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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
W. M. Keck Foundation
The McKinnon Family
Margaret Bundy Scott Trust
Catherine Young Selleck ’55 H’18 & William R. Selleck◆
Weingart Foundation
Marie S. Young◆ & John Parke Young 1917◆

$5 million+

David Berkus ’62 P’95 GP’16 & Kathleen Berkus P’95 GP’16
The Choi Family
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Gloria C. Duffy ’75 & Rodney J. Diridon Sr.
Ann Hinchliffe ’57 & Stephen F. Hinchliffe Jr. ’55 H’16 P’88 GP’18 GP’22
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
The James Irvine Foundation
Mary Wig Johnson◆ & J. Stanley Johnson◆
The Fletcher Jones Foundation
Elizabeth Ann Kahane & William M. Kahane ’70
Gary L. Kaplan ’71
W.K. Kellogg Foundation
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The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
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◆
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Linda & S. Tod White ’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◆
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 Calkins ’67 P’96
Bill Carstens ’52◆
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Karen A. 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
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E. Edgar Cosman '72
Jennifer Townsend Crosthwaite ’84 & Barry Crosthwaite ’80
Ginny Cushman ’55 & John Cushman ’55
Ranier De Mandel ’25◆
Dorothy Robison Dumke ’40◆ & Glenn S. Dumke ’38◆
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Louise Dungan Edgerton ’67 M’69 & Bradford Edgerton
Edgerton Foundation
Joan H. Eldred ’52◆ & William D. Eldred ’50◆
The Endeavor Foundation
Tawnie Farmer ’64 & John Farmer P’98
Mary Elizabeth Lawrence Farrand ’28◆
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◆
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
John P. Herrick◆
The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation
Jane Fortune Hickerson & Glenn Lindsey Hickerson
The Hinchliffe Family
Constance E. Hood ’71 & Charles J. Hood
Leif Isaksen, Ph.D. ’62 & Aileen Isaksen
Katherine E. Jimenez ’35◆ & James A. Jimenez◆
Barbara Guss Kemp P’04
Giles K. Kemp P’04
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◆
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 & John O. Pohlmann ’62 M’63 P’92
Fay Powell ’32◆ & Lawrence Clark Powell ’28 H'55◆
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John B. Power ’58 H'19 GP’12
David W. Reicher ’73
Evalyn Elizabeth Cook Richter Memorial Fund
Paul K. Richter Memorial Fund
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 A. Solomon & Lawrence R. Solomon '84
The John Stauffer Charitable Trust
J.V.M. Stearns '25◆
Harry & Grace Steele Foundation
Mary W. Stewart◆
Jaynie Studenmund & Woody Studenmund
David R. Ten Eyck ’51◆
Thomas J. Tormey ’49◆
Jessica A. Varelas & Christopher P. Varelas ’85
Barbara I. Volkers Trust
Geneva Wangeman◆ & Colonel Herbert O. Wangeman ’34◆
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Kathryn Caine Wanlass Charitable Foundation
Janice Rude Willson ’64 & Prentiss Willson Jr. ’65
Robert W. Winter H’14◆
Roberta Wilson Woodress ’39◆ & James Woodress◆
The 2020 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, 2019 through June 30, 2020. 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!