Fundraising gives Naval Academy a boost (Baltimore Sun)

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<p>[Fundraising</a> gives Naval Academy a boost – baltimoresun.com](<a href=“http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/annearundel/bal-md.academy10mar10,0,1471953.story]Fundraising”>http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/annearundel/bal-md.academy10mar10,0,1471953.story)</p>

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During Adm. Charles Larson’s second stint as superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy, an alumnus suggested he create a foundation to raise “walking-around money” for the academy.</p>

<p>"You ought to really think about that or you’re going to be a nickel-and-dime operation,’ " Larson recalled the alumnus telling him in 1995…

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When Adm. Charles Larson came back for a second tour as superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy in 1994, the school had about $100,000 in private support.</p>

<p>A year later, an alumnus dropped by his office. The former midshipman who had graduated 40 years earlier asked Adm. Larson how much “walking-around money” he had to work with for the academy. Adm. Larson’s answer was, well, what’s that?..

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