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PhilanthroPete Donor Challenge
First Place (Final)
$500
Dec 01, 2022
Andrew
Brown
Richard Copland
In Memory of George V Copland
$1,315
Nov 29, 2022
Anonymous
$10
Nov 29, 2022
Mario
Borunda
$20.01
Nov 29, 2022
Anonymous
Anonymous
Anonymous
Anonymous
Anonymous
Mayukh
Lahiri
$50
Nov 29, 2022
Anonymous
$100
Nov 29, 2022
Anonymous
Yingmei
Liu
Kelli
Leech
Gary
Ford
$414
Nov 28, 2022
Toby
Mendenhall
$50
Nov 27, 2022
Anonymous
Camille
DeYong
$50
Nov 23, 2022
Shane
Berry
$100
Nov 22, 2022
Ashley and Zackary
Alegria
$20.01
Nov 21, 2022
Karen
Crowson
Doug
Sander
$100
Nov 20, 2022
Thomas
Bilitewski
Anonymous
$20.01
Year Established
Make a donation to honor the year the Mendenhall Observatory was established.
$50
In Memory of or to Honor
Make a donation in memory a loved one or to honor someone special in your life.
$85
Years since first Astronomer
Dr. Mendenhall was the first Astronomy professor ever hired by OSU. He started at OSU 85 years ago, in 1937. OSU's observatory is now named after him.
$132
Years since OSU founding
Your gift will honor the 132 years since Oklahoma State University was founded. OSU was founded on Christmas Day in 1890.
$414
Invention of the telescope
Your donation of $414 will celebrate the number of years that have passed since the telescope was invented. In 1608, the telescope was invented by a spectacle maker named Hans Lippershey. One year later, in 1609, Galileo Galilei built his own telescope and became the first person to point a telescope toward the night sky. With his telescope, he proved that the Sun was at the center of our Solar System, not the Earth.
$1,937
Year OSU hired Dr. Mendenhall
In 1937, Oklahoma State University hired its very first astronomer, Dr. Harrison Shepler Mendenhall, namesake of the Mendenhall Observatory.