The Richard and Helen Thomas Donor Gallery
Theodore Thomas Society
Chair
Mary Louise Gorno
Listed below are generous donors who have made commitments to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra through their wills, trusts or other estate plans, including life-income arrangements. The Theodore Thomas Society honors their generosity, which helps to ensure the long-term financial stability and artistic excellence of the CSOA. To learn more, contact the Planned Giving team or call 312-294-3150.
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra is pleased to recognize the Stradivarian Associates of the Theodore Thomas Society for generously creating a revocable bequest of $100,000 or more, or an irrevocable life-income trust or annuity of $50,000 or more, to benefit the CSOA.
Stradivarian Associates
| Anonymous (11) | Mary Ann Judy |
| Dora J. and R. John Aalbregtse | Lori Julian |
| Lisa J. Adelstein | Wayne S. and Lenore M. Kaplan |
| Jeff and Keiko Alexander | Howard Kaspin |
| Evy Johansen Alsaker | James Kemmerer |
| Robert A. Alsaker | Robert Kohl and Clark Pellett |
| Geoffrey A. Anderson | Edwin and Karen Kramer |
| Louise E. Anderson | Mr. & Mrs. Alan Kubicka |
| Brett and Carey August | Jonathon Leik |
| Marlene Bach | Charles Ashby Lewis and Penny Bender Sebring |
| Dr. Jeff Bale | Robert Alan Lewis |
| Mr. Neal Ball | Dr. Valerie Lober |
| Mr. & Mrs. Randy Barba | Glen J. Madeja and Janet Steidl |
| Sally J. Becker | Sheldon H. Marcus |
| Marlys A. Beider | James Edward McPherson |
| Dr. C. Bekerman | Janet L. Melk |
| Martha Bell | Dr. Frederick K. Merkel |
| Mike and Donna Bell | Dr. Leo and Catherine Miserendino |
| Julie Ann Benson | Drs. Elaine and Bill † Moor |
| K. Richard and Patricia M. Berlet | Craig and Rose Moore |
| Merrill and Judy Blau | Eileen M. Murray |
| Dr. Phyllis C. Bleck | Jeffrey Nichols |
| Ann Blickensderfer | John H. Nelson |
| Roger Blickensderfer | Edward A. and Gayla S. Nieminen |
| Wayne D. and Nancy M. Boberg | Ms. Kathy Nordmeyer |
| Danolda Brennan | Diane Ososke |
| Mr. Leon Brenner, Jr. | Jo Ann & Joe Paszczyk |
| Mitchell J. Brown | Mary T. † and David R. Pfleger |
| Marion A. Cameron-Gray | Mrs. Thomas D. Philipsborn |
| Charles Capwell and Isabel Wong | Judy Pomeranz |
| Dr. Joseph and Patricia Car | The Christoph G. Ptack Trust |
| Mr. Frank and Dr. Vera Clark | Maridee Quanbeck |
| Patricia A. Clickener | Neil K. Quinn |
| Judith and Stephen F. Condren | Randall and Cara Rademaker |
| Anita Crocus | Constance A. Rajala |
| David L. Curry | Al and Lynn Reichle |
| Mr. Doug Donenfeld | Ann and Bob † Reiland |
| Mimi Duginger | Wendy Reynes |
| Harry and Jean Eisenman | Dr. Edward O. Riley |
| Michael and Kathleen Elliott | Daniel J. Riordan |
| Dr. Marilyn Ezri | Charles and Marilynn Rivkin |
| Tarek and Ann Fadel | David and Kathy Robin |
| David S. and Janet M. Fox | Jerry Rose |
| Mr. & Mrs. David W. Fox, Sr. | Mr. James S. Rostenberg |
| Allen J. Frantzen and George R. Paterson | Richard O. Ryan |
| Mary J. and Ronald P. Frelk | John A. Salkowski |
| Penny and John Freund | Cecelia Samans |
| Mr. & Mrs. Paul C. Gignilliat | A. Wm. Samuel |
| Merle Gordon | Franklin Schmidt |
| Mary Louise Gorno | Mr. Craig Sirles |
| Dr. & Mrs. David Granato | Betty W. Smykal |
| Mary L. Gray | Annette and Richard Steinke |
| Mary Winton Green | Mrs. Deborah Sterling |
| Joyce and Timothy Greening |
Mr. & Mrs. William H. Strong |
| Dr. Jon Brian Greis | Gloria B. Telander |
| John and Patricia Hamilton | Karin and Alfred Tenny |
| Mr. Michael Hansen and Ms. Nancy Randa | Richard and Helen Thomas |
| John Hart and Carol Prins | Ms. Carla M. Thorpe |
| Mr. William P. Hauworth II | Dr. Richard Tresley |
| Thomas and Linda Heagy | Laura and Terrence Truax |
| Mr. R.H. Helmholz | John L. and Dyanne L. Turner |
| Marcia M. Hochberg | Paula Turner |
| Stephanie and Allen Hochfelder | Robert W. Turner and Gloria B. Turner |
| Concordia Hoffmann | Judith and Paul Tuszynski |
| Kent and Cathy Hoffmann | Mr. & Mrs. John E. Van Horn |
| Stephen D. and Catherine N. Holmes | Mr. Christian Vinyard |
| Frank and Helen Holt | Craig and Bette Williams |
| Mark and Elizabeth Hurley | Florence Winters |
| Frances and Phillip Huscher | Stephen R. Winters and Don D. Curtis |
| Merle L. Jacob | Patrick & Patrice Wooldridge |
| Dr. & Mrs. Todd and Peggy Janus | Dr. Robert G. Zadylak |
| Ms. Darlene Johnson | Helen Zell |
| Ronald B. Johnson | Gifford Zimmerman |
| Roy A. and Sarah C. Johnson |
Members
| Anonymous (36) | Ms. Sally Lewis |
| Valerie and Joseph Abel | Dr. Eva F. Lichtenberg |
| Louise Abrahams | Mr. Michael Licitra |
| Richard J. Abram and Paul Chandler | Dr. & Mrs. Philip R. Liebson |
| Carl H.* & Cynthia Albright | Bonnie Glazier Lipe |
| Patrick Alden | Alma Lizcano |
| Richard and Elynne Aleskow | Heidi Lukas and Mr. Charles Grode |
| Judy L. Allen | William and Terry Maher |
| Gary and Barbara Allie | Suzette Mahneke |
| Carlos Almeida and Dr. Matthew Sweeney | Ann Chassin Mallow |
| Ann S. Alpert | Sharon L. Manuel |
| Patricia Ames | Mrs. John J. Markham |
| Ms. Judith L. Anderson | Judith Partipilo Marth |
| Steven Andes, Ph.D. | Ms. Mirjana Martich and Mr. Zoran Lazarevic |
| Barbara Andrews | Deborah McCabe |
| Dr. Edward Applebaum and Dr. Eva Redei | Judy and Scott McCue |
| Catherine Aranyi | John McFerrin |
| Dr. Susan Arjmand | Mr. William McIntosh |
| Mara Mills Barker | Leoni Zverow McVey and Bill McVey |
| Shirley Baron | Dorothe Melamed |
| Dr. & Mrs. Robert Beatty | Marcia Melamed |
| Joan I. Berger | Dr. Sharon D. Michalove |
| Robert M. Berger | Dale and Susan Miller |
| Ms. Elizabeth Berry and Mr. Philip S. Revzin | Michael Miller and Sheila Naughten |
| Mr. & Mrs. James Borovsky | Mr. & Mrs. Robert Moeller |
| Candace Broecker | Virginia K. Moore |
| John L. Browar | John Mugge |
| Catherine Brubaker | Thomas R. Mullaney |
| Joseph Buc | Daniel R. Murray |
| Edward J. Buckbee | Dolores D. Nelson |
| Michelle Miller Burns | Mariko Kaneda Niwa |
| Mr. Robert J. Callahan | Franklin Nussbaum |
| Ms. Vera Capp | Mr. & Mrs. Paul Oliver, Jr. |
| Mr. & Mrs. William P. Carmichael | Wallace and Sarah Oliver |
| Dr. Marlene E. Casiano | Lynn Orschel |
| Beverly Ann and Peter Conroy | Helen and Joseph Page |
| Mr. Robert L. Crawford | Robert W. Parsons, M.D. |
| Ron and Dolores Daly | Dianne M. and Robert J. Patterson, Jr. |
| Mr. & Mrs. John Daniels | Mr. & Mrs. Michael A. Perlstein |
| Mr. & Mrs. Clyde H. Dawson | Elizabeth Anne Peters |
| Sylvia Samuels Delman | Dr. Ann Peterson |
| Mrs. David A. DeMar | Judy C. Petty |
| Ms. Phyllis Diamond | Karen and Dick Pigott |
| Janet Wood Diederichs | Lois Polakoff |
| Barbara Doerner | Charlene H. Posner |
| Mrs. William Dooley | D. Elizabeth Price |
| Mrs. Susan Duda | Dorothy V. Ramm |
| Nancy Schroeder Ebert | Donald F. Ransford |
| Ryan Eikmeier & Timothy Silver | Jeanne Reed |
| Robert J. Elisberg | Edgar C. Reihl |
| Richard Elledge | Ann and Bob* Reiland |
| Charles and Carol Emmons | Ms. Oksana Revenko-Jones |
| Lu and Philip Engel | Karen L. Rigotti |
| James B. Fadim | Don* and Sally Roberts |
| Leslie Farrell | Kevin M. Rooney |
| Donna Feldman | Mrs. Ben J. Rosenthal |
| Judith E. Feldman | Craig Samuels |
| Frances and Henry Fogel | Suzanne G. Samuels |
| Ray Frick | Leslie A. Sanders |
| Susan Fuchs | Kathleen Schaefer |
| Nancy and Larry† Fuller | Lawrence D. Schectman |
| Dileep Gangolli | Mr. Douglas M. Schmidt |
| Maurice Garnier | Dr. Byung-In Seo |
| Miss Elizabeth Gatz | Mr. & Mrs. Myron D. Shapiro |
| Dr. & Mrs. Mark Gendleman | David Shayne |
| Ms. Cecille Gerber | Thomas C. Sheffield, Jr. |
| Margaret and Patrick Ghielmetti | Ms. Elizabeth Shelly |
| Steve and Lauran* Gilbreath | Anne Sibley |
| Mr. Daniel Gilmour, III | Leah Simmons |
| Mr. Joseph Glossberg | Larry Simpson |
| Ms. Georgean Goldenberg | Ms. Lynn B. Singer |
| Adele Goldsmith | Thomas G. Sinkovic |
| William A. and Anne Goldstein | Rosalee Slepian |
| Douglas Ross Gortner | Rebecca G. Smith |
| Chet Gougis and Shelley Ochab | Mary Soleiman |
| Ms. Elizabeth A. Gray | Jim Spiegel |
| Ms. Claire Annette Green | Julie Stagliano |
| Delta A. Greene | Denise M. Stauder |
| Mrs. Barbara Gundrum | Karen Steil |
| Lynne R. Haarlow | Charles Steinberg |
| Mrs. Robin Tieken Hadley | Timothy and Kathleen Stockdale |
| Mr. Tom Hall | Richard and Lois Stuckey |
| Mr. & Mrs. Tom Hallett | Mark Swanson and Nancy Pifer |
| Mr. Michael Hillbruner | Jeffrey and Linda Swoger |
| William B. Hinchliff | Mr. John C. Telander |
| Mr. Thomas Hochman | Liisa Thomas |
| Jack and Colleen Holmbeck | Mr. & Mrs. Jerald Thorson |
| Richard J. Hoskins | Karen Hletko Tiersky |
| Mary Houston | Myron Tiersky |
| Mr. James Humphrey | Jacqueline A. Tilles |
| Ms. Jessica Jagielnik | Mr. James M. Trapp |
| Dorothy M. Jeffries | Mr. Donn N. Trautman |
| Ansuk Jeong | Mike and Mary Valeanu |
| Marie and Rich Jones | Gerrit Vanderwest |
| Nathan Kahn, in memory of Zave H. Gussin and in honor of Robert Gussin | Mr. David J. Varnerin |
| Mrs. Marsha Kamen | Frank Villella |
| Ann B. Kaplan | Mr. Milan Vydareny |
| Bonnie & Michael Kaufman | Dr. Malcolm Vye |
| Valerie Kennedy | Adam R. Walker and BettyAnn Mocek |
| Anne Kern | Mr. Frank Walschlager |
| Helen Kessler | Louella Krueger Ward |
| Mr. & Mrs. Frank L. Klapperich, Jr. | Dr. Catherine L. Webb |
| Mrs. LeRoy Klemt | Karl Wechter |
| Sally Jo Knowles | Joan Weiss |
| Mrs. Russell V. Kohr | Mr. Thomas Weyland |
| Ms. Barbara Kopsian | Lisa and Paul Wiggin |
| Liesel E. Kossmann | Linda and Payson S. Wild |
| Catherine Grochowski Kranz | Kayla Anne Wilson |
| Eugene Kraus | Robert A. Wilson |
| John C. and Carol Anderson Kunze | Nora M. Winsberg |
| Thomas and Annelise Lawson | Mr. & Mrs. Stephen M. Wolf |
| Dr. & Mrs. David J. Leehey | Beth Wollar |
| Ms. Nicole Lehman | Lev Yaroslavskiy |
| Barbara W. Levin | Ms. Karen Zupko |
| Dr. & Mrs. Robert L. Levy |
† Denotes deceased
Italics indicate Governing Members, Trustees and Life Trustees.
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The CSOA gratefully acknowledges the following individuals and families for their generous annual gifts and commitments.
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The CSOA gratefully recognizes the following foundations and government agencies for their generous gifts and commitments.
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The CSOA deeply appreciates the extraordinary generosity of the members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Society for their cumulative lifetime giving and remarkable commitments.
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The CSOA gratefully acknowledges the donors who have made a leadership commitment in support of the future of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
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The CSOA thanks the following donors for making a gift in support of educational and engagement programs.
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