Chancellor's Circle

The Chancellor's Circle recognizes alumni and friends who make significant outright gifts to NC State University. Membership is renewable annually and is based on an individual's giving record for the University's fiscal year (July 1 - June 31). Corporate matching gifts are included in the donor's gift total. The five levels of the Chancellor's Circle are designated as follows.

Member
Donors whose annual giving totals $1,000 to $2,499 are recognized as members of the Chancellor's Circle.

Patron
Donors are honored as patrons of the Chancellor's Circle if their annual giving totals $2,500 to $4,999.

Partner
Donors qualify as partners of Chancellor's Circle for annual giving totals of $5,000 to $9,999.

Pacesetter
Donors whose annual giving totals $10,000 to $24,999 are recognized as Chancellor's Circle pacesetters.

Visionary
The highest level of the Chancellor's Circle comprises donors whose annual giving totals $25,000 or more.

The Lifetime Giving Societies:

The Leonides Lafayette Polk Society
Named for North Carolina's first commissioner of agriculture and founder and first editor of The Progressive Farmer , the Polk Society recognizes lifetime outright gifts of $50,000 or more or irrevocable planned gifts of $75,000 or more.

The Wallace Carl Riddick Society
Recognizing a versatile University leader who served as engineering professor and dean as well as head football coach, the Riddick Society honors lifetime gift support of $100,000 or more in outright gifts or irrevocable planned gifts of $150,000 or more.

The Charles William Dabney Society
The Dabney Society, established in 2001, honors lifetime gift support of $250,000 or more in outright gifts or irrevocable planned gifts of $375,000 or more. Charles William Dabney (1855-1945), an educator, administrator, and scientist, was an enthusiastic member of the Watauga Club and director of the state's Agricultural Experiment Station. Dabney drafted the legislation in 1887 that authorized the establishment of the new college, now known as NC State University.

The Walter Hines Page Society
Named for a founding member of the Watauga Club which co-sponsored legislation in the North Carolina General Assembly to establish NC State University, the Page Society recognizes lifetime gift support of $500,000 or more in outright gifts or irrevocable planned gifts of $750,000 or more.

The William Joseph Peele Society
The Peele Society, which is named for the founder of the Watauga Club and an influential spokesman for strong agricultural and industrial education programs, honors lifetime gift support of $1,000,000 or more in outright gifts or irrevocable planned gifts.

The Alexander Quarles Holladay Society
The Holladay Society, established in 2002, recognizes lifetime gift support of $5,000,000 or more in outright or irrevocable planned gifts. Alexander Quarles Holladay (1839-1909), was an educator, lawyer and legislator who served as the first president of NC State University, then known as the North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, from 1889-1899. Holladay was instrumental in transforming the land-grant into an esteemed institution of higher education.

The R. Stanhope Pullen Society

Named for the benefactor who donated the 62 acres of land that serves as the site of NC State University, Mr Pullen, according to legend, laid out the original boundaries of the campus with his plow and mule. The Pullen Society recognizes alumni and friends of NC State who invest in the future of the University through deferred gifts. The value and type of deferred gift may also qualify the donor for induction into one of the four cumulative Lifetime Giving Societies.