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2020 Honor Roll of Donors We greatly appreciate the generosity of our donors. Your contributions enhance the impact of the National Academy of Engineering’s work and support its vital role as advisor to the nation. The NAE acknowledges contributions made as personal gifts or as gifts facilitated by the donor through a donor-advised fund, matching gift program, or family foundation. The listing below includes society members as of December 31, 2020.
Lifetime Giving Societies We gratefully acknowledge the following members and friends who have made generous charitable lifetime contributions. Their collective, private philanthropy enhances the impact of the academies as advisor to the nation on matters of science, engineering, and medicine.
In recognition of members and friends who have made lifetime contributions of $1 million or more to the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, or National Academy of Medicine. Boldfaced names are NAE members.
Bruce and Betty Alberts
Richard and Rita Atkinson
Norman R. Augustine
Craig and Barbara Barrett
Jordan* and Rhoda Baruch
Stephen D. Bechtel, Jr.*
Arnold and Mabel Beckman*
Leonard Blavatnik
Harry E. Bovay, Jr.*
Donald Bren
Ralph J.* and Carol M. Cicerone
Harvey V. Fineberg and Mary E. Wilson
Bernard M. Gordon
Cecil H. Green*
Michael and Sheila Held*
William R. and Rosemary B. Hewlett*
Ming and Eva Hsieh
Irwin and Joan Jacobs
Robert L. and Anne K. James
Kenneth A. Jonsson*
Fred Kavli*
Daniel E. Koshland, Jr.*
Tillie K. Lubin*
Whitney* and Betty MacMillan
John F. McDonnell
George P. Mitchell*
The Ambrose Monell Foundation
Gordon and Betty Moore
Philip and Sima Needleman
Peter O’Donnell, Jr.
Gilbert S. Omenn and Martha A. Darling
Robert* and Mayari Pritzker
Richard L. and Hinda G. Rosenthal*
Martine A. Rothblatt
Jack W. and Valerie Rowe
Fritz J. and Dolores H. Russ Prize Fund of the Russ College of Engineering and Technology at Ohio University
Dame Jillian Sackler
Raymond and Beverly Sackler*
Bernard and Rhoda Sarnat*
Leonard D. Schaeffer
Sara Lee and Axel Schupf
James H. and Marilyn Simons
John and Janet Swanson
Marci and James J. Truchard
Anthony J. Yun and Kimberly A. Bazar
In recognition of members and friends who have made lifetime contributions of $500,000 to $999,999 to the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, or National Academy of Medicine. Boldfaced names are NAE members.
Rose-Marie and Jack R. Anderson*
John and Elizabeth Armstrong
Kenneth E. Behring*
Gordon Bell
Elkan R.* and Gail F. Blout
Russell L. Carson
Charina Endowment Fund
James McConnell Clark
Henry David*
Richard Evans*
Eugene Garfield Foundation
Theodore Geballe
Penny and Bill George, George Family Foundation
Christa and Detlef Gloge
William T.* and Catherine Morrison Golden
John O. and Candace Hallquist
Alexander Hollaender*
Thomas V. Jones*
Cindy and Jeong Kim
Ralph and Claire Landau*
Asta and William W. Lang*
Ruben F.* and Donna Mettler
Dane* and Mary Louise Miller
Oliver E. and Gerda K. Nelson*
Shela and Kumar Patel
William J. Rutter
Henry and Susan Samueli
Herbert A. and Dorothea P. Simon*
Raymond S. Stata
Roy and Diana Vagelos
Andrew and Erna* Viterbi
Alan M. Voorhees*
Anonymous (1)
In recognition of members and friends who have made lifetime contributions of $250,000 to $499,999 to the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, or National Academy of Medicine. Boldfaced names are NAE members.
The Agouron Institute
John and Pat Anderson
W.O. Baker*
Warren L. Batts
Elwyn* and Jennifer Berlekamp
Daniel and Lana Branton
George* and Virginia Bugliarello
Clarence S. Coe*
Rosie and Stirling A. Colgate*
W. Dale and Jeanne C. Compton*
Lance and Susan Davis
Nicholas M. Donofrio
David and Miriam Donoho
Ruth and Victor Dzau
Dotty* and Gordon England
George and Christine Gloeckler
Jerome H.* and Barbara N. Grossman
John L. Hennessy
Chad and Ann Holliday
William R. Jackson*
Anita K. Jones
Mary and Howard* Kehrl
Kent Kresa
Mark and Becky Levin
Frances and George Ligler
Robin K. and Rose M. McGuire
Janet and Richard M.* Morrow
Clayton Daniel and Patricia L. Mote
Ralph S. O’Connor*
Kenneth H. Olsen*
Ann and Michael Ramage
Simon Ramo*
Anne and Walt* Robb
Matthew L. Rogers and Swati Mylavarapu
Richard F. and Terri W. Rashid
Julie and Alton D. Romig, Jr.
Stephen* and Anne Ryan
H.E. Simmons*
Judy Swanson
Ted Turner
Leslie L. Vadasz
Martha Vaughan*
Charles M.* and Rebecca M. Vest
Wm. A. Wulf
In recognition of members and friends who have made lifetime contributions of $100,000 to $249,999 to the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, or National Academy of Medicine. Boldfaced names are NAE members.
Laura E. and John D. Arnold
Holt Ashley*
Nadine Aubry and John L. Batton
Francisco J. and Hana Ayala
William F. Ballhaus, Sr.*
David Baltimore
Thomas D.* and Janice H. Barrow
H.H. and Eleanor F. Barschall*
Donald and Joan Beall
Daniel and Frances Berg
Diane and Norman Bernstein
Bharati and Murty Bhavaraju
Chip and Belinda Blankenship
Erich Bloch*
Barry W. Boehm
Gopa and Arindam Bose
David G. Bradley
Lewis M. Branscomb
Sydney Brenner*
Malin Burnham
Ursula Burns and Lloyd Bean*
Eugen and Cleopatra Cabuz
Chau-Chyun and Li-Li Chen
Priscilla and Sunlin* Chou
John and Assia Cioffi
Paul Citron and Margaret Carlson Citron
A. James Clark*
G. Wayne Clough
Barry and Bobbi Coller
John D. Corbett*
Ross and Stephanie Corotis
Ruth David and Stan Dains
Zhonghan John Deng
Roman W. DeSanctis
Julie H. and Robert J. Desnick
Robert* and Florence Deutsch
Paul M. Doty*
Charles W. Duncan, Jr.
George and Maggie Eads
Robert and Cornelia Eaton
The Eleftheria Foundation
James O. Ellis, Jr. and Elisabeth Paté-Cornell
Emanuel and Peggy Epstein
Thomas E. Everhart
Peter Farrell
Michiko So* and Lawrence Finegold
Tobie and Daniel J.* Fink
Delbert A. and Beverly C. Fisher
George and Ann Fisher
Robert C.* and Marilyn G. Forney
Harold K.* and Betty Forsen
Edward H. Frank and Sarah G. Ratchye
William L.* and Mary Kay Friend
Christopher Galvin
William H. and Melinda F. Gates III
Nan and Chuck* Geschke
Jack and Linda Gill
Martin E. and Lucinda Glicksman
Avram Goldstein*
Robert W. Gore*
Paul and Judy Gray
Corbin Gwaltney*
Margaret A. Hamburg and Peter F. Brown
William M. Haney III
Wesley L. Harris
George* and Daphne Hatsopoulos
Robert M. Hauser
Jane E. Henney and Robert Graham
Lyda Hill
Jane Hirsh
Michael W. Hunkapiller
Catherine Adams Hutt and Peter Barton Hutt
Jennie S. Hwang
M. Blakeman Ingle
Richard B. Johnston, Jr.
Trevor O. Jones
Thomas Kailath
Paul and Julie Kaminski
Yuet Wai and Alvera Kan
John and Wilma Kassakian
Diana S. and Michael D. King
Leon K. and Olga Kirchmayer*
Frederick A. Klingenstein*
William I. Koch
Gail F. Koshland
Jill Howell Kramer
John W. Landis*
Janet and Barry Lang
Louis Lange
Ming-wai Lau
Gerald and Doris Laubach
Edward D. Lazowska and Lyndsay C. Downs
David M.* and Natalie Lederman
Bonnie Berger and Frank Thomson Leighton
Thomas M. Leps*
Jane and Norman N. Li
R. Noel Longuemare, Jr.
Asad M., Gowhartaj, and Jamal Madni
Davis L. Masten and Christopher Ireland
Stella and Steve Matson
Roger L. McCarthy
Michael and Pat McGinnis
William W. McGuire
Burt* and Deedee McMurtry
Marcia K. McNutt
Rahul Mehta
G. William* and Ariadna Miller
Ronald D. Miller
Stanley L. Miller*
Sanjit K. and Nandita Mitra
Sharon and Arthur Money
Joe and Glenna Moore
David* and Lindsay Morgenthaler
Narayana and Sudha Murty
Jaya and Venky Narayanamurti
Ellen and Philip Neches
Norman F. Ness
Ronald and Joan Nordgren
Susan and Franklin M. Orr, Jr.
David Packard*
Charles and Doris Pankow*
Larry* and Carol Papay
Jack S. Parker*
Nirmala and Arogyaswami J. Paulraj
Edward E. Penhoet
Percy A. and Olga A. Pierre
Allen E.* and Marilynn Puckett
Alexander Rich*
Arthur D. Riggs
Ronald L. Rivest
Eugene* and Ruth Roberts
Howie Rosen and Susan Doherty
Henry M. Rowan*
Joseph E. and Anne P. Rowe*
Jonathan J. Rubinstein
Maxine L. Savitz
Walter Schlup*
Wendy and Eric Schmidt
Richard P. Simmons
Harold C. and Carol H. Sox
Robert F. and Lee S. Sproull
Georges C. St. Laurent, Jr.
Arnold and Constance Stancell
Richard J. and Bobby Ann Stegemeier
Edward C. Stone
F. William Studier
Thomas and Marilyn Sutton
Charlotte and Morris Tanenbaum
Peter* and Vivian Teets
Hemant K. and Suniti Thapar
Leonard Kent* and Kayleen Thomas
James M. Tien and Ellen S. Weston
Gary and Diane Tooker
Katherine K. and John J. Tracy
John C. Wall
Patricia Bray-Ward and David C. Ward
Robert* and Joan Wertheim
Robert M.* and Mavis E. White
John C. Whitehead*
Jean D. Wilson
Ken Xie
Tachi and Leslie Yamada
Adrian Zaccaria
Alejandro Zaffaroni*
Peter Zandan
Janet and Jerry Zucker
Anonymous (3)
In recognition of NAE members and friends who have made lifetime contributions totaling $20,000 to $99,999. Boldfaced names are NAE members.
$75,000 to $99,999
Paul F. Boulos
Kristine L. Bueche
Josephine Cheng
Jeffrey Dean and Heidi Hopper
Robert E. Kahn
Rita Vaughn and Theodore C.*Kennedy
Johanna M.H. Levelt Sengers
Mendel Rosenblum and Diane Greene
John Neerhout, Jr.
Roberto Padovani
$50,000 to $74,999
Jane K. and William F. Ballhaus, Jr.
Corbett Caudill
William Cavanaugh
Selim A. Chacour
The Crown Family
Gerard W. Elverum
Louis V. Gerstner, Jr.
Priscilla and Paul E.* Gray
Kathryn S. and Peter S. Kim
Richard A. Meserve
James K. and Holly T. Mitchell
Darla and George E.* Mueller
Jane and Alan R. Mulally
Cherry A. Murray
Cynthia J. and Norman A*. Nadel
Robert M.* and Marilyn R. Nerem
Cathy and Paul S.* Peercy
Ellen and George A.* Roberts
Linda S. Sanford
Leo John* and Joanne Thomas
David W. Thompson
Sheila E. Widnall
A. Thomas Young
Elias A. Zerhouni
$20,000 to $49,999
Andreas and Juana Acrivos
Rodney C. Adkins
Jane E. and Ronald J. Adrian
Alice Merner Agogino
Clarence R. Allen*
Valerie and William A. Anders
John C. Angus
Seta and Diran Apelian
Frances H. Arnold
Ruth and Ken Arnold
Kamla* and Bishnu S. Atal
Ken Austin*
Clyde and Jeanette Baker
William F. Baker
William F. Banholzer
David K. Barton
Becky and Tom Bergman
R. Byron Bird*
Diane and Samuel W.* Bodman
Mark T. Bohr
Rudolph Bonaparte
Kathleen and H. Kent Bowen
Corale L. Brierley
James A. Brierley
Lenore and Rob Briskman
Andrei Z. Broder
Rodney A. Brooks
Alan C. Brown
Andrew and Malaney L. Brown
Harold Brown*
Robert L. Byer
François J. Castaing
Sigrid and Vint Cerf
Joe H. and Doris W.L. Chow
Vinay and Uma Chowdhry
Joseph M. Colucci
Rosemary L. and Harry M. Conger
Kay and Gary Cowger
Natalie W. Crawford
Malcolm R. Currie*
Glen T. and Patricia B. Daigger
David and Susan Daniel
Ingrid Daubechies and Robert Calderbank
Pablo G. Debenedetti
Carl de Boor
Mary and Raymond Decker
Tom and Bettie Deen
Elisabeth M. Drake
E. Linn Draper, Jr.
James J. Duderstadt
Stephen N. Finger
Bruce and Pat Finlayson
Edith M. Flanigen
Samuel C. Florman
G. David Forney, Jr.
Douglas W. and Margaret P. Fuerstenau
Elsa M. Garmire and Robert H. Russell
Richard L. and Lois E. Garwin
Arthur and Helen Geoffrion
Paul H. Gilbert*
Eduardo D. Glandt
Arthur L. and Vida F. Goldstein
Mary L. Good*
Joseph W. Goodman
Kathy and Albert G. Greenberg
Carol K. Hall
Delon Hampton*
Eli Harari
Janina and Siegfried Hecker
Robert and Darlene Hermann
David and Susan Hodges
Grace and Thom Hodgson
Edward E. Hood, Jr.*
Lee Hood and Valerie Logan Hood
Evelyn L. Hu and David L. Clarke
J. Stuart Hunter
Ray R. Irani
Wilhelmina and Stephen Jaffe
Leah H. Jamieson
Edward G.* and Naomi Jefferson
George W. Jeffs*
Kristina M. Johnson
Michael R. Johnson
Frank and Pam Joklik
Howard* and Evelyn Jones
John L. and Nancy E. Junkins
Eric W. and Karen F. Kaler
Min H. Kao
James R.* and Isabelle Katzer
Albert S. and Elizabeth M. Kobayashi
Robert M. and Pauline W. Koerner*
Demetrious Koutsoftas
James N. Krebs
Lester C.* and Joan M. Krogh
Ellen J. Kullman
Michael and Christine Ladisch
Louis J. and M. Yvonne DeWolf Lanzerotti
David C. Larbalestier
Yoon-Woo Lee
Frederick J. Leonberger
Burn-Jeng Lin
Jack E. Little
Robert G. Loewy
Thomas* and Caroline Maddock
Thomas J. Malone
John C. Martin*
James F. Mathis
Robert D. Maurer
Dan and Dalia* Maydan
Jyoti* and Aparajita Mazumder
James C. McGroddy
Larry V. McIntire
Kishor C. Mehta
James J. Mikulski
Susan M. and Richard B. Miles
Duncan T. Moore
Van and Barbara Mow
Matt O’Donnell
Claire L. Parkinson
Aliene and Thomas K. Perkins
Lee* and Bill Perry
Donald E. Petersen
Julia M. Phillips and John A. Connor
Dennis J. Picard*
Leonard and Diane Fineblum Pinchuk
John W. and Susan M. Poduska
Henry H. Rachford, Jr.
Srilatha and Prabhakar Raghavan
Joy and George Rathmann*
Buddy Ratner and Cheryl Cromer
Kenneth and Martha Reifsnider
Thomas J. Richardson
Richard J.* and Bonnie B. Robbins
Bernard I. Robertson
Mary Ann and Thomas Romesser
William B. and Priscilla Russel
Vinod K. Sahney
Steve* and Kathryn Sample
John M. Samuels, Jr.
Jerry Sanders III
Kathryn Sarpong
Robert E.* and Mary L. Schafrik
Donna and Jan Schilling
Ronald V. Schmidt
Fred B. Schneider and Mimi Bussan
William R. Schowalter
Martin B. and Beatrice E.* Sherwin
Megan J. Smith
Alfred Z. Spector and Rhonda G. Kost
David B. and Virginia H. Spencer
Henry E. Stone
Lisa T. Su
Yongkui Sun
Gaye and Alan Taub
Rosemary and George Tchobanglous
Daniel M. Tellep*
Matthew V. Tirrell
James A. Trainham and Linda D. Waters
John R. Treichler
Cody and Richard Truly
Raymond Viskanta
Thomas H. and Dee M. Vonder Haar
Robert and Robyn Wagoner
David Walt and Michele May
Daniel I. Wang*
Albert R.C. and Jeannie Westwood
David and Tilly Whelan
Willis S. White, Jr.
George M. Whitesides
John J. Wise*
Edgar S. Woolard, Jr.
Israel J. Wygnanski
Yannis C. Yortsos
William and Sherry Young
Teresa and Steve Zinkle
Mary Lou and Mark D. Zoback
Anonymous (2)
In recognition of members and friends who have included the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, or National Academy of Medicine in their estate plans or who have made some other type of planned gift to the Academies. Boldfaced names are NAE members.
H. Norman Abramson
Gene M.* and Marian Amdahl
Betsy Ancker-Johnson*
Jack D. Barchas
Harrison H. and Catherine C. Barrett
Stanley Baum
Clyde J. Behney
C. Elisabeth Belmont
Paul Berg
Enriqueta C. Bond
Robert and Lillian Brent
Dorit Carmelli
Peggy and Thomas Caskey
A. Ray Chamberlain
Linda and Frank Chisari
Rita K. Chow
John A. Clements
D. Walter Cohen*
Morrel H. Cohen
Stanley N. Cohen
Graham A. Colditz and Patti L. Cox
Colleen Conway-Welch*
Ellis and Bettsy Cowling
Barbara J. Culliton
Peter N. Devreotes
Chushiro* and Yoshiko Hayashi
John G. Hildebrand and Gail D. Burd
John R. Howell
Nancy S. and Thomas S. Inui
Jerome Kagan
Norma M. Lang
Marigold Linton and Robert Barnhill
Daniel P. Loucks
Ruth Watson Lubic
R. Duncan* and Carolyn Scheer Luce
Asad and Taj Madni
Pat and Jim McLaughlin
Jane Menken
Guido Munch*
Mary O. Mundinger
Bradford W. and Virginia W. Parkinson
Zack T. Pate
Neil and Barbara Pedersen
Frank Press*
James J. Reisa, Jr.
Emanuel P. Rivers
James F. Roth
Esther and Lewis* Rowland
Sheila A. Ryan
Paul R. Schimmel
Stuart F. Schlossman
Rudi* and Sonja Schmid
Vern L. and Deanna D. Schramm
Susan C. Scrimshaw
Kenneth I. Shine
H. Eugene Stanley
Harold Stark
Rosemary A. Stevens
Esther Sans Takeuchi
Paul* and Pamela Talalay
Walter and Marti Unger
Clare M. Waterman
C. Kern Wildenthal
Maw-Kuen Wu
Tilahun D. Yilma
Michael and Leslee Zubkoff
In recognition of members and friends who have made gifts to the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine for at least 20 years. Boldfaced names are NAE members.
Francois M. Abboud
Dyanne D. Affonso
Barbara W. Alpert
Lawrence K. Altman
Wyatt W. Anderson
Edward M. Arnett
K. Frank Austen
Daniel L. Azarnoff
Donald W. Bahr
Robert W. Balluffi
Jeremiah A. Barondess
Angela Barron McBride
Richard E. Behrman
Leslie Z. Benet
Kenneth I. Berns
Mina J. Bissell
Marie McCormick and Robert Blendon
Floyd E. Bloom
Jack L. Blumenthal
Richard J. Bonnie
John and Sharon Brauman
W. F. Brinkman
Donald D. Brown
Jack E. Buffington
Eugenio Calabi
Webster and Jill Cavenee
David R. and Jacklyn A. Challoner
Purnell W. Choppin
John L. Cleasby
Michael and Adriana Clegg
Linda Hawes Clever
Richard A. Conway
Max D. Cooper
Linda A. Cozzarelli
Pedro M. Cuatrecasas
William H. Danforth
G. Brent and Sharon A. Dalrymple
James E. Darnell, Jr.
Igor B. and Keiko O. Dawid
Irwin Dorros
Lewis S. Edelheit
David and Lucy T. Eisenberg
Robert M. Epstein
W. G. Ernst
Gary Felsenfeld
Stanley Fields
Kent V. Flannery
Henry W. Foster, Jr.
T. Kenneth Fowler
Hans and Verena Frauenfelder
Carl Frieden
Mitchell H. Gail
Theodore V. Galambos
Joseph G. Gall
Ronald L. Geer
E. Peter Geiduschek
John P. Geyman
David Ginsburg
David V. Goeddel
Lewis R. Goldfrank
Richard M. Goody
Enoch Gordis
Emil C. Gotschlich
Roy W. Gould
Shirley and Harry Gray
Robert B. Griffiths
Paul F. Griner
Michael Grossman
Philip C. Hanawalt
Adam Heller
Jane Henney and Robert Graham
George J. Hirasaki
John P. Hirth
Joseph F. Hoffman
Frank Hole
Edward E. Hood, Jr.
Thomas F. Hornbein
Peter M. Howley
Sarah and Dan Hrdy
Catherine Adams Hutt and
Peter Barton Hutt
Richard and Fleur Hynes
Paul C. Jennings
James O. Jirsa
Donald L. Johnson
Samuel L. Katz and Catherine* M. Wilfert
K. I. Kellermann
Charles F. Kennel
Ivan R. King
Miles V. Klein
Edward A. and Kathryn F. Kravitz
Charlotte V. Kuh and Roy V. Radner
James S. and Elinor G. A. Langer
Joyce C. Lashof
Judith R. Lave
Cynthia and Robert Lawrence
Ellen Lehman
I. Robert Lehman
Margaret A. LeMone
Howard Leventhal
J. Ross Macdonald
Anthony P. Mahowald
Donald C. Malins
Vincent T. Marchesi
Joyce Marcus
Rudolph A. Marcus
Hans Mark
Ida M. Martinson
William C. Maurer
Christopher F. McKee
Mortimer Mishkin
Peter B. Moore
Joel Moses
John H. Moxley III
Sezaki K. Mtingwa
Earll M. Murman
Elaine Nadler
Albert Narath
Stuart O. Nelson
Duncan B. Neuhauser
Elena and Stuart Nightingale
Peter O'Donnell, Jr.
Gordon H. Orians
Harold W. Paxton
Gordon H. Pettengill
Karl S. Pister
Jeffrey L. Platt
William H. Press and Jeffrey Howell
Roberta and Edwin Przybylowicz
Roy Radner and Charlotte Kuh
Charles C. Richardson
Jerome G. Rivard
Randy Schekman
Joseph E. Scherger
Gerold L. Schiebler
Richard Schoen and Doris Fischer-Colbrie
Mischa Schwartz
John H. Schwarz
Robert J. Serafin
F. Stan Settles
Iris R. Shannon
Charles J. Sherr
Stephen M. Shortell
Edward H. Shortliffe
Arnold H. Silver
Maxine F. Singer
Jack M. Sipress
Richard J. Stegemeier
Joan A. Steitz
Lubert and Andrea Stryer
Norman Sutin
Samuel O. Thier
Alvin Trivelpiece
A. Roxanne Turekian
Peter K. Vogt
Peter and Josephine von Hippel
Irving T. Waaland
David B. and Marvalee H. Wake
Gail L. Warden
George D. Watkins
John T. and Diane M. Watson
Robert J. Weimer
Herbert Weissbach
Jasper A. Welch, Jr.
Raymond P. White, Jr.
Robert M. White
Ward O. Winer
Evelyn M. Witkin
Owen N. Witte
Gerald N. Wogan
Carl Wunsch
Ben T. Zinn
*Deceased