Donna Oliver

Professional Bio

After graduating from Penn State, Donna earned her juris doctorate at Temple University. An avid history buff and dedicated Liberal Arts volunteer, Donna is a retired attorney who has often engaged with the McCourtney Institute for Democracy and the Richards Civil War Era Center in addition to her work as a member of the Development Council. Outside of Penn State, she served on boards of the Chester County Historical Society, the Chester County Fund for Women and Girls, the Waynesborough Country Club, and the Willistown Conservation Trust. Donna and her husband, Bill, also a Penn State graduate, took advantage of a matching program created by Ted and Tracy McCourtney, to establish the William L. and Donna F. Oliver-McCourtney Professorship in the Department of History.