New Century Campaign Milestones

• July 1, 1993 - Campaign counting begins.
• June 1994 - Campaign receives largest gift in Berkeley's history, $25 million from an anonymous donor. Walter and Evelyn Haas Fund pledges $10 million for new basketball arena.
• July 1, 1994 - Cal Annual Fund inaugurated. November 1995 - Campaign crosses the Pacific with Asian Leadership Conference in Bali, Indonesia. Subsequent conferences held in Thailand and Taiwan.
• September 1996 - "The Promise of Berkeley: Campaign for the New Century" is formally announced at kick-off dinner in Doe Library.
• July 1997 - Richard Goldman contributes $10 million to establish the Richard and Rhoda Goldman School of Public Policy.
• September 1997 - Campaign unveiled in Southern California.
• October 1997 - First Alumni Homecoming and Reunion takes place. Parents Weekend joins event the following year.
• August 1998 - A $50 million gift from an anonymous donor, setting new record as the largest bequest in the campus's history.
• April 16, 1999 - Campaign crosses $1 billion mark.
• December 1999 - Whitaker Foundation pledges $15 million for bioengineering. Campaign crosses $1.1 billion goal.
• September 2000 - Wayne and Gladys Valley Foundation awards campus $25 million for new research facilities in biomedical science.
• December 31, 2000 - Campaign officially ends with more than $1.3 billion raised.