"The Campaign was a resounding success for the College—the superb result of the partnership among faculty, the deans, our development team and volunteers," said Patricia O'Brien, Executive Dean of the College of Letters and Science. "We have strategically advanced our academic goals and enhanced our competitiveness in research and education."

Campaign UCLA, a 10-year effort for the university, concluded on December 31, 2005. It is the largest and most successful fundraising campaign ever in higher education—the first and only campaign to reach and surpass $3 billion.

For the overall results of Campaign UCLA, visit www.giveto.ucla.edu

Highlights for the College include:

• $47 million for faculty support
• $50 million for undergraduate support
• $40 million for graduate fellowships, and
• $144 million for programs and research funding

"Gifts committed over the course of the campaign have made possible more than 11,200 student support awards for undergraduate and graduate students," said O'Brien. "And, the creation of 38 new endowed chair funds brings the College total now to 63. This is a wonderful record of achievement."

Some 17,000 donors made gifts both large and small to the College during the Campaign.

"We are grateful to all of our donors and volunteers—each gift is important," said O'Brien.

A sampling of transformative gifts include:

• An endowment gift by Lew and Edie Wasserman provides support to more than 150 undergraduate students each year.
• A gift from Morton La Kretz ('48) made possible the new building, La Kretz Hall, that houses a state-of-the-art auditorium, new classrooms and the Institute of the Environment.
• Garen ('66) and Shari ('66) Staglin created an endowed chair that provides seed funding for a clinical research center, and primary support to launch the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience.
• A gift from A. Richard Diebold provides fellowship support for graduate students—the largest endowment of its kind in the humanities at UCLA.
• An endowment gift from Paul ('50, '52, '56) and Hisako Terasaki to support the Center for Japanese Studies provides support for a professorship, post-doctoral and graduate student fellowships and programmatic funds to promote new initiatives in the field.
• John McTague, a former faculty member at UCLA, endowed two career development chairs in chemistry that attracted two talented scholars to UCLA.
• Post-doctoral fellowships in the emerging field of transnational studies are now possible through a grant from the Mellon Foundation.
• A gift from Lloyd Cotsen ensures the tremendous growth of our Institute of Archaeology by creating an endowed chair, and research and programmatic endowments.
• The generosity of Campaign UCLA Chair Bob (?53) and Marion (?50) Wilson created a scholars program in the Academic Advancement Program and scholarships for undergraduates in the math and science teacher preparation program.
• A gift from Ronald W. Burkle endowed the Center for International Relations named in his honor, which has brought top policy makers to campus for public lectures and funded research on such issues as globalization, politics, and economics.
• A bequest from Phil Whitcome (?74) creates a significant endowment for graduate students involved in the Molecular Biology Institute, as well as support for undergraduate students.

"Private philanthropy has become a vital component in our efforts to ensure that we remain competitive among the nation's premier research universities," said O'Brien. "Even though Campaign UCLA has drawn to a close, we in the College remain committed to aggressively pursuing private gifts to enhance our work. We will now focus our efforts on the Chancellor's Ensuring Academic Excellence Initiative—which secures resources to attract top-flight scholars and students in the face of widening funding disparities between elite public research universities and private institutions.

"Our fundraising results are at an all-time high; our momentum is stronger than ever, and we have a cadre of volunteers, philanthropic and community leaders, ready to partner with us," said O'Brien. "Our future has never looked better."