Donor Recognitions

What Our Donors Say
Lifetime Giving

Carnegie Founders Society
When Andrew Carnegie made his original $10 million gift, he did so with the audacious goal of establishing an independent research organization that would increase scientific knowledge for the improvement of humankind. Likewise, members of the Carnegie Founders Society are visionaries who—through their generosity and entrepreneurial spirit—lay the foundations for innovation, ingenuity, and intellectual courage to thrive. With lifetime contributions of $10 million or more, these individuals have empowered Carnegie investigators to pursue the most profound challenges in modern science and truly transform our relationship to the universe and world around us.
Anonymous*
Caryl P. Haskins*
William R. Hewlett*
George P. Mitchell*
*Deceased

Edwin Hubble Society
Science often requires years of hard work and dedication before major discoveries can be made, and Edwin Hubble Society members make the critical investments that allow our researchers to take calculated risks in pursuit of new knowledge. Carnegie scientist Edwin Hubble, the most famous astronomer of the 20th century, shattered our old concept of cosmology by observing that the universe is vastly larger than we thought and is, in fact, expanding. We are proud to honor the members of the Edwin Hubble Society, who have fostered such extended, paradigm-changing research through their lifetime contributions of $1,000,000 - $9,999,999.
Anonymous (2)
D. Euan and Angelica Baird
Lou and Lore Brown*~
Gordon and Cynthia Burley*~
Michael A. Duffy
William H. Gates III
William* and Cynthia Gayden
Michael* and Mary Gellert
Robert G.* and Alexandra C. Goelet
William T. Golden*
Crawford and Margaretta Greenewalt*
David and Charlotte Greenewalt*
Robert and Margaret Hazen
Margaret and Will Hearst
Richard E. Heckert*
Kazuo* and Asako Inamori
Burton* and Deedee McMurtry
Jaylee and Gilbert Mead*
Cary Queen
Deborah Rose
William J. Rutter
David and Catherine Thompson~
Thomas* and Mary Urban
Dr. Nathalie Valette-Silver*
Sidney J. Weinberg, Jr.*
Michael G. & C. Jane Wilson
*Deceased
~New Member

Vannevar Bush Society
Vannevar Bush, the renowned leader of American scientific research of his time, served as Carnegie's president from 1939 to 1956. Bush believed in the power of private organizations and the conviction that it is good for humans to know. The Vannevar Bush Society recognizes those who have made lifetime contributions of $100,000 - $999,999.
Anonymous (5)
Philip H. Abelson*
Bruce and Betty Alberts
Mary Anne Nyburg Baker and G. Leonard Baker, Jr.
Craig and Barbara Barrett
Daniel Belin and Kate Ganz
Bradley F. Bennett*
Didier and Brigitte Berthelemot
Charles Bestor~
David P. Brown*
Donald and Linda Brown
Richard Buynitzky*
A. James Clark*
Tom and Anne Cori
John Crawford
H. Clark and Eleanora K. Dalton*
John Diebold*
Jean and Leslie Douglas*
Herbert A. Dropkin*
James Ebert*
Jo Ann Eder
Bruce W. Ferguson and Heather R. Sandiford
Stephen and Janelle Fodor
Karen Fries and Richard Tait
Martin and Jacqueline Gellert
Sibyl R. Golden*
Diane Greene and Mendel Rosenblum
Simon and Charlotte Harrison~
Gary K.* and Cary S. Hart
Henrietta W. Hollaender*
Virginia Johns~
Antonia Ax:son Johnson and Goran Ennerfelt
Paul A. Johnson*
Paul and Carolyn Kokulis
Douglas E. Koshland
Gerald D. and Doris* Laubach
Gilbert and Karen Levin*~
Lawrence H. Linden
Michael T. Long
John D. Macomber*
Christopher* and Lois Madison
Christine McCarthy and Michael McCormick~
Steven L. McKnight
Richard A. and Martha R. Meserve
Martin and Jacqueline Gellert
J. Irwin Miller*
Al* and Honey Nashman
Charles J. and Virginia E. Peterson
Alexander Pogo*
Stephen Quake~
Elizabeth M. Ramsey*
Ray and Meredith Rothrock
Vera and Robert Rubin*
Allan R. Sandage*
Leonard Searle*
Laura and Carlton Seaver~
Maxine and Daniel Singer
Allan Spradling and Edie Stern
Frank N. Stanton*
Christopher Stone
Dawn Taylor
Michael W. Thacher and Rhonda L. Rundle~
Tommy Tse
William* and Nancy Turner
Marshall and Deborah Wais
Matthew Weitzman~
Anthony and Susan Wood
Laure Woods
*Deceased
~New Member

Second Century Legacy Society
The Second Century Legacy Society recognizes individuals who make special commitments to Carnegie Science in support of scientific research and discovery through their wills, living trusts, estate plans, and other forms of planned giving. Members of the Society carry on the vital tradition of philanthropy upon which Carnegie Science was founded, ensuring that throughout Carnegie’s next 100 years, we have the resources to broaden scientific knowledge and cultivate future generations of leading scientists. Through planned gifts, members meet their charitable and financial goals while creating legacies that support the research areas most important to them. We gratefully acknowledge these dedicated supporters, whose impact will be felt in tomorrow’s research advances.
Anonymous (4)
Philip H. Abelson*
Paul A. Armond, Jr.
Liselotte Beach*
Bradley F. Bennett*
Charles Bestor~
Francis R. Boyd, Jr.*
Lou and Lore Brown*
Gordon and Cynthia Burley*
Sigrid Burton and Max Brennan
Richard Buynitzky*
Cathy Colloff~
Eleanor Gish Crow*
Richard E. Cuellar*
H. Clark and Eleanora K. Dalton*
Hugh H. Darby*
Herbert A. Dropkin*
Jo Ann Eder
Susan Farkas
Nina V. Fedoroff
Raymond C. Fletcher
Julie D. Forbush*
Bevan M. French~
William T. Golden*
Crawford and Margaretta Greenewalt*
David C. Hardy
Mrs. P. Edgar Hare
Gary K.* and Cary S. Hart
Caryl P. Haskins*
Robert and Margaret Hazen
Richard E. Heckert*
Henrietta W. Hollaender*
Neil Hurwitz
Paul A. Johnson*
Paul and Carolyn Kokulis
Mary G. Laufenberg*
Nancy Lee
Gilbert and Karen Levin*
Barbara C. Martin
Al* and Honey Nashman
Charles J. and Virginia E. Peterson
Alexander Pogo*
Elizabeth M. Ramsey*
Holly M. Ruess
Allan R. Sandage*
Frederick Schwarzenbach and Leslie Prussia
Ron Scott
Leonard Searle*
Maxine and Daniel Singer
Frank N. Stanton*
Fay M. Stetzer*
John R. Thomas*
Ian Thompson
Hatim A. Tyabji
William M. White
Robert and Roberta Young
*Deceased
~New Member
Annual Giving
(Gifts received between July 1, 2021, and June 30, 2022)

Carnegie Champions
Carnegie Champions are donors who contribute $10,000 or more annually to the Institution within the fiscal year. Members of this special community enhance the work of Carnegie researchers within our three divisions through their philanthropic support and by connecting directly with our scientists. Their contributions enable our scientists to channel their intellectual courage, talent, and entrepreneurial spirit to achieve the next big discovery. We are proud to recognize these bold and loyal donors who make supporting science among their top philanthropic values.
$1,000,000 or more
Anonymous
Lou and Lore Brown*
*Deceased
$100,000 to $999,999
Anonymous (2)
Craig and Barbara Barrett
Simon and Charlotte Harrison
Stephen Quake
David and Catherine Thompson
Michael G. & C. Jane Wilson
$10,000 to $99,999
Anonymous
Charles Bestor
Sigrid Burton and Max Brennan
Cathy Colloff
Alice S. Coulombe
John Crawford
Steven B. Crystal
John P. de Neufville
Michael A. Duffy
Douglas M. Fambrough III
Bevan M. French
Diane Greene and Mendel Rosenblum
Robert and Margaret Hazen
Charles Bowditch Hunter
Virginia Johns
Paul* and Carolyn Kokulis
Thomas and Jessica Korzenecki
Michael T. Long
Julia Sever Lytle
Mary E. Maxon
Christine McCarthy and Michael McCormick
Nentcho Nentchev
Charles J. and Virginia E. Peterson
Ray and Meredith Rothrock
Laura and Carlton Seaver
Stephen Shectman
Paul and Mary Spiewak
Bharti Temkin
David and Catherine Thompson
Ian Thompson
Matthew Weitzman
Marshall and Deborah Wais
*Deceased
Other Individual Giving
$1,000 to $9,999
Anonymous (4)
Louis and Mary Jo Arnold
Cheryl A. Bantz
Robert and Lynne Barker
Charlotte S. Barus
Philip Beachy and Katrin Andreasson
Richard and Kathleen Becker
Joseph A. Berry
Peter C. Brockett and Laureen B. Chang
Rita Colwell
John Cross
Donald and Lucille Crumrine
Nancy Davis
William S. Dickey
Samuel and Barbara Dyer
Jo Ann Eder
Brice and Margaret Eldridge
Sandra and Andrew Faber
William B. Fagan
Oscar and Toby Fitzgerald
Sally Ann Free
David and Carolyn Gambrel
Stuart Gerson and Pamela Somers
Thomas and Josephine Greeley
H. Jason and Dana Harrison
William K. Hart
Tracy Hauri
Marc Hersh
Rush D. Holt and Margaret Lancefield
Toby M. Horn
Eric and Jill Hubbell
Eric Isaacs and Linda Goldwyn
Theodore and Jacqueline Johnson
Bill Key
Marguerite J. Kingston
Richard and Lisa Kornblith
Jim and Laura LaBarge
Katherine N. Lapp
Haozhe Liu
Michael J. MacDermott
Frank and Mona Mapel
James Mattingly and Judith Shure
Michael Miller
Michael B. Moran
John Morrow
John Mulchaey
Charles G. Myers
H. Richard Naslund
Dr. and Mrs. Armand P. Neukermans
Augustus Oemler, Jr.
Raymond and Bette Ann Page
Sheldon and Debora Presser
Jeffery and Dana Puschell
Cary Queen
Aparajit Raghavan and Satyashree Srikanth
Seung Yon Rhee
Benjamin E. Richter
Dr. Shirley M. Ross
Cristián Samper
Frederick Schwarzenbach and Leslie Prussia
Matthew P. Scott
Ron Scott
William and Glenna Shawn
Randolph and Diane Sim
David Singer and Diana Kapp
Paul So
Jordan Sorensen and Erik Lin-Greenberg
Randall Speck and Samantha Nolan
David N. Spergel
Michael Stein and Judy Rhinestine
Patricia Stiehl
Douglas K. Struck
Somu Sundaramurthy
Tetsuo Takanami
Michael W. Thacher and Rhonda L. Rundle
John R. Thomas*
Charles and Geneva Thornton
Scott B. Tollefsen
Michael J. Walter
Alan Wang
Zhiyong Wang and Yanli Yang
Mark Welsh
Robert Williamson and Caryl McNeilly
David and Julianne Worrell
Richard S. Young and Bonnie M. Beamer
Robert and Roberta Young
*Deceased
Under $1,000
Anonymous (2)
George Abdo
Carmen Aguilar
Adrienne Alegre
Emilie M. Allen
Larry Allen
Robert Alschuler
Arthur Aronson
John and Michele Arthur
Ulanda Aung
Andrew Avrick
Benjamin G. Barbin
Alain Baronnet
Mazie Baskin
Michelle Battle
Emile J. Bayle
Philip Beachy and Katrin Andreasson
Michael Bearfoot
Farid Behshid
Harvey E. Belkin
Frederick Bernthal & Heather Lancaster
Tom I. Bonner
Christian Borillo
Kurt R. Borski
Avery Boyce
Dody and Tommy Brager
Charles and Lucille Brown
Dale Burger
Donald M. Burt
Henner Busemann
Michele Byrnes
Christopher Cahill
John A.R. Caldwell
Carol Laikin Carpenter
Dana Carroll
Richard Casey
Wen-Ping Chen
Matthias Chiquet
Asit Choudhuri
Ida Chow
Dan Cisin
William Cleveland
Christine Collins and Dana Berliner
Albert S. Colman
David Conover
Gary Conrad and Charlotte Streng
John and Bette Cooper
Ronald M. Costell
Janet Crampton
Dr. and Mrs. Daniel L. Crotty
Martin Czigler
Stewart Allan Daniels, MD and Nancy Joy Daniels
John E. Davis and Bonnie Freeman
Peter and Jacqueline Davis
Carl and Judith Dawson
Benjamin Dayman
Ken and Jacquelyn* de Graaf
Vannia De La Cuba
Cristine del Amo
David H. and Kunie F. DeVorkin
John DeWitt, Jr.
Laura D. Dominguez
Charles E. and Joan M. Dorgan
Martin Dresner and Lorrie Westerlund
Janice Dunlap
Christopher Edwards
David H. Eggler
Seth and Marion Eisen
Constance B. Elliot
Brian Eriksen and Carlos Muralles
Wallace and Charlotte Ernst
William Fahey
John E. Farhood
Eric J. Fearon
Scott J. Fitzgerald
Carolina Flores-Helizon
Robert and Carole Fontenrose
Richard and Cheryl Freeman
Mary L. Garnett
Edwin Gaynor
William and Barbara Geffen
Mattia Gellera
Thomas Gertmenian and Sally Barngrove
Al Getz and Sara Nieves-Grafals
Mike Giardello
M. Charles Gilbert
Kirsten and Oliver Gildersleeve
Lawrence Giles
Sven Girsperger
Carla Gladstone
William and Gayle Glauz
Eitan Glinert and Laura Lacombe
Ken Globus
David and Koon Goldenberg
William and Margaret Goodwin
Cathy Green
John D. Greenhill
John and Deborah Guest
Robert D. Guy
Dr. Denise Hagan and Grant Frederick
William and Dorothy Hagar
Catherine L. Haight
James T. Haight
Marylee H. Hair-Tinsley
Karsten Halusa
Bret D. Hampton
Joseph Haney
Bradley Hanson and Rhett Judice
Mrs. P. Edgar Hare
Lisa W. Harter
Shan Hays
John and Ann Hess
Frank Hilldrup
William H. and Patricia G. Hohwiesner
Michael H. Horner
Julianna Horvath
Robert F. Howard
Larry and Graciela Huffman
Neil Hurwitz
Robert Ihsen
Bobby R. Inman
Richard P. and Robin J. Jacobson
Darius and Carol Kanga
Milan M. Karol
Peter and Jane Katona
John Keiser
Anonymous
M.B. Kirkham
Melanie Knutsen
Nick Konidaris
David C. Koo
Kirk T. Korista
G. Gary Kowalczyk
Arthur Krieger
Prashant Kulkarni
Steven and Nancy L'Hernault
Ethel Laczko
Jerome Laux
Robert and Marjorie Lawrence
Samuel A. and Mary M. Lawrence
Kurt Lawson and Jill Feasley
Harold H. Lee
Matthew C. Lee
Stuart Lending
Frederick and Suzanne Lepple
Alan E. Levin
Gilbert and Karen Levin*
Jon Lindberg
Felix J. Lockman
Tamar Lolua
Christopher and Catherine Loretz
Christine and Philip Lumb
Bruce and Laurie Lyons
John Macgregor and Connie Stephens
Alec Machiels and Sarah Bennison
Anthony P. Mahowald
Steven R. Majewski
Stephen and Sally Maran
Amanda Marcucci
Janet Marott
Barbara C. Martin
Mario and Nancy Bennett Mateo
David Mauriello
Robert H. and Dorothy A. McCallister
Robert McClelland
Francis McCrackin and Michael Geglia
Francis McCubbin
Jim McDermott and Cynthia Kurtz
Ann McElwain
D. Joel and Mary Mellema
Natasha Metzler
Robert Meyer and Nancy Valentine
John J. Michels
Dennis F. Miller
William G. Minarik
Richard M. Mitterer
John Moore
Joseph F. Moore
Robert A. Morse
Deborah Hursh and Mark Mortin
Gary G. Mrenak
Seanan Murphy
Ralph H. Nafziger
Rodney and Pamela Nakamoto
Lester Newman
Alvin Nieder
Niels Nielsen
John Ray Nooncaster
Jeffrey B. Norman
Donald B. Novotny
Richard and Grace Obermann
Kathie L. Olsen
Peter and Janyce Olsen
John H. and Roberta Overholt
Michael S. Paisner
Kristen Palumbo
Ben and Irene Pandit
Linda Parshall
George H. Pepper
John Petricciani
Marc and Brenda Pfeiffer
Eric Philburn
Stephen Pierce
Emil Polisensky
John Price and Anne Shoemaker
Karen J. Profet
Laura Puckett
Daniel W. Pugh
Jerome and Dena Puskin
Sampath Ramaswami
R. P. Ranganayaki
Bryan Ranharter
Gary and Ana Rasmussen
J. Martin Ratliff and Carol A. Polanskey
Philip T. Reeker
Heidi Reutter
Robert C. and Louise N. Ritchie
Michael Robbins
Janet Rose
Roy Rose
Anonymous
Steven and Margaretta Rothenberg
Bert and Beverly Rude
Tyler Rullman and Teresa Wilkerson
Stuart Sacks
Lawrence E. Sager
Alexander Sandra
Gerald Scheinman and Marsha Seidelman
Kevin C. Schlaufman
Charles Schmitz
Robert L. Schulte
François Schweizer
Jock Scott
Christopher Seagle
Brian Sesterhenn
Anat Shahar and Aaron Kofner
Charles and Inez Sharp
Diane Shaw
Harlan and Beverly Sherwat
Fred Shoup
Stephanie Sigala and James Rhodes
Mary Ellen Simon
Ralph and Kathleen Smith
Robert C. Smith
David E. Snead
David L. Soderberg
Steven S. Spaulding
William Staton
Erich W. Steiner
Lars Stixrude and Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni
Christopher Paul Stoppa
Neil and Leslie Straus
Edward Strobel
Peter Tague and Rhea Smith
James Talens
Barbara M. Taylor
Colin Taylor
Leslie C. Taylor
Anonymous
William Topper
Scott Trager
Martin Trees and Kristen Olson
Albert and Virginia Tucker
John Ulmer and Ann Marie Lee
Robert S. Vance, Jr.
Anne M. Vaughan
Katharine Villard
Daniel and Eloise Vitiello
Richard J. Walker and Mary F. Horan
Zhou Wang and Xiaoyan Cai
Dave Warner
Sam Warner
Richard Wattis
William M. White
Edward White V
David G. Whittingham
James E. Williams
Matthew Williamson
Stewart and Margaret Wills
Robert Wing
Joseph and Alison Winter
Eric Wolman
Neal L. Wood
Margaret D. Woodring
Robert J. Yamartino
Anonymous
Henry A. Yost
Alessandro Zanello and Maria Elena Gutierrez
Robert A. Zarzar
Timothy A. Zimmerlin
Foundations and Corporations
$100,000 to $999,999
The Brinson Foundation
ClimateWorks Foundation
The Ambrose Monell Foundation
The Pew Charitable Trusts
The Rose Hills Foundation
Schmidt Futures
Simons Foundation
Society for Conservation Biology
$10,000 to $99,999
Carnegie Institution of Canada
Heising-Simons Foundation
Richard W. Higgins Charitable Foundation
The Kavli Foundation
The Kenneth T. and Eileen L. Norris Foundation
The Project Fibonacci Foundation
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Gifts In Honor and In Memoriam
In Honor of Dr. Conel Alexander
Scott J. Fitzgerald
In Memory of Dr. Gordon Davis
Harvey E. Belkin
In Memory of Dr. Roger Helizon
Carolina Flores-Helizon
In Memory of Mr. Michael Gellert
Alec Machiels and Sarah Bennison
In Honor of Mr. Shaun Hardy
Janice Dunlap
In Memory of Dr. Erik Hauri
Tracy Hauri
William G. Minarik
In Honor of Dr. Robert Hazen
Fred Shoup
In Memory of Dr. Matthew Johns
Ronald A. Chong
In Memory of Dr. Francis Boyd, Jr.
Marguerite J. Kingston
In Honor of Dr. John Mulchaey
Sigrid Burton and Max Brennan
Robert Alschuler
Richard and Lisa Kornblith
In Memory of Hatten Yoder
H. Richard Naslund
In Memory of Dr. Charles Prewitt
Christopher Cahill
In Memory of Dr. Vera Rubin
Asit Choudhuri
George H. Pepper
In Memory of Dr. Allan Sandage
Steven R. Majewski
In Memory of Dr. Marilyn Fogel
Carmen Aguilar
Albert S. Colman
Terry and Kim Creque
Beverly J. Johnson
Stephanie Sigala and James Rhodes
Rodney and Pamela Nakamoto
In Honor of Dr. Kristina Tank
Barbara M. Taylor
In Memory of Dr. Nathalie Valette-Silver
Janice Dunlap
In Honor of Dr. Zhiyong Wang
Yanli Yang
In Honor of Dr. Ray Weymann
Kirk T. Korista
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