Making a Donation to LES

You can donate to the Loren Eiseley Society by visiting our secure PayPal donation page.

About the Loren Eiseley Society

The Loren Eiseley Society was formed in May of 1982 to encourage interest in and knowledge of his work, to provide a forum for readers and scholars, and to collect and preserve material about his life and writing.

The society offers a variety of resources and educational/outreach programs, including:

• The Caravan
  The newsletter of the Loren Eiseley Society
  
  
• Events / Press
  LES past and upcoming events
  
  
• Tour of Loren Eiseley's Lincoln [PDF]
  
  

• Nebraska Academy of Sciences Loren Eiseley Scholarship
  From 1983 to 2013, this was an essay contest for Nebraska high school seniors in which a $500 annual scholarship was awarded. This scholarship program is no longer active. Click the link above to view previous winners.
  
  
• Educational Resources
  Class study guides, exhibits, Loren Eiseley archives, World Wide Website, speakers on Eiseley, book discussion programs, videotapes.
  
  

Naomi Brill Memorial

Naomi Brill, a long-time professor of social work at the University of Nebraska at Omaha and former Board Member of the Loren Eiseley Society, died Friday, January 8, 1999 at the age of 84 in Lincoln. Memorials have been designated to Prairie/Plains Research Institute, the Audubon Society, or the Nature Conservatory. Brill was the author of several books, one of which is used as a standard text in most schools of social work around the country. A graduate of the University of Kentucky and the Columbia School of Social Work, she also received an Honorary Doctor of Letters from Doane College. After retiring from the School of Social Work, Brill went on to study natural science and wrote a weekly nature column for the Lincoln Journal-Star.

Friends In Remembrance

Thompson Mylan Stout - (August 16, 1914 - April 21, 2009) - Member of the Old South Party.