Our Annual Report celebrates the achievements of 2010 and highlights the interconnected relationships among our departments. In these profiles, NORC’s leaders speak, in their own words, about their accomplishments and challenges in 2010, as well as the importance of collaboration in an increasingly complex world. The following is an excerpt from the report's Letter from the Chairman and President:
In 1941 Harry Field founded NORC, and so we are celebrating our 70th anniversary this year. Looking back, we see a history of innovative and important studies that have made significant contributions to improving the social fabric of our nation. The outstanding researchers who have worked at NORC, or in close collaboration with us, are far too numerous to mention in this letter, but their shared, defining characteristic has been a desire to conduct the highest quality social science research. This is a legacy that we continually build upon as NORC moves forward and evolves as an organization. We also value the innovation and collegiality that our staff and collaborators at the University of Chicago, and elsewhere, bring to work each day.
These defining principles helped make 2010 one of the best years in our history for project volume, service quality, revenue, and growth. We delivered on the largest volume of survey work in our history, and won a number of new and important research projects. Every area of NORC contributed to this successful effort and all are to be congratulated.
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