Major Gifts
These individuals, corporations, and foundations made cumulative cash contributions of $10,000 or greater.
The Ahmanson Foundation
A gift in support of the UCLA History project. An additional gift to enhance the Ahmanson-Murphy Aldine Collection in the Charles E. Young Research Library Department of Special Collections
Alavi Foundation
To support acquisitions for the Library’s collections in Persian language and literature, Iranian history, and Islamic studies
Friends of UCLA Armenian Language and Culture Studies
To establish the Friends of UCLA Armenian Language and Culture Studies Collection Endowment to support the Library’s collections in Armenian studies
Infotrieve, Inc.
To augment the Infotrieve Collection Endowment Fund for the Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library
Richard A. Lanham
To establish the Carol Dana Lanham Memorial Endowment for Books in Medieval Latin Studies
Stephen O. Lesser
To establish the Stephen O. Lesser Endowment to support the acquisition, processing, and preservation of Chinese materials in the Richard C. Rudolph East Asian Library
Constance Lodge*
To augment the Ardis Lodge Memorial Fund for the Reference Collection in the Charles E. Young Research Library
Marmor Foundation
To augment the Dr. Judd Marmor Endowed Collection in Psychiatry in the Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library
Wallace I. Nispel*
To support the highest-priority needs of the Library
James O. Page Foundation
To process the James O. Page Collection for the Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library
Norman J. and Armena B. Powell
To augment the Norman J. and Armena B. Powell Endowed Fund to support the highest-priority needs of the Library. An additional gift to the Library Associates, also in support of the highest-priority needs of the Library
Roth Family Foundation
To augment the Roth Family Foundation Endowed Fund for Los Angeles Photography in the Charles E. Young Research Library Department of Special Collections
Mrs. Raymond C. Rothman
To augment the Raymond C. Rothman Endowed Collection in the History of Cognitive Science in the Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library
Russell G. Sherman
Cubby Sherman
Sara Sherman-Levine and Donn Levine
Amy Sherman Smith
To establish the Geraldine J. Sherman Memorial Endowment for Artists’ Books in the Charles E. Young Research Library Department of Special Collections
Cynthia J. Shelton and Gary B. Nash
To augment the Cynthia J. Shelton and Gary B. Nash Collection Endowment in Southwestern History and Culture
Ruth M. Simon
To establish the Ruth Simon Library Prize for Undergraduate Research for the Library. An additional gift to the Library Associates to support the highest-priority needs of the Library
Raymond Soto
To augment the Raymond Soto Endowed Collection in English and American Literature in the Charles E. Young Research Library. An additional gift to the Library Associates to support the highest-priority needs of the Library
Steinmetz Foundation
To support processing, cataloging, preservation, and promotion of the Ralph J. Bunche Papers in the Charles E. Young Research Library Department of Special Collection
Edna and Yu-Shan Han Charitable Foundation
To support the Edna and Yu-Shan Han Collection Endowment Fund in the Richard C. Rudolph East Asian Library. Two additional gifts to the Library Associates in support of the highest-priority needs of the UCLA Library and the East Asian Library
Elizabeth D. Sweet
For processing, cataloging, and preservation of the William H. Sweet, MD, DSc Collection in the Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library History and Special Collections for the Sciences
Joseph J. Torso*
To establish the University Librarian’s Regental Discretionary Fund under the direction of the University Librarian to support the highest-priority needs of the Library
Jacqueline S. Weber
To establish the Jacqueline and Eugen Weber Endowed Collection in European History
Gloria Werner
To augment the Gloria Werner Endowed Discretionary Fund to support the highest-priority needs of the Library
Joan S. Zenan
To support the highest-priority needs of the Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library