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(‡) Denotes donors who have passed away.
(*) Denotes matching gifts.
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. |
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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 |
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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 |
Ann M. Deml |
Maurice E. Halladay |
Monte F. Kopke |
Nikki Natoli |
Frederick D. Seward |
William J. Weber |
Richard A. Bitzer |
Lorraine DeSalvo |
Edward B. Hanfling |
Lawrence M. Kost |
Gillian Nave |
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 |
Calvin D. Wood |
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 |
Michael T. Eismann |
Thomas G. Heller |
Salvatore F. LaMesa |
William R. Passwaters |
Siavash H. Sohrab |
David L. Wright |
David E. Brahm |
Electronic Arts |
Gary L. Hendrickson |
Walter J. LaPrice |
Jack M. Penny |
Lee R. Sorrell |
Lois L. Wright |
James M. Brenza |
Jessica Erickson |
Lee A. Hennig |
Kenneth C. Latoza |
John Perko |
Hugh L. Southall |
Edward G. Yarr |
Sue Broadston |
Fred T. Erskine |
Dennis C. Henry |
Stephen R. Lawry |
Neil K. Perl |
Robert G. Spahn |
Kenneth and Mara Young |
Alex A. Brown |
Matthew J. Fawcett |
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 |
David Spokony |
William M. Zeitz |
Roy B. Brown |
Steven R. Federman |
Mary J. Hickey |
Scott R. Leonard |
Prudential Employee Matching Program* |
Philip A. Stahl |
Bryan A. Zimmerman |
Valerie M. Browning |
Robert L. Fenstermacher |
Arthur N. Hicks |
John C. Leonardi |
Xiaohui Qin |
Jack D. Stanford |
Walter Bruce Zimmerman |
Charles G. Bruch |
Richard B. Feren |
John C. Hill |
Ellen Levine |
Alice J. Ramsay |
Robert W. Stanley |
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James S. Brunner |
Christopher Fischer |
John H. Holloway |
Judah Levine |
Rebecca R. Rank |
Robert and Elizabeth Stanton |
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Patricia V. Burke |
Philip C. Fisher |
Gerald C. Holst |
Robert J. Lieb |
Richard F. Rapids |
Gary W. Stauffer |
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2025 Physics and Astronomy Congress Sponsorships
Special Supporters |
Quantum Mechanics ($25,000+) |
General Relatively ($10,000+) |
Classical Mechanics ($5,000+) |
Poster Session Sponsorship |
Department of Energy |
American Physical Society |
Hehn Family Charitable Trust |
American Astronomical Society |
American Association of Physics Teachers |
John Templeton Foundation |
Lockheed Martin |
American Association of Physicists in Medicine |
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Thorlabs |