u2013 Pueblo, Colo.<\/td>\n		Colburn Wilbur<\/strong>
\n \u2013 Los Altos, Calif.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Richard Celeste <\/strong>
\n \u2013 President of Colorado College<\/td>\n		Margaret Mathies \u201957<\/strong>
\n \u2013 Claremont, Calif.<\/td>\n		Edward Robson \u201954 P \u201979<\/strong>
\n \u2013 Phoenix, Ariz.<\/td>\n		Brian Williamson \u201996<\/strong>
\n \u2013 Wilmington, Del.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
John Chalik \u201967 <\/strong>
\n \u2013 Piedmont, Calif.<\/td>\n		Chad Milton \u201969<\/strong>
\n \u2013 Prairie Village, Kan.<\/td>\n		Robert Ross<\/strong>
\n \u2013 Oklahoma City, Okla.<\/td>\n		John Wold \u201975<\/strong>
\n \u2013 Denver, Colo.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Daniel Cooper \u201966 <\/strong>
\n \u2013 Buena Vista, Colo.<\/td>\n		Eben Moulton \u201968<\/strong>
\n \u2013 Cambridge, Mass.<\/td>\n		Ken Salazar \u201977<\/strong>
\n \u2013 Washington, D.C.
\n (Honorary Trustee)<\/em><\/td>\n		Nancy Woodrow \u201968<\/strong>
\n \u2013 Wayzata, Minn.
\n (Co-Vice-Chair of the Board)<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
William Hybl \u201964 <\/strong>
\n \u2013 Colorado Springs, Colo.<\/td>\n		Douglas Norberg \u201962<\/strong>
\n \u2013 Seattle, Wash.<\/td>\n		Robert Selig \u201961<\/strong>
\n \u2013 Woodside, Calif.<\/td>\n		Suzanne Woolsey P \u201997 \u201998 \u201900<\/strong>
\n \u2013 Harwood, Md.
\n (Chair of the Board)<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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