Maseeh College of Engineering and Computer Science:

The Foundation awarded the largest gift in the history of PSU to support building the Northwest Center for Engineering, naming it Maseeh College of Engineering and Computer Science. It also endows professorships and graduate scholarships.

Maseeh College History

Fariborz Maseeh Department of Mathematics and Statistics:

A philanthropic investment in computational science to increase research and education in large computing and applied fields of Mathematics and Statistics. It is the first Mathematics Department to be named.

Neuberger Hall Restoration:

The Foundation contributed $5 million necessary to match state bonds as part of a $70 million project to renovate PSU’s main building formerly known as Neuberger Hall. Aside from the administrative functions of the renovated building, 7 different departments will receive new facilities for faculty offices and instruction spaces. The gift also contemplates partnership with PSU to help promote computational and biosciences efforts in engineering and mathematics.

The Oregonian/OregonLive: PSU gets $5 million for 724 Harrison (formerly Neuberger Hall) renovation from biggest donor

Maseeh Colloquium and Lecture in Mathematics and Statistics:

Brings world renowned scholars to the PSU campus. Maseeh Mathematics & Statistics Colloquium Series

Maseeh Fellows:

Gives graduate student scholarships in engineering. Maseeh Fellowship Recipients

Kamelia Massih Outstanding Student and Faculty in the Arts Prize:

Kamelia Massih Outstanding Student and Faculty Prize Winners Announced

Portland State University Scholarship

Donna J. Koch Student Lounge

University of Texas at Austin

Fariborz Maseeh Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering

UT Establishes the Fariborz Maseeh Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering

Lawrence High School

20th Anniversary of the Massiah Lawrence Scholars

The Power of Belief

Nation’s First Presidential Chair in Zoroastrian Studies

Massiah Foundation challenge gift to fund UCI chair in Zoroastrian studies

Samuel Jordan Center for Persian Studies:

First independent campus center in the United States for Persian Studies and Culture.
Jordan Center for Persian Studies

Henry Samueli School of Engineering:

Samueli School Honors Four Faculty Members at Annual Dinner and Awards Banquet

UCI Chancellor’s Scholarship and Fellowship Fund
Rollestone Hall:

Funded its creation and named after A. A. Rollestone, main benefactor to the creation of Alborz High.

McCormack Theater:

Funded its creation and named it after Nettie Fowler McCormick, benefactor to the creation of Alborz High.

Endowed Chairs:

Maseeh Chair in Persian Studies and Culture
Maseeh Professor in Persian Performing Arts
Howard Baskerville Professor of Humanities (Persian History)

Alborz Auditorium:

Created challenge grant to name Alborz Auditorium at the Department of Humanities at UCI, named after the renowned Alborz High School in Tehran, Iran.

USC Maseeh Endowed Entrepreneurship Prize Competition (MEPC):

The MEPC is a yearly business plan competition to help inspire Viterbi School of Engineering innovators to be at the forefront of solutions to many challenges in a wide-ranging set of domains ranging from energy, health, safety, education, and our environment.

Maseeh Entrepreneurship Prize Competition

Donation of Samuel Jordan artifacts:

The foundation loaned various artifacts on the occasion of recognizing Samuel M. Jordan during the alumni week and awarding reverend Jordan posthumously the 2018 Heritage Award at Princeton Theological Seminary.  The artifacts were part of a collection donated to the Massiah Foundation by the late Kathryn Jordan and Jordan family and are now on display in the Princeton Theological Seminary Library as part of a several weeks long display.

For more information about the Heritage Award Ceremony at Reunion 2018, please contact Terri Bell (609) 497-7982 or visit:

Dr. Samuel M. Jordan was chosen as the 2018 Heritage Award recipient at Princeton Theological Seminary

Maseeh Middle School:

The Massiah Foundation donated a transformational multimillion dollar gift to advance the curriculum, instruction and innovation initiatives.

Maseeh Middle School Campus

Community Investments

Newport Mesa School District California Zoroastrian Center:

Scholarships
California Zoroastrian Center

Boys and Girls Clubs of Boston (MA)

 Visit the Boys and Girls Club of Boston

Lawrence High School (MA):

Scholarships for college education

MIND Research Institute

See the Math, Change the World