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Joseph Strauss Legacy Circle
The Parks Conservancy extends its thanks to the organizations and individuals who provided philanthropic support for the Golden Gate Bridge’s 75th Anniversary celebration. Their contributions supported a full year of 75th anniversary programs and events, including 75 community tributes, the Kids to the Bridge program, new visitor programs and improvements to the trails and open space at the Golden Gate. The Strauss Circle is a program of the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy.
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Strauss Circle Lead Gifts Lisa and Douglas Goldman Fund Bank of America Charitable Foundation
Riveters S. D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation Ron Conway Family Ann and Bob Fisher Family Marcia and John Goldman Hellman Foundation American Express AT&T San Francisco Giants San Francisco 49ers Foundation Charles Schwab & Co. The Tiffany & Co. Foundation
Dreamers Anonymous Assyrian Foundation of America Larry and Pam Baer and Family Nancy Hellman Bechtle and Joachim Bechtle Athena and Timothy Blackburn Richard C. Blum and Senator Dianne Feinstein Mark Buell and Susie Tompkins Buell David and Karin Chamberlain The Ehmann Conte Family Penny and James George Coulter Ray and Dagmar Dolby The Fisher Family Marritje and Jamie Greene Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund Mimi and Peter Haas Fund The Hambrecht Family Charlene Harvey Carole and Jeff Hays Studio Hinrichs: Kit Hinrichs, Maurice Woods, Gloria Hiek The Hoenigman Family Foundation William Hudson and Nora Gibson Sean A. Johnston and Brad L. Parberry Meridee Moore and Kevin King Raymonde and Douglas Kramlich Belinda S Lee Colin and Anne Lind Robert Muehlhauser and Regina Liang Muehlhauser Donna Dowling Muzzy and Family Mark W. and Mauree Jane Perry Lisa and John Pritzker Joseph, Julie, Sarah, Ellie and Adinah Ratner Janet and Clint Reilly Bob A. Ross Foundation The Scherkenbach/ McGovern Family Andy, Leslie, Alec, Lauren and Elizabeth Schilling The Honorable George Shultz and Charlotte Shultz Rich Silverstein and Carla Emil Pyro Spectaculars by Souza Andrew and Elizabeth Spokes Tom Steyer and Kat Taylor Roselyne Chroman Swig David and Susan Tunnell The Wendell Family William Wilson Family The Wolfe Family
Heroes Adobe Matt and Janice Barger Marilyn Burns Fund Chronicle Books Philip and Alicia Hammarskjold Charles and Ann Johnson Koret Foundation The Stanley S. Langendorf Foundation Larry and Doreen Low Steven Merrill Bill and Susan Oberndorf Foundation Will and Julie Parish Arthur and Toni Rembe Rock Deborah Seymour John and Lucretia Sias Silver Giving Foundation The San Francisco Foundation Joyce and Larry Stupski
Friends Bob Bransten Michael and Bonnie Barr Center for Learning in Retirement Gaia Fund Martha Kropf Donald MacDonald Bernard and Barbro Osher Catherine and Ned Topham Jack and Susie Wadsworth Ronald and Anita Wornick
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The Mighty Task is Done
A poem written by Joseph P. Strauss upon completion of the building of the Bridge in May 1937
At last the mighty task is done; Resplendent in the western sun The Bridge looms mountain high; Its titan piers grip ocean floor, Its great steel arms link shore with shore, Its towers pierce the sky...
Read the complete poem here >
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