The orchestra is coming off record fund-raising years but is still reporting modest deficits.
He went on to lead the nonprofit group to record fund-raising.
The record fund-raising effort came despite the market's continued decline and yearlong drought for deals.
The result was a far cry from the record fund-raising it showcased earlier this year, when it pulled $9 billion in a single quarter.
The report underscores the stunning reversal over the last two years from the record fund-raising that occurred during the dot-com boom.
The fund-raising apparatus powering President Obama's re-election effort has struggled to attract the big-money donors who contributed to Mr. Obama's record fund-raising haul in 2008.
The program, along with its afternoon counterpart, "All Things Considered," is a vital tool for station fund-raising; Mr. Inskeep and Ms. Montagne frequently record fund-raising pitches after the day's broadcast.
Experts in compensation and higher education attributed the swell in presidential salaries to the general health of the economy, which has sent many university endowments skyrocketing and helped innumerable presidents post record fund-raising successes.
Behind Dr. Dean's record fund-raising totals, mobbed rallies and innovative grass-roots organization are, in many cases, twentysomethings and thirtysomethings for whom this campaign thing is the latest fad.
A10 Bush Picks Campaign Chief Donald L. Evans, a Texas oil and gas businessman who presided over the record fund-raising drive for Gov. George W. Bush in the Republican primaries, was named chairman of the presidential campaign.
Should I feel bad about accepting Camden Yards baseball tickets when visiting Baltimore colleges or staying in empty dorm rooms in vacation areas during the summer, particularly when I read about the record fund-raising by the two presidential candidates?
