In previous LPL newsletters, we have acknowledged some of the major donors to LPL, but we wanted to publicly acknowledge all of our generous donors who have helped make many things possible, ranging from the LPL field trips to the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory Conference, to The Art of Planetary Science.This list is for support in 2013 and 2014. If you should be on this list but are not, please let us know. And if you haven’t donated before, please consider it. Even small gifts can be of major help for specific projects.

Donors of funds for various purposes include:

David and Teresa Acklam, Kathi Baker, Bill Bottke, Dan Cavanagh, David Choi, Serina Diniega, Brad Hauert, Kelly Kolb, Simon Kregar, Brad Lloyd, Laura McGill, Caroline Pyevich, Jani Radebaugh, Tim and Jane Reckart, John Reidy, Andy Rivkin, Michelle Rouch, Tim Swindle, Matt Tiscareno, and Laurel Wilkening.

Donors of funds for Galileo Circle Scholarships for LPL students include:

Charles and Karen Autrey, Arch and Lura Brown, Herb and Sylvia Burton, Susan Butler, Don and Barbara Carrig, Philip and Jane Lacovara, Bob and Judy Logan, Jane McCollum (Marshall Foundation), Laura and Jim McGill, Bernie Merwald, and John Wahl and Mary Lou Forier.

Donors of other gifts (including meteorites, art work, and prizes for the art show) include:

Leif Abrell, Madeline Blank, Adam Block, Suzanne Bloomfield, Veronica Bray, Dick Brown, Eric Christensen, Phil Christensen, Lexi Coburn, Adrian Cornejo, Marilynn Flynn, Leontine Greenberg, Dolores Hill, James Keane, Simon Kregar, Carol Kucera, Sarah Kucerova, Tad Lamb, Margaret Landis, Dante Lauretta, Juan Lora, Renu Malhotra, Jamie Molaro, Marty Mongan, Janelle Montenegro, Amy Robertson, Tad Sallee, Henry Sarnoff, Xeni Schiller, Jess Vriesema, Ray Watts, Tom Zega, and Rob Zellem.

Thanks to all our donors!

Timothy D. Swindle, Ph.D.
Department Head and Laboratory Director