2009-10
Welcome from the President

I am proud to report on the 2009-10 academic year at Linfield College. As the year began, we worried about the economy and its effect on our enrollment, our fundraising and our endowment. At many other institutions across the country, programs and staff were cut or reduced. But at Linfield we held firm as a college and a community and maintained all of our programs and staff – and we extended our streak of balanced budgets to 36 consecutive years.

Although our freshman class was slightly smaller than usual, it was academically outstanding, and we were able to provide significant financial aid despite the bad economy. Our baseball, softball and football teams all finished second or third in the nation. Four of our graduating seniors were awarded prestigious Fulbright Scholarships. Professor Peter Richardson was named the Oregon Professor of the Year. And we had our best fundraising year since 2002-03, when Linfield celebrated its campaign to acquire and build the Keck Campus; thanks to the generosity of trustees, alumni, parents and friends, Linfield College received more than $7.6 million in gifts, grants and bequests in the fiscal year that ended on June 30.

These results would be impressive in any year. But in 2009-10, when unemployment remained stubbornly high and foreclosure rates soared, these results were truly great. They stemmed from the hard work of many people, but also from the generosity of our friends and allies. The power of a Linfield education was manifested in many ways last year; ultimately, however, we saw that the power of our small college comes from our community, both on campus and beyond. And so, to that Linfield community, on behalf of our students, present and future, I thank you.

Thomas L. Hellie
President

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