The Commandant's Circle is a special recognition space within the National Museum of the Marine Corps in which the generosity of major donors is honored and recognized in perpetuity. The names of Commandant's Circle members -- whether that of an individual, a class, or a family member --  will be permanently etched into the travertine marble walls of Leatherneck Gallery.  Read below why a Basic Officer Class and a Marine officer chose to become Commandant's Circle members. 

If you'd like to learn more about becoming a member, please contact us at [email protected] or 1.800.397.7585.​

4 Star	$1,000,000+
3 Star	$500,000
2 Star	$250,000
1 Star	$100,000

Why Give

Basic Officer Class 1-69
"After visiting the Museum, several classmates were so impressed with how well the history of the Corps was told that they wanted to help perpetuate that history, but how?  Although members of one platoon generally had friends in the other platoons, working together as one class brought us closer as a company.  We realized we could raise funds for a gift to the MCHF that would recognize our class and help preserve our Marine Corps history.  The experience of working together towards a common goal and having confidence in what we could achieve drove us forward.  We took pride in achieving the status of Commandant’s Circle and in seeing BOC 1-69 etched into the Museum’s wall. It was also powerful for our friends and family to see.  Now 1-69 will forever be remembered in the National Museum of the Marine Corps."

Colonel Tom Dalzell USMC (Ret)
"My 31 years in the Marine Corps was for me a truly inspiring and rewarding experience.  It shaped who I am both personally and professionally.  I learned the true meaning of words I had only heard or read about: duty, honor, courage, loyalty and sacrifice.  I learned that values matter.  I was taught the importance of discipline.  I learned that faith matters, a faith in your God and a faith in your fellow Marine. Support of the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation and the Marine Corps Museum for me is a feeling of social conscience, a responsibility, a moral duty to share the values and principles of what it means to be a Marine. I think it’s important for people to learn the history of the Marines so people remember.  Never forget."

Cpl Robert Pickle
​Cpl Robert Pickle was discharged from the United States Marine Corps after serving in the Korean war. His lifelong respect and admiration for the Corps deepened and continues to this day.  Years later, he received a letter from the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation relaying the plans to build a museum dedicated to telling the history of the Corps and asking for financial support to make the National Museum of the Marine Corps a reality. After Bob made a modest donation, he was kept up to date on the
progress of the construction, right up to the grand opening on 10 November 2006, the 231st birthday of the Corps. By getting to know a Foundation staff member, he continued to learn more about the project and wanted to visit the Museum. Says Bob, “as a proud Marine, seeing the Museum was even more impressive than I had imagined. Supporting the Foundation became my top philanthropic priority, and I am honored to be a member of the Commandant’s Circle. I continue to be impressed by the Foundation’s work and its professional staff, and I have great confidence in knowing that this is an organization worthy of my support. However, my gifts pale in comparison to the ultimate gift given by my fellow Marines, with whom I trained and fought.”

Recognizing Our Donors

The Marine Corps Heritage Foundation gratefully acknowledges the generosity of our Founder's and Commandant's Circle members
for their vital role in the Foundation's and Museum's success.

2nd Battalion, 4th Marines Association, Inc.
5th SBC of 1951
Thomas F. Ackerman & Family
John J. Aglialoro
A Grateful Citizen
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, LLP
The Alfiero Family Foundation
Arthur L. Allen
AM General
American Trucking Associations
James H. Amos Jr.
Walter Anderson
Anheuser-Busch Foundation
Michael S. Ansari
Cpl Reverge Anselmo USMC
Maj Edgar D. Aronson USMCR
Capt Arthur W. Arundel USMC
AT&T Corporation
A Thankful Marine
BAE Systems North America
Bud & Suzanne Baker
H. Furlong Baldwin
Bank of America Corporation
Col Roger Barnard & Col Sue Hoeft USMC 
Basic Officer Class 1-69
Basic Officer Class 3-57
James E. Bassett III
Battelle
Mr. Stephen D. Bechtel Jr. USMC 
Bell
Connor Davis Bell
Capt  Richard J. Bell USMCR
Col Roy L. Belli USMC & Sara C. Belli
LtGen Robert R. Blackman Jr. USMC
Walter C. Bladstrom
Cpl Samuel R. Blount
Robert Blum
The Boeing Company
General and Mrs. Walter E. Boomer
Patrick T. Brent
The Brink's Company
Macon F. Brock Jr.
Austin Brockenbrough III
Capt John G. Brunner
J. Stewart Bryan III
Mark Edward Bryant
Robert N. Burt
Robert E. Bush, C.M.H.
The Carl and Lily Pforzheimer Foundation, Inc.
C. D. Spangler Foundation, Inc.
The C. E. and S. Foundation 
Col Marshall N. Carter USMCR
Capt George P. Caulkins USMCR
China Marine Association
Mr. & Mrs. William A. Chittenden
Chosin Few Warriors & Support Units
Cpl Walter L. Christenson USMC
Col Richard A. Christie USMC
LtGen Ron & Sherry Christmas
Commonwealth of Virginia
The Community Foundation of Louisville
ConocoPhillips, Inc.
Capt F. M. Mike Corrigan USMC
MajGen and Mrs. John T. Coyne USMC 
Carlton B. Crenshaw USMC Officer - Vietnam
Capt & Mrs. Harry Lee Crisp III
Cpl Harry L. and Rosemary Crisp II
Nancy Crutchfield Estate
Edward A. Cuccio
William T. Curran
Capt John R. Cusack MC, USN
Cushman & Wakefield, Inc.
Col Thomas J. Dalzell
Lawerence A. Darr Trust
The Maj John W. Davenport, Sr. Family
MGen & Mrs. Hollis E. Davison
Capt Timothy T. Day USMCR
Stephen R. Dinnerstein, MD
Dominion Foundation
William H. Donaldson
Capt Percy S. Douglas USMCR
Capt & Mrs. John M. Dowd
The Charles L. Drury, Jr. Family
LtGen Leo J. Dulacki, USMC
Archie & Linda Dunham
DynCorp International
Ambassador Richard J. Egan USMCR
Major Harry D. Elms USMC
Stephen M. Elms
LtGen Hugh M. Elwood USMC
Gordon and Jean Evans
Richard T. Farmer
Estate and Trust of Billie M. French
FedEx Corporation
Fentress Architects, Ltd.
Curtis W. Fentress
Ronald I. Fields
First Horizon National Corporation
Nancy Faith Fisher
Florida Rock Industries Foundation
Col & Mrs. James L. Fowler USMCR
Tom and Karen Frana
Freeport McMoran Copper & Gold
Mr. Billie M. French
John K. and Elaine French
Major Richard Gannon II USMC
Capt David Ganz USMC
Col James and Mary Ellen Garner USMC
General Dynamics
General Electric Company
General Motors Company
Alan Gerry
Capt Robert H. & Sue A. Gersky
Gladys Brooks Foundation
Glock, Inc.
Phillips J. Goodenough
Thomas Miller Gordon
The Gorilla Glue Company
Bruce & Nancy Gottwald
Capt Tone N. Grant USMC
Grateful in New Jersey
Col & Mrs. Todd H. Griffis USMC
Maj William A. Grubbs III
John August Guilbert
Col William R. Hackney III USMCR
Donald L. Hall
Col G. F. Robert Hanke USMC
Earl C. Hargrove, Jr.
Milledge A. Hart, III
Capt R. C. Hartnack
MajGen & Mrs. Albert C. Harvey USMCR
Health Management Associates, Inc.
The Hearst Foundation, Inc.
Desmond J. Heathwood
Dr. E. Bruce Heilman
The Hershey Company
Col Donald Higginbotham USMCR
W. J. Hindman
Bruce & Eileen Hooper
William W. Hooper
LtGen Jefferson D. and Janel Howell
Col & Mrs. Vance Hobert Hudgins USMC
David H. Hugel
Maj Robert J. Hugin
The Humana Foundation
G. Watts Humphrey, Jr.
Capt George M. Humphrey II USMC
Mr. and Mrs. David Humphreys
Infor
ITT Corporation
Bert A. Jakobson Estate
Clyde & Toni Johnston
David & Betty Jones
Cpl Dennis M. Jones USMC
Richard C. Jones Jr.
S. Michael Joseph
Paul D. & Colleen Kalsbeek Family
Thomas F. Kane
Seung Hee & Ae Ja Kang
Yongmee Michele Kang
Major Edmund P. Karam USMCR
Frederic E. Karl
Maj Robert R. Keadle USMCR

General & Mrs. Paul X. Kelley
LtCol John & Eileen Kern
LtGen William M. Keys USMC
KIHOMAC, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Kim, Chol-i
Capt Adrian Renz King USMC
James D. & Susan King
Donald & Ellie Knauss
Ted & Pauline Kolankiewicz
Kramer Family Foundation
Eddie M. Kramer
Kresge Foundation
The Krongard Foundation
General Charles C. Krulak USMC
Victor H. Krulak, Jr.
LtGen Victor H. "Brute" Krulak USMC
The Kump Family
Lakeside Foundation
LtCol Louis R. Lepore USMCR
Alfred & Norma Lerner
Randolph D. Lerner
Leupold & Stevens, Inc.
Sherman R. Lewis, Jr.
Richard B. Lieb
Lillian S. Wells Foundation, Inc.
Lipper Family Charitable Foundation
Lockheed Martin Corporation
Vernon R. Loucks, Jr.
Robert A. Lutz
ManTech International Corp.
Marine Corps League National Headquarters
Marine Federal Credit Union
Kenneth B. Marlin
Veronica M. Mato
Edmund and Maureen Matricardi, Jr.
Samuel Williams Meek, Jr.
Maj & Mrs. T.B. "Mac" McClelland, Jr.
2ndLt Paul N. "Pete" McCloskey 
Martin G. McGuinn
BGen & Mrs. Jerry McKay USMC
Media General, Inc.
Metroplex Military Charitable Trust
Military Order of the Purple Heart Service Foundation
Lester S. Miller, Jr.
A. Malachi Mixon III
Thomas S. Monaghan
The Robert S. Morrison Family
Motiva Enterprises LLC
The Moxley Family Foundation
The Moxley Marines
General & Mrs. Carl E. Mundy, Jr.
Thomas G. Murdough, Jr. Capt USMCR
Sgt Joseph M. Murphy
Irving J. Nast Estate
Navy Federal Credit Union
Pfc Russell W. & Brenda Necaise
Robert and Janice Norton
MGen Douglas V. O'Dell & Family
Curtis O'Hara Foundation
LtCol Nelson M. Olf USMC
LtGen and Mrs. Stephen G. Olmstead USMC (Ret)
Oshkosh Defense
Rosewell Page III
David R. & Nancy C. Parker
Marc and Janice Chan Parrott
Patricio Enterprises
The Patrick F. Taylor Foundation
LCpl Bob Parsons
George J. and Marilyn A. Pederson
Cpl J. Stephen & Mercedes Penner
PepsiCo, Inc.
The Ross Perot Family
Pfizer, Inc.
Phelps Dodge Corporation
Charles E. Phillips Jr. USMC
Robert "Bob" Pickle USMC
Pinch A Penny  
Pratt & Whitney
Prince William County Government
Col Sara J. Pritchett USMC
Jennifer N. Pritzker
Cory Neville Radley
Captain Howard Nicholas Ragland III
Raytheon Company
Sgt Don Reid, USMC
Frederick Brant Rentschler
The Rhodes and Jones Family Marines
Joseph L. Rice III
Robert C. Richardson
Paul A. Rivas
Cpl Joseph E. Robert III USMC
William "B.J." & Mary Jo Robison
Edward J. Robson
James C. Roddey
Rolls-Royce North America, Inc.
O. Karl & Inge A. Rose
Michael J. Ross
Sgt George L. Rumelt USMCR
Col Robert W. Rust USMCR
LtCol Terry Ryan USMC & Trish Ryan
Skip & Gail Sack
MajGen C. Dean and Velda Sangalis USMCR
The John A. Scarsella, Jr. Family
The William J. Schoen Family
John B. Schulze
Chuck & Rita Scianna Family
Steve & Paula Scianna & Family
Science Applications International Corporation
Shell Oil Company
The Honorable George P. Shultz
Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation
Hardwick Simmons
Stanley "Buddy" Sklar
The Sloan Foundation
Mr. Sheldon A. Smesrud
Sgt Alan B. Smith USMC
Mr. & Mrs. Frederick W. Smith
SSgt. Derek & Brandi Somerville, USMC
Robert Sook
Charles A. Spadafora Family
Michael R. Spak USMC
Richard V. Spencer
Robert B. Starke, Jr.
Stone Energy Corporation
Capt James H. Stone USMCR
Robert D. Storey
Capt William J. & Lydia J. Strickland
Capt Samuel Y. Stroh USMC
David L. Stulb USMC
Michael and Mary Sudzina
Dr. and Mrs. Richard Sugden & Family
Arthur Ochs Sulzberger & Allison S. Cowles
Steven and Cathy Sutton
Patrick F. Taylor
TBS Class 6-68 In Honor of Our VN Fallen
Howard Terpning
Textron, Inc
Fred A. Thomas
Thornton D. & Elizabeth S. Hooper Foundation
Sgt Eugene J. Tichacek
Timothy T. Day Foundation, Inc.
Maj Edward J. Toohey USMCR
Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc.
Carlton O. Tronvold
The Tronvold Foundation
Cpl Chester Ray Trout USMC
Dr. Monroe E. and Sandra L. Trout
Mrs. Jo-Una Villani
Vulcan Materials Company
Wachovia Corporation
 Mahlon B. Wallace III
Steven Wallace
MGen Mitchell J. & Cindy F. Waters
Col Allen E. Weh USMCR
Wells Fargo & Company
Wetland Solutions/Peterson Companies
Lloyd T. & Mary Ann Baker Whitaker
Burke Whitman, MajGen ​USMCR (Ret)
LtCol Richard R. Willich USMC
General & Mrs. Louis H. Wilson
Young Marines
Ronald J. & Grace S. Zaczek
Michael J. Zak

In Memoriam

Capt Arthur W. Arundel USMC
Col Roger Barnard USMC
Walter C. Bladstrom, Jr.
J. Stewart Bryan III
Robert E. Bush, C.M.H.
Col Richard A. Christie USMC
Sgt William A. Chittenden USMCR 
Cpl Walter L. Christenson
James & Nancy Crutchfield
Lawrence A. Darr 
Stephen R. Dinnerstein, MD
Capt Percy S. Douglas USMCR
LtGen Leo J. Dulacki USMC
Ambassador Richard J. Egan USMCR
Col & Mrs. James L. Fowler USMCR
Billie M. French
Col Todd H. Griffis USMC
Major William A. Grubbs, III USMC
John August and Frances M. Guilbert
Earl C. Hargrove, Jr.
Dr. E. Bruce Heilman
Col Donald Higginbotham USMCR
Col Sue Hoeft USMC
Bruce Hooper
Capt George M. Humphrey, II USMC
CWO2 Bert A. Jakobson USMC
David A. Jones
Cpl Dennis M. Jones USMC
Richard C. Jones, Jr.
Major Edmund P. Karam USMCR
Frederic E. Karl
General Paul X. Kelley USMC
Ted and Pauline Kolankiewicz
LtGen Victor H. "Brute" Krulak USMC

LtCol Louis R. Lepore USMCR
Alfred Lerner
Sherman R. Lewis, Jr.
Richard B. Lieb
Veronica M. Mato
Maureen Matricardi
Samuel Williams Meek, Jr.
General & Mrs. Carl E. Mundy, Jr.
Pfc Russell W. & Brenda Necaise
David R. Parker
Marc Parrott
H. Ross Perot 
Karen C. Radley
Frederick B. Rentschler
Robert C. Richardson
Paul A. Rivas
Cpl Joseph E. Robert, III USMC
O. Karl & Inge A. Rose
Sgt George L. Rumelt USMCR
CWO 4 Warren A. Singer USMC
Sheldon A. Smesrud
Charles A. Spadafora 
Michael R. Spak USMC
Capt James H. Stone USMCR
Capt Samuel Y. Stroh USMC
Arthur Ochs Sulzberger & Allison S. Cowles
Patrick F. Taylor
Maj Edward J. Toohey USMCR
Cpl Chester Ray Trout USMC
Mahlon B. Wallace, III
Steven Wallace
MajGen Mitchell J. Waters USMC
Lloyd T. Whitaker
General & Mrs. Louis H. Wilson

To learn more about the Commandant's Circle, please call 1.800.397.7585.