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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 />
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