On December 31, 2008 The Whiting School of Engineering reached the Knowledge for the World Campaign goal, raising a record $162 million. Since the beginning of the campaign in 2000, more than 7,000 engineering alumni, as well as many friends, foundations, and corporations, made gifts at all levels. This included the establishment of 36 scholarships, 19 graduate fellowships, 9 full and junior professorships, and the endowment of the Benjamin T. Rome Deanship. Donors supported collaborative and innovative research programs in Computational Medicine, Robotics, and Financial Mathematics, to name a few. Gifts also aided in the construction of the new Computational Science and Engineering Building, the Charles Commons Undergraduate Residential Hall, and the renovation of labs across the Whiting School.
The Whiting School Campaign was part of the larger Johns Hopkins Knowledge for the World Campaign, which raised $3.7 billion. To learn more about the impact of the campaign visit the campaign website.
"On behalf of my fellow Chairs, Gil Decker and Kwok Li, I want to thank each and every one of you who have participated in the Knowledge for the World Campaign. Since the outset of the effort in 2000, your support of scholarships, fellowships and professorships has helped the school to attract and retain some of the brightest students and faculty in the world. Your generosity has also funded with many innovative programs and capital projects. The Whiting School is fortunate to have so many dedicated and loyal alumni and friends, and thanks to you our future is indeed bright."
—Bill Ward
"The Whiting School is a place where our work is never finished, where we welcome the tough problems that others might avoid, where collaboration and commitment to finding solutions drive us every day. To fully achieve our goals, we must recruit and support the finest faculty, students and staff, and provide the infrastructure and environment for their success. Helping secure that support is the essence of my job and at the heart of the success of the Knowledge for the World Campaign.
The support of our alumni and friends to the campaign since 2000 has simply been remarkable. The numbers are impressive to be sure, but even more fundamental is the partnership that so many of you have demonstrated through your support. Because of your generosity, we have been able to pursue initiatives that otherwise would not have been possible. The conclusion of the campaign does not mark and end, but is another significant landmark as the school moves forward. Your support has allowed us to think boldly about the future and tackle problems that are critical to the country and the world. Philanthropic support indeed provides the “margin of excellence” and allows us to do so much more. So, let me join Bill Ward, Kwok Li, Gil Decker and the other members of the Campaign leadership by thanking you. The legacy of this campaign will live in the future, and it is an honor for me to carry our mission forward."
—Dean Jones
"Philanthropy is not only beneficial to us, it is crucial to our continued success. If it were not for the generosity of alumni and friends it would not be possible to undertake new initiatives. In particular, thanks to the largess of donors, we have been able to establish our Naddor Teaching Fellows program, which provides support to graduate students who demonstrate an interest in and talent for teaching of undergraduate applied mathematics, and to launch our Financial Mathematics Master's program, which aims to train the next leaders in the financial industry. In the Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics, we are extraordinarily grateful for the continued generous support we have received during the recent campaign."
—Professor Naiman
"I am proud to be a Johns Hopkins student and the inaugural Laverty Family Scholar. This scholarship allows me to experience what Hopkins offers to the fullest extent. Thank you to everyone who has provided similar opportunities to my fellow students – your generosity will continue to have an impact for years to come. Through your commitment to Johns Hopkins and participation in the Knowledge for the World Campaign you are making a difference in one person’s life, and in the future of the world."
—Mariadina DiGennaro
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Major,
Environmental Engineering Minor expected May 2010
mdigenn1@jhu.edu
The Laverty Scholarship Fund was established during the Knowledge for the World Campaign in memory of Albert G. Laverty ’53 by his wife, Martha Laverty, and his daughter, Lynn Laverty Elsenhans, with additional support from several members of the Class of 1953 and other family and friends.
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The Johns Hopkins Knowledge for the World Campaign ended Dec. 31 with total commitments of $3.741 billion, creating 92 professorships, generating 550 new scholarships and graduate fellowships, and modernizing teaching, research and patient care facilities at Johns Hopkins campuses at home and around the world.
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