We have now created more than 140 programs, initiatives, partnerships, and organizations in which our students, faculty, and staff connect to the City and its residents. Our campus has become a leader in cybersecuritya key tool for our nations securitywith work ranging from information technology to ethics. Given the stature today of our nations research enterprise, most would also be astonished to learn that at that time the most prestigious universities in the world were in Europe and that there was just a handful of American universities that could be called research universities. The federal government was not yet a player in higher education, nor was it a major funder of research most research on American campuses was funded by private philanthropy. We can better understand UMBCs growth over the past half-century if we consider the national context in which our campus was founded and subsequently grew. When Joseph Settles, James McNutt, Clarence Mayer, Owen Truitt, and C. Roy Atkinson gathered at 504 Locust Street in Bloomington, Illinois on January 10, 1899, and formed the Knights of Classic Lore they created a society whose avowed purpose was to aid men in their mental, moral and social development. Our mission to aid men in their moral, mental and social development for life has been present since our founding and has prevailed for 121 years. Be responsive embracing our community and its needs While waiting to board my flight, another person in line noticed my TKE polo shirt and initiated a conversation. This is my first Founders Day on campus, as it may be for many of you, and Im delighted we can Albin O. Kuhn the University of Marylands Vice President for Baltimore Campuses, and later UMBCs first Chancellorcalled opening day his most personally satisfying experience. Thank you for having the vision to open this university, and for carrying From just $1 million in the early 1990s, our endowment has grown in value to more than $77 million today, with almost $14 million raised this past year.
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