The splendid accomplishments of students and faculty at the Strassler Family Center are supported by the contributions of generous individuals who recognize the Center's unique role in fostering scholarship about the Holocaust and other genocidal events. Gifts come from all quarters and in a multiplicity of ways. We are profoundly grateful for the leadership gifts from the people, foundations, and organizations noted here. And we are grateful, too, for the spontaneous gifts that arrive with notes in the mail. “I just finished reading, from cover to cover, the Strassler Center 's annual report. I was moved and overwhelmed,” a woman named Laura Kaplan wrote. “I both admire your dedication and intellect and feel indebted to you for the work you are doing for our children's, and their children's, world.” There is a direct connection between the gifts of such thoughtful individuals and the ability of our students to carry out their scholarly work.
These contributions will shape the intellectual landscape of Holocaust History and Genocide Studies for generations to come. We are most grateful.
It is a pleasure to make special mention of a small group of leadership donors whose gifts have helped us to complete fundraising for the Kaloosdian/Mugar Chair. These gifts from longstanding friends of the Center shine bright as bold gestures of faith in our mandate to provide doctoral education on the history of the Armenian genocide. We celebrate the achievement of this important milestone — the first fully endowed Chair in the History of the Armenian Genocide and the modern history of the Armenian people. With funding for the Chair complete, we turn our attention to attracting resources for graduate student fellowships and library acquisitions in order to grow this part of our program to the next level.
The following list includes outright gifts, pledges, and pledge payments made between June 1, 2004 and May 31, 2005.
Bobbye and Sarkis Acopian
David and Lorna Strassler
Robert Weil, Proventus AB
Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany
Howard Fromson
Albert M. Tapper
Diana Bartley
Crown Family Foundation
The George and Anna Krikorian Family Fund at the Greater Worcester Community Foundation
Nancy and Joseph Blum
Arthur Dantchik
Joan and Richard Freedman
Barbara and Steven Grossman
Thomas L. Kelly
Cathy Cohen Lasry '83 and Marc
Lasry '81
Jane Rossetti Mosakowski '75 and William '76 Mosakowski
Marlene and David Persky
Rosalie and Sidney Rose
Stephanie Rein and Edward J. Stern
Anonymous
Barbara and Nathan Greenberg
Nancy and Jeffrey Halis
Edwin Jaffe
Patricia and Murray Liebowitz
Richard M. Lilly '70
Michael Nachman
Pamela Phillips '74
Shirley MA '70 and Robert Siff
Phyllis and Stephen '55 Steinbrecher
Anonymous (2)
Van and Mary M. Aroian
Lenore and Norman '48 Asher
Edith and David '65 Chaifetz
Pamela Davis and Randy DiTata
Judy and Richard Feldstein
Debra '77 and Jeffrey '76 Geller
Laura and Wayne B. Glazier
E. Robert Goodkind
Lois Green MPA '78
Diane Troderman and Harold Grinspoon
William Haber
William F. Hausrath '53
Janet and Ara '55 Heroian
Marianne and Robert '52 Kaloosdian
Jeffrey Moses
Jacqueline Rosenthal
Daniel Rothenberg
Deborah and Shim Rubin
Linda Savitsky '70
Vivian and Morton '51 Sigel
Abbie Strassler
Lucy '61 and Donald '54 Aharonian
Susan and Lawrence I. Brandes
Charlotte Calfaian '70
Francis Carroll
Dorothy and Herbert Carver
Elaine and Arthur Chase
Susan '60 and Martin '58 Fischer
Catherine and Barry Glick
Emily and William '92 Gottlieb
Alan Gordon
The Allan S. Gordon Foundation
Ovsanna '58 and R. Mihran '58 Mooradian
A. Edward Moulin III '72
Melanie Franco Nussdorf and Larry Nussdorf
Leslie and Glenn G. '71 Parish
Daryl and Jordan Roth
David Schachter
Elaine and Ralph Schwartz
Stanlee Stahl
Lois and Herman O. '55 Stekler
Mark Tobak
Suzanne Tobak
Margaret E. Bedrosian
Helen Berman
Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Borer
Fay and Julian Bussgang Family Fund, a donor advised fund of Combined Jewish Philanthropies
Sara Caspi
Nancy T. Cohen
Ethel and Harry Chaifetz
Herbert S. Cremer '61
Rose Dagirmanjian '52
Barbara and Fred Dinerstein
Catherine and Joseph S. Dorison
Wilbur Fried
Mary and George K. Frankian
Albert Glassman
Leslie Godoff
Haskell Grodberg
Diane L. Harris
Alan J. Holz '85
Maria and Ishier '43 Jacobson
David Kahan
Arthur Kahn
Laura and Norman R. Kaplan
Grace and Gerald '74 Kheboian
Robert George Kinosian '68
Lisa and Bruce Levenbrook
Phyllis '50 and Harry Manko
Judith A. '53 and Eugene Mann
Robert G. Marx
Amy '72 and Robert '59 Messing
Irene and Frederick M. Molod
Julie and Richard Morgulis
Howard Naslund
Mary and Stephen B. '68 Novak
Yaacov Rone '60
Ernest Rubenstein
Joan and Lester Sadowsky
Susan and Daniel Siegel
Rose and Sigmund Strochlitz
Samuel Surloff
Donald Wolff
Judith and Anthony E. '59 Aaronson
Sylvia Alpern
Claire and Paul Baer
Herbert Bard
Louis I. Bell
Miriam S. Berberian
Annette Berkowitz
Leigh Anne and Greg Brodsky
Edwin Bronsky
Barbara and Stanley L. Brown
Betty Charnam
Lillian and Morris J. Cherrey
Ruth and H.A. David
Barbara and Paul Davis
Anita and Harry Der Minasian
Marlene S. Dorison
Helen Feingold
Norman Feldman
Blanche Fingeroth
Manoushag and Charles Garabedian
Joan and Kenneth '71 Gelman
Elaine T. Gerstein
Ronald M. Gilbert
John E. Gilcrease
Barbara and Wallace J. Gleekman
Elaine R. Goldman
Miriam Goldman
Sara and Leon G. Goldstein
Nancy J. Graver ‘72
Marilyn and Howard Greenberg
Sherman Greenberg
Louie J. Hasson
Jacob J. Heilpern
Charles Hersch ‘57
Dorothy and Norman Heyman
S. and Ralph V. Hovanesian
Betty and Alfred R. Jaffe
Leah '60 and Barry S.'59 Josephs
Lorraine and Robert B. Kahan
Lisa and Robert E. Katz
Marcia and Edward S. Kersch
Rose and Ernest Kessler
Carl S. Klorman ‘71
Miriam and Herbert Korman
David Korros
Gilbert M. Kotzen
Rhona and Elliott Lehem
Nancy and Sidney Lejfer
Herman Lesser
Rachel and Ruben Lichtig
Ada and Stuart Mandell
Barbara and Stanley Markowitz
Mildred Mayer
Nathaniel Mencow
Alan Miller
Doris C. and M. Edward Mooradian
Betty Drexler Movitz and Mark I. Movitz
Joe Murez
Leonard Mushin
Kathleen K. and Peter Naylor
Laurence Orbach
Ina and Jack Polak
Ruth Preminger
Mark Raphael ‘74
Susan D. Ralston
Harriet and Donald Reisman
William Rosenthal
Alfred H. Roswig
Sandra and David M. '84 Roth
Miriam Rowin
Ruth R. and Allen Rubin
Suzanne and Robert Schernwetter
Malkah Shulman
Jerome Sheitelman
Doris and Lawrence Siders
Alex Silverman
Lowerre and Edward D. Simsarian
Alice and Martin Surabian
Arleen Tarutz
Elizabeth Teitelbaum
Margaret and Richard P. Traina
Hattie Ulan and Mark R. Milner
Paula and Herbert S. Waxman
Jerome Weiland
Barry Weinberg
Stephen Weinberg
Joan Winblad and David S. Levine
Julius Wolk
Kathy G. Zaltas
Melvin L. Zwillenberg