Alumni Giving
The following list, by class, recognizes all alumni of Simpson College who made gifts to the college during 20142015, including gifts to The Simpson Fund and other special gifts. In order to encourage continuous giving to the most critical need of the college, the college recognizes those donors who support The Simpson Fund in consecutive fiscal years. Each donor’s number of consecutive years of giving is listed next to his or her name.
Class of 1938
The Simpson Fund Gifts: Donors Evelyn Corrie Birkby 3
Class of 1941
The Simpson Fund Gifts: Presidents’ Society Kathryn Bellman Braught 12 Donors M. Elizabeth Mitchell Cook 35 Avis Hawley Jantz 6
Class of 1942
The Simpson Fund Gifts: Donors Margaret Sandy Lewellyn 4 Walter L. Sieck 6 James L. Steiner*DEC* 2
Class of 1943
The Simpson Fund Gifts: Presidents’ Society Starr W. Leitch 28 Red and Gold Club Florence Casson Eyerly 9 Whispering Maples Club Laurola Walker Gibson 9 1860 Club Wilma Courtney Beiley 3 Donors Burl B. Beam Mary Elgin Brewbaker 3 Gertrude Carley Ensign 2 Marcia Livingston Harrington 8 Margaret Gregory Minnick Louise Squire Rhoads*DEC* Special Gifts: John B. Farnham*DEC* Starr W. Leitch
Class of 1944
The Simpson Fund Gifts: Whispering Maples Club B.J. Bell Coleman 38 1860 Club Phyllis Stone Core 41 Donors Viola Turner Graf 56 Special Gifts: Merle Matherly Lamb
Class of 1945
The Simpson Fund Gifts: 1860 Club Helen Capell Johnston 2 Donors Irvin L. McClure 2
Class of 1946
The Simpson Fund Gifts: Red and Gold Club Virginia Wayt Frank 4
1860 Club Helen Cramer Simpkins 62 Bonnie Leitch Woodke 20 Donors Doris Bever Andrews 27 Marian Grieve Bankus 6
Whispering Maples Club Ruth Torine Guy 20 Natalie Skogsbergh Hansen 26 Roger L. Hansen 26 1860 Club Layton P. Anderson 10 Don O. Coffin 9 Ruth Thomas Dutcher 2 Mary Ann Peterson Larimer 35 Jeffrey E. Mitchell 3 Jack T. Patterson 49 Shirley Williams Patterson 49 Donors Robert H. Baughman 24 Kenneth M. Davis 27 Eric E. Graham Ramona Cook Lewiston 10 Marjorie Weber Moore 43 Marjorie Moles Nass 24 June Peterson Powers Frances Sparks Thomas 22 Miriam Weber 44 R. Kay Corbus Zike Helen Garlock Zimmerman 26 Special Gifts: Ruth Thomas Dutcher Robert E. Keller Roberta Starry Kerr Kathryn Fisher Moore Miriam Weber
Class of 1947
The Simpson Fund Gifts: Presidents’ Society George W. Buchanan Donors Paul E. Farnham 2 Mary Lou Boyles Helm 35 Ruth Simmers Lyddon 15 Special Gifts: Beverly Thurlow Wilson
Class of 1948
The Simpson Fund Gifts: Red and Gold Club Ray S. Olson 37 Whispering Maples Club Joan Winkelman Boggess 29 1860 Club Ruthe Clemmensen Brocker 4 Donors Jean Fetters 9 Lois Rogers Godwin 36 Fern Carter Latta 36 Flora Best Marsh 6 Harley Merritt, Jr. David A. Naurath Betty Taylor Nystuen 14 Lyle E. Smith 2 Special Gifts: Marynetta Leitch Grant
Class of 1951
The Simpson Fund Gifts: Presidents’ Society Margaret Pullman Keller 19 William L. Peterson 36 John M. Rasmussen 3 Red and Gold Club Cecil D. Abarr 36 Whispering Maples Club Manuel F. Coria 10 Phyllis Warren Head 42 Robert L. Simon 9 1860 Club Viola Brown Anderson 10 Charles W. Coffman 10 Doris Boruff Peterson Jack E. Walker 9 Donors Maurice E. Core Mary Anne Frank Gebhardt 23 Leo C. Harrington 8 Joyce Hawbaker Irminger Nina Gibbs Johnson 29 Nancy Butler Lancaster 23 Ronald Levine Norma Irelan Lock Barbara Steddom McKinzie 32 Doris Berry Schatz 34 Betty Atkins Simon 23 Shirley Bates Stow James W. Weatherstone 26 Ted L. Williams 12 M. Catherine Barton Wintermantel 18 Caryl K. Wright*DEC* 3 Special Gifts: Margaret Pullman Keller
Class of 1949
The Simpson Fund Gifts: Presidents’ Society Beverly Kennedy Kabrick 38 Leroy W. Moore 20 James R. Tyler 5 Maxine Smith Weinman 39 Red and Gold Club Clarice Shawhan Day 9 Robert W. Day 9 Richard A. Frank 4 Whispering Maples Club Roland E. Horn 34 1860 Club Eugene D. Brocker 4 Donors Vern D. Davis Wendell A. Fetters*DEC* 9 Nancy Potter Focht 2 Dale W. Glasgow 2 Robert W. Johnson 6 Mary Lincoln 6 Larry Love 5 Daryl L. Mayberry 34 Ruth Lockwood Merritt Martha Millhone 8 Marilee Bane Wyatt 7 Special Gifts: Lloyd E. Grant James R. Hoyman Leroy W. Moore Maxine Smith Weinman
Class of 1952
The Simpson Fund Gifts: Presidents’ Society Lucile Sargent Johnson 38 Whispering Maples Club Merrill E. Blackburn 30 Jacqueline Anderson Momper Joanna Crawford Owen 23
Class of 1950
The Simpson Fund Gifts: Presidents’ Society Robert E. Keller 19 Roberta Starry Kerr 53 Kathryn Fisher Moore 20
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H. Maxine Robinson 32 Kathryn Bowans Williams 7 1860 Club Lois Hamilton Coffin 9 May Melvin Legg 55 Donors Darrel D. Allely 2 Roy H. Bartlett 40 Martin W. Christensen, Jr. 18 Donald R. Craft 3 Mary Bonnett Craft 3 Margaret Officer Duncan 6 Mary Dyer Frahm 35 Marilyn Hickenlooper Jones 28 Ralph A. Keller 18 Arlene Hager Mains 47 Donald L. Neumann Beverly Balmer Rigler Owen E. Schooler 9 Special Gifts: James L. Paul
Class of 1953
The Simpson Fund Gifts: Presidents’ Society Charles W. Kerr 53 Everett L. Laning 41 Mary Rose Main 35 Jane McCoy Peterson 36 H. Richard Smith 53 Kathryn Smith Smith 53 Red and Gold Club Delores La Plant De Hart 2 George A. De Hart 2 Charles W. Jordan 14 Shirley Brodersen Ross 25 Whispering Maples Club N. Joanne Cox Evans 35 1860 Club Gerald L. Farley 12 Donald D. Frank 33 Mary Ann Wisecup Martin 12 Donald E. Rasmussen Lowell L. Reed 34 Donors Elwyn B. Beane 6 Avery M. Boose 10 Evelyn Camp 27 Vincent N. Campbell 2 Joyce Ryerson Crosby 35 Eldon D. Futrelle 12 Joyce Jamison Garrett 3 Janice Haefner Halverson 24 Janet Bartel Hogshead 6 Thelma Moore Johnson 4 Virginia Justus King 13 Phyllis Sprague Lance 35 Phyllis Hines Martin 22 Marion G. Mefferd 2 Rosellen Welton Renfrow 22 Janet Richardson 2 Dwight E. Sullivan J. Eugene Young 49 Special Gifts: Avery M. Boose Charles W. Kerr Everett L. Laning H. Richard Smith Kathryn Smith Smith
Class of 1954
The Simpson Fund Gifts: Presidents’ Society Barbara Kennedy Case 6 Eldon E. Huston 28 Marleta Hill Matheson 46 James M. Reed 5