OCW Course Champions
Donors below are participating in our Course Champions program.
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MIT Class of 2009
"Every student touches OCW. And it's not only good for students at MIT, but for people everywhere. OCW is MIT's stamp on the world." - Class Coordinator Brandon Reese.
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Supporting:
Ewa Abraham
Ewa Abraham is a member of the MIT OpenCourseWare External Advisory Board and a philanthropist supporting human potential through early childhood and ethics education. In addition to her commitment of time in supporting OCW through board service, she has made gifts in the names of her children to support the program financially.
Supporting:
- 2.00AJ Exploring Sea, Space, & Earth: Fundamentals of Engineering Design, Spring 2009
- 21H.914 Jewish History from Biblical to Modern Times, Fall 2007
- 21M.715 The Craft of Costume Design, Fall 2009
- MAS.965 NextLab I: Designing Mobile Technologies for the Next Billion Users, Fall 2008

Larry Birenbaum, MIT Class of 1969
"OpenCourseWare is exactly the kind of thing that universities should be doing."
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Supporting:
- 6.00 Introduction to Computer Science and Programming, Fall 2008
- 6.013 Electromagnetics and Applications, Spring 2009
- 8.04 Quantum Physics I, Spring 2006
- 8.333 Statistical Mechanics I: Statistical Mechanics of Particles, Fall 2007
- 18.727 Topics in Algebraic Geometry: Algebraic Surfaces , Spring 2008
Matthew Feinberg, MIT Class of 2001
Supporting:
- 5.95J Teaching College-Level Science and Engineering, Spring 2009
- 6.050J Information and Entropy, Spring 2008

John Klug
"The knowledge developed here will help people of all nations - especially those with learning differences - participate more fully in the building of a better world."
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Supporting:
The Panagoulias family
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Abhay Parekh, MIT Class of 1992
"If this were done right, it could have a tremendous impact on the world."
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Supporting:
- 6.002 Circuits and Electronics, Spring 2007
- 6.641 Electromagnetic Fields, Forces, and Motion, Spring 2009
- 6.642 Continuum Electromechanics, Fall 2008
- 8.044 Statistical Physics I, Spring 2008
- 8.251 String Theory for Undergraduates, Spring 2007

Ryan Porter, MIT Class of 2000
Ryan W. Porter earned a B.S. from MIT in 2000, and a Ph.D. from Stanford in 2004, both in Computer Science. He currently works as a software engineer and enjoys learning in his spare time, with OCW courses often playing a central role.
Supporting:
Eugene Stark, MIT Class of 1968
Supporting:
- 6.012 Microelectronic Devices and Circuits, Fall 2005
- 6.013 Electromagnetics and Applications, Fall 2005
- 6.661 Receivers, Antennas, and Signals, Spring 2003


