Supporting The Center
The National Humanities Center gratefully acknowledges the generosity of the following individuals, corporations, foundations, and institutions that supported the Center and its programs in 2020–21.
Chairman's Council
$100,000+
J. Porter and Victoria Durham
National Endowment for the Humanities
The Henry Luce Foundation, Inc.
President's Council
$25,000–$99,999
Barbara Asch and Jonathan Weiss
in memory of Nan S. Weiss
Peter Benoliel and Willo Carey
Simon Chang
William D. Cohan
JJR Foundation
William and Sandra Moore
in memory of John Hope Franklin*
Patricia R. and Thruston B. Morton
Jane O. Newman* and John H. Smith*
Carl and Betty Pforzheimer
Cara W. Robertson*
Elisabeth Schroeder
in honor of J. Porter Durham
Raymond J. Wiacek and Nancy E. O'Connell
A. Morris Williams, Jr.
Patronage
Excellence
Scholar's Council
$10,000–$24,999
Jim and Janet Averill
Elizabeth Birkelund
Pam and Doug Hendrickson
Rishi S. Jaitly
Courtney Lederer and Mark Thierfelder
Richard and Jane Levy
Lawrence and Lucy Ricciardi
Sally and Russell Robinson
Peter J. and Anne L. Rogers, Jr.
Tom Scherer and Georgia Nugent
Mr. David Bruce Smith
The Grateful American Foundation
Bruce and Sandra VonCannon
Director's Council
$2,500–$9,999
Anonymous (2)
William Banks*
Dennis and Leesa Campbell
William Chester Jordan
Karen and Peter Lawrence
Robert and Vicky Newman
Cynthia and John C. O’Hara
Pine Tree Foundation of New York
Carol Quillen
Robert B. Strassler
Timothy Tackett* and Helen Chenut
Ben Vinson III*
Patrons
$1,000–$2,499
Joni Adamson*
Anonymous
Professor Edna G. Bay*
David Blackbourn
M. Evan Bonds*
in honor of Gilbert Sewall*
Matthew Booker*
Erika L. Briesacher
David Bromwich
Ric Burns
Heidi N. Camp
Mary Ann Clark
Jonathan D. Culler* and Cynthia Chase
in honor of Geoffrey G. Harpham
Jonathan Earle
Frances Daly Fergusson
Annette Gordon-Reed
Kevin M. Guthrie
Anna Ragland Hayes
Elizabeth* and Howard Helsinger
Carla Hesse* and Thomas Laqueur*
Michael Ann Holly
Jordynn Jack*
Ari Kelman
Philip S. Khoury
Shepard Krech III*
William E.* and Jean Anne Leuchtenburg
William G. Lycan*
Gregg A. Mitman*
Ada Palmer
Dr. Vincent E. Price
William Prizer* and Kristine Forney
Helmut Puff*
Thomas E. Quay, Esq. and Winnifred Cutler, Ph.D.
Malcolm L. Richardson
Harriet Ritvo*
Hollis Robbins*
Daniel Scroop* and Julia Reid
in memory of Flora Scroop-Reid
Mitra Sharafi*
Stephen and Suzanne Weiss Foundation, Inc.
in memory of Stephen H. Weiss
Joan* and Philip* Stewart
Ebony Elizabeth Thomas
Rachel Toor
Peter B. Villella*
Ed Weisiger, Jr. and Betsy Fleming
Winokur Family Foundation
Susan Wolf* and Douglas MacLean
Mr. & Mrs. Edwin M. Yoder Jr.
Pauline R. Yu
in memory of John P. Birkelund
Friends
Up to $999
Michael C. Alexander*
Judith H. Anderson*
Anonymous
In honor of The Institute of International Education's Scholar Rescue Fund for their valuable support to academics and researchers who are threatened in their home countries or regions
Anonymous
in memory of Amy P. Dykeman
Anonymous (21)
Robert G. Anthony, Jr.
Melissa Bailes*
Ann Baker and Michael Lienesch*
Kathlene Baldanza
Emily Baragwanath*
Mia E. Bay*
Jodi Bilinkoff*
Blair H. and Lee D. Temkin Family Donor Advised Fund of the Jewish Community Foundation of the Milwaukee Jewish Federation, Inc.
Barbara Weiden Boyd*
Brandi C. Brimmer*
Thomas J. Brown*
in memory of Anthony E. Kaye*
Kathryn J. Burns*
in honor of Ned and Martha Burns
Mary Baine Campbell*
David N. Cannadine*
Nicholas P. Canny*
Annemarie Weyl Carr*
Vincent* and Patricia Carretta
John Carson*
Scott E. Casper*
Roger Chickering*
Suzannah Clark*
Sherman Cochran*
Fred Colby Hobson, Jr.*
in honor of Kent Mullikin
Rita M. Conner
Joy Connolly
Raymond J. and Patricia P. Cormier
Paul B.* and Margaret C. Courtright
John E. Crowley*
Edwin M. Curley*
James C. Dobbins*
in memory of John H. Churchill
A. A. Donohue*
Mrs. Elizabeth Dowd
Dr. Flo D. Durway
Richard M. Eaton*
Robert R. Edwards* and Emily R. Grosholz*
Carole and Richard Eisner
Ryan Emanuel*
Constantin Fasolt*
in memory of Paul O. Kristeller
Frances Ferguson*
Barbara J. Fields
in memory of Anthony E. Kaye*
Kate Flint*
Jaroslav T. Folda*
Frank and Carole Gailor
Peter L. Galison*
Catherine Gallagher* and Martin Jay*
Mary Ellis Gibson* and Charles Orzech*
in memory of Amélie O. Rorty*
Art Goldsmith and Jan Kaufman
Jan Goldstein* and William Sewell*
Bryna Goodman*
Carol and Mike Grajek
Bruce M. Grant*
Vartan Gregorian
Paul F. Grendler*
Grinnell College Dept of Gender, Women’s & Sexuality Studies
in memory of Tyler Roberts
Alexis P. Gumbs*
Madelyn* and Marcel* Gutwirth
Barbara J. Harris* and Stanley Chojnacki*
J. William Harris*
Frances S. Hasso*
Chad Heap*
John F. Heil*
James A. Henretta*
Dr. Angela K. Hodge
Dr. John A. Hodgson*
Alfred Hornung*
Lynn Hunt and Margaret Jacob
Howard Hunter
Jefferson Hunter*
Richard Janko*
Peter Jelavich*
Randal Maurice Jelks*
in honor of Benjamin E. Mays
Michael Johnston*
Larry Eugene Jones*
Temma Kaplan*
G. Ronald Kastner, Ph.D.
Thomas Keirstead* and Deidre Lynch*
Dane Kennedy*
Elizabeth Kennedy* and Bobbi Prebis
William and Victoria Keogan
Jeffrey R. Kerr-Ritchie*
Claudia A. Koonz*
Lloyd S. Kramer*
John Kucich*
Peter G. Lake*
Sanford A. Lakoff*
Raymond T. LaManna
Dr. George R. Lamplugh
Michele Lamprakos*
Joshua Landy*
Susan H. Langdon*
Carlton and Emily Lee
Adriane Lentz-Smith*
Janny Leung*
John R. Levison* and Priscilla Pope-Levison
Oscar M. Lewis
David Levering Lewis*
Lawrence* and Joanna Lipking
Joseph Loewenstein* and Lynne Tatlock
Michael* and Nancy Lofaro
Michèle Longino*
Robert M. Longsworth*
Joseph Luzzi* and Helena Baillie
in honor of Geoffrey G. Harpham
Nicole Marafioti* and Michael Simons
Ted* and Joby* Margadant
Michelle Massé*
Louise C. Maynor
in memory of Dr. Waltz Maynor
Sean McCann*
Ned S. McClurg
Ellen McDaniel and Bob Young
Terence McIntosh*
Ellen A. McLarney*
Mary P. McPherson
Martin Meisel*
Martin* and Carolyn Melosi
Keith D. Miller*
Gail Minault*
Nelson H. Minnich*
Robert Mitchell*
Craig A. Monson*
Christopher R. Moore*
Georgia Mouroutsou*
Pamala Q. Muller
in memory of William A. Muller III
Kent and Miriam Mullikin
Matthew and Anna Mullikin Lorenz
Robert S. Nelson*
Joan Neuberger*
Wing Chung Ng*
Philip* and Deborah* Nord
Katherine O’Brien O’Keeffe*
Francis Oakley*
Sherry Ortner* and Timothy Taylor*
Paul* and Lynn Otto
Michael G. Parker
Ada Farnell Parsons
James* and Florence Peacock
Linda Levy Peck*
Theda Perdue*
David S. Peterson*
Henry Petroski*
Jeremy D. Popkin*
Mark Possanza* and Jennifer Kraar
in memory of Anthony E. Kaye*
Katherine Preston*
Lisa and David Price
Carmine and Elizabeth Prioli
Michael J. Puri* and Sylvia S.H. Chong
Dr. Jill Raitt*
Mrinalini Rajagopalan*
Andrews Reath*
Peter Redfield and Silvia Tomásková
Mark Richard* and Nancy Bauer
Marilynn Richtarik* and Matt Bolch
Joseph A. Ritok
Gabriel Rosenberg*
Ellen Ross*
Martha Rust* and Leslie Myrick
Ruth and David* Sabean
Stephen Salkever*
Crystal R. Sanders*
Elaine Scarry*
in honor of Stuart Curran
Sharon and Richard Schramm
Ellen W. Schrecker*
Philip D. Schuyler*
in memory of Robert B. Martin*
Jane Sharp*
Stephanie J. Shaw*
David E. Simpson*
Sheryl Sims and Ian Bowater
Joe Sitter
Elzbieta Sklodowska*
in memory of John C. Boehm & Jean J. Boehm
Mary Slavin
in memory of Donald Slavin
Amazon Smile
Erin A. Smith*
Holly M. Smith*
Jeremiah Snyder
Don Solomon and Patrick Carroll
Diana Sorensen
Eli P. Sorensen*
Randolph Starn*
Sharon T. Strocchia*
Barry and Winnifred* Sullivan
Paul E. Szarmach*
Richard Talbert*
Hugh M. Thomas*
Christian Thorau*
Julie K. Trotter
Stephanie and Sean Tucker
Herbert F. Tucker*
Richard Turits* and Hannah Rosen
Faith Underhill Fogle
in memory of Catherine and Richard Fogle
Aarthi Vadde*
Ray* and Judy Van Dam
Kevan VanLandingham and Debra Tucci
Julie Velásquez Runk*
Martha J. Vicinus*
Patricia Waddy*
Margaret M. Walton
Drs. D.X.* and J. Christopher Warner
in honor of Kent Mullikin
Marianne Wason
Chris Waters*
Rachel Watson*
Saundra* and Robert Weddle
Charlotte B. Weinstein
in memory of Anthony E. Kaye*
Jennifer Weiss and Bruce Hamilton
in honor of Jonathan G. Weiss
Hugh West*
in memory of Wendy Allanbrook*
Jennifer D. Williams*
David* and Carolyn Wills
John F. Wilson*
Michael Witmore
Mary Ann F. Witt
in memory of Ronald Witt*
Gene Wojciechowski and Jane Florence
Dorothy C. Wong*
Anne M. Wyatt-Brown
in memory of Bertram Wyatt-Brown*
Ruth Bernard Yeazell*
Lawrence Zbikowski* and Victoria L. Long
Supporters
Thank You
Supporters
Sustaining Support
These companies, foundations, and institutions provided support through ongoing grants and/or renewable sponsorships during 2020-21.
Amherst College
Arizona State University, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Bloomberg Philanthropies
Bowdoin College
Case Western Reserve University
College of Humanities and Social Sciences, George Mason University
Columbia University Division of Arts and Sciences
Columbian College of Arts and Sciences at George Washington University
Cornell University
Davidson College
Duke Health
Duke University
Emory College of Arts and Sciences
Fred L. Emerson Foundation
Furman University
George Washington University
Hamilton College
Harvard University
Illinois Wesleyan University
Johns Hopkins University Krieger School of Arts and Sciences
North Carolina Humanities Council
North Carolina State University
Penn State Humanities Institute, Pennsylvania State University
Princeton University
Research Triangle Foundation of North Carolina
Research Triangle Institute
Rice University School of Humanities
Swarthmore College
Texas A&M University College of Liberal Arts
Texas Tech University College of Arts and Sciences
The Burroughs Wellcome Fund
The College of Liberal Arts at The University of Texas at Arlington
The Duke Endowment
The University of Alabama, College of Arts and Sciences
University of California, Irvine, Humanities Center
University of California, Santa Cruz, Humanities Division
University of Florida Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere
University of Maryland
University of Memphis, Marcus W. Orr Center for the Humanities
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina at Charlotte College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
University of Notre Dame College of Arts and Letters
University of Oklahoma Arts and Humanities Forum
University of Pennsylvania
University of Utah College of Humanities
University of Virginia College and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Washington University in St. Louis
Yale University
Matching Gifts
These organizations made matching gifts to the Center’s 2020–21 annual fund campaign.
The Dowd Foundation
The Henry Luce Foundation, Inc.
Gifts in Kind
These gifts include additions to the Robert H. and Margaret S. Goheen Collection of Books by Fellows.
Joni Adamson*
Candace Bailey*
Erika L. Briesacher
Chad Bryant*
Mary Ann Clark
John Corrigan*
Marie Drew-Bear*
Jonathan Earle
Joel Elliott
Dyan H. Elliott*
Xiaoping Fang*
Judith Farquhar*
Lynn M. Festa*
Sandya Hewamanne*
Howard Hunter
Colin Jones*
Ari Kelman
Pavlos Kontos*
Lisa Levenstein*
Emily J. Levine*
Christopher Melchert*
Gretchen Murphy*
Akinwumi Ogundiran*
Ada Palmer
Hollis Robbins*
Ann Rowland*
Ricardo Salles*
Lizzie Schechter*
David L. Schoenbrun*
Richard Schramm
Mab Segrest*
Tatiana Seijas*
Ebony Elizabeth Thomas
Rachel Toor
Luise S. White*
Christopher* and Elizabeth Witmore
Sawyer Society Members
The Sawyer Society recognizes those who have included a legacy gift to the Center in their estate plans.
Anonymous*
Professor Edna G. Bay
Peter Benoliel and Willo Carey
Mr.† and Mrs.† R. F Goheen
Robert Hollander†
Howard Hunter
John B. Hurford
Jenann Ismael*
G. Ronald Kastner, Ph.D
Linda Kauffman* and David Gray
Ellen E. Kaye
in memory of Anthony E. Kaye*
John King*
Shepard Krech III*
Hope Lacy
Richard and Jane Levy
Mrs. Nancy Lewis†
Sheila M. Lund†
Professor Louise McReynolds*
John† and Polly† Medlin
William M. Moore
Sherry Ortner* and Timothy Taylor*
John E. Sawyer†
David E. Shi*
The Estate of Philip L. Quinn
Mrs. Rosaleen M. Walsh
Seth L. Warner†
Clay C. Whitehead, M.D.†
Marjorie C. Woods*
* Fellow † Deceased