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Capital Campaign News 15 February 2008 The APA's Gatekeeper to Gateway Campaign will establish an Endowment for Classics Research and Teaching and obtain the gifts necessary to receive $650,000 offered in an NEH Challenge Grant.  The Association is undertaking this Campaign to ensure that its members will have the scholarly and pedagogical resources they need to do their work for decades to come.  The Campaign also shares with a wider public the excitement and commitment that APA members have for their subjects.  Below are highlights of recent Campaign news. To date the APA has received more than $800,000 in pledges and gifts.  Thanks to gifts and pledge payments already received, the Association has already claimed two installments of challenge grant matching funds (a total of $210,000) from the NEH.  The Classical Association of the UK has pledged $200,000 to the Campaign in support of the American Office of l’Année philologique. Prof. David Scourfield, Chair of Council of the CA, announced this gift during the Plenary Session at the Annual Meeting in Chicago. In recognition of this gift, a permanent fund for bibliography will be named for the CA. At the recommendation of APA member Jonathan Grant, the James P. Devere Foundation contributed $5,000 to the Campaign in honor of the Loyola Marymount University Classics Department. Mr. Grant is a graduate of Loyola Marymount. The Faculty of Classics at Cambridge University has made a contribution of $3,000. Thanks to the efforts of Development Committee member W. Gerald Heverly, the members of the Forum for Classics, Libraries, and Scholarly Communication are joining together to make contributions to the Campaign. Efforts of groups like these Classics Librarians can have a meaningful impact on the Campaign and inspire others to give.  The APA thanks Gerry for this effort and encourages other interested groups to consider this method of giving. An Honorary Advisory Committee for the Campaign has been formed and the APA is honored to welcome the first three distinguished members of this Committee. They are Erich Segal, Wolfson College, Oxford. Leonard E. Slatkin, Washington, DC Garry Wills, Evanston, IL The APA encourages all members to be a part of this Campaign and to help spread the word about its importance to the field of Classics.  Please call the APA office or visit the Campaign web site for complete information. Home