Founded by Alan Dundes in 1963, Berkeley's internationally recognized Graduate Program in Folklore offers students rigorous training in the collection and analysis of stories, songs, jokes, proverbs, and other examples of informal cultural expression. Contributions to this fund will support exceptional students in our Master's Degree program. These students will be recognized as Alan Dundes and Jeannine Davis-Kimball Fellows.

In order to preserve the spirit of the purpose of the fund, and the intent of the original donors who established it, new donors who make gifts to this endowment understand that changes may be made to the fund in the future if it ever becomes difficult to spend. Any future changes will be consistent with the original purpose as written here. As such, new donors agree upon making their gifts that any future potential change to the endowment purpose may be made without their consultation.