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A TOAST TO MARK TWAIN<br />

<strong>The</strong> publication <strong>of</strong> volume one <strong>of</strong> the Autobiography <strong>of</strong> Mark Twain was<br />

celebrated in grand style in November 2010, with a benefit reception in the<br />

Heyns Reading Room and the Bancr<strong>of</strong>t Library.<br />

Favorite passages from Twain’s work were read, to a crowd <strong>of</strong> 250, by<br />

actress Rita Moreno; authors Michael Chabon, Eric Karpeles, Mary Roach<br />

and Ayelet Waldman; UC <strong>Berkeley</strong> pr<strong>of</strong>essor-authors Robert Hass and<br />

Maxine Hong Kingston; film editor Walter Murch; Library Advisory Board<br />

member Bob Haas and UC <strong>Berkeley</strong> Chancellor Emeritus I. Michael Heyman.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Autobiography <strong>of</strong> Mark Twain spent 24 weeks on the New York Times<br />

bestseller list, and UC Press is on its ninth printing; over 500,000 copies are<br />

currently in print. As <strong>of</strong> this past summer, the Kindle version was outselling<br />

the hardback on Amazon.<br />

A companion website, www.thisismarktwain.org, <strong>of</strong>fers video slideshows,<br />

images, interviews with the editors and other Mark Twain scholars, and<br />

audio clips. Over 300,000 page views occurred in a recent ten-month period,<br />

testifying to the site’s popularity. And on www.marktwainproject.org, visitors<br />

can enjoy edited letters, facsimiles, literary work, and the entire text <strong>of</strong> the<br />

Autobiography <strong>of</strong> Mark Twain, volume one.<br />

Peter and Betty Hom<br />

Mr. Robert H. Horn<br />

Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Roberto Horowitz<br />

Ms. Inge S. Horton<br />

Alice Q. Howard<br />

Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Emeritus and Mrs. Chieh S. Hsu<br />

Sheila and Michael Humphreys<br />

Peggy Huntington<br />

Kathleen Graham Hutchinson<br />

Mr. Eric J. Hyman<br />

Priscilla G. Ilem, M.D.<br />

Stephen L. Imsen<br />

Ms. Katharine H. Irwin<br />

Ms. Karen E. Ivy<br />

Ira Jacknis<br />

Ms. Loralene T. James<br />

Suzanne and Joel Jancsek<br />

Jewish-American Hall <strong>of</strong> Fame<br />

Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Eric O. Johannesson<br />

Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Harold S. Johnston<br />

Coby Jordan<br />

Mr. Brewster Kahle<br />

Sean Kanakaraj, M.D.<br />

Mr. William S. Kasper<br />

Mr. Gregory W. Kast<br />

Pr<strong>of</strong>. and Mrs. David N. Keightley<br />

Ken and Karen Keller<br />

Dr. Bruce R. Kendall<br />

Ms. Nancy H. Kenfield<br />

Robert and Marguerite Kenner<br />

Mr. Frank I. Ketcham<br />

Mark B. Ketchen<br />

Marwan Khalaf<br />

Margaret E. Kidd<br />

Sylvia Kihara and Roger Neill<br />

Carol and Jack King<br />

Charles C. King, Pharm. D.<br />

Raymona and Paul Kinneberg<br />

Mr. Noel W. Kirshenbaum<br />

Ms. Kimiko Fujii Kitayama<br />

James and Annearle Klein<br />

Mervyn and Shirley Knobloch<br />

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Koenig<br />

Willis Koo<br />

Mr. Thomas A. Koster<br />

Mrs. Janet R. Koupal<br />

Mr. Michael Kramer<br />

Sue Kramer, in memory <strong>of</strong><br />

Lawrence I. Kramer, Jr.<br />

Mr. Roland A. Krausen<br />

Yen-Long and Evelyn Kuo<br />

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Lacey<br />

Mr. Charles A. Lacy<br />

Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Henry J. Lagorio, Emeritus<br />

Patrick and Linda Lam<br />

Mr. Wang Lam<br />

Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd M. Langlie<br />

Mrs. Joan G. Larson<br />

H. Lasota<br />

Mr. Jonathan E. Lederer<br />

Ms. Florence P. Lee<br />

Grace M. Lee<br />

Ms. Shari N. Leinwand<br />

Mr. James M. Leland<br />

Mr. Fred and Mrs. Marlene Levinson<br />

Tsau-Yen and Woan-Jung Lin<br />

Mr. John S. Livermore<br />

Jay and Andrea Lockenour<br />

Thomas J. L<strong>of</strong>tus<br />

Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Glenn M. Loney<br />

Ms. Susan F. Loomis<br />

Mr. Miguel Angel Loor<br />

<strong>The</strong> Loube Family<br />

Marjorie Peet Love, ‘50<br />

Mrs. Clay W. Lowrey<br />

Gregory Ludvik<br />

Mr. Eric F. Lutter<br />

Dorothea R. Lyman<br />

Barbara B. Mackey<br />

Mr. Ian Mackinlay<br />

Dennis and Dawn Macray<br />

Mr. Donald B. Marans<br />

Ms. Carol A. Marsden<br />

Mr. Charles Hamilton Marston<br />

Mrs. Janet A. Martin<br />

Frank E. and Barbara A. Mason<br />

Dr. W. Michael Mathes<br />

Dr. Candace McCoy<br />

Mr. Michel G. and Mrs. Linda Mullen McCoy<br />

Timothy David McCreery and<br />

Patricia L. Patton<br />

Michele McKeegan<br />

Mr. Glen McLaughlin<br />

Donald and Susanne McQuade<br />

Michael A. and Elaine J. Meczka<br />

Ms. Barbara J. Meislin<br />

Mr. Nicholas Melnik<br />

Soterios J. Menzelos ‘44 and Fifi Menzelos<br />

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Merritt<br />

Roberta and Spencer Michels<br />

David and Carol Miller<br />

Mr. Edward D. Mitchell<br />

Ms. Margaretta K. Mitchell<br />

Mr. Leonard C. M<strong>of</strong>fitt<br />

Shirley R. Mohr<br />

Van and Carolyn Moller<br />

Marilyn Grunbaum Moller<br />

Mr. Benjamin A. Molnar<br />

Mrs. Chinsook Kim Moore<br />

Ms. Constance Murray<br />

Kathryn Najafi-Tagol, M.D.<br />

Mr. Timothy T. Nakada<br />

Ms. Ann M. Nejasmich<br />

Ms. Elisabetta Nelsen<br />

Lorraine K. Nelson, M.D.<br />

Sarah Cotton Nelson<br />

Ms. Marlene R. Nesary<br />

Mr. Douglas J. Ng<br />

Ms. Johanna B. Nichols<br />

Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. Nielsen<br />

Maria and Burton Norall<br />

Carol Davis Norberg<br />

Brian L. Norden<br />

Jeremy M. Norman<br />

W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.<br />

Mr. Emmett O’Neill<br />

Ms. Vandy W. O’Reilly<br />

Mary and Dennis Okamura<br />

Oracle Corporation<br />

Dr. Edmund B. Ord<br />

Daniel and Willo Oswald<br />

Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Samuel Otter<br />

Armando Pacheco, M.D.<br />

Pacific Gas and Electric Co.<br />

Ms. Nancy J. Padgett<br />

Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Roderic B. Park and<br />

Mrs. Catherine B. Park<br />

Mrs. Lorraine Parmer<br />

Mahendra and Nita Patel<br />

Mrs. and Mr. Thomas G. Paulson, II<br />

Mr. David J. Pearl<br />

Mr. Scott W. Pector<br />

Mr. Robert C. Perry<br />

Ms. Michele A. Perussina<br />

Mr. Harry A. Peshon<br />

Chan. Emeritus and Mrs. Karl S. Pister<br />

Mr. John D. Pletta<br />

Jason Ploeger<br />

Poggio<br />

Linda O. Polsby<br />

Kate Pope<br />

Pr<strong>of</strong>essor P. Buford Price<br />

Ned and Ellin Purdom<br />

Mr. Dewey S. Ravenscr<strong>of</strong>t<br />

Mr. Warren G. Reid<br />

W. Robert Reidelberger<br />

Janis Harada Ressia<br />

Philip E. Reynolds, ‘40<br />

Dr. Kenneth D. Riemer<br />

Mark and Stephanie Robinson<br />

Mr. Steven A. Rockhold<br />

Mr. Thomas W. Rogers<br />

Christopher S. Rubin<br />

Barbara A. and Fred M. Sanchez<br />

Ms. Dorothy R. Saxe<br />

Mr. George L. Saywell<br />

Mrs. Lorraine Borba Scatena<br />

Harry N. Scheiber and Jane L. Scheiber<br />

Randy Schekman and Nancy Walls<br />

Douglas and Lisbeth Schwab<br />

Thomas C. Schwartzburg<br />

Mr. and Mrs. Walter R. Scoville<br />

Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Peter Selz<br />

Ms. Heidi D. Seney<br />

Paul Shain and Wendy Walfoort<br />

Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Barbara J. Shapiro and<br />

Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Martin M. Shapiro<br />

Ms. Deborah B. Shaw<br />

Shell Companies Foundation<br />

Mr. Gerald A. Shepherd, ‘60<br />

Mr. Warren R. Shepherd<br />

Ms. Shirley K. Sherwood<br />

Ms. Joanne G. Shimada<br />

Jordan L. Shlain, M.D.<br />

Janetta Thompson Shumway<br />

Mr. Austin L. Simons<br />

Mr. Charles E. Slyngstad, Jr.<br />

Mrs. Nancy A. and Mr. Rodney A. Smith<br />

Teresa M. Smith<br />

Ms. Elizabeth Kislitzin Snell<br />

William B. Snow and Melody K. Tennant<br />

Arthur and Elizabeth Spander<br />

Jim and B. J. Spitze<br />

Mr. and Mrs. Donald E. Stanberry<br />

Dr. Joan Emily Steinberg<br />

Mr. George E. Steinmetz<br />

Mr. Douglas W. Stewart<br />

Mr. James R. Stillman<br />

Ms. Nancy E. Stoltz<br />

Dr. William Strider<br />

Mr. Rune Stromsness<br />

Agnes Gyorgyey and Peter Summers<br />

Ms. Eliane Aerts Swanson<br />

Roselyne Chroman Swig<br />

Shahin N. Tabrizi<br />

Ms. Christine S. Tam<br />

Mr. Wilson Tam<br />

Mr. Timothy Peter Taylor<br />

Ms. Sandy Tesch, ‘05<br />

Texas Instruments Foundation<br />

Mr. Anson Blake Thacher<br />

Katharine Shaw Thompson<br />

David Tien<br />

Louise Tompkins<br />

Carol and Michael Tormey<br />

Ms. Karen J. Toy<br />

Ms. Laura V. Truffaut<br />

Mr. Keith K. Tsukimura<br />

Mr. Michael H. Tung<br />

Honorable Richard E. Tuttle and Sally Tuttle<br />

UBS Matching Gift Program<br />

Judge Brian R. Van Camp<br />

Mr. Nicholas Van Valkenburgh<br />

Mrs. John M. Van Zander<br />

Mr. George W. Vaughan<br />

Paul A. Violich<br />

Ms. Serena Viswanathan<br />

Mrs. Barbara J. Waite<br />

Mr. Walter R. Wallner, Jr.<br />

Ms. Grace V. Walpole<br />

Mr. Richard B. Walton<br />

Ms. Camille A. Wanat<br />

Susan and Felix Warburg<br />

Dr. H. Milton Watchers<br />

Eleanor T. Wedgwood<br />

Fall 2011 • fiat lux • 13

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