Alumni

From the President

We spent this year reflecting on and celebrating the first 150 years of Lake Forest College. Now it's time to think about our future. To that end we have formally launched The 150th Anniversary Campaign for Lake Forest College to raise $100 million to double the endowment, build and enhance key facilities, and provide broader support for our academic mission and campus improvement. Our goal is ambitious and the largest in our history, but it is critical that we continue to build momentum to becoming one of the leading liberal arts colleges in the nation. You can read more about this historic campaign and its implications for the College's future starting on page 18.

We toasted the start of the campaign at a happy hour held in the Mohr Student Center on October 5 — one of many highlights from Homecoming, Reunion, and Family Weekend. Over 4,000 alumni, faculty, staff, and students participated in three days of festivities, which opened with a lecture about globalization by Thomas Friedman, New York Times foreign affairs columnist and three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author.

One of Friedman's points addressed the importance of sound environmental business practices to offset the negative impact of global economic growth on the environment. He said that while the world has taken incremental steps to address global warming, we need a "green revolution," emphasizing the many benefits for global business that it could deliver. In Friedman's view, going green not only increases efficiency and productivity, but it also creates more livable cities that attract knowledgeable workers.

We think itís good for education, too. That's why I am proud to say the College has started the process to make the recently renovated Buchanan Hall the first LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certified building on campus. Thanks to a generous donation by the Buchanan Family Foundation, the College was able to install new energy-efficient mechanical systems and other features that help Buchanan Hall meet the criteria necessary to become a green building. Buchanan Hall (the former home of the Lake Forest Graduate School of Management on South Campus) reopened in August with wired classrooms and is the new home to several academic departments and student services. An article on its environmental and academic benefits begins on page 30.

Buchanan Hall is one example of how The 150th Anniversary Campaign will benefit the College, and we hope to bring you more examples in the future. Please stay tuned as we update you on the progress of the campaign, and thanks for celebrating our 150th birthday with us.

Stephen D. Schutt
President