The following list of donors made gifts of $1 million or more during the nucleus-fund phase of the Making History campaign. (List includes nucleus-fund gifts received by June 30, 2007.)
Anilesh Ahuja, C’89, and Tania Ahuja made a gift to support the work of the Center for the Advanced Study of India.
The Annenberg Foundation provided support to establish a professorship and a graduate fellowship named in honor of former Penn Provost Vartan Gregorian.
An anonymous gift was made in support of the Lynch Biology Building Fund.
The Barra Foundation and Robert L. McNeil, Jr. made a gift to build a permanent home for the McNeil Center for Early American Studies in the School of Arts and Sciences and to provide an endowment for the building’s operational costs.
Mitchell J. Blutt, C’78, M’82, WG’87, provided support to endow and name an annual music festival; a College House music program; a songwriting symposium in the Kelly Writers House; and an internship in the Vagelos Program in Life Sciences and Management.
A gift from Mary and David Boies, parents, established the David Boies Professorship in memory of Mr. Boies’s father, a former high school history teacher.
Gifts from the Bok Family Foundation, Roxanne Conisha Bok, C’81, and Scott L. Bok, C’81, W’81, L’84, supported renovations to Fisher-Bennett Hall.
To honor the legacy of former Penn President Judith Rodin, CW’66, Hon’04, Raymond Ch’ien, Gr’78, and Hwee Leng Whang, G’75, parents, made a gift to establish the Judith Rodin Graduate Fellowships.
A gift from parents Kunho Cho, C’75, and Tay Yun Cho, G’78, established the C.Y. Cho Endowed Scholarship in recognition of Mr. Cho’s father.
Betsy Marks Darivoff, C’79, and Philip M. Darivoff, W’79, WG’85, parents, made a gift to support the work of the Center for Advanced Judaic Studies.
With a gift to SAS, Paul W. DiMaura, C’65, and Karen DiMaura established the DiMaura Chair in the Department of Biology.
A gift from the Estate of Harold W. Emery, Jr., GR’64, established graduate fellowships in European history.
Fisher-Bennett Hall was named in recognition of a leadership gift from the late Richard L. Fisher, C’63, G’67, to the building’s renovation fund.
Robert A. Fox, C’52, and Penny Grossman Fox, Ed’53, made a gift to support the work of the Robert A. Fox Leadership Program.
Steven F. Goldstone, C’67, made a gift to support, expand and enhance the popular undergraduate major, Philosophy, Politics and Economics.
A joint gift was made by parents Michael G. and Linda Jesselson and parents Jay and Jeanie Schottenstein to establish a library at the Center for Advanced Judaic Studies and a curatorship in Jewish Studies.
A gift from Edward W. Kane, C’71, and Martha J. Wallace, parents, established an endowed professorship in the Department of English.
A gift from Martha and Bruce Karsh, parents, endowed a scholarship fund for students in the College.
Shiv Khemka, G’90, WG’90, and Uday Khemka made a gift to support the work of the Center for the Advanced Study of India.
A gift from Bradford R. Klatt and Robin Friedman Klatt, parents, endowed the position of The Klatt Family Director of Public Programs in the Center for Advanced Judaic Studies.
A gift from David M. Knott, C’67, WG’73, parent, established the David M. Knott Professorship in Global Politics and International Relations.
A gift from the Estate of Peggy W. Lancaster, CW’44, established an endowed scholarship.
Cathy and Marc Lasry, parents, made a gift to establish the Lasry Family Endowed Professorship in Race Relations.
Jerry Lee and Ellen Lee, CGS’03, who established the Jerry Lee Center of Criminology, made a gift to support ongoing programs and an endowed assistant professorship at the Center.
Richard F. Lee, Gr’86, and Susannie C. Lee, Gr’85, parents, made a gift to support the freshman chemistry lab renovation project, which includes a challenge that will match other gifts on a 1:1 basis.
Martin Lipton, W’52, and Susan Lytle Lipton, parents, made a gift to support the construction of the Neural and Behavioral Sciences Building and to establish an undergraduate scholarship in honor of Mr. Lipton’s father, Samuel D. Lipton.
The Carolyn Lynch Laboratory was named in recognition of a gift from Carolyn Hoff Lynch, CW ’68, and her husband Peter S. Lynch, WG’68, parents.
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation provided a grant to support the work of The Research Network on Transitions to Adulthood, led by Zellerbach Family Professor of Sociology Frank F. Furstenberg, Jr.
Howard S. Marks, W’67, parent, made a gift to support the Marks Family Writing Center, part of the University’s Critical Writing Program.
A gift from trustee Edward J. Mathias, C’64, parent, created a matching gift fund for undergraduate scholarships.
A grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation established the Penn Program on Democracy, Citizenship and Constitutionalism. The Foundation also awarded the School of Arts and Sciences a grant to support postdoctoral fellowships in the humanities and humanistic social sciences, which will create opportunities for young scholars to participate in the lively community of humanities research at Penn while providing SAS with innovative teachers over the next six years.
A gift from Natan Peisach, W ’61, and Lidia Peisach, parents, supported the creation of the Peisach Family English Language Programs Wing in Fisher–Bennett Hall, which provides classrooms and offices for the English Language Programs, as well as a library and student study center.
A four-year grant from The Pew Charitable Trusts expands the Presidential Prize Fellowships Program and supports graduate students in economics, English, history, political science and sociology.
Maury Povich, C’62, made a gift to support the Center for Programs in Contemporary Writing with an endowment funding faculty and programming in journalistic nonfiction, including the establishment of the Maury Povich Writer-in-Residence.
Michael J. Price, W’79, and Vikki L. Price made a gift to establish a challenge grant for undergraduate scholarships in the College and to support the Krishna P. Singh Center for Nanotechnology.
Burton X. Rosenberg, C’63, and Sheli Z. Rosenberg, parents, established an endowed professorship to support a scholar and teacher in the humanities.
As part of a larger gift to the University, Katherine Stein Sachs, CW’69, and Keith L. Sachs, W’67, parents, made a gift to establish the Sachs Professorship in Contemporary Art in the Department of the History of Art and program funds for collaboration between History of Art and the Institute of Contemporary Art.
David M. Silfen, C’66, and Lyn G. Silfen, parents, endowed two professorships as part of the Penn Integrates Knowledge initiative for distinguished faculty who hold a joint appointment in SAS and another Penn school.
Laurence B. Simon, C’68, G’74, and his daughter Alexandra L. Simon, C’02, made a discretionary gift to support the teaching and research mission of SAS.
The John Templeton Foundation made a grant to provide programmatic support for the Positive Psychology Center.
P. Roy Vagelos, C’50, Hon’99, and his wife Diana T. Vagelos, parents, made a gift that helped launch the Roy and Diana Vagelos Program in Life Sciences and Management.
Dick Wolf, C’69, made a gift to establish the Wolf Visiting Professorship of Television and Media Studies in the Cinema Studies Program.
