Merle Chambers

Merle Chambers
Philanthropist
1946 -
INDUCTED 2004

Merle Chambers is one of three women to have reached both the North and South Poles. She has also traveled long distances as attorney, business woman and generous philanthropist.

A founding member of the Women’s Foundation of Colorado in 1987, Chambers then created the Chambers Family Fund to support organizations that expand opportunities for women and girls, improve early care and education for children, enhance democratic values, and enrich the arts. Her leadership, vision, and generosity brought about the Merle Catherine Chambers Center for the Advancement of Women at the University of Denver in 2004.

“You don’t have to know where you are going from the beginning – enjoy the detours, enjoy the sidetracks.” — Merle Chambers