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Occidental honors the extraordinary generosity of individuals, estates, corporations and foundations who have contributed transformational gifts to the College since its founding in 1887. We are grateful to these leaders for investing in our future and for their commitment to preserving and enhancing Occidental’s distinctive education in the liberal arts.

$10 million+

The Ahmanson Foundation
David H. Anderson '63 & Linda L. Anderson
Anne Wilson Cannon '74
E. Edgar Cosman '72
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W. M. Keck Foundation
The McKinnon Family
Mellon Foundation
Margaret Bundy Scott Trust
Catherine Young Selleck '55 H'18 & William R. Selleck
The Weingart Foundation
Marie S. Young & John Parke Young 1917
Anonymous

$5 million+

David Berkus '62 P'95 GP'16 & Kathleen Berkus P'95 GP'16
The Choi Family
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Estate of James A. Conlin '74
Gloria C. Duffy '75 & Rodney J. Diridon Sr.
Ann Hinchliffe '57 & Stephen Hinchliffe Jr. '55 H'16 P'88 GP'18 GP'23
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
The James Irvine Foundation
Mary Wig Johnson & J. Stanley Johnson
The Fletcher Jones Foundation
Elizabeth Ann W. Kahane & William M. Kahane '70
Gary L. Kaplan '71
W.K. Kellogg Foundation
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The Rose Hills Foundation
Sally Reid Samuelson '48 & Jack D. Samuelson '46 H'97 P'72 P'77 GP'15
Ellen T. Stearns & Theodore L. Stearns 1915
Anita Johnson Wand
Linda White & Stroller T. White, Ph.D. '59

$1 million+

Howard F. Ahmanson '72 & Roberta Green Ahmanson
Frances M. Anderson '29 & Totton J. Anderson '30
Wallis Annenberg H'05
Miriam S. Arozena & John D. Arozena P'58
Florence Avery
Willa A. Axenfield '73
Mary B. Barkman & John J. Barkman '60
Ann & Bruce Blume P'14
Lu Belle Boice
Booth Ferris Foundation
John G. Branca '72
Braun Trust
Eileen A. Brown '73 & Harold A. Brown '73
Hermione K. Brown & Louis M. Brown P'73
Diane Calkins '69 & Christopher C. Calkins '67 P'96
Bill Carstens '52
Estate of Lois G. Carwile '45
Karen Johnson Casner '74 & Stephen L. Casner '73
Lyman G. Chaffee '60
Elizabeth Chevalier H'66
Alexis V. Clague '67 & John J. Clague '67
Norton Clapp '27 H'58
Mary G. Colby
Estate of Boyd W. Collins '52
Mollie & Dennis Collins P'94
Michael J. Connell Foundation
The Cooper Family
Jennifer Townsend Crosthwaite '84 & Barry Crosthwaite '80 P'20
Ginny Goss Cushman '55 & John C. Cushman '55
Ranier De Mandel '25
Leslie A. Dorman '72 & John C. Dorman '71
Dorothy Robison Dumke '40 & Glenn S. Dumke '38
Louise Dungan Edgerton '67 M'69 & Bradford Edgerton
Edgerton Foundation
Joan H. Eldred '52 & William D. Eldred '50 P'80 P'88
Endeavor Foundation
Tawnie Farmer '64 & John Farmer P'98
Mary Elizabeth Lawrence Farrand '28
Bradley C. Fauvre '87
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Michael J. Fields '70 & Pamela D. Gerard
Estate of Mose J. Firestone
Ford Foundation
William C. Free & Mazy Bell Free Scholarship Fund
Estate of George G. Gallagher '53
John R.J. Gawley
Ethel L. Gayman '32
Barbara J. Gibby '68 & Michael G. Gibby '68
Janice C. Gonzales '63 & Joe Gonzales
Dr. Karen A. Allred & Dr. Jack D. Griffith '64
Susan C. Hahn '65 & Ronald R. Hahn '66
The Halperin Family
Joyce Ann Hameetman & Fred John Hameetman '61
Maurene Harvey & William A. Harvey '67
Alison M. Hawkins '87
The John Randolph Haynes & Dora Haynes Foundation
Judith Arndt Henderson '64 & P. Michael Henderson
John P. Herrick
The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation
The Hickerson Family
The Hinchliffe Family
Constance E. Hood '71 & Charles J. Hood
Lori M. Hunter '79 P'08 & Sean P. Hunter P'08
Leif Isaksen, Ph.D. '62 & Aileen Isaksen
Katherine E. Jimenez '35 & James A. Jimenez H'06 P'62 P'63
Barbara Guss Kemp P'04
Gil K. Kemp P'04
The Tom & Valley Knudsen Foundation
The Kresge Foundation
Liberty Hill Foundation
Lilly Endowment Inc.
Eugene S. Loper '34
The Henry Luce Foundation Inc.
Anna M. McKee 1907, Willa J. McKee 1911 & Katherine Louise McKee 1924
Madeline N. McKinnie Trust
Ronald Morris '58
Patt Morrison '74 H'12
Thanh N. Mougeot & Robert F. Mougeot '65
Merle & Peter Mullin
Wendy Munger & Leonard Gumport
Elizabeth Naumann 1919
Sydney (Fox) Nichols '72 & Phillip Nichols '68
Eileen L. Norris & Kenneth T. Norris
The Kenneth T. & Eileen L. Norris Foundation
Nye Family
Alexander Oser
Estate of Lillie S. Parker & John Parker '30
The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation
Joan A. Payden
Lyn Gawley Pohlmann '64 P'92 & Dr. John O. Pohlmann '62 M'63 P'92
Fay Powell '32 & Lawrence Clark Powell '28 H'55
John B. Power '58 H'19 GP'12 GP'26
Estate of Barbara Betts Purpus '51
David W. Reicher, Ph.D. '73
Evalyn Elizabeth Cook Richter Memorial Fund
Paul K. Richter Memorial Fund
Richard E. Robertson, Ph.D. '55
Steven R. Robinson '77
Martha D. Rockefeller 1916
Bennett W. Schwartz '72
Dickson Shafer '50 & Lois M. Shafer
W. June Simmons '64 & Jody A. Dunn
L. J. Skaggs & Mary C. Skaggs Foundation
Jane Solomon & Lawrence Solomon '84
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The John Stauffer Charitable Trust
J.V.M. Stearns '25
Harry & Grace Steele Foundation
Mary W. Stewart
Jaynie & Woody Studenmund
David R. Ten Eyck '51
Thomas J. Tormey '49
Jessica Varelas & Christopher P. Varelas '85
Barbara I. Volkers Trust
Geneva Wangeman & Colonel Herbert O. Wangeman '34
Kathryn Caine Wanlass Charitable Foundation
Janice Rude Willson '64 & Prentiss Willson Jr. '65
Bonnie Nash & Donald Wing, Ph.D. '70
Robert W. Winter H'14
Roberta Wilson Woodress '39 & James Woodress
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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!