Charles Eliot Norton Legacy Society

In late-19th-century Boston, Harvard University professor Charles Eliot Norton was at the center of the intellectual and cultural "flowering of New England." He invited his colleagues and friends to help form a society "for furthering and directing archaeological and artistic investigation and research” and the Archaeological Institute of America (AIA) was born. The AIA, with Norton as its first president, was the first organization in the United States to promote the study of archaeology around the world. Norton’s words continue to inspire the Institute today: "The night of time far surpasseth the day, and it is the task of archaeology to light up some of this long night with its torch, which burns ever with a clearer flame with each advancing step into the darkness."

Founding Norton Society members
Charles and Ellen La Follette

The Charles Eliot Norton Legacy Society was established to acknowledge the financial support of these exceptional benefactors during their lifetimes. Norton Society Members receive a custom-designed sterling silver pin and are recognized in our AIA publications and at the annual Charles Eliot Norton Legacy Society Event at the Annual Meeting.

Over the decades, the generosity of countless individuals has sustained and nurtured Norton’s legacy. The foresight of the Institute’s supporters who have created legacies of their own, through various planned gifts and bequests, are especially valued. They play an essential role in ensuring the Institute’s ability to continue its important work.

Interested in learning more about planned giving? Explore a variety of planned giving options by using the AIA’s online gift calculator. Click here for more details.

Founding Members

Patricia R. Anawalt
Marshall J. Becker
Nancy S. and Allan H. Bernard
Charles F. Brush, III*
Sandra Lee Church
John and Jacqueline Craver
Holly Ann Gibson
Elaine Godwin
Richard H. Howland*
Norma and Reuben Kershaw
Charles S. and Ellen La Follette
Caroline and Thomas Maddock
Frederick R. and Margaret B. Matson
James H. Ottaway Jr.
C. Howard Pieper
Caroline E. Rubinstein and Phillip M. Winegar
Robert W. Seibert
Kay and Harold Stein
Charles H. Tint
Jane C. Waldbaum and Steve Morse
Frank J. Wezniak
Nancy C. Wilkie and Craig Anderson
Hector Williams

General Members

Susan Heuck Allen and Peter S. Allen
Robert J. Atwater
Father Edward A. Bader, C.S.B.*
Elizabeth Bartman
David R. Boochever
Eugene N. Borza and Kathleen A. Pavelko
Judith Feinberg Brilliant
Bonnie R. Clendenning
Lucinda D. Conger
Richard D. De Puma
Patricia B. Douthitt*
Susan B. Downey
Thomas E. Durbin
James Fallon
Indira Feldmore
Rada N. Frederikson*
Bernard Frischer and Jane W. Crawford
Linda C. Grable-Curtis
Brian J. Heidtke
Christa B. Jachan
Teresa M. Keller
Jeffrey A. Lamia and Elaine H. Arnold
Willa K. Lawall
David B. Luther
Elizabeth Macaulay-Lewis
Anna Marguerite McCann
Ann M. Miller
Helen Nagy
Jeannette U. Nolen
Dorinda J. Oliver
Leonard Quigley*
Duane W. Roller
C. Brian Rose
Linda Sarandrea
Charles Steinmetz
Helene Studer
Barbara W. Thulin
Douglas A. Tilden
Francesca Tronchin
Peter Webster
Ethan A. White
F. Ashley White
Michele C. White
Robert L. Wong
John J. Yarmick

*deceased

Members of the Charles Eliot Norton Legacy Society are among the AIA’s most dedicated supporters. They have taken measures to include the AIA in their estate plans. If you would like to join this forward-looking group of contributors, please call 877-524-6300 (toll free) or 617-353-8709 or email Jennifer Klahn.