The Learning Society consists of alumni and friends whose leadership and generosity in annual giving provide vital support to the School of Education and Social Policy.
 Michelle Bueche (left) and Marcella Ellis (right), shown here with Marjorie Fitzgerald (BS49), were the first to be awarded Marjorie Gosselin Fitzgerald Fellowships for their studies in elementary education. (PHOTO BY LAURA POND) |
The following alumni and friends made gifts to the School during fiscal year 2006 (September 1, 2005 – August 31, 2006).
INSIGHT CIRCLE $1,000 — $2,499
Anonymous
Joanna Maheras Alseth (BS38, MA/MS40)
Charles A. Alseth
Cinda Russell Axley (BS66)
Axley Family Foundation
Edith Howard Bostic (BS74)
Donald A. Canar (BS47, PhD63)
Leroy T. Carlson, Jr.
Catherine Mouly
Shinae Jun Chun (MA/MS71)
Kyong Chul Chun (PhD McC73)
Randi Robinson Cohen (BS78)
Lawrence W. Cohen
Betty Ross Conner (WCAS53)
Katherine Pierson Crosby (BS62)
David P. Crosby
Violet L. Dennhardt
Walter Dennhardt
General Mills Foundation
Georgia Pacific
Arthur J. Hill
Jennifer Friedman Hillis (WCAS74)
Robert J. Hillis
Joan L. Hochschild (BS67, PhD87)
Houghton Mifflin
Claire Tolf Hugi (WCAS78)
Robert F. Hugi (BS80)
Colleen Karavites Karr (BS48)
James F. Karr (WCAS42)
Thomas Kasten
Kendra Kasten
Bernice Johnson Koglin (BS52)
Norman A. Koglin
Laura Smith Lee (BS83)
Eli Lilly and Company
Ray B. Loeschner (MA/MS57, PhD62)
Nancy J. Loeschner
David H. Madsen (BS68)
Joan Jackson Martin (BS69)
David F. Martin
Patrick F. Mathias
Helen Mathias
Metropolitan Family Services
Bonnie Weidman Nugent (BS49)
D. Eugene Nugent (McC51)
Pentair Foundation
Progress Energy
James P. Richter (BS63, PhD71)
Martha Milnor Richter (WCAS63, MA66)
Wendy Fenstermacher Robin (BS70)
Sanger Family Foundation
Karen Ogren Sanger (BS69)
Steve Sanger
Martha R. Scott
Penny Bender Sebring (PhD85)
Charles A. Lewis
Rahal Shah
Shobha Shah
Margaret Auslander Silberman (MA/MS85, PhD89)
Alan H. Silberman (WCAS61)
Jane Kirby Smith (MA/MS62)
Smith Family Trust
Harrison I. Steans
Robin M. Steans
Leonard A. Gail
Stern Family Foundation
Russell T. Stern, Jr.
Eugene S. Sunshine (WCAS71)
Hollis Leach Sunshine (WCAS71)
The Tower Foundation
Judith Jurgensen Vartan (BS66)
C. Gerron Vartan (EB66, KSM67)
Marcia Smith Wilder (BS59)
Lowell W. Wilder
REFORMER $2,500 — $4,999
Ellis Kurtz Gery (BS61)
Lee H. Gery (EB61, KSM62)
Jan Susan Half (BS75)
Family and Friends In Memory of G. Alfred Hess
Kevin R. Hanrahan (BS80, KSM82)
Katharine R. Hanrahan
Barbara Downs Lewis (BS66)
Vincent J. Lewis
Lynne Tomer Miller (BS69)
Neal P. Miller
Norman R. Nedde (BS60)
Hannah A. Raleigh (BS96)
Gertrude Kaufman Silver Foundation
Patricia Walton Silver (BS68)
Jamie Genrich Steuer (BS53)
Joseph T. Steuer (WCAS49)
Elizabeth J. Sturgeon
Alexander I. Rorke (C74, WCAS75)
INNOVATOR $5,000 — $9,999
The Estate of Margaret A. Auld
Eleanor R. Baldwin (MS66)
Baldwin Family Foundation Trust
The Chicago Community Foundation
Daniel C. Ferguson
Diane Schaefer Humphrey (BS56)
Patricia Blunt Koldyke
Martin J. Koldyke, Jr.
Oak Brook Bank Charitable Trust
Susan Gecht Rieser (BS71)
Richard M. Rieser, Jr.
VISIONARY $10,000 or more
Aon Foundation
Helen Andrus Benedict Foundation
The Estate of Claudia D. Brinker
Jack Kent Cooke Foundation
The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations
The Estate of Mary E. Disbrow
Excelsior! Foundation
Helen L. Ferslev (BS55)
Marjorie Gosselin Fitzgerald (BS49)
Gerald F. Fitzgerald (EB49)
Foley Family Foundation
General Electric Fund
William T. Grant Foundation
John Malone Family Foundation
McCormick Tribune Foundation
Margaret John Menke (Mu41)
The Northern Trust Company
The Estate of Grace Jacobs Olwell
Deborah K. Kugler (KSM84)
Robert Ostrov
Quaker Foods & Beverages
Ryan Enterprises Group
Anderson R. Scott (WCAS90, KSM97)
Stacey Scott
Family and Friends in Memory of John M. Scott, Jr.
John M. Scott III
Walter D. Scott (EB53)
Barbara S. Scott
The Spencer Foundation
Barbara Olin Taylor (KSM78, PhD84)
Paul A. Witty Trust
Although we make every effort possible to ensure that names are listed correctly, we appreciate readers' assistance in bringing any inaccuracies to our attention.
For information on making a gift to SESP, please contact Laurie Carlin Davidson, director of development, at l-davidson3@northwestern.edu or visit www.development.northwestern.edu.
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