PROFESSOR
2008 Election Cycle
Total Donated
$290,772
Contributions
362
Unique Donors
112
$343,605 in itemized individual contributions is the 2008-cycle join for the occupation grouping Professor. FEC.gov aggregates count 430 contributions from 144 donors. The same string totals $4,764,599 across every cycle in this table, so the cell is about 7.2% of the lifetime bucket — a self-reported title meeting a two-year window, not a higher-education NAICS total and not a faculty union PAC.
Key figures
- Professor × 2008 is $343,605 in itemized individual contributions.
- The cell includes 430 contributions from 144 donors.
- 2008 is about 7.2% of the grouping’s $4,764,599 all-cycle total.
- The label is self-reported form text, not a higher-education NAICS total and not a faculty union PAC.
- FEC gifts and federal award files remain separate datasets.
Professor as stored text, 2008 as cycle
Employer groupings sit on one axis; election cycles sit on the other. Rows that match both — Professor and 2008 — sum to $343,605. The cell holds 430 itemized contributions and 144 unique donors. The total is not an official organization disbursement and does not name recipients. Independent expenditures and committee transfers live in other FEC tables.
Neither the Professor hub nor the 2008 election cycle hub is this number; each hub drops one of the two keys. Professor as a title can collect people who did not type a campus name. One hundred forty-four donors in 2008 produced 430 lines. Yale University, University of Chicago, and other campus employer pages are separate joins. Do not add those campus cells to this title total. ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, TEACHER, and named universities are other keys. This page is the one-word Professor string.
7.2% of the Professor roll
The grouping’s stored total across cycles is $4,764,599 ($4.8 million). The 2008 slice of $343,605 is about 7.2% of that running sum. Other even-year windows hold the remaining 92.8%. Treating 2008 as the Professor FEC story would ignore that remainder.
Treat $4,764,599 as the denominator for the 7.2% share. It is not market capitalization, not revenue, and not proof of a multi-year political program. The industry hub is the year index for this string. This tie keeps 2008 from being folded silently into $4,764,599.
Full analysis: Professor and the 2008 FEC election cycle →
Questions
- How much did Professor donors give in 2008?
- FEC.gov aggregates show $343,605 in itemized individual contributions for the Professor grouping in the 2008 cycle, across 430 contributions and 144 donors. That sum is not a PAC total and not the $4,764,599 all-cycle figure.
- What share of Professor FEC money is 2008?
- The grouping’s all-cycle total is $4,764,599. The 2008 cell of $343,605 is about 7.2% of that figure. Other cycles hold the remaining 92.8% on the industry hub. The overlay lists itemized rows for this cell; the Professor hub holds other cycles; the 2008 election cycle hub holds other employer strings from the same window.
- Does this include only licensed or currently employed professors?
- No. The bucket is the self-reported string Professor. The FEC does not verify licenses or current jobs. Related phrases may sit in other groupings. This join reports the string match for 2008 only, totaling $343,605 from 144 donors.
- Where is the overlay for the Professor 2008 join?
- Open Professor 2008 for the cycle overlay, Professor for the grouping hub, and the 2008 election cycle for the year without this employer filter. All FEC ties lists other two-dimension pages. This JSON file names the join; the overlay holds the itemized rows.
FEC.gov individual contribution aggregates by employer/industry grouping and election cycle.
Related ties
Top Donors in 2008
| # | Name | Total | Contributions | City / State | Occupation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | KRAMER, HILARY BALLON | $57,000 | 2 | PRINCETON, NJ | — |
| 2 | TUSHNET, MARK | $18,450 | 12 | WASHINGTON, DC | — |
| 3 | TUSHNET, REBECCA | $12,700 | 9 | ARLINGTON, VA | — |
| 4 | LANE, ERIC | $9,236 | 14 | OCEAN CITY, NY | — |
| 5 | GARDINER, JUDITH | $7,750 | 7 | CHICAGO, IL | — |
| 6 | BARTLETT, PAUL | $7,400 | 4 | WATERTOWN, MA | — |
| 7 | MAYER, CARL J | $5,855 | 9 | PRINCETON, NJ | — |
| 8 | VAUGHN, PETER G | $5,600 | 3 | SOUTH PASADENA, CA | PROFESSOR |
| 9 | SWIFT, ELEANOR | $5,550 | 19 | BERKELEY, CA | — |
| 10 | COOPER, BRIAN | $5,050 | 9 | LINCOLN, MA | — |
| 11 | KAZIN, MICHAEL | $5,026 | 7 | CHEVY CHASE, MD | — |
| 12 | WOOD CORMAN, LAURA | $5,000 | 2 | AUSTIN, TX | TEXAS STATE UNIVERSIRY |
| 13 | WHEELOCK, KEITH | $4,800 | 7 | SKILLMAN, NJ | — |
| 14 | RISHER, JOHN DAVID | $4,600 | 2 | SEATTLE, WA | UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON |
| 15 | MATTHAEI, GEORGE | $4,500 | 6 | SANTA BARBARA, CA | — |
| 16 | GOLUBITSKY, MARTIN | $4,500 | 9 | HOUSTON, TX | — |
| 17 | WELLS, LOUIS | $4,200 | 2 | BOSTON, MA | — |
| 18 | LOW, MICHAEL | $3,900 | 6 | GREAT FALLS, MT | — |
| 19 | HALPERT, JAMES | $3,625 | 2 | TUCSON, AZ | — |
| 20 | CURTIS, PETER | $3,450 | 5 | COLUMBUS, OH | PROFESSOR |
| 21 | SO, PAUL | $3,450 | 6 | ALEXANDRIA, VA | — |
| 22 | RICHMAN, ELLEN S MRS. | $3,300 | 2 | GREENWICH, CT | PACE UNIVERSITY |
| 23 | SIEGEL, SUSAN | $3,250 | 4 | NEW YORK, NY | — |
| 24 | MARKS, JOHN B | $3,250 | 4 | PORTLAND, OR | — |
| 25 | JABARA, FRAN | $3,050 | 3 | WICHITA, KS | — |
| 26 | UTTER, GLENN H | $3,000 | 8 | BEAUMONT, TX | — |
| 27 | JAEHNING, JUDITH | $2,950 | 6 | BOULDER, CO | — |
| 28 | BOER, KARL W MR | $2,800 | 6 | KENNETT SQUARE, PA | — |
| 29 | MILNER, HELEN | $2,700 | 3 | PUTNAM VALLEY, NY | — |
| 30 | Ettouney, Osama | $2,500 | 6 | Oxford, OH | — |
| 31 | BROTZEN, FRANZ | $2,500 | 3 | HOUSTON, TX | — |
| 32 | TAGAN, FARIBA | $2,300 | 1 | CORONA DEL MAR, CA | TECHNOLOGY |
| 33 | JACKSON, KIRK | $2,300 | 1 | SAN DIEGO, CA | — |
| 34 | PALMER, EMMA E | $2,300 | 3 | MILWAUKEE, WI | PROFESSOR |
| 35 | WENIG, MARGARET MS. | $2,300 | 1 | BROOKLYN, NY | PROFESSOR |
| 36 | YEAKEY, CAROL | $2,300 | 1 | CHESTERFIELD, MO | PROFESSOR |
| 37 | FINN, LEE | $2,300 | 1 | STATE COLLEGE, IL | — |
| 38 | WILLITS, ROBIN D | $2,250 | 8 | DURHAM, NH | — |
| 39 | Peterson, Wes | $2,100 | 7 | Lincoln, NE | — |
| 40 | BELL, WINIFRED | $2,000 | 8 | SHAKER HEIGHTS, OH | — |
| 41 | RAHMAN, SAIFUR | $2,000 | 3 | MCLEAN, VA | VIRGINIA TECH |
| 42 | KYOFSKI, BONELYN | $1,850 | 6 | NELSON, PA | — |
| 43 | ROSENBERG, RACHEL MS. | $1,800 | 1 | WAYLAND, MA | PROFESSOR |
| 44 | SANDS, JOHN | $1,750 | 3 | SCHENECTADY, NY | — |
| 45 | Schlagheck, Donna Dr. | $1,750 | 3 | Dayton, OH | — |
| 46 | COOK, CHARLOTTE | $1,700 | 4 | SACRAMENTO, CA | — |
| 47 | MONTGOMERY, CYNTHIA | $1,700 | 7 | BELMONT, MA | — |
| 48 | Steiner, Donald F | $1,550 | 5 | Chicago, IL | — |
| 49 | GALLANT, STEVE | $1,500 | 2 | CAMBRIDGE, MA | — |
| 50 | KAMARCK, TOM | $1,500 | 2 | PITTSBURGH, PA | UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH |
Top Recipients in 2008
| # | Committee | Total | Contributions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C00431445 | $78,378 | 128 |
| 2 | C00401224 | $57,250 | 3 |
| 3 | C00431569 | $23,414 | 49 |
| 4 | C00279901 | $18,450 | 12 |
| 5 | C00042366 | $13,825 | 15 |
| 6 | C00440149 | $12,700 | 9 |
| 7 | C00010603 | $10,150 | 23 |
| 8 | C00451393 | $7,700 | 12 |
| 9 | C00446518 | $5,855 | 9 |
| 10 | C00398826 | $5,050 | 9 |
| 11 | C00099267 | $5,000 | 2 |
| 12 | C00442731 | $4,600 | 2 |
| 13 | C00331389 | $4,500 | 6 |
| 14 | C00140715 | $3,300 | 2 |
| 15 | C00329292 | $3,250 | 4 |
| 16 | C00433730 | $3,050 | 3 |
| 17 | C00358895 | $2,700 | 3 |
| 18 | C00430470 | $2,300 | 1 |
| 19 | C00439075 | $2,250 | 8 |
| 20 | C00429670 | $2,000 | 3 |
| 21 | C00431205 | $1,950 | 5 |
| 22 | C00016899 | $1,750 | 3 |
| 23 | C00155952 | $1,700 | 7 |
| 24 | C00453738 | $1,500 | 2 |
| 25 | C00000935 | $1,450 | 4 |