"Couldn't they find a chief fund-raiser who actually agreed with the party's platform?"

Mr. Evans was the chief fund-raiser for President Bush's campaign.

"I have come to Brown as an educational leader not as a chief fund-raiser," he said.

The museum's board also plans to hire a president to take over Mr. Smits's role as chief fund-raiser.

He was chief fund-raiser and speechmaker for the contras.

But when he took over as president of Brown University in 1989, he vowed never to become chief fund-raiser.

The two-person arrangement, with a public official as the party's face - and chief fund-raiser - is not unusual.

In 1994 he was named vicar of development - chief fund-raiser - for the archdiocese.

By accepting the new post of chief fund-raiser, she makes it clear that this is her objective for all New York parents.

The next step was assistant administrator as well as chief fund-raiser.