Associates 100 Legacy Circle
Renewing Our Founding Promise
In 1926, the 100 founding members of the Caltech Associates made a bold commitment to the Institute's future. Each pledged a $1,000 annual gift for 10 years to support faculty, facilities, and research that would propel Caltech to become a leading center for discovery in science and engineering.
As the Associates organization marked its centennial, 100 households made a similar pledge to commemorate the transformative gifts of our founders. Members of the Legacy Circle each committed $150,000, or $15,000 annually for ten years, providing approximately the same purchasing power as the founders' gifts in 1926.
Their generosity endorses Caltech's mission "to expand human knowledge and benefit society through research integrated with education," and reinforces the Institute's ability to address fundamental scientific questions and pressing global challenges.
I can't think of a better way to honor the vision of our founders than by replicating their gifts.
Associates 100 Legacy Circle Members
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John Andelin (BS '55, PhD '67) and Virginia Geoffrey
E. Jane Arnault-Factor
Mary Baker (MS '67, PhD '72) and Wayne Pfeiffer (PhD '69)
John D. Baldeschwieler and Marlene R. Konnar
David Baltimore and Alice S. Huang
Marie H. Beall (BS '75) and Richard S. Gruner (BS '75)
Richard G. G. Beatty (BS '77)
H. Wilhelm Behrens (PhD '66) and Sondra L. Behrens
G. Richard Benzinger (BS '93) and Tammie L. S. Benzinger
Henry A. Blauvelt (PhD '83) and Caroline M. Blauvelt
Fred A. Blum (MS '64, PhD '68) and Diane F. Blum
Daniela Bonafede-Chhabra (BS '84) and Ashvin B. Chhabra
Alan M. Breakstone (BS '72) and Evelyn M. Breakstone
Richard M. Bressler
Ellen Brown and Ray Merewether
Kim Caldwell and Ginger Caldwell
C. Chang (BS '95)
Stephanie Charles (BS '73) and Normand Berube
Margaret Leong Checca and Michael P Checca
Marina C. Chen (MS '80, PhD '83) and Chi-Fu Huang
Mary Ann Cloyd
Phil R. Conley (BS '56) and Frances K. Conley
Peter S. Cross (BS '68) and Melanie J. Cross
Ann E. Cutting and Tom A. Soulanille (Ex '81)
Alan B. Dauger (BS '62) and Marlene C. Dauger
Roger Davisson (BS '65, MS '66) and Marjorie Davisson
Dwight W. Decker (PhD '78)
Lance Dixon (BS '82) and Mayling Dixon
David A. Drake (BS '74) and Virginia I. Drake
Eugene E. Epstein (BS '56) and Carol S. Epstein
Thomas E. Everhart and Doris A. Everhart
Chip Fairchild
Sue Femino and James J. Femino
Lynda B. Fetter and Blaine P. Fetter
Beatrice P. Fu (BS '80) and Sai-Wai Fu (BS '79, MS '80)
Tracy Fu (BS '92) and Sharon Wee
Eric Garen (BS '68) and Nancy Garen
Karen Eaton Garth (BS '74) and John M. Garth (BS '74)
James M. Gerard (MS '83, PhD '85) and Karen J. Gerard
Warren G. Goda (BS '86) and W.H. Linda Kao
Jeffrey M. Goldsmith (MS '95)
Ruby Grewal
David E. Groce (BS '58, PhD '63) and Barbara Groce
Reid R. Harrison (PhD '00) and Lanny T. Harrison
Pamela J. and Raymond G. Hemann
Dylan Hixon (MS '94) and Camomile Hixon
Frank C. Hu and Victoria H. Sung
Shang-Li Huang (MS '69, PhD '76) and Betty Huang
Ted Jenkins (BS '65, MS '66) and Ginger Jenkins
C. Richard Johnson (BS '59, MS '60) and Linda Johnson
Richard A. Karp (BS '64) and Sarah J. Roberts
David Lee (PhD '74) and Ellen Lee
Paul L. Lee (BS '67, MS '69, PhD '72) and Amy S. Lee (MS '72, PhD '75)
Yen K. Lee and Tae Y. Lee
Warner C. Leedy (BS '07)
Barry Lieberman (BS '68) and Marianne Nikolov
Karen R. and Robert C. Loschke
Jeremy C. Ma (MS '05, PhD '10) and Priscilla G. Ma
Rhonda L. MacDonald (BS '74) and Steven L. Lucas
Frank B. Mallory (PhD '58) and Clelia W. Mallory
Michael M. Mann (BS '60, MS '61) and Mariel J. Mann
J Howard Marshall Ill (BS '57, PhD '65) and Ilene O. Marshall
Linda J. McManus and William B. Bridges
Gavien N. Miyata (BS '69, MS '70, ENG '72) and Mary A. Miyata
Gloria V. Mullendore and Roger W. Mullendore
Illona Neff and Theodore Silon
LeRoy E. Nelson (BS '69, MS '75) and Anita L. Nelson
Gabriela Neufeld and Timothy L. Neufeld
John P. Niccolai (BS '99) and Maria Gea Arredondo
Beverly B. Nickerson and Bruce G. Nickerson
Doug Nickerson (BS '40) and Betty Nickerson
Michael I. Nissman
Jeanne T. Orphan and Victor J. Orphan
Sarah S. Orr and Verne Orr
Carel Otte Jr. (MS '50, PhD '54) and Mary S. Otte
Phillip A. Patten (BS '82) and Zhihong Jane Yang
Lisa D. Pilzer and Paul Z. Pilzer
Sallie Pritchard
Marie and John R. Queen III
Richard L. Rairden (BS '76)
David B. Ritchie (BS '80) and Karen Canaan
Karen V. Roberts (BS '74) and James M. Sagawa (BS '63)
Frederick G. Roeber (BS '90)
Melinda Lou Rogers and William A. Rogers
Thomas F. Rosenbaum and Katherine T. Faber
Dave Rossum (BS '70) and Karen Rossum
Elizabeth Rosemary Sage and Randolph T. Sage
Yin-Lung Shih (BS '79, MS '82) and Carol M. Shih
William Studier (PhD '63) and Susan Studier
Mark A. Sturza (BS '77) and Rose M. Sturza
James J. Taylor (BS '70) and Pamela M. Taylor
Spencer Tien
Thomas J. Tyson (BS '54, PhD '67) and Alice M. Tyson
Jane L. Valentine and Theodore H. Sweetser
Jerrell R. Watts (MS '96, PhD '98) and Alessandra Hill
Lance N. West (MS '83) and Lisa West
George W. Woodruff and Caroline Woodruff
John E. Young (BS '56) and Mary N. Young
Xiaolei Zhu (BS '90) and Jun Teng (BS '92)
Securing the Future
One Hundred Donors Will Propel Caltech's Next Century of Discovery
Inspired by the 1926 founders of the Caltech Associates, 100 years later a new group of philanthropists are coming together to replicate the power of philanthropy used to set Caltech’s distinguished trajectory. Their collective investment will help fuel the continued ambitions of students and faculty of the next generation.
On March 9, 1926, retired railroad magnate and art collector Henry E. Huntington invited 100 of Southern California's most influential men and women to his home in San Marino. While he had hosted many gatherings of the area's social and business leaders before, this one would prove to be historically significant for a nearby institution—and the world.
Continue reading about a new generation of benefactors who are securing Caltech's future.