The Loren Eiseley Leadership Giving Society (LES) was created to honor the memory of Eiseley–long-time University of Pennsylvania Museum anthropologist, essayist, and poet–by helping to further his ideals and sustain the Museum he cherished. Members of the Society contribute at least $1,500 annually to the Museum in unrestricted support, the most vital type of funding, since it is available where most needed at any time.
As an LES member, you will not only be making a tremendous difference to one of the world's foremost museums of archaeology and anthropology, but you will also help advance Loren Eiseley's extraordinary vision for generations to come.
"Forward and backward I have gone, and for me it has been an immense journey."
–Loren Eiseley, The Immense Journey
Director’s Circle $25,000 and above (All but $957 tax-deductible)
- All benefits of the Platinum Circle
- Opportunity to accompany the Director or a senior curator on a custom-itinerary trip to a Penn Museum-associated archaeological site
- One private tour and reception for party of six with curator or keeper
- Additional free one-day parking vouchers (six total)
Platinum Circle $10,000 - $24,999 (All but $827 tax-deductible)
- All benefits of the Gold Circle
- Private lunch and tour with the director
- Two additional free admission passes (ten total)
- Additional free one-day parking voucher (five total)
- Acknowledgement in exhibition-special issue of Expedition magazine
Gold Circle $5,000 - $9,999 (All but $761 tax-deductible)
- All benefits of the Silver Circle
- Two additional tickets (ten adult, two child total) to each specially ticketed exhibition
- Breakfast or evening tours of exhibitions with curators
- Two additional free admission passes (eight total)
Silver Circle $2,500 - $4,999 (All but $660 tax deductible)
- All benefits of the Bronze Circle
- Behind-the-scenes events featuring rarely seen objects from the Collection
- Additional free one-day parking vouchers (four total)
- Opportunity to host a large-size private event in the entire Museum at a discounted rental rate
Bronze Circle $1,500 – $2,499 (All but $610 tax-deductible)
- Personal assistance from Penn Museum staff when planning a visit
- Invitations to private receptions, lectures, exhibition previews, tours and annual LES dinner
- Recognition in the Penn Museum’s Annual Report, website and on special signage near the Museum entrance
- Eight adult, two child tickets to each specially ticketed exhibitions
- Six free admission passes to share with family and friends
- Three one-day parking vouchers
- 15% discount at the Shops and 10% discount at the Museum Café
- Specially designed, commemorative LES lapel pin
All levels also include benefits of basic Museum membership including:
- Free unlimited general admission all year to the Penn Museum's world-class Collection
- Subscription to renowned Expediton magazine, Membership Newsletter and Calendar of Events
- Reciprocal free admission to 500 museums throughout the United States and Canada
For additional and more specific information about upcoming special events for LES members, please call the Membership Office at (215) 898-5093.
Four easy ways to join:
ONLINE
Secure online site (via the University of Pennsylvania website)
ONSITE
Visit the Admissions Desk at any of the Museum's entrances
BY MAIL
Download our membership form and send it, along with a credit card number or check made payable to the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, to: Membership Office, University of Pennsylvania Museum, 3260 South Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104
BY PHONE
Call (215) 898-5093 and say, "I want to join today!"
Loren Eiseley Leadership Giving Society Members
Penn Museum gratefully acknowledges the following LES members (donors of $1,500 or more to unrestricted, operating funds) in fiscal year 2011 (July 2010 to June 2011):
Williams Director's Circle ($50,000 and above)
Donald C. and Ingrid A. Graham
Barbara D. and Michael J. Kowalski
A. Bruce and Margaret R. Mainwaring
Charles K. Williams II, Ph.D.
Director's Circle ($25,000 - $49,999)
Judith L. and William G. Bollinger
Peter G. Gould and Robin M. Potter
Curtis S. Lane and Stacey Rosner Lane, Esq.
Bernard and Lisa Selz
Gregory A. Weingarten
Jeffrey and Jill Topkis Weiss
Platinum Circle ($10,000 - $24,999)
Andrea M. Baldeck, M.D., and William M. Hollis, Jr.
Lois and Robert M. Baylis
Cummins Catherwood, Jr., and Susan W. Catherwood
Winnie Chin and Michael Feng
David T. Clancy and McCarroll Sibley
Greg Danilow and Susan F. Danilow, Esq.
Betty S. Gerstley, M.D. (Mrs. Louis Gerstley III)
Janet F. Haas, M.D., and John O. Haas
Jacqueline W. Hover and John C. Hover II
Diane von Schlegell Levy and Robert M. Levy
Gail Kamer Lieberfarb
Bonnie Verbit Lundy and Joseph E. Lundy, Esq.
Gail P. Manning and Frederick J. Manning, Esq.
Annette Merle-Smith
Carlos L. and Renee Nottebohm
Adolf A. Paier and Geraldine Paier, Ph.D.
Frances and John R. Rockwell
Carolyn Talbot Seely and Malcolm H. Wiener
Douglas C. Walker
Schuy Wood and Theodore V. Wood, Jr.
Mo and Nanou Zayan
Gold Circle ($5,000 - $9,999)
Carrie and Kenneth Cox
Gretchen R. Hall, Ph.D.
John J. Medveckis
Mrs. J. Maxwell Moran
Gretchen and J. Barton Riley
Curtis Eugene Thomsen, Ph.D.
Silver Circle ($2,500 - $4,999)
Helene V. and Joel H. Blum
David Body and Nevin Gunduz
R.S. Boucher and Linda Descano
Jean G. and Peter E. Bronstein
Lawrence Coben
Carol deFries
Peter Dillon and Jennifer Reiling
Martha M. Duran and Luis Fernandez
Harrison Eiteljorg II, Ph.D., and Linda I. Weiss
Lilly and Peter C. Ferry
Marilyn Forney and Robert C. Forney, Ph.D.
Dale D. and Gregory T. Graham
Frederick R. and Jacqueline C. Grayer
Alvin P.* and Mary Bert Gutman
Stacey L. Hightower and Naomi Strauss
Phyllis Shearer Jones
Robert W. Kalish, M.D.
Tae Ock Kauh and Young Kauh
Harvey and Virginia Kimmel
Gerald D. Knorr
Andrea R. Kramer, Esq.
Tifanie Krebs and Earl Pierce
Jessica Lemma and Vic Rovani
Judy and Peter Leone
Terrilyn McCormick
Lisa M. and John E. McNichol
Dr. Glenn Miller, Jr.
George R. Pitts, Ph.D.
Alexandra Schoenberg and Eric J. Schoenberg, Ph.D.
John R. Senior, M.D., and Sara Spedden Senior
Brian P. and Maud Tierney
Katherine and Daniel Vieyra
Bronze Circle ($1,500 - $2,499)
Elie M. Abemayor, M.D., and Judith Abemayor
David and Winifred Alcorn
Benjamin Ashcom, Ph.D., and Jane Ashcom, Ph.D.
Mrs. Joel Bachman
Eileen Baird
Rosemarie C. Barry and William Barry, M.D.
Julian and Lois Brodsky
Albert T. Chadwick
Joseph and Mary Leach Colen
Joanne H. and William L. Conrad
Elin Danien, Ph.D., and Wilton Danien
Christian Dietrich
A. Webster Dougherty, Jr., and Janet Dougherty
Edward C. and Joan Driscoll
Jane A. and Michael P. Duffy
Robert H. Dyson, Ph.D.
Laura Fisher and Ken Lockwood
Beth and Gordon Fluke
Pamela Freyd, Ph.D., and Peter Freyd, Ph.D.
Mrs. Herman H. Goldstine
Criswell Gonzalez
Janice T. Gordon, Ph.D.
Alexandra Harrison and Peter D. Harrison, Ph.D.
Michael P. and Suchinda Heavener
Edward K. and Josephine Arader Hueber
Esther D. Johnson
Janet Klaus
Mrs. Louis B. Klein
Howard H. and Maxine Lewis
Rachel C. Lilley
Alida Lovell
Ole W. Lyngklip III, Esq.
Missy and Robert E. McQuiston
Bernard and Rosa Meyers
Ellen Cole Miller
Paul F. Miller, Jr., and Ella Warren Miller
David Moore and Lori Tarnopol Moore
A. M. Mulroney
Bonnie J. O'Boyle
Donna Conforti Rissman and Paul Rissman, Ph.D.
C. Brian Rose, Ph.D.
Joseph B. and Rita P. Scheller
Robert Sharer, Ph.D., and Loa Traxler, Ph.D.
Mary Ellen Simmons, O.D., and Steve Simmons
Herbert O. Sperry, Jr., and Patricia Q. Sperry
Bayard T. Storey, Ph.D., and Frances E. Storey
Dr. George H. and Dr. Sheryl Talbot
Mrs. Benjamin Tregoe
Mrs. Robert L. Trescher
Barry Vitow and Nina Robinson Vitow
Elizabeth Jean Walker
Helen S. Weary
James A. and Nancy Bendiner Weiss
Helen and Richard E. Winston
* Deceased
