IT History Society
Donors & Major Gifts
For half a century, the generosity of these individuals, foundations, and corporations has made it possible to preserve the history of information technology.
Lifetime Major Gifts
Our named giving circles honor pioneers of computing — Turing, von Neumann, Lovelace, and Babbage.
Turing Circle$100,000 +
◆ HIGHEST HONOR ◆Erwin & Adelle Tomash Co-founders, Dataproducts Corp. &
Charles Babbage Institute
Charles Babbage Institute
Von Neumann Circle$50,000 +
David Arscott
Gideon I. Gartner
Sarah & Gideon Gartner Foundation
Lovelace Circle$20,000 +
Peter A. CunninghamFounder & CEO, INPUT
Frederic (Ted) WithingtonIT industry analyst; VP, Arthur D. Little
Walter L. AndersonPresident, General Kinetics & AFIPS
Paul BaranPioneer of packet switching
James W. BirkenstockSenior IBM executive
John E. ParkerFinancier of ERA
Willis K. DrakeCo-founder, Control Data; CEO, Datacard
Frank C. MullaneyEngineer, ERA 1101 & Control Data
Babbage Circle$10,000 +
IBM Corporation
Internet Archive
Hull Family Foundation
James W. CortadaComputing historian; 38-year IBM executive
Gerald & Thelma EstrinUCLA computer-science pioneers
Bruce GilchristAFIPS president; director, Columbia Computer Center
David Arscottin honor of Jeffery Stein & Frederic (Ted) Withington
David Arscottin honor of Jeffery Stein & Aaron Sylvan
David Arscottin honor of Gideon I. Gartner
Associates$2,000 +
Deltek Corporation
CraigsList Foundation
Lawrence Spitters
Regis McKenna
INPUT Corporation
McKesson Corporation
William Murray
Charles W. Bachman
Martin Goetz
J. Scott Hamilton
William F. Aspray
In-Kind Corporate
Google
Internet Archive
Peyton Investments
Sylvan Social Technology
Pioneers
Major donors from the Society's first 30 years — the founders, architects, and financiers who built the computer industry itself. Their early gifts funded a professorship, graduate fellowships, and conferences that established computer history as a field.
Become Part of This History
The IT History Society is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt not-for-profit, and has been since 1977.