As part of the campaign, Radcliffe received a gift endowing a "Faculty associateship" that will bring a member of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) to work and study at Radcliffe, Dunn said.

Much of the campaign's final fundraising efforts focused on endowing professorships and fellows for the fledgling Institute. Those donations were matched by Harvard as part of the Oct. 1999 merger.

In a comic interlude Saturday night, Dunn was interrupted by the strains of a colonial fife and drum group, headed by a costumed George Washington, that marched up on to the stage. Taken aback, Dunn asked, "Are you sure you should be at the Radcliffe party? You have the wrong campaign, George."

Washington then presented Dunn with a scroll commemorating the capital campaign.

Faust, who is scheduled to take the helm of Radcliffe on Jan. 1, called the campaign a "wonderful launching pad" for new initiatives.

Faust addressed the changing identity of Radcliffe, from an independent women's college to a research division of Harvard. She emphasized the influence Radcliffe would continue to have on Harvard.

"An opportunity for change for Radcliffe means significant and highly desirable change for Harvard," Faust said. "We are going to leave a powerful intellectual mark and make connections to Harvard Faculty in new and deepened ways."