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Anne Irwin
Anne Irwin and her late husband, Paul Irwin, were part of the original fundraising board for the Seymour Marine Discovery Center.
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Protecting the land. Preserving a legacy.
A $2 million gift from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation honors the memory of Ken Norris, while helping to ensure that UCSC remains a leader in natural history programs.
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A playhouse like no other
Search anywhere and you won’t find anything quite like UCSC’s International Playhouse, an annual program of short theater pieces staged in different languages by students in the university’s Language Program.
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Linda Peterson: Why do I give to UC Santa Cruz?
Giving can transform lives, advance research, and protect and enhance the treasures on the UC Santa Cruz campus.
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A tale of generosities
Lovers of Charles Dickens' books have stepped forward to sustain the Dickens Project, and the famous annual Dickens Universe conference.
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A quietly incredible woman
When alumnus Mark Headley and his wife, Christina Pehl, decided to make a gift establishing a new endowed chair at UCSC, they wanted to commemorate an extraordinary woman who worked tirelessly for four University of California presidents.
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Child's play = new research
A $165,000 grant to UCSC's Early Education Services has enabled the program to extend childcare hours for students' children and provide an observation room for developmental psychology research.
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Giving back by paying forward
Karen Rhodes and her husband, fellow Slug Robert Weiner, have been consistent, reliable donors to UC Santa Cruz, providing valuable support for Cowell College, the History Department, scholarships, and more.
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Love letter to McHenry Library
Kirk, who won the Outstanding Staff Member of the Year Award in 2000-2001, has a longstanding and affectionate connection to the campus and, in particular, the library. (Photo by Carolyn Lagattuta)
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Andrews chair funded by creative source
Michael Morgan in endowing the Frank Andrews Chair in Science Education hopes to inspire new enthusiastic science teachers
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Proud parents honor their sons by giving back
Stephen and Linda Crowe
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Computer pioneer honors wife and grandson with scholarship
Harwood and Frances Cliek Kolsky met while students at the University of Kansas and married just before Harwood left to serve in World War II. “Most people expected that the war would only last a year, and then we would soon be back home. It was difficult to be immediately separated for three years,” said Kolsky. Frances was a 1943 graduate of the University of Kansas, as was Harwood. She taught high school while he was in the army from 1943 to 1946. Harwood returned to KU for a year then he started graduate school at Harvard. Once again, they were separated, this time for a couple of months, because Frances was expecting. Frances and Harwood had four children, three grandchildren, and now, one great grandchild. They were active members of the Saratoga Federated Church. The Kolskys celebrated 60 years of marriage in 2002. They were looking forward with enthusiasm to moving to the Saratoga Retirement Community. Sadly they lost their grandson, Patrick, and Frances passed away in 2003 before this dream could be realized.
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Supporting a family passion
Christine and Robert Holo “Chris and I both have fond feelings for Santa Cruz, and we feel that much of the success we have today is attributable to the great and affordable education we got as undergraduates at UC Santa Cruz,” he said.
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In the company of friends
Neel Sundaresan, senior director of eBay Research Labs
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A decade of giving forward
Susan Wojcicki, Senior Vice President of advertising at Google
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A history of generosity
Anne Irwin
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Sparking a relationship between art and science
With their $1 million kick-off gift, Patricia and Rowland Rebele are helping to make into reality the highly anticipated Institute of the Arts and Sciences.
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A man who left a legacy
Don and Diana Rothman
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Jerry Ruiz is fulfilling his life's mission
Jerry Ruiz, Crown ’77 UCSC Alumni Council President
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George Hitchcock and poetry
George Hitchcock
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Time after time: Building a legacy
The Brown Family Parents Ken and Marian Brown are loyal supporters of UCSC, and they continue to recognize the campus with their generosity even though their daughter, Monica Brown, graduated 17 years ago. Monica (Stevenson ’95, literature [creative writing] and psychology) is now senior director of marketing for LeapFrog, an educational company in Emeryville that makes toys, kids’ learning tablets, and games.
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