Different donors have different reasons for supporting HMC.

For alumni, financial support is often an expression of pride and gratitude. Many alumni could not have attended HMC without some sort of scholarship aide, and this gives them a chance to give back in the same way they were able to benefit, while showing appreciation to the institution that taught them how to learn.

For corporations, giving to HMC means building a stronger workforce for the future. They've seen how their dollars support the development of tomorrow's innovators and entrepreneurs.

Whatever the reason, giving to HMC is an investment that pays off. As a donor, you will see how your generous support helps us continue a tradition of excellence. Just consider our track record:

A Reputation for Excellence

• In its 2007 edition of America's Best Colleges, U.S.News & World Report ranked HMC 14th among the nation's 203 liberal arts colleges
• The U.S.News 2007 rankings also named HMC number one among the nation's undergraduate engineering programs offering a bachelor's or master's degree
• Nearly 37 percent of HMC's graduates go on to earn doctoral degrees in math and science, compared to 19.3 percent of graduates from the Top 11 U.S.News institutions, including Princeton, Harvard, Yale, Caltech and MIT
• Approximately one third of HMC freshmen are National Merit Scholars, making HMC second in the country among undergraduate colleges enrolling such scholars
• Ninety percent of HMC's freshmen rank in the top 10 percent of their high school class

Student Achievement
Our students have earned top honors in the Mathematical Modeling Contest (beating out nearly 600 other entrants).

HMC is the only undergraduate college to have placed in the top five in the William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition during the past 30 years.

Our students are regularly awarded National Science Foundation Grants, prestigious awards that provide more than $20,000 a year for graduate studies.

Innovative Instruction
With a nine-to-one ratio of students to faculty, students work closely with professors who are committed to their success. Virtually all of HMC's full-time faculty hold Ph.D.s or terminal degrees in their fields.

In HMC's renowned Clinic Program, students solve real-world problems for industry leaders, including Boeing, Microsoft, Northrop Grumman, Fair Isaac and Company, NASA, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and several national laboratories, including Los Alamos, Lawrence and Sandia National Laboratories.

Notable Alumni

• Jonathan Gay '89, creator of Flash software
• Stan Love '87, mission specialist astronaut
• Susan Lewallen '76, a member of the British Columbia Centre for Epidemiologic and International Ophthalmology and ophthalmologist for Third-World countries
• George "Pinky" Nelson '72, NASA astronaut and associate vice provost for research at the University of Washington in Seattle
• Richard H. Jones '72, deputy executive director of the International Energy Agency; former U.S. Ambassador to Israel, Kuwait, Kazakhstan and Lebanon
• Don Chamberlin '66, inventor of the SQL database language