Major Gifts
These individuals, corporations, and foundations made cumulative cash contributions of $10,000 or greater.
Roy H. Aaron
A gift to augment the Theresa G. Aaron Endowed Collection in Children’s Literature. An additional donation to the Library Associates in support of the highest priorities of the Library.
The Ahmanson Foundation
A donation to support the Center for Primary Research and Training in the Charles E. Young Research Library Department of Special Collections. An additional gift in support of the Rare Books School in the Charles E. Young Research Library Department of Special Collections.
The Arcadia Fund
A donation in support of transformational changes in the UCLA Library’s collections and the services that support them. An additional gift for the Center for Primary Research and Training in the Charles E. Young Research Library Department of Special Collections.
B. H. Breslauer Foundation
Donation for the acquisition of the manuscript of Nicolas de Biard’s Distinctiones by the Charles E. Young Research Library Department of Special Collections.
Jacqueline Briskin
To enhance the Bert and Jacqueline Briskin Endowed Collection in Fiction.
The Henry J. Bruman* Trust
To enhance the Bruman Map Collection in the Charles E. Young Research Library Collections, Research and Instructional Services.
Man-Hing Chen* Memorial Endowment
To establish the Man-Hing Chen Memorial Endowment in memory of the first Head of the Richard C. Rudolph East Asian Library. This endowment will be in support of the highest priorities of the Richard C. Rudolph East Asian Library.
Council on Library and Information Resources
A gift in support of the UCLA Library’s undergraduate initiatives program.
Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation
A grant in support of the Center for Primary Research and Training Documentary Film Project at the UCLA Library Department of Special Collections.
The Dickey Family Trust
To augment the Donald and Hisae Dickey Jr. Endowed Fund which supports the Donald R. Dickey Collection of Vertebrate Zoology in the Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library History and Special Collections for the Sciences.
William P. Edwards and Ann Edwards
To acquire the Aldous Huxley Archive for the Charles E. Young Research Library Department of Special Collections. An additional gift to the Library Associates in support of the highest priority needs of the Library. Mr. Edwards also made two additional donations to The Order of the Blue Shield Fund in the UCLA Library.
Elsevier Inc.
In support of the UCLA Library’s project to upgrade the Science and Engineering Library facilities.
Edna and Yu-Shan Han Charitable Foundation
To support the Edna and Yu-Shan Han Collection and 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 Richard C. Rudolph East Asian Library.
Lois Haytin
To establish the Harold A. Haytin Memorial Endowment for the acquisition, preservation, and processing of Library materials in the discipline of history. An additional gift to the Library Associates in support of the highest priority needs of the Library.
Sammy Yukuan Lee Foundation
To establish the Sammy Yukuan Lee Family Endowment for Chinese Archaeology and Culture to support the purchasing of books and other materials pertaining to Chinese archaeology and culture in the Richard C. Rudolph East Asian Library.
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
A grant to support the cataloging of unprocessed collections of rare and unique materials in the UCLA Library.
Wallace I. Nispel*
To support the highest priority needs of the Library
James O. Page Charitable Foundation
To establish the James O. Page Collection Endowment. The purpose of this endowment is to support the acquisition, preservation and processing of materials for the James O. Page Collection, housed in the History and Special Collections for the Sciences in the Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library.
Norman and Armena 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.
The Robert Gore Rifkind Foundation
To establish The Robert Gore Rifkind Foundation Endowment for the Arts. This endowment will support the acquisition, preservation and processing of library materials in the arts. An additional gift to the Library Associates to support the highest priority needs of the Library.
Raymond C. Rothman* Endowed Collection in the History of Cognitive Science
To augment the Raymond C. Rothman Endowed Collection in the History of Cognitive Science in the Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library.
Ruth M. Simon
A donation to augment the Ruth Simon Library Prize for Undergraduate Research. An additional gift to the Library Associates to support the highest priority needs of the Library.
Gary E. Strong and Carolyn J. Strong
To establish the Gary E. and Carolyn J. Strong Endowment for the University Librarian in support of the greatest needs of the UCLA Library. An additional gift to the Library Associates, also in support of the highest priority needs of the Library.
Ann E. Sumner* Estate
To establish the Ann Sumner Library Fund endowment for the purchase of books in the field of art history.
Amy C. Tsiang and Donald H. Tsiang
To establish the Amy Ching-Fen Tsiang Legacy Endowment. This endowment will support the purchase of library materials in the Richard C. Rudolph East Asian Library.
Adam F. Wechsler* Trust
A gift to support the highest priority needs of the Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library.
Joan S. Zenan
To establish the Joan S. Zenan Endowed Discretionary Fund to support the highest priorities of the Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library.
Zhongkun Group, Inc.
To establish the Nubo Huang of Zhongkun Group Cultural Endowed Fund. This endowment will support the acquisition, processing, and preservation of Chinese materials on contemporary literature as well as occasional cultural events in the Richard C. Rudolph East Asian Library.
