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The annual giving program at Holy Cross, which has a long
and rich tradition of alumni support, will head into the
campaign with a new national chair. After leading the Holy
Cross Fund for seven years, Michael F. Collins,
M.D., ’77, dubbed “The Six-Million-Dollar-Man” in 1999 when the Fund passed that
mark for the first time, is stepping down. Constance A. Eagan ’81 has been named
the new national chair. The first-ever woman to hold this key volunteer position,
she is a member of an extensive Holy Cross family:
Her father, Bill Eagan Jr. ’49 is a former Trustee; four of her five siblings
are graduates, Mary Ellen ’75, Bill ’77, Chris ’80 and Gail ’87; as are her uncles,
Dick ’50 and Bob ’57; and a number of cousins. Her sister Joan is a 1983 graduate
of the University of Virginia.
Eagan, who moved to New York City shortly after graduation to begin a 20-year
career at Chase Manhattan Bank, is now a managing director with Bank of America.
She is an active member of the Holy Cross Leadership Council of New York, co-chair
of the gift committee for her 20th reunion and one of the first alumnae on the
Board of Trustees. While acknowledging that a lot of attention is paid
to major gifts during a campaign, Eagan says the annual fund will continue to
play an important role. “The Holy Cross Fund will be a very significant contributor
to this campaign,” she explains. “The vast majority of the Holy Cross community
will participate in the
campaign through the Fund—donors to the Fund need to know how critical their
participation is to our success.” Eagan says, “Every gift is significant; broad
levels of alumni participation are an important part of our history and our culture
at Holy Cross.”
J. O’C. D.
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