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MAY 01, 2026
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Catalyst

Anonymous

American Physical Society

Google, Inc.

Heineman Foundation

John Templeton Foundation

Lockheed Martin Corporation

Leader

Hehn Family Charitable Trust

Stewart S. MacDermott (‡)

Donald L. Nelson

Patron

Anonymous

Gary R. Cunningham

Roderick M. Grant, Jr.

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Robert S. Steele

American Association of Physicists in Medicine

Bruce H. Curran

Arnold S. Grot

Chelcie B. Liu

William S. Steiner

American Association of Physics Teachers

Robert L. and Frances K. Del Boca

David J. Helfand

Carl D. McElwee

Thorlabs, Inc.

Charles H. Armstrong

Susan M. Fischer

Albert D. Helfrick

Donald Owens

W. Scott Wilburn

Laura Brandsberg

Frank Jones and Marcia Smith Giving Fund

Hans J. Hirche

James Parson, Jr.

Kevin A. Yarnell

Samuel Bright

Garacci Family Trust

Judy C. Holoviak

David Sheffield

Shuxun Zhou

Stephen H. Case and Margaret Ayres

Gardenia Foundation Fund

Mark R. Keever

Simons Foundation & Simons Foundation International Ltd.

Beth A. Cunningham

Harvey A. Gould

Michael A. Kriss

James L. Smith

Mentor

Anna M. Allen

Carmel Research Center

Gordon L. Goodman

James P. Landry

Merete Nieto

Barbara Roldan

James P. Vary

Kimberly Applegate and George Parker

Paul H. Daggett

James E. Hendrickson

Richard G. Leamon

Michael Oliver

William S. Ryan, Jr.

Jon R. Visser

Jonathan Bagger

Matthew P. Dierking

Charles H. Hunt

Patrick J. Loll

Orhan K. Oz

Stuart W. Serenbetz

Berthold W. Weinstein

Hans W. Berghoff

Emanuel V. Dimiceli

David I. Kaiser

Christopher H. Marshall

William H. and Janice Parker

Gary W. Sjolander

Stephen L. Young

William T. Bridgman

Cheryl A. Dronzek

Lisa J. Keefe

Subha Maruvada

The Patrick and Charlotte Fischer Charitable Fund

Mary and Thomas Snitch

Shun H. Zhou

James L. Burch

George R. Dyer

Quentin C. Kessel

Paul G. Miller

William P. Reinhardt

Dane E. Stone

Stephen H. Burns

Judy R. Franz

Paul M. King

David Monyak

Barbara S. Rice

Catherine “Gigi” Swartz

Sponsor

Anonymous (3)

Vincent L. Donlan

Scott N. Harrington

Dennis Klug

Karnig O. Mikaelian

Chandrasekhar Roychoudhuri

James H. Taylor

Sarah C. Brett-Smith and Stephen L. Adler

H. Frederick and Linda B. Dylla

Ann Hoffman

Eongwei Lai

Tim W. Miller

Neal F. Schmeidler

Mark J. Tollin

Richard R. Babcock

Jean Esser

Eugene J. Hoffman

Thomas N. Lawrence

Melvin M. Moriwaki

Brian B. Schwartz

Zenaida E. S. Uy

Stephen W. Behnen

Christopher T. Field

Frank E. Hoge

James C. Lochner

James B. Nesbitt, Jr.

Ralph Simmons

Howard T. Voorheis

Evelyn J. Boettcher

Fort Wayne Metals

Steve Iona

Rudolf Ludeke

Brian E. Newnam

Jenna K. Smith

Joseph A. Vrba

Richard G. Born

Michael J. Garee

Allen G. Jackson

Anthony J. Martino

Wilfred G. Norris

Steven J. Stendahl

Thomas J. Welsh

Ronald G. Burns

Richard Garner

Edwin R. Jones

Marvin and Annette Lee Foundation

Robert F. Parker

Robert B. Stevens

William W. Weston, Jr.

Julian C. Cummings

Michael P. Grone

Michael D. Jones

James K. McCord

Chris Pearson

Mark and Karen Stier

Karen A. Williams

Liz Dart Caron

Susan J. Grow

Scott A. Keith

Kenneth Mednick

R. G. Robertson

James H. and Alberta Stith

Adolf N. Witt

Victor Diatschenko

Don W. Guthrie

Christopher Klepper

Larry D. Merkle

Franklin L. Robinson

David C. Stromswold

Douglas G. Wolff

Community Supporter

Anonymous (14)

Earl F. Burkholder

Timothy E. Fitzsimmons

James E. Hook

Ian M. Lindevald

Marc E. Read

Steven M. Steele

Douglas S. Abraham

Louis C. Burmeister

Carol P. Fivozinsky

Rosamond Hooper Hamersley

Terrance D. Lingren

John S. Redfield

Virgil F. Stegner

James Abshire

Nancy A. Burnham

Allen Flora

Emma Hoppmann

David R. Little

Ferdinand Reetz III

Ben P. Stein

James R. Adney

Brenda and Ryan Cabell

Robert S. Fortenberry

Merri L. Horn

Sean B. Logghe

Charles A. Reeves, Jr.

Dominick J. Stella

David H. Alexander

Shirley Cain

Beall Fowler

Bruce K. Horne

Sherry J. Logusch

Nicholas B. Remmes

Richard Stephens

Dennis O. Allison

Chris Cameron

Eduardo H. Fradkin

Rayford P. Hosker

Karen Lowande

Harold G. Repasky

Alan J. Stevens

William R. Alschuler

Andrew C. Campbell

Rudy A. Frahm

Michael H. Huberman

Gary H. Lunsford

Wayne Repko

Lance C. Stevenson

Arthur Altshiller

David W. Carpenter

Charles L. Francis

James R. Huckle

Lester L. Lyles

John V. W. Reynders

Bernadette L. Stillwell

Clarice D. Anderes

Robert H. Carr

James Freericks

Albert Huen

Tim W. Lynch

John E. Rhoads

David R. Stover

B. J. Anderson

Glenn E. Carroll

Bretislav Friedrich

Frank W. Hughes

Albert T. Macrander

Norman J. Richert

Harry Stuckey

Donna M. Andrauskas

Diego J. Castano

Eleanor J. Fulton

James E. Hurt

James E. Madl

Charles P. Riedesel

Kurt F. Studt

Theodor Andresen

Leanne Catrett-Tamblyn

John Funke III

Alan Ivons

Mark L. Maiello

Leo L. Riedinger

Jean H. Swank

Rad Antonov

Albert and Sheila Cawns

Ronald V. Furia

Harold W. Jackson

Richard C. Mannix

Ronald Riegert

Mark Swanson

Julian Y. Ares

Leemer G. Cernohlavek

Charlie Gao

Jo Ann Jackson

Edward R. Mansell

Merlin D. Ring

Joseph W. Synk

Alan D. Arvin

Eric P. Chael

Robert A. Gardner

Debra and Kelly Jacobsen

Thomas S. Mansell

McLouis Robinet

Joseph J. Szente

Gregory A. Ashe

Susan A. Chambers

Larry W. Garner

Timothy O. Jarrett

Louis G. Markatos

William H. Robinette

Frank R. Tangherlini

Tom Ashworth

Dawn C. Chesonis

Samuel D. Gasster

Layne K. Jensen

David S. Martin

Martin M. Roffman

Danelle M. Tanner

James Atkinson

Thomas M. Christensen

Elinor L. Gates

Eric Jin

Stephanie Martin

Cheryl Roger Johnson

Mark S. Taylor

Landy G. Atkinson III

Pamela M. Cleary

Bertram B. Geeslin

Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies

John V. Martonchik

Edward J. Rojek

David R. Thiessen

Joseph F. Auletta

Ira M. Cohen

Richard Gerber

Kenneth F. Johnson

Gregory Mathis

Eileen M. Romano

Donald L. Thompson

Gary R. Austin

Morrel H. Cohen

Jack Giammerse, Jr.

Marvin J. Johnson

William W. Matzelevich

Raymond M. Roop

Julian M. Tishkoff

Blane Baker

Edward C. Connell III

Randal E. Gibson

Robert L. Johnson

Lowell I. McCann

William and Alice Roquemore

Alvin F. Trafton

Gregory L. Baker

Robert C. Cook

James B. and Patti S. Gillespie

John B. Johnston

Cregg McCullin

Carl Rosenfeld

John P. Tranchina

Kimberly S. Baker

Richard A. Coppola

Ronald C. Glaser

David W. Jourdan

James L. McDonald, Jr.

Michael A. Rosich

Virginia L. Trimble

Todd W. Baker

Allison Corbett

Stephen W. Glenn

The Judice Family Foundation Inc.

Clay McDowell

Michael G. Rosing

John H. Tucker

Sonia C. Balcer

Michael R. Coussa

Stuart Goldenberg

Roland E. Juhala

Edward A. Mebus

Sara H. Rubida

Hal Tugal

James S. Balent, Jr.

Christopher M. Crane

Todd A. Goldsmith

Ints Kaleps

Paul Messina

Jeff Rubin

Stanley A. Twardy, Jr.

Irvin Balin

James Crittenden

Google Inc. Matching Gift Program*

Michael A. Kalinosky

Werner A. Metz, Jr.

Roy Rubinstein

Laurence W. Twigg

Edmund K. Banghart

Brian Crowley

Howard Gordon

J. Keith Kalinowski

Roger A. Metzler

Kenneth S. Rumstay

Stanley C. Tyler

Thomas E. Barker

Daniel P. Curry

Chris L. Gottbrath

Lita R. Katz

Keith R. Milkove

Linda R. Sande

Joseph J. Ursic

Carlos M. Barrera

Max F. Dannecker

Hans P. Graf

Joseph L. Kaufman

H. Craig Miller

Padmanabhan Santhanam

Randy C. Van Vranken

Richard L. Barrett

Paul D. Dapkus

Leo Grike

William F. Kelly

Michael J. Mishkin

David Schaich

Louis A. Vedros

David J. Barsky

Teymour Darkhosh

Robert C. Groman

Steve E. Kendrick

Raymond E. Modlin

Douglas W. Scharre

John and Katherine Vitko

Stephen C. Barton

Jan W. Dash

James M. Gross

Keith Kenter

Charles D. Moore

William H. Schlichting

Sylvia M. Volkman

Glenn A. Beavers

David Davison

Jeffery T. Grothaus

Rob Kesten

Kenneth P. Moran

Fred J. Schlick

James B. Waddell

Sherrie Beistel

Howard F. Dawson III

John F. Gulbin

Ronald M. Keyser

Larry and Linda Morford

Jeffrey A. Schmidt

Joseph S. Wakefield

John and Catherine Bellotti

Maureen De Matoff

William John Gunning

Michael A. Kincaid

Dane J. Morris

Roger C. Scholten

Amy Walker

Gloria Benis-Jacobs

Armand M. De Palo

Gerhard E. Hahne

Evelyn S. Kinzel

Michael J. Mumma

James E. Schreiber

Philip B. Wallingford

Paul R. Berman

E de Wolf

Peter Hakel

M. B. Kirkham

Erwin G. Myrick

Robert O. Schwenker

Walt Disney Company*

Stephen E. Bernacki

Kenneth DeConde

Dean W. Halderson

Carl R. Klee

Robert E. Naegeli

Stephen G. Semanek

Ronald A. Walton

Louis G. Beverino

Andrew M. Degges

Carter R. Hall

Charles T. Knight

Mark Nagumo

Ann Semisalova

Warner Bros Discovery*

Paul A. Bicknell

John J. Degnan III

John R. Hall

Thomas F. Koetzle

Stephen V. Natale

Edward R. Seufert

Mark M. Weber

Arthur Bienenstock

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Maurice E. Halladay

Monte F. Kopke

Nikki Natoli

Frederick D. Seward

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J. Howard Shafer

Edna M. Weigel

Christine L. Bjorklund

Roger W. Desnoyers

Jorgen L. Hansen

Mark Kozak

Dwight E. Neuenschwander

Yitzhak Y. Sharon

Jack C. Wells

The Blackbaud Giving Fund*

David A. Detwiler

Harry E. Hardebeck

Kenneth S. Krane

Catherine Newell

Burnette T. Sheffield

Willard W. White III

Alan D. Blackburn

David H. DeVorkin

Donald T. Harris

Jennifer L. Kreidler-Moss

Carolyn Y. Ng

Gary D. Shepek

Heather Whitney

Susan J. Blatt and Nareshchandra P. Shah

James A. Dibiase

Gary M. Harris

Angela J. Kubinec

Lennart H. Nilson

Thomas M. Shigemitsu

Sylvia J. Whitt

Kristen and Leo A. Bloschock

Rose M. Dishman

Dewitt E. Harrison

John A. Kuchenbrod

Daniel S. Nimick

Pete Shuster

Edward A. Whittaker

Solon F. Blundell

John C. Driscoll

Steven C. Hart

William H. Kuhlman, Jr.

Edward R. Niple

Larry R. Sill

David C. Williams

Samuel Bockenhauer

Gerald Duffy

Paul F. Harten

Craig Kullberg

Mary A. O’Donnell

Larry and Brenda Simmons

Douglas Wilson

John D. Bohlin

George E. Durling

Brittney Morgan Hauke

Paul Kwiat

Roy J. O’Kelly

Keith J. Sjostrom

Darrell W. Woelk

Ryan Bonate

Stephen Early

Michael D. Haworth

Roger O. Ladle

Jonathan Oliver

Scott A. Slaith

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Thomas Bonde

Ken L. Echternacht

Lewis C. Hecht

Daniel R. Ladner

Robert Olness

Darla J. Smith

Adrienne H. Wootters

Paul C. Bono

Yancy D. Edwards

Gary L. Heisler

Arno Laesecke

Steven A. Overmyer

L. Montgomery Smith

Paul P. Woskov

Walter L. Borst

Theodore L. Einstein

Paul R. Heller

Ralph E. Lambert

Geraint and Ruth Owen

Webster F. Smith

Bradford L. Wright

Carlos M. Bowman

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William R. Passwaters

Siavash H. Sohrab

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Hugh L. Southall

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Dennis C. Henry

Stephen R. Lawry

Neil K. Perl

Robert G. Spahn

Kenneth and Mara Young

Alex A. Brown

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George A. Herbert, Jr.

Anna Lee

Xavier M. Polanski

Cherrill M. Spencer

Alex Yurchenko

David S. Brown

Dolores A. Federation

Joseph S. Hickert

Jason LeGrand

Ralph W. Porter

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William M. Zeitz

Roy B. Brown

Steven R. Federman

Mary J. Hickey

Scott R. Leonard

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Philip A. Stahl

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Robert L. Fenstermacher

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John C. Leonardi

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Charles G. Bruch

Richard B. Feren

John C. Hill

Ellen Levine

Alice J. Ramsay

Robert W. Stanley

James S. Brunner

Christopher Fischer

John H. Holloway

Judah Levine

Rebecca R. Rank

Robert and Elizabeth Stanton

Patricia V. Burke

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Gerald C. Holst

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