Chair: Hugh Tilson                                                           Staff: Jud Richland
                                                                                            Maureen Crane

Charitable contributions to the College continued to increase in Fiscal Year 1999. Contributions totaled $15,721 in 1999 compared to $10,450 in 1998. Special thanks go to Jonathan Fielding for his generous challenge grant. Thanks also go to the many ACPM members, including ACPM Board members, who met Dr. Fielding’s challenge and caused him to make good on his entire grant!

A mailing will be sent to all College members later this year seeking charitable contributions.

The first President’s Society breakfast was held in March at the PREVENTION meeting. Over half of the fifteen President’s Society donors, each of whom contributed at least $500 attended the breakfast. The President’s Society donors include:

E. Jackson Allison, Jr.
Robert Carr
Roy DeHart
Halley Faust
Jonathan Fielding
Robert Harmon
Linda Louise Hill
James Kotsanos
Douglas Lloyd
Gary Noble
F. Douglas Scutchfield
William Shaw
Penny Stern
Hugh Tilson

The breakfast was a wonderful social occasion as well as an opportunity for many people who care about the College to share ideas on how the dollars raised through the President’s Society can be used to advance the field. Suggestions included using the President’ Society contributions for, among other things, a 50th anniversary celebration for the College (in 2004), an award, an internship, or ACPM’s Careers Initiative. Ultimately, members decided not to rush into any decisions about how the funds should be used.

The Development Committee has played a key role in initiating grant proposals for the College. For example, Ron Davis has led the College’s efforts to gain funding to develop a national tobacco cessation certification program. Hugh Tilson has played a key role in shaping ACPM’s proposal to CDC, about which we continue to be optimistic.

The Development Committee has long stressed the importance of establishing partnerships with private corporations to support important College activities. The time spent developing proposals to federal agencies over the last several months limited the amount of effort devoted to corporate fundraising efforts. The Development Committee believes strongly that relationships with private corporations should not unduly influence, or appear to influence, College activities. At its upcoming meeting, the Committee will scrutinize the draft policy statement governing ACPM’s relationship with corporate sponsors.