Untitled (Baton Practice), Bill Owens, c. 1970-76, 8 x 10 inches, gelatin silver print
Contributions support a wide range of endeavors Mills College gratefully acknowledges the following gifts, grants, and pledges of $50,000 and more received between June 16 and December 31, 2012. Annette Chan-Norris ’65 and her husband, Evan Norris, made a gift to create the Annette Chan-Norris ’65 and Evan Norris, MD, Endowed Visiting Professorship in Science and Technology. A search has begun for a visiting professor or practitioner who will begin teaching in fall 2013. Betty and Gordon Moore contributed generous support to Mills’ Greatest Need through the Mills College Annual Fund, as did Jacklyn Davidson Burchill ’44; Burchill also made a gift for the President’s Discretionary Fund. Karl Holmberg and his brother Eric C. Holmberg contributed to the Patricia A.W. Holmberg Endowed Scholarship, established in memory of their late mother. Trustee Wendy Hull Brody ’68 made a gift with her husband, William, to underwrite exhibitions of the work of undergraduate and MFA studio art students in the Mills College Art Museum while also supporting Mills’ Greatest
A lens on life: A series of 31 photographs of women and girls—chosen with the interests of Mills students in mind—became part of the Mills College Art Museum collection in December. The gelatin silver prints by Bill Owens are a gift of Robert Shimshak and Marion Brenner. “The Mills College Art Museum is honored to receive this major gift of Bill Owens’ photographs,” says Art Museum Director Stephanie Hanor. “Owens is internationally recognized for his depictions of Northern California suburban life in the 1970s, and this remarkable group of images demonstrates his keen interest and respect in documenting the lives of middle-class girls and women.” Owens worked as a photographer for the Livermore Independent. A book of his documentary photo essays, Suburbia, was published in 1973 (and reissued in 1999). In the early 1990s, Owens turned over his negatives to Robert Shimshak to organize and promote.
Need and the Johnson/Tupper/Hull Scholarship. Another member of the Board of Trustees, Barbara Ahmajan Wolfe ’65, directed a gift in support of marketing initiatives to help Mills increase enrollment. Fellow board member Maribelle Leavitt and her husband, Steven, made a contribution to create the Sandra C. Greer Fund for Faculty Development as well as to add to the Janet L. Holmgren Presidential
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Scholarship. Trustee Mei Kwong ’70 and her husband,
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Lawrence Franklin, made a gift through the Morris S. Smith Foundation to add to the Jean and Y.H. Kwong Fellowship Endowment. The Dirk and Charlene Kabcenell Foundation once again renewed their funding of the Mills Teacher Scholars Program at the School of Education. The Walter and Elise Haas Fund also supported Mills Teacher Scholars with a grant. The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation made a grant to expand the Mills College Art Museum’s capacity to integrate the visual arts in teaching across the humanities and human sciences. The College also received distributions from bequests made by two generous alumnae, Ida Simanouchi ’38 and G. Patricia Beckman ’55, as well as Bette Hope Waddington, a friend of the College.
April 18–20, Lisser Hall, 8:00 pm $10 general, free to Mills students and alumnae. For information, contact 510.430.2175 or dance@mills.edu.
Mills Music Now April 5–6 X Sound Festival April 14 Farallon Recorder Quartet (4:00 pm) All events start at 8:00 pm (unless otherwise noted) in the Littlefield Concert Hall. $15 general, $10 senior and non-Mills students, free to alumnae with AAMC card. See musicnow.mills.edu or contact Steed Cowart at 510.430.2334 or steed@mills.edu.
Contemporary Writers Series April 4 Faculty reading and reception for newly admitted graduate students (6:30 pm reception, 7:00 pm readings, Lokey Graduate School of Business, Gathering Hall) April 10 Anne Carson (7:00 pm, Lokey Graduate School of Business, Gathering Hall) All events are free. For information, contact Stephanie Young at 510.430.3130 or syoung@mills.edu.
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