Peter and Carolyn Lynch Take Lead in $1 Million Annual Fund Challenge

The Academy’s Annual Fund launched its 2000-2001 campaign in October, aiming to reach beyond its record-setting performance of recent years—a total of $706,211 last year and an increase of 255 percent since 1996. Development Committee Chair Leo L. Beranek noted that "the success of the past three years has brought us within range of a $1 million Annual Fund."

He went on to announce that "thanks to the generosity of our Treasurer, Peter Lynch, and his wife, Carolyn, the Academy has received a two-year challenge gift to help us achieve the $1 million level. We are excited by the opportunity that the Lynch challenge gift presents. It reminds us that every gift is important. Only with the continuing generosity of Fellows and friends will we meet the Challenge and reach this significant benchmark."

Louis Cabot, a member of the development committee and its major gifts chair, remarked that "this most recent generous support from Peter and Carolyn Lynch is another demonstration of serious Fellow support for the Academy's new initiative to ramp up its outreach and programs and to utilize the enormous talents of its membership more fully." Cochair Robert Alberty added that he "was gratified by the number of Fellows who had agreed to help the Annual Fund this year by serving as representatives for their classes and sections and urging their colleagues to support the Annual Fund. They will make a critical difference for us in helping to meet the $1 million challenge with new and increased gifts."

For more information, please call Mary Brandt at (617) 576-5037 or email mbrandt@amacad.org.

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