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In this book are inscribed by order of the trustees of The University of Rochester the names of over 13,500 contributors including not only Alumni, Alumnae, undergraduates Members of the Faculty an Trustees, but also thousands of other men and women, representing all classes in the Community as well as Corporations, Trade Unions and educational Foundations, by whose gifts, large and small, amounting to the total sum of over Ten Million Dollars the River Campus was acquired, the buildings of the College for Men were erected, the buildings of the College for Women were renovated, and the endowment of the University was increased to make possible this new development; And also the names of over 550 Volunteer workers who during the raising of this Fund in 1924 gave freely o their time, as organizers and members of the committees under the general chairmanship of George W. Todd, to secure these subscriptions: both contributors and workers there by showing their good will toward the University and their confidents in its future, and deserving The Gratitude of Posterity