We are grateful to the many donors who have generously established endowed funds and/or have given to the following endowed funds at Oxy. The list below reflects all endowed funds that have been established in the College’s history. Such gifts honor in perpetuity the legacy of the individuals, organizations and programs for whom they are named. They also provide an invaluable source of support for our students, faculty and staff and supplement our programming, resources and curriculum.
Academic & Other Program Endowments
Carolyn D. Adams Memorial Award for Occidental College Administrators
Donald K. Adams Memorial Prize
Ahmanson Foundation Library Fund
Bill Anderson Baseball Award
David H. Anderson '63 Endowed Fund for the Barack Obama Scholars Program
Totton J. Anderson '30 & Frances Moore Anderson '29 Center for the Study of Public Affairs
Annenberg Foundation Quasi-Endowment
Wallis Annenberg History Department Fund
Argonaut Creative Writing Fund
Arnston Essay Award
Arozena Endowed President's Discretionary Fund
Art Department Awards Fund
Associated Students of Occidental College Library Fund
Athletic Department Programs Endowment
Austin-Nishiyama Special Collections & College Archives Endowed Fund
David Axeen Faculty Development Fund
Corinne E. Bacon '43 Quasi-Endowment
George Baker '58 Sculpture Fund
Fred L. & Margaret C. Bates Quasi-Endowment
Andy Beattie '75 Endowment for Campaign Semester
Jack Bell Memorial Award in Speech & Drama
Mary Kathleen Berkus & David W. Berkus '62 Endowed Technology Fund
David W. Berkus '62 Family Endowed Fund for the Maintenance of Campus Buildings & Grounds
Remsen Bird Lectureship Fund
Joseph H. Birman Geology Endowment
Katherine Gold Blake Endowed Fund for the Studio & Fine Arts
Ann & Bruce Blume P'14 Endowed Fund for the Barack Obama Scholars Program
Booth Ferris Foundation Library Fund
Shirley Boyd '70 Memorial Fund
Mary Jane Bragg '39 Quasi-Endowment
Linda Brandenburger '60 Endowed Fund for the Barack Obama Scholars Program
Elizabeth Merrill Brandon '32 Endowed Memorial Fund
L. Reed & Audrey Brantley Chemistry Award
Brantley Scholars Endowed Fund
Gilbert Brighouse Lecture Fund
Louis & Hermione Brown Humanities Support Fund
Melvin O. Brown '62 Quasi-Endowment
Joan Bruce '50 Quasi-Endowment
Godfrey Lowell Cabot Library Endowment Fund
Larry Caldwell Endowed Scholars Fund
Ruth C. Campbell Quasi-Endowment
Anne Wilson Cannon '74 Unrestricted Endowment for Occidental College
Gordon D. & Jacqueline A. Carpenter Chemistry Endowment Fund
Edward W. Carter '30 & Hannah Carter President's Discretionary Fund
Lois G. Carwile '45 Quasi-Endowment
Wellington Chan Endowed Fund
Chemistry/BioChemistry Summer Research Endowment
Choi Family Directorship in Instrumental Music
Choi Family Music Production Center Technology & Equipment Maintenance Fund
H. Frederick Christie Fund
George A. Chritton '55 Quasi-Endowment
Christine Chui & Robert T.K. Chui, M.D. '72 Endowed Fund for Undergraduate Research
Norton Clapp '27 Fund
E.P. & Norton Clapp '27 Library Fund
Clark/Brown Fund
Professor George H. Cleland Endowed Undergraduate Summer Research Fellowship in Organic Chemistry
Dr. Edmond & Diane Clinton '68 '68 Endowed Undergraduate Research Fellowship in the Biosciences
Mary G. Colby Quasi-Endowment
Stephen W. Coll '80 H'00 & Susan Keselenko '81 Campus Journalism Endowed Fund
James A. Conlin '74 Endowed Fund for the Barack Obama Scholars Program
Richard C. Cornuelle Fellowship Program
Cynthia Cox '72 Memorial Award
Mildred Miles Crew '45 Memorial Organ Fund
Benjamin H. Culley Artist in Residence Fund
William W. Cumberland 1912 Memorial Library Fund
Mary P. Daily '52 & Dean C. Daily, II Endowed Fund for International Programs
Davis Foundation Fund for Administration Development
Marjorie A. Davis '51 & Joseph E. Davis, Jr. '49 Quasi-Endowment
Professor Frank De Haan Endowed Teaching & Research Fund
Geoffrey C. Dean '50 Quasi-Endowment
Donald R. Deardorff Endowed Undergraduate Summer Research Fellowship for Chemistry
Roy M. Dennis '33 & Mary Jane Dennis Memorial Fund
Ruth Dively President's Discretionary Fund
Elizabeth Draeger '31 Library Fund
Eric Drazin LAMBDA Fund
Emma Frances Lane Drummond Library Fund
Antoinette & Vincent M. Dungan Lectureship on Energy & the Environment
Ambus O. Eddlemon, Jr. Library Fund
Eldred Family Endowed Fund for the Director of Religious Life
Emmons Health Center Fund
James F. & Marie E. English Endowed Music Award
Bryant Essick Fund
Ettinger Family Endowed Fund for Supporting Learning Differences at Occidental College
Faculty Salaries Fund
Henry Fairbanks '55 Quasi-Endowment
William E. Faith Quasi-Endowment
Mary E. Lawrence Farrand '28 Fund
Martha A. Feutz '46 Quasi-Endowment
Irwin & Helgard Field Endowed Book Fund
Helgard & Irwin S. Field Global Conferencing Room Endowment
Michael J. Fields '70 & Pamela D. Gerard Endowed Fund for the Barack Obama Scholars Program
Mose J. & Sylvia D. Firestone Endowment for Student Counseling Services
Mary M. Fischer '71 & Robert W. Fischer, Jr. '70 Quasi-Endowment
Ford Mentorship Fund
William W. Fowler Lecture Fund
Laila Frank & Dudley Frank '54 Choral Music Endowment
Benedict Freedman Endowed Math Prize Fund
Nancy Freedman Prize for Creative Writing Endowment
Alan Freeman '66 M'67 Endowed Fund for Musical Theater
Alan Freeman '66 M'67 Endowed Fund for Theater Productions
Thomas & Robert Frick '39 Fund
George G. Gallagher '53 Quasi-Endowment
David B. & Mary H. Gamble Library Fund
Kay S. Gannon '63 Quasi-Endowment
General Library Endowment
Walter B. Gerken Fellowship in Public Policy
Richard C. Gilman Special Collections & College Archives Endowment Fund
Sarah Gale Gilman Memorial Fund
Jack Girard Endowed Memorial Lectureship
Bud Goode '45 Teaching of Statistics & Mathematics Quasi-Endowment
Graduate Fellowship Fund
Clara Jane Grant Memorial Endowed Fund
Gray-Hill Endowed Research Fellowship in Chemical Sciences
Karen Allred & Jack D. Griffith '64 Endowed Innovation Fund for Biochemistry, Physics & Music
LaVira O. Hall '38 Quasi-Endowment
Hameetman Innovation Fund
Hameetman Internship Fund
Daniel Stewart Hammack '35 Memorial Junior Class Honor Award
Hardy Biology Fund
Osgood Hardy Library Fund
Osgood Hardy Memorial History Award
Dr. Sherman W. Hartman Memorial Fund
Jim Harvey '40 Track Award Fund
L.D. & Vestana Hayes Biology Faculty Research Fund
Beverly S. Hendrickson '39 Quasi-Endowment
Bill Henry 1914 Memorial Library Fund
Herrick Endowment for the Center for Teaching & Learning
John Lafayette Herrick Chapel Fund
John P. Herrick Family Endowment Fund for the Maintenance of Herrick Memorial Chapel & Interfaith Center at Occidental College
Hewlett & Mellon Foundations Presidential Discretionary Fund for Faculty & Administration Development
William & Flora Hewlett President's Discretionary Fund
Lonnie Adams Hilliard, III '76 Endowed Fund for the Barack Obama Scholars Program
History Endowment for Library Books
Howard Hoenshel 1918 Fund
Patricia Hollingsworth '54 Quasi-Endowment
G. William Hume Fellowship in the Performing Arts
Graham C. & Marcia K. Hunter Chapel Endowment
Hutto-Patterson Center for Teaching & Learning
Interfraternity Sing Prize
Irvine Foundation President's Discretionary Fund
Janosik-Sterling Award for Distinguished Service
Charles A. Jensvold Memorial Writing Award Endowed Fund
David D. Johns Memorial Fund
Barbara U. Johnson '43 P'71 GP'04 GP'13 Endowed Fund for New Music
J. Stanley & Mary Johnson Trustee Retreat Fund
U. Alexis Johnson '31 Diplomacy in Asia Fellowship
Fletcher Jones Research Scholars
Fletcher Jones Science Equipment Endowed Fund
Fletcher Jones Summer Undergraduate Research Center Program in Chemical Science
Leonard Jones '36 Educational Fund
William & Elizabeth Kahane Scholars at Occidental & the United Nations Fund
William & Elizabeth Kahane United Nations Program Endowment
Gary L. Kaplan '71 Endowed Faculty Research Fund
Richard L. Kaplin, Jr. '79 Memorial Fund
Jack Kemp '57 Scholars Endowment
John I. Kennedy '89 Endowed Fund for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Programming
Philip B. Kennedy 1906 Library Fund
Keyes/McBride/Verter/Griset Fund
Evelyn Thompson Kieffer '40 Endowed Fund
Shirley Kinsey Track & Field Endowed Fund
Martin Dwelle Kneeland Ministry Prize
Knudsen Faculty & Administrative Development Fund
Kuechle Family Track & Field Excellence Fund
Kurata Endowed Biology Fund
Frank L. Lambert Chemistry Award
Elizabeth O. Layne '46 & Howard F. Layne '45 Quasi-Endowment
Lois Lee Memorial Library Fund
Charles B. & Peggy K. Lefler Endowment
Library Patrons Fund
C.F. Lindsley Trust Quasi-Endowment
John Lindsley Chapel Fund
Charles W. List 1908 Memorial Award
Martha Lohr Women's Athletics Endowed Fund
Lott Family Fund for Faculty Development
John D. MacArthur Foundation Research Professorships
Donna Jean MacElroy '60 & Warrington MacElroy '60 Quasi-Endowment
Patricia Harris Mack '52 & Walter C. Mack Quasi-Endowment
Emma E. Maes Travel Scholarship Fund
Steven J. Margaretic '72 Fowler Hall Renovation & Maintenance Project Endowed Fund
Earl P. Marshall Endowed Fund
Elizabeth B. Martin Fund for Diplomacy & World Affairs
William E. Martin '72 Memorial Endowed Fund
Karen Ingalls Mason '68 Memorial Library Fund
Lois Mae Matheny '45 Quasi-Endowment
Max Internship Enhancement Endowed Fund
McAlister-Upshur Library Fund for American Studies
McGrath Track & Field Excellence Endowment Fund
James R. McIntyre '47 Quasi-Endowment Fund for Geology
Raymond & Margo McKelvey Fellowship in Public Affairs
Velma V. McKelvey '55 Quasi-Endowment
McKinnon Center for Global Affairs Endowments
McKinnon Center for Global Affairs Maintenance Endowment
Martha McLaughlin '35 Endowment Fund
Henrietta Ruth Griffin McNeilly '31 General Endowed Fund
Richard N. Meginnity '37 Quasi-Endowment
Mellon Foundation President's Discretionary Fund
Mary Meyer Quasi-Endowment
Carrie B. Michelson Library Fund
Miller-Fox Trust Estate Quasi-Endowment
Miller-Van Gerpen Endowed Fellows
Ardelle M. Mollerstuen Quasi-Endowment
Everett T. Moore '31 & Jean M. Moore Endowed Library Fund
Margaret M. Moore '61 Quasi-Endowment
Robert Moore Endowment Funds
Robert T. Moore Poetry Prize
Virginia Reid Moore '37 Fund
Barbara L. Morris Endowed Fund
Ronald M. Morris '58 Endowed Fund
Clancy Morrison Memorial Lounge Fund
Louise D. Morse Quasi-Endowment
Sterling Morton Constitutional Essay Fund
Russell Kingo Nakata '42 & Fusayo Osaka Nakata President's Discretionary Fund
Elizabeth Naumann 1919 Fund
Byron Neuhoff '92 Athletic Endowment Fund
Emma B. Norton Library Fund
Dr. O Humanitarian Award Fund
Occidental College General Endowment Fund
Occidental College Quasi-Endowment
Occidental Theater Festival Endowed Fund
Kenneth A. Oliver Literature Essay Prize Fund
Omar's Cookie Jar
Robert E. Osborne Quasi-Endowment
Rosabel Osborne Quasi-Endowment
Pacific Railroad Society Fund
Harlan G. Palmer '39 & Rosemary Palmer '42 Endowed Fund
James I. Paul '55 Quasi-Endowment
Mark Paulsen '10 Fellowship in the Chemical Sciences
Joan Payden Professional Advantage & Associates Program Endowment
Alfred S. & Elizabeth D. Peters Memorial Music Prize
Phi Epsilon Kappa Honor Award
Marie Philleo '47 Trust Quasi-Endowment
Harlan & Marcelia Pidgeon Memorial Fund
Pohlmann-Gawley Endowed Program Fund for the Study of Los Angeles
Lawrence Clark Powell '28 & Fay Shoemaker Powell Book Arts Program Endowed Fund
John B. Power '58 President's Discretionary Fund
Richard T. Proffitt '66 Endowed Undergraduate Research Fellowship in Biochemistry
Barbara Purpus '51 Quasi-Endowment
Rasmussen Trust Quasi-Endowment
Richard F. Reath Fellowship
Religious Life Values & Vocations Program Endowed Support Fund
Catherine W. Richardson Library Fund
Lucille S. Ricker & Earl S. Ricker '31 Quasi-Endowment
Estate of Joan E. Ritti '57 Quasi-Endowment
Victor & Georgia Robertson Educational Fund
Robinson Scholars Program
Judy Francis Rosenblith '42 Lectureship Fund
Robert H. Rough Endowed Fund for Library Acquisitions
Ruenitz Trust Endowed Speakers Fund
Virginia Nixon Russell '55 Quasi-Endowment
Mary P. Schaefer '51 Quasi-Endowment
Fred H. Schauer 1903 Football Award
Percy F. Schumacher Drama Award
Bennett W. Schwartz '72 Endowed Award Fund
Raymond M. Selle 1920 Memorial Award
Anne McBride Simons '49 Quasi-Endowment
Dean Keith Simonton '70 Endowed Innovation Fund in Psychology
Priscilla & Donald F. Smith '55 Endowed Fund for Summer Undergraduate Research
Edith J. Smith Trust Quasi-Endowment
Eleanor Lloyd Smith Quasi-Endowment
Ramona & William P. Snider Quasi-Endowment
Stafford, Ellison, Bowman-Wright Fund
Stanchfield Family Trust Quasi-Endowment
John Stauffer Charitable Trust Undergraduate Summer Research Program in Chemistry & Biochemistry
Frederick A. Stebler '39 Quasi-Endowment
Roderic Guy Steiner '52 Quasi-Endowment
G.L. Sterling Faculty Award
Elizabeth H. Stern Library Endowment Fund
Charles Stimson Library Fund
Barbara A. Stott '55 Quasi-Endowment
Martha J. Sullivan '43 Quasi-Endowment
Summer Undergraduate Research Fund
Howard Swan Glee Clubs Endowed Fund
Howard Swan Music Award
Mary D. Synott Bible Chair Endowment Trust Fund
Norman O. Tallman '31 Quasi-Endowment
Walter Van E. Thompson 1896 Loan Fund
Lois Gosney Castle Troendle 1920 Fund for Biology
Evelyn Troup Endowed Fund for Psychology
Ubuntu Fund
Undergraduate Research Fund for Corporate Responsibility
Vantuna Endowment Fund
Phyllis W. Veit '47 Quasi-Endowment
Barbara I. Volkers Endowed Professorship Fund
Elinor Remick Warren Music Award
James G. Warren Professorship in Music
Linda & Tod White '59 Endowment for the Center for Teaching Excellence
Roberta Whitlock '58 Quasi-Endowment
Lillian & Vernon Williams Quasi-Endowment
Robert W. Winter Art History & Architecture Endowment Fund
Robert W. Winter Endowed Faculty Fellowship
Roger P. Withrow '63 Award
John Parke Young Initiative on the Global Political Economy
Marie S. Young International Affairs Lectureship Fund
Nellie May Young 1910 Memorial Book Fund
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Endowed Professorships
Ray A. Billington Visiting Professorship in United States History
Carl F. Braun Professorship in Chemistry
Norman Bridge Professorship in Hispanic American History
Louis M. Brown Family Professorship in Literature
Stephen L. Casner '73 & Karen Johnson Casner '74 Endowed Professorship for Computer Science
Wellington Chan Endowed Chair in Chinese Studies
Stuart Chevalier Professorship in Diplomacy & World Affairs
Dr. E.P. Clapp Distinguished Professorship in Political Science
Robert Glass Cleland Professorship in American History
Arthur G. Coons Chair in the History of Ideas
Laurence De Rycke Professorship in Economics for Business & Finance
David & Mary Gamble Professorship in Religion
Michael G. Gibby '68 & Barbara J. Gibby '68 Endowed Professorship for Science
Mary Jane Hewitt Endowed Department Chair in Black Studies
James Irvine Professorship in Art History & the Visual Arts
Madeline N. McKinnie Endowed Professorship
John W. McMenamin Endowed Chair in Biology
National Endowment for the Humanities Professorship
Irma & Jay Price Professorship in English Literature
Ezra Scattergood Professorship in Physics
John Stauffer Chair of Chemistry
Elbridge Amos Stuart Professorship in Economics
Jonathan Veitch Endowed Department Chair in History
Anita Johnson Wand Professorship in Women's Studies
John Parke Young Professor of Global Political Economy
This contributors report recognizes donors who have made gifts to the College as well as pledge payments and/or the full value of any pledge commitment made from July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2023. If you have any questions, please contact the Office of Donor Relations at honorroll@oxy.edu. Thank you—we appreciate your generous support of Oxy!