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Subject: Announcing $10 Million Martha Darling ’66 Fund for Student Success
October 1, 2024
Dear Reed Community,
I am delighted to announce a transformational gift to Reed College from alumna and trustee emerita Martha Darling ’66 and her husband, Gilbert Omenn, MD, PhD, to support student success. This donation will create the Martha Darling ’66 Fund, which will fund several important initiatives and positions on campus.
Martha has long been a strong advocate for student success here at Reed, having chaired the President’s Commission on Student Life at Reed College in the early 1990s and producing a 1993 report that helped define goals for the Division of Student Life. She has also generously donated to Reed in the past, including endowing the Martha A. Darling Dean of Students position.
You can read more about this extraordinary gift in the Reed College Newsroom.
Best,
Audrey
Audrey Bilger
President
Reed College