The Ben Culley Society of Occidental College

The Ben Culley Society of Occidental College The Occidental College Legacy Society recognizes individuals who have arranged a future gift to Oxy.

During his thirty-nine year association with Occidental College, Ben Culley had a profound impact on the lives of countless students. He was famous for knowing the names and backgrounds of students even before he met them. His ability to recall details even years later was legendary. Ben once said his job was "to shake the students out of a form of scholastic lethargy - to become an irritant...to

do whatever it takes to get them to act." The esteem in which he is held by thousands of prominent Occidental alumni is a testament to his success at accomplishing that goal. Ben Culley envisioned greatness for Occidental and devoted his many years at the College (whether as a mathematics professor, Dean of Men, or later as Dean of Students) toward realizing this vision. He cared deeply about the College and its future, so much so that he set an example by providing a generous gift through his estate. To this day his generosity continues to support scholarships and endowed programs in the performing arts. It is, therefore, most fitting that in 1994 the Board of Trustees established an important deferred giving recognition society in his name. The purpose of the Ben Culley Society is to salute donors whose foresight, like Dean Culley's, has led them to make a commitment to the College beyond their lifetime. This Society recognizes some of the College’s most generous donors during their lifetime for a gift the College will realize when they are gone. Known as "deferred giving" or "planned giving" these gifts can be in the form of a bequest, life insurance, charitable remainder trusts, gift annuities, or retained life estate gifts.

12/14/2023
11/13/2023

Getting the best possible education has always been a priority for Villathina “Thina” Ly ’27. Growing up in the capital city of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Ly’s parents always encouraged their only child to attain her highest possible educational potential. It was particularly important to Ly’s ...

11/10/2023

Solar pizza teaches you more than you’d think, says Luther Burbank Middle School’s Alanna Grimaldi, who was recently named as a 2024 California Teacher of the Year finalist. Leading a classroom activity to challenge students to think outside the pizza box, Grimaldi instructs her sixth grade scie...

11/09/2023

Los Angeles, CA – The Occidental men's soccer team hosted the University of Redlands for the 2023 Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Championship game tonight and walked away as the 2023 SCIAC Champions for the first time ever in program history!

10/30/2023
09/28/2023

*/ /*-->*/ /*-->*/ Exploring the role of indigenous knowledge as an alternative or complementary approach to Western mainstream scientific methodologies, Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants is the 2023-24 community book selection written by Potaw...

09/25/2023

View photo gallery Not long after he was caught and tagged by wildlife biologists in 2012, P-22—a mountain lion who migrated from the Santa Monica Mountains to Griffith Park, a 20-mile odyssey that crossed the 405 and 101 freeways—became the face of urban wildlife in Southern California. Photogr...

09/07/2023

Working as a Teach for America teacher after college, Occidental College Associate Professor of History Jane Hong remembers how difficult it was to cover everything she wanted to talk about in her curriculum and pitch content to the New Jersey middle and high school students she taught.

08/31/2023

Last December, following the death of P-22 —the mountain lion who called Griffith Park home for more than a decade following his discovery in 2012—the Los Angeles Times published a story about his impact on the city. “An everyday citizen tweeted that the 12-year-old bachelor with the mesmerizi...

08/01/2023

Linda Besemer James Irvine Distinguished Professor, Art and Art History Years at Occidental: 36

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