Invest in the Future of the Highty-Tighties:
Highty-Tighty Alumni Development
Fact: The Corps of Cadets Recruiting Staff say that the best recruiting
tool for the Corps is the Emerging Leader Scholarship (ELS).
Fact: The Highty-Tighty Recruiting Staff reports to the Board of Directors
that the Number One “Weapon” in getting high school seniors
interested in the Band is the $1,000 Alumni Stipend.
Fact: To support 40 freshmen a year AND a 100 member Band with
ELS requires an estimated endowment of $4.5 million. This is our
goal by 2014. (See the Fall 2003 Newsletter for more details.)
Fact: Highty-Tighty Alumni Endowments total $588,472.54*. These
endowments generate a fraction of the annual stipend and ELS requirement.
The VTCCA makes up the difference. We Alumni are
not meeting our obligations.
Short Term Objective: Three of the Highty-Tighty named scholarships
are named for Jim Shaeffer, Tom Dobyns, and Charlie Cornelison.
To fully endow each account we need*:
Jim Shaeffer (881643) $42,134.75
Tom Dobyns (883369) $40,410.02
Charlie Cornelison (885617) $14,604.10
As a first step, the Board wants to have these accounts
endowed for Homecoming!!! We need your help.
To help endow a scholarship in the name of these three influential
Highty-Tighties, please note the appropriate account number and make
a check out to Virginia Tech Foundation and mail it to:
University Development
201 Pack Building (0336)
Blacksburg, VA 24061
Attn: Dave Spracher
*Account balances are as of March 22, 2004.