FIELD BRIEFS 



Thomas R. Sanders, Vice President 

 Of Development, Retires 



Thomas R. Sanders, vice president for Development of 

 Field Museum, retired on January 31, after having 

 served as chief development officer for the Museum fi>r 

 almost twenty years. In a profession known, among 

 other things, for a tradition of transiency in tenure, 

 that tenure, alone, is cause for notice. But Tom Sand- 

 ers did far more than just put in two decades of service. 

 More than any other person, he is the leader and the 

 craftsman of, and the glue that held together. Field 

 Museum's fund-raising effort over that period. 



Tom Sanders joined the Museum staff in the fall of 

 1969. He inherited little more than an emhryonic 

 fund-raising program and financial needs of awesome 

 proportions. In typical Sanders fashion, he went to 

 wt:)rk — planning, organizing, and producing. During 

 Tom's tenure, more than $65 million in private contri- 

 butions have come to Field Museum. No one who 

 knows anything about development work would sug- 

 gest that it is a one-person operation. Tom had a dis- 

 tinguished institution and staff, an outstanding board 

 of trustees, and dedicated friends of the Museum to 

 work with. But Tom Sanders was the dynamo and the 

 continuum, without which no development effort can 

 succeed. His contributions were much more than pure 

 fund raising. He understood the values of Field Mu- 

 seum, he is unfailingly loyal, and he possesses an energy 

 level seldom seen in today's world. Perhaps more valu- 

 able than any other single characteristic, one working 

 with him could always be assured that, regardless of any 

 possible disagreements, Tom's opinion always ex- 

 pressed what he believed what was in the best interests 

 of Field Museum. One never had to search for a hidden 

 agenda. In short, Tom Sanders was a valued member ot 

 senior management. 



Prior to joining the Field Museum staff, Mr. Sand- 

 ers had served the Chicago Heart Association, the 



Community Fund-Red Cross Joint Appeal (now the 

 Crusade of Mercy), the American Cancer Society, and 

 for nine years was director of Development of Loyola 

 University. Thus, his entire career has been in the field 

 of development. The 35 years in development repre- 

 sent a great contribution to the organizations and in- 

 stitutions of Chicago. 



All those who know Tom Sanders, and particular- 

 ly those who have worked with him for the good of 

 Field Museum, wish him and his wife, Mary, all the 

 best in retirement. With those wishes come apprecia- 

 tion for a major contribution toward the advancement 

 of the Museum. 



— E. Lehmd Webber 



Willard E. White Named Vice President 

 For Development and External Affairs 



Succeeding Thomas G. Sanders as Field Museum's 

 chief development officer is Willard E. White, who 

 joined the Field Museum November 28. Mr. White 

 comes to the Museum from the Newberry Library, 

 where he was vice president for Development and Pub- 

 lic Affairs. 



He has previously been a development officer at 

 the Illinois Institute of Technology, Northwestern 

 University, and the University of Chicago. Prior to 

 entering the development field in 1977, Mr. White 

 served with the journals division of the University ot 

 Chicago Press; as chief, Personnel Branch, Third U.S. 

 Army, Atlanta; and as instructor in English at the Uni- 

 versity of Illinois, Chicago. He received his Ph.D. and 

 M. A. in English literature from the University of Chi- 

 cago and his B. A. from Denison University. 



As vice president for Development and External 

 Affairs, he is responsible for development, member- 

 ship, tours, sponsored programs, government rela- 

 tions, external communications, marketing, public re- 

 lations, and the Bulletin. 



Clarification: Symposium on History and Evolution 



We regret the understandable confusion generated by the announcement of the symposium "His- 

 tory and Evolution," which appeared in the February Bulletin. The reproduction of the annoimce- 

 ment sent to universities and other scientific institutions across the country was intended not as an 

 invitation for registration from the general public but rather as a notice to the membership of an 

 activity of the scientific staff. This distinction was not made clear. 



