Harvard president Drew Faust talks with Jack Cogan '52, campaign co-chairman and chairman of the faculty campaign, which achieved the support of 97 percent of the faculty and raised $1.7 million. The HLS campaign raised $476,475,707.
With Harvard President Drew Faust on hand, HLS celebrates a record-setting campaign.
Speaking at a gala celebration in a tent on Holmes Field on Oct. 23, Dean Elena Kagan '86 marked the conclusion of the school's record-breaking "Setting the Standard" capital campaign, telling the more than 400 law school leaders attending, "This campaign has made it possible for us to strengthen the law school in all kinds of new and exciting ways." Launched five years ago, the record-setting campaign ended on June 30 and raised more than $476 million, exceeding its ambitious goal by nearly 20 percent. In addition to Dean Kagan, former Dean Robert Clark '72, Campaign Chairman Finn Caspersen '66 and Harvard President Drew Faust were also on hand to commemorate the occasion. In her remarks, Faust said, "I stand before you tonight both to celebrate and to anticipate the Harvard Law School community's 'exertions and personal sacrifices ... in the interests of the age and of society,'" quoting Harvard's 15th president, Josiah Quincy.
Left: Dean Elena Kagan '86 celebrating with Bernard Aidinoff '53 and Conrad Harper '65 during the October gala celebration. Right: Dean Elena Kagan '86, with Finn Caspersen '66, former HLS Dean Robert Clark '72 and President Faust.
Left: Barbara Caspersen, Rita Hauser '58 and Gus Hauser '53. Right: Finn M.W. Caspersen '66