A Newsletter for Friends and Alumni of the University of Washington
Campaign Update

This past year was an enormously successful one for the University of Washington and for Campaign UW: Creating Futures. The close of 2007 saw the Campaign nearing the $2.5 billion mark, a remarkable accomplishment made possible by your support and dedication.

Your gifts of every size and your high regard for the UW continue to create wonderful opportunities for our students and faculty. From your support for students First endowments to a spectacular commitment that renamed our business school the Michael G. Foster School of Business, you have demonstrated again and again your dedication to this great university and the communities it serves.

In this issue you will read about a few recent Campaign UW milestones. You will read about the ways in which our alumni renew their bonds to the university by establishing class endowments to benefit students and the entire UW community. You will read about some of the special ways our supporters pay tribute to departed loved ones.

As we head into the home stretch of the Campaign, I am grateful for your generosity, whether you are providing essential resources for students, enabling the UW to launch new programs to save and enrich lives, or supplying the means for recruitment of top faculty to our classrooms. Your support, your energy and your vision are an inspiration to all of us.

Thank you.

William H. Gates (‘49, ‘50)
Chair, Campaign UW: Creating Futures

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