Lehigh University: Alumni

The Lehigh University Alumni Association, which has been in existence since 1876, was incorporated in 1917.

The purpose for which the corporation was formed is stated in the Articles of Incorporation as follows: "To maintain and cultivate among its members a sentiment of regard for one another and of affection and attachment to Lehigh University, and to support and promote in every way the interests of Lehigh University."

The Alumni Office maintains the permanent records on the 80,000 or more former students who have matriculated at the University since its founding. Over 51,000 alumni now compose the active mailing list.

The Association assists the University in publishing an alumni magazine, which is available on a volunteer subscription basis to all alumni. The Alumni Bulletin is issued several times a year. It is considered a most important communication link with the alumni. The purpose of the publication is to interpret, record, and build interest in the University.

Lehigh alumni throughout the country who maintain an active interest in the University are afforded the opportunity for frequent social contact with Lehigh alumni of all classes through alumni clubs established in areas of alumni concentration. Regarded as important outposts of the University, these clubs hold meetings and carry on activities that mirror the activities of the University in its cultural, social, financial, and recreational interests. Most of the alumni clubs meet two, three, or four times a year. Guests from the campus are generally present to speak on subjects of timely interest.

Impelled by the problems of ever-increasing financial needs and the necessity for expanded sources of support, together with the need for invaluable advice and counsel from alumni in meeting new educational issues and objectives, the relationships between the University and the alumni has assumed proportions of much greater significance in recent years.