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Defining Wharton’s Future
Dean Harker stressed that the Campaign will define Wharton's future. "I see the Campaign
for Sustained Leadership as our shared opportunity to build the foundation for
the next generation of Wharton's leadership. We have set an ambitious goal: we will
raise $425 million for Wharton's future – by far the largest fundraising initiative in our
history. And I am confident we will achieve this goal with the help of the people in this
room tonight and the worldwide Wharton alumni community."
Penn President Judith Rodin noted that Wharton as a community can achieve
far more than any individual within it. It is "greater than the sum of its extraordinary
parts," she said. Referring to the setting of the Navy Base, Rodin noted a comment
by University of Pennsylvania founder Ben Franklin, who said that no ship is ever
designed, built and sailed by a single person.
"All innovations come about only through purposeful engagement and partnership,"
she said. "No one of us, formidable as our individual talents may be, has the
capacity by ourselves to preserve Wharton as the gold standard of business education,
research and practice. It is only your involvement and leadership that leverage this
support into dominance."
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