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Endowment Funds

Department of History

Our funds are listed below, in alphabetical order. If a page on the OSU iGive Web site for the fund exists, then the name of the fund is directly linked to that page, where you can make your contribution to that fund through a secure, online connection. Or feel free to directly contact our Director of Development, Margo J. Wolanin at 614-292-3487 or via e-mail at wolanin.2@osu.edu.

Select Fund name to visit The OSU igive Web site for that fund.

• Adivar Fellowship for Study of Ottoman and Turkish History (640027)
  Graduate Fellowship in Ottoman and Turkish studies. The fellowship may be used for overseas dissertation research.
• Adrienne A. and Marvin R. Zahniser Scholarship Fund (607772)
  Provides one or more scholarships to students entering the senior year who are majoring in History or Religious Studies. Based on superior academic achievement Allan and Helga Wildman Memorial Fund.
• Allan and Helga Wildman Memorial Fund (607803)
  Supports one or more graduate students working toward the doctoral degree in the area of Russian or East European History.
• Andreas Dorpalen Memorial Fund (601797)
  Supports graduate students enrolled in the Department of History to travel to Germany when working on a doctoral dissertation in the areas of nineteenth or twentieth century German History
• Bradley R. Kastan Fund (603553)
  Funds are used to support research, provide graduate fellowship prizes, encourage excellence in teaching, promote departmental social obligations, leverage additional enrichment funds, and publicize the scholarly activities of the Department.
• Business History (601000)
  Supports teaching and research in Business History
• Dean G. Micheal Riley Fund (606110)
  Used by the Chairperson of the Department of History at his or her discretion in the furtherance of the Department’s goals and mission.
• Elaine S. and John C. Rule Study Abroad Fund (606228)
  Assists doctoral candidates enrolled in the Department of History by subsidizing travel and/or study abroad in Western Europe. Preference given to students in the field of Early Modern Europe (1460-1789)
• Faculty Fellowship for History Graduate Students (480617)
  All gifts will be deposited in the permanent endowment of the university with proceeds designated to support summer fellowships for history graduate students.
• Foster Rhea Dulles Memorial Fund (601856)
  Used to advance teaching and research in American History, particularly in the twentieth century
• Gerry D. Guthrie Scholarship Award (602833)
  Scholarship awards to incoming or first-year undergraduate students majoring in U.S. History
• Goldberg Program for Excellence in Teaching Fund (602622)
  Supports teaching by both graduate teaching associates and faculty in the Department of History
• Helen and Harold Kapiloff Award (312101)
  Supports a graduate student in Diplomatic/International History to conduct doctoral research with preference given to students working in libraries and archives outside the U.S.
• Henry H. Simms Fund (606635)
  Supports graduate students in American History performing research on or writing their dissertations focusing on the Colonial and Antebellum South, the Slavery Controversy, the Civil War and the Reconstruction Period.
• History Chair’s Discretionary Fund (302765)
  Enables the chair to meet special needs.
• History Enrichment Fund (603207)
  Funds are used to support research, provide graduate fellowship prizes, encourage excellence in teaching, promote departmental social obligations, leverage additional enrichment funds, and publicize the scholarly activities of the Department
• Isthmia Excavations (306849)
  Supports the excavation at Isthmia in Ancient Korinth, Greece.
• James F. Fullington Memorial Fund (602368)
  Used for the benefit of the College of Humanities, with preference afforded to the recommendations of the Dean
• Joseph H. Lynch Memorial Fund (604393)
  : Provide student support for the study of the history of Christianity and/or medieval history in the Department of History, College of Humanities, as recommended by Department’s chairperson.
• King George III Professorship in British History (643690)
  Named Professorship in British History.
• Levine Professorship in Jewish History (644147)
  Named Professorship in Jewish History.
• Lloyd Roberts Evans Scholarship in History (642052)
  Scholarships for undergraduate students of junior or senior rank who are majoring in history and awarded annually on the basis of both merit and need.
• Marjorie Haffner Memorial Scholarship (311202)
  Supports a deserving history major with financial need.
• Military History Discretionary Fund (307812)
  Supports programs in Military History.
• Paul Watkins Book Fund (607574)
  For purchases of books, microfiche, microfilm, or on-line materials for the History Department.
• Philip P. Poirier Memorial Fund (605831)
  Assists graduate students enrolled in the Department of History by subsidizing travel abroad when working on a doctoral dissertation in some area of British History.
• Retrieving the American Past (606040)
  Supports teaching and scholarship in the Department of History.
• Retrieving the American Past II Fund (626037)
  Supports teaching and scholarship in the Department of History.
• Robert H. Bremner Memorial Scholarship (600777)
  Supports graduate student education in U.S. History
• Ruth L. Higgins Memorial Scholarship (603178)
  Scholarship assistance for graduate students in the Department of History
• Samuel and Ester Melton Professorship of Jewish History and Studies (604862)
  Named Professorship
• Sydney N. Fisher Memorial Fund in Ottoman and Turkish Studies (642225)
  Enhances the excellence of Ottoman and Turkish studies by aiding serious scholars at the University, with preference to historians.
• Sydney N. Fisher Prize in History (308537)
  For the best research paper written by a history major.
• The Allan R. Millett Study Abroad Scolarship for History Majors (481909)
  The Allan R. Millett Study Abroad Scholarship Fund will honor the founder of The Ohio State University's Military History Program. The award will be given to history majors with preference to undergraduates for a study abroad scholarship.
• The Genevieve Brown Gist Scholarship Fund (642533 )
  Scholarships for students pursuing masters and doctoral degrees in history with a preference to female applicants
• The George M. and Renee K. Levine Endowed Professorship Fund in Jewish History (644147)
  When Fund Reaches Endowed Professorship Level, Income shall be used to Attract and/or Retain a Distinguished Scholar to Hold The Levine Professorship in The Field of Jewish History.
• The History Staff Support Fund (312685 )
  Supports Activities and Programs for History Staff members for material management such as Employee Recognition, Condolences, etc.
• The John C. Burnham Lecture Series Fund in the History of Medicine/Science (640982)
  Supports the annual John C. Burnham Lecture on “The History of Medicine and Science”, sponsored by the Department of History in collaboration with the Medical Heritage Center – Prior Health Sciences Library
• Warner R. Woodring Chair in History (647655)
  Named Chair in American Colonial History through the Civil War, British History, or the history of the Atlantic community.