We are proud to celebrate our circle of donors and the many ways they have given to this capacity-building endeavor and its special projects, including multi-year gifts, bequest intentions and planned gifts, underwriting, sponsorships, and in-kind gifts. The following honor roll is as of October 18, 2018.
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Honor Roll
$2,000,000 and above
BMG Rights Management
The Crown Family*
The Grainger Foundation
Sylvia C. and Arthur Heim and Family
Alexandra C.* and John D. Nichols
Van Eekeren Family,
Founders of Land O’Frost*
$1,000,000 to $1,999,999
The Davee Foundation
Richard*^ and Mary L. Gray
J. Thomas Hurvis and Caerus Foundation, Inc.*
Dr. John G. Lease
Fay and Daniel Levin*
Microsoft Corporation
The Negaunee Foundation*
Robert and Patricia Sypniewski
Charitable Endowment Fund
$500,000 to $999,999
Anonymous
American Medical Association
Mr.* and Mrs. William Gardner Brown
The Joseph & Bessie Feinberg Foundation*
The Hamill Family Foundation
Library of Congress
Pritzker Military Museum & Library
The Segal Family Foundation*
$250,000 to $499,999
ALDI
Mr.* and Mrs. Norman R. Bobins,
The Robert Thomas Bobins Foundation
Mr.* and Mrs. John Brennan
Capri Sun
Joan and Robert* Clifford
Michelle L. Collins
Jack and Sandra* Guthman
Irving Harris Foundation
The Walter E. Heller Foundation
in memory of Alyce DeCosta
Mr.* and Mrs. Martin J. Koldyke
Jim* and Kay Mabie
Kara May Charitable Endowment Fund
Rande and Cary* McMillan
National Endowment for the Humanities:
Exploring the human endeavor
Grace A. Peskie
Polk Bros. Foundation
Sage Foundation
United Healthcare
The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations
$100,000 to $249,999
Anonymous (2)
Joel Friedman, President, Alvin H. Baum Family Fund
Bobolink Foundation
The Buchanan Family Foundation
Susan and Leonard Feinstein Foundation
Marshall B.* and Laura D. Front
William B. Hinchliff
MB Financial, Inc.*
Judy and John* McCarter
Judy and Scott McCue
Newt* and Jo Minow
Elizabeth Morse Genius Charitable Trust
Northern Trust*
Dan and Julie Schmidt
Shure Incorporated
Robert S.* and Sandra G. Silver
The William & Phyllis Mack Family Foundation
Roy J. Zuckerburg Family Foundation
David* and Connie Zyer
$50,000 to $99,999
Anonymous (4)
Charles Allen and Deborah Sherrock
Caroline and John* Ballantine
David and Luann Blowers Charitable Trust*
Greg Cameron and Greg Thompson
Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation
Denny* and Sandy Cummings
Maxine P. and W. James Farrell
Mary and Mark* Hoppe Family
Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation
Studs Terkel Radio Archive Kickstarter Donors
Sheldon H. Marcus
Debbie and Reese Marcusson
Sonia T. Marschak
Peoples Gas
Primary Care Progress
Dr. Scholl Foundation
Bob and Linda Sullivan
Matt and Joyce Walsh
Mr.* and Mrs. James H. Wooten, Jr.
Elizabeth Yntema* and Mark Ferguson
$25,000 to $49,999
Anonymous
Allstate Insurance Company*
Linda Ballou and Jeffrey Fahrenwald
BMO Harris Bank*
Braeside Foundation
Jill Britton and Henry Borczyk
Mr.* and Mrs. Alan A. Brown
Mr. James D. Firth*
Adele and Marvin* Goldsmith
Mr.* and Mrs. Michael Gonzalez
Chet Gougis and Shelley Ochab
Robert* and Danielle Hamada
Harvard Medical School Center
Daniel J. Hyman*,
Millennium Properties R/E
Mrs. Loretta N. Julian*
The Becca Kopf Memorial Education Fund, established by Dan, Sara, Nancy and Ed Kopf
Judy Lyzak M.D., MBA
Jane and Peter* McNitt
Mr. Kevin Newell
Tom and Heidi O'Toole
Mark* and Lisa Pinsky
Peter* and Alicia Pond
Katie* and Patrick Rooney
Sodexo
Susan Stone and Jonathan Kahn
Gary Walther
Robert J.* and Roberta L. Washlow
$10,000 to $24,999
Anonymous (2)
Duffie A. Adelson
Valerie* and Mike Alexander
Robert H. Baum*
Nancy Clark
Lew Collens*
Deborah DeHaas* and David Underwood
The Howard & Ursula Dubin Foundation*
Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Field V
Teri* and Chuck Frankiewicz
Colleen and Lloyd Fry and the Lloyd A. Fry Foundation
Henry and Frances Fogel
Mr. Graham C. Grady*
David and Tina Herpe
Colonel Stanley R. McNeil Foundation,
Bank of America, N.A., Trustee
Mr. and Mrs. Michael B. McCaskey
Joan and Paul Rubschlager
David Schwimmer
David Snyder* and Peggy Salamon
Steve and Delores Sarovich Foundation
Laura and Bob Watson,
in memory of Charles Benton
Additional Gifts
Anonymous (8)
Anonymous Volunteer
Chris* and Martha Abbinante
Arthur H. Anderson, Jr.,
Howard L. Willett Foundation
Nathan Armstrong and Dana Crawford
Mr. David Attis
Geoffrey Baer and Amelia Kohm
Robert J. Baker
Leonard and Phyllis Berlin
Patrick J. Bitterman
Juliette Buford
Stephen H. and Virginia Carr
James A. and Ann B. Casey
Lauren E. Chan
Ms. Sara Chapman
Marie Considine
Auley M. Crouch III
Lauren Davis
Bridget Dehl and Gary Gulley
Emily Dehm
Daniel and Julie Dillon
Victoria* and Barnaby Dinges
Mercedes Dinzey
Cara Donley
Mr. Dan Dresner
Keira Dubowsky
Ellen Fogelman
Mr. David S. Fox
Louise B. Frank
Brandis Friedman
Robert Gecht
Anne Gleason
Mr. Jerry Glover
Erica Goodman
Paul Gosiewski
Paul and De Gray
Mr. and Mrs. David Grumhaus
Mr. and Mrs. John A. Hagenah
Charity Haines
Martin Halacy
Mr. and Mrs. John L. Hammond II
Ami and David Handler
Lawrence and Camille Hanson
Nancy and Thomas Hanson
Carmelita Harris
Margaret S. Hart
James R. and Paula Hellige
Richard Hess and Virginia Cabasa-Hess
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Heurich
Mr. Leigh Hill
Kathryn and Bruce Hoffman
Mr. and Mrs. Joel H. Jastromb
Michael and Kathy Kielar
Kathleen Kirn and David Levinson
Arnold and Rebecca Klein
The Morris and Dolores Kohl Kaplan Fund of
The Dolores Kohl Education Foundation
James P. Kratz
Paul Lehman and Ronna Stamm
Kandace* and Eugene Lenti
Megan Lieberman
Jim and SuAnne Lopata
The Lukasik Family*
Mrs. Mary Lou Lyons
Jenny and Jim Macchione
Lauren K. MacDonald
Julia Maish
Greg and Judy Mangialardi
Mr. David Marks
Ms. Carolyn Meyer and Mr. Michael Prussian
Sandra* and Marc Micek
Mr. and Mrs. Judson Miner
Tom and Christine Moldauer
Ms. Barbara Molotsky
Maggie Ness
Ms. Ruth Nielsen and Mr. Eric Nielsen
Mary O'Neill Coughlan
Ms. Christina Pagones
Roxelyn and Richard S. Pepper
Mr. Michael F. Petersen
Michael S. Pettersen and Jamie Aramini
Phil Ponce
Mr. Julian G. Posada*
Ms. Rebecca C. Preston
Ms. D. Elizabeth Price
Ms. Barbara G. Proctor*
Mr. Michael A. Pucker and Mrs. Gigi Pritzker Pucker
Brent Radomski
Magda Rauscher
Ms. Karen L. Rigotti
Mr. Jairus R. and Mrs. Regina C. Roallos
Mary Ann and James Sisco
Norman J. Sloan
Karina R. Smith
Sandy Spiegel
Ms. Linda D. Stern
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Stoner Saunders
Kathryn Thomas
Mr. and Mrs. James Tichy
Shawn and Kristin* Vogen
Mrs. Renee Weingard,
in memory of Marvin Weingard
Grace and Chris Winston
Jane Zaug
Roger Zmrhal
* Trustee/Trustee affiliated organization | ^ Deceased