Funding renovations to the "grad bay" in Hearst Memorial Mining Building is one of many ways that donations to the Berkeley Engineering Fund help move the college forward. (Photo by Adam Lau/Berkeley Engineering)Berkeley Engineering Fund
Berkeley Engineering Fund
As every engineer knows, there’s power in numbers. And each year, thousands of Berkeley Engineering alumni, parents, friends and current students prove it by giving to the Berkeley Engineering Fund. Their contributions come in all sizes — from single digits to five or more digits. Together, they create a vital stream of revenue, which the dean can use to invest in one-of-a-kind opportunities and respond to unforeseen challenges.
Leadership match
The Berkeley Engineering Fund board is generously offering a 1:1 match for gifts of $1,000 or more, up to $125K. This matching opportunity is available through June 30, 2021.
Questions? Contact Leah Katz Ahmadi at lkahmadi@berkeley.edu.
(510) 642-2487
bef@berkeley.edu
Put simply, the fund helps the college stay nimble and keep pace with its peers, like Stanford and MIT, who have larger endowments and are far less vulnerable to swings in state funding levels. It’s no wonder that the fund is the dean’s top fundraising priority.
Your gift to the Berkeley Engineering Fund supports our students and faculty, directly and indirectly. For example, an increasing amount of fund revenue strengthens the collegiate experience with community-building activities and leadership development programs. The dean also uses the fund to provide the core budgets for student-led organizations, to upgrade our laboratory and teaching facilities and to provide seed funding for novel research initiatives.
Individuals contributing $2,500 or more are welcomed to the Dean’s Society and enjoy special communications, events and other donor benefits.
Berkeley Engineering Fund board
William S. Floyd Jr., Chair
B.S.'56 IEOR
Tsu-Jae King Liu
Marilee Brooks
M.S.'88 Chemical Engineering
Laura Carns
B.S.'01 EECS
Chris Cartland
B.S.'12 EECS
Pierson Chiou
B.S.'94 BioE
Jeffrey Chu
M.S.'79 EECS
Kay Craven
B.A.'60 Decorative Art
Janine Farzin
B.S.'00 IEOR
Howard Friesen
B.S.'50 EECS
Jonathan Funk
B.S.'77 CEE
James Hong
B.S.'95 EECS, M.B.A. '99 Bus. Ad.
Jui-shan "Grace" Hsu
B.S.'06 MSE, B.S.'06, M.S.'08 ME
Mitsuru Igarashi
B.S.'89 IEOR
Lynn Johnson
Clay Johnson
B.S.'81 EECS
Haideh Khorramabadi
Ph.D.'85 EECS
Augustine Kuo
B.S.'89 EECS
Amit Sharma
B.S.'84, M.S.'88 EECS
Jon Sigerman
ATG'74 Statistics
Simon Tan
B.S.'08 EECS, M.S.'09 CS
Rayleen Thielman
B.S.'01 IEOR
Dave Tyler
B.S.'81 ME
Cheryl Valentine
B.S.'79 ME; M.B.A.'91 Bus. Ad.
James D. A. van Hoften
B.S.'66 CEE
Use our employer matching gift search below to see if your company participates in matching charitable gifts. Submit appropriate paperwork to:
University Development and Alumni Relations – Gift Operations
University of California, Berkeley
2080 Addison Street #4200
Berkeley, CA 94720-4200