2008 - 2009

Alumni Giving: Classes of 1940-1949

The following list, by class, recognizes all alumni of Simpson College who made gifts to the college during 2008-2009, including gifts to The Simpson Fund, Class Reunion Gifts 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 1940

The Simpson Fund Gifts:
Whispering Maples Club
Winifred Heaton Cox 30
Giovanna Cunningham Ries 43
Kathryn Piffer Rumpeltes 29
1860 Club
Laura Decker McEwen 3
Donors
Lorraine Bruggen Major 2
Josephine Black Myers 29
W. Floyd Smith Jr. 40

Class Reunion Gifts:
Lorraine Bruggen Major

Class of 1941

The Simpson Fund Gifts:
Presidents’ Society
Kathryn Bellman Braught 6
Whispering Maples Club
Ella Wilson Peer 37
1860 Club
Helen Hamilton West 22
Donors
M. Elizabeth Mitchell Cook 29
Helen Thomas Hutchinson 26
Elsie Bowans Lowman 13

 

Class of 1942

The Simpson Fund Gifts:
Presidents’ Society
Jean McGill Farnham 4
Ruth Baughman Wilson 23
Donors
James L. Steiner

 

Class of 1943

The Simpson Fund Gifts:
Presidents’ Society
John B. Farnham 4
Starr W. Leitch 22
Red and Gold Club
Florence Casson Eyerly 3
Whispering Maples Club
Laurola Walker Gibson 3
1860 Club
Wilma Courtney Beiley 3
Wilbur F. Ricks 28
Rosemary Van Sandt Sherer 3
Donors
Margaret Kline Allen 4
Joyce Nesbitt Anderson
Mary Elgin Brewbaker
Gertrude Carley Ensign 3
Marcia Livingston Harrington 2
Dessamore Dickey Hillman 28
Marjorie Watts Lebsock 3
Louise Squire Rhoads 37
Faye Colwell Woody 29

Class Reunion Gifts:
Joyce Nesbitt Anderson

Class of 1944

The Simpson Fund Gifts:
Presidents’ Society
Edna Putnam Hukill 7
Whispering Maples Club
B.J. Bell Coleman 32
Merle Matherly Lamb 29
1860 Club
Katherine Lofgren Felton 28
Charles R. Godwin 3
Jane Rogers Godwin 3
Viola Turner Graf 50
Donors
Evaline Whaley Calhoun 2
Phyllis Stone Core 35
Phyllis Miller Dobson
Kathryn M. Jones 18
Chrystal Lanphier Linn
A. Harold Sparks 33

Class Reunion Gifts:
Evaline Whaley Calhoun
B.J. Bell Coleman
Phyllis Stone Core
Katherine Lofgren Felton
Jane Rogers Godwin
Viola Turner Graf
Kathryn M. Jones
Merle Matherly Lamb
Chrystal Lanphier Linn

Class of 1945

The Simpson Fund Gifts:
Whispering Maples Club
Marjorie Martin Crabb 3
1860 Club
Maxine Showalter Jones 5
Donors
Mary McLaughlin Barber 2
Helen Capell Johnston 23
E. Jeanne Trimble Lindskog 3
Adrianne Shaw Marks 35
Irvin L. McClure 3
M. Margaret Robbins
John H. Spencer 14
Grace Argo Whitehead 29
Max E. Whitlock 21

Special Gifts:
Marjorie Martin Crabb

Class of 1946

The Simpson Fund Gifts:
Presidents’ Society
Merrill A. Ewing 37
Virginia Wayt Frank 40
Eugenia Jenkins Howard 22
Whispering Maples Club
Mildred Romedahl Steele 37
1860 Club
Lois Bowles Allen 2
E. Jane Deheck Reeves 31
Helen Cramer Simpkins 56
Bonnie Leitch Woodke 14
Donors
Doris Bever Andrews 23
Rowena Perry Arnold 22
Robert G. Farr 4
Kenneth Takehara 6
Ollie J. Weigel 4

 

Class of 1947

The Simpson Fund Gifts:
Presidents’ Society
Beverley Thurlow Wilson
Red and Gold Club
Mary Blair Hall 29
Donors
Belva Harper Beck 40
Florine Wright Bruce 30
Paul E. Farnham 9
Dorothy May Hagemann 10
Mary Lou Boyles Helm 29
Alice Eberle Jones
Ruth Simmers Lyddon 9
Gordon E. Nixson
Jo Mary Roberts Smith 14
Marion Konishi Takehara 6

Class Reunion Gifts:
Florine Wright Bruce

Special Gifts:
George W. Buchanan
Helen Ettleman Maher
Beverley Thurlow Wilson

Class of 1948

The Simpson Fund Gifts:
Presidents’ Society
Mary Johnston Criswell 30
Red and Gold Club
N. Jeanne Warner Gilbert 24
Marynetta Leitch Grant 3
Ray S. Olson 31
Whispering Maples Club
Lois Rogers Godwin 30
Helen Bane Heesch 6
1860 Club
Joan Winkelman Boggess 23
James M. Comer 2
Rollin O. Dyer 10
Betty Taylor Nystuen 8
Donors
Thomas E. English 30
Jean Neifert Fetters 3
Patricia Larkin Frazier 4
Flora May Metier Fried 12
Harold E. Hall 29
Doris Siglin Holland 7
Gweneth Newman Jackson 2
Fern Carter Latta 30
Lyle E. Smith 25
Kermit Tannatt 17
Marilyn Davitt Washburn

Class Reunion Gifts:
Jean Neifert Fetters
Marynetta Leitch Grant

Special Gifts:
Marynetta Leitch Grant
Dorothy Henderson Keho

Class of 1949

The Simpson Fund Gifts:
Presidents’ Society
Clarice Shawhan Day 3
Robert W. Day 3
Richard A. Frank 40
Beverly Kennedy Kabrick 32
Leroy W. Moore 14
James R. Tyler
James H. Weinman 33
M. Maxine Smith Weinman 33
Red and Gold Club
Lloyd E. Grant 3
Russell I. Long 30
Genelle Grant Morain 2
1860 Club
Vern D. Davis 3
Kenneth Finck 4
Myna Hughes Gibbens
Roland E. Horn 28
Lester L. Moore 32
Donors
Fern Payne Andrew
Wayne C. Bruce 30
Helge S. Bruland 6
Wendell A. Fetters 3
Martha Kreidler Jungmann 8
Larry Love 26
Daryl Mayberry 28
Martha M. Millhone 2
Joanne Landis Strohm 15
Marilee Bane Wyatt

Class Reunion Gifts:
Fern Payne Andrew
Wayne C. Bruce
Vern D. Davis
Wendell A. Fetters
Kenneth Finck
Myna Hughes Gibbens
Lloyd E. Grant
Roland E. Horn
Beverly Kennedy Kabrick
Russell I. Long
Leroy W. Moore
Lester L. Moore
Genelle Grant Morain
James R. Tyler
James H. Weinman
M. Maxine Smith Weinman
Marilee Bane Wyatt

Special Gifts:
Lloyd E. Grant
James R. Hoyman
Genelle Grant Morain