English
Gift Fund
The Department of English Gift Fund is used to support departmental needs not covered by its regular budget.
Gifts of any amount are welcome. Make your gift through this secure Give to Oberlin website (select "English Department" from the dropdown menu).
We are deeply grateful to the following alumni and friends who have made generous donations to the fund since June 2014:
2024 Gifts
- Gilda Keith ’82
- Christopher Miller ’01 (in honor of Mark Blackman ’89 and Tammy Dowley-Blackman ’90)
2023 Gifts
- Mark Elder ’78 and Kirsten Speidel ’86 (in memory of Professor Thomas Linehan)
- Professors Phyllis Gorfain and Bruce Richards ’61
- Curtis Johnsrude ’78
- Gilda Keith ’82
- Mark MacAllister ’82
- Christopher Miller ’01 (in honor of Mark Blackman ’89 and Tammy Dowley-Blackman ’90)
- Malcolm Plett (in honor of Nicholas Plett '15 and Zachary Plett '20)
- Mary Tabor MAT ’67 (in memory of Benjamin Hammerschlag)
- Charles Yarnoff ’72
2022 Gifts
- Mark Elder ’78 and Kirsten Speidel ’86 (in memory of Professor Thomas Linehan)
- Professors Phyllis Gorfain and Bruce Richards ’61
- Gilda Keith ’82
- Mark MacAllister ’82
- Nicholas Plett ’15
- Emma Rowan '12 (in honor of Professors Wendy Hyman and Elizabeth Hamilton)
2021 Gifts
- Eric Brooks '77
- Douglas Diesenhaus ’02
- Mark Elder ’78 and Kirsten Speidel ’86
- Professors Phyllis Gorfain and Bruce Richards ’61
- Gilda Keith ’82
- Mark MacAllister ’82
- Andrea Rankin ’89
- Mary Tabor MAT ’67 (in memory of Benjamin Hammerschlag)
- Helen Walker ’71
Previous Gifts (2014-20)
- Dr. and Mrs. Samuel Abramovitz (in honor of Linda Barrington and Alan Dye)
- Sam Bernhard ’16
- Aaron Botwick ’11
- Amy Brodesky ' 81 and Rex Flynn '80
- Andrew Burke ’94
- Roxanne Davis
- Douglas Diesenhaus ’02 (in honor of Professor David Walker)
- Mark Elder ’78 and Kirsten Speidel ’86 (in memory of Professor Thomas Linehan)
- Dr. Mark Ellerkmann '85
- Erin Farrell ’04 and Brody Wilson ’03
- Christopher Flint '80
- Gracie Freeman Lifschutz ’17
- Avilah Getzler ’92
- Robert Gittings '18
- Professors Phyllis Gorfain and Bruce Richards ’61
- Patricia Herring ’58
- David Kaplovitz ’17
- Gilda Keith ’82
- Indrani Kharbanda '20 (in honor of Professor Anu Needham)
- Elizabeth Lee ’81 (in memory of Geoffrey Forman)
- Mark MacAllister ’82
- Dr. Leo Obrst
- Tong Sun Ryu ’16
- Dr. and Mrs. Larry Sams (in honor of Amelia Sams Whittington ’05)
- Emily Schkolnick '13
- Alexandra Sharabianlou ’13
- Alex Shephard ’09
- Michael Siegell '87
- Laurene Sorensen '80
- Samantha Spaccasi ’17
- Keith Spencer ’09 (in memory of Matt O'Connell '09)
- Kathleen Spivack ’59
- Leigh Ann Totty ’99
- Nancy Wagman '78 (in memory of Professor Phyllis Jones)
- Helen Walker ’71
- Charles Yarnoff ’72