Elise Mudd Marvin Memorial Endowed Scholarship

The Elise Mudd Marvin Memorial Endowed Scholarship was established in 2009 via the estate of Elise Mudd Marvin to benefit any student at ArtCenter demonstrating financial need and academic success.

“The Elise Mudd Marvin Memorial Endowed Scholarship is to be used for the promotion of higher learning in the pursuit of affecting positive change in the world. Elise is a proponent of the creative, hands-on, educational process offered at ArtCenter College of Design. She wishes the recipients of her scholarship fund to advance their understanding and appreciation of life as they become productive members of society who aspire toward the greater good. "— Written by Elise’s daughter Wendy Bruss, July 29, 2009

Elise Mudd Marvin was a founding trustee of Pitzer College who also was a generous donor to the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens, and Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Her close affinity to Harvey Mudd College, which was named for her uncle, led her to donate more than $1 million to the Claremont college from 1969 until her death to fund a variety of programs. Deborah Borda, president and chief executive of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, called Marvin one of the orchestra’s “most ardent and dedicated supporters.”

Elise Sandoz Mudd was born in Pasadena on Feb. 14, 1929. While growing up in San Marino, she attended Westridge School in Pasadena and, after graduation, went on to Sarah Lawrence College in New York. While there, she met her future husband, Murray Sands Marvin. The couple settled in the early 1950s in Los Angeles, where he began his law practice at Musick, Peeler and Garrett. She was elected to the Pitzer board in 1963 and served until 1969.