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 (9) | James Kemmerer |
| Dora J. and R. John Aalbregtse | Robert Kohl and Clark Pellett |
| Lisa J. Adelstein | Edwin and Karen Kramer |
| Jeff and Keiko Alexander | Mr. & Mrs. Alan Kubicka |
| Evy Johansen Alsaker | Jonathon Leik |
| Robert A. Alsaker | Charles Ashby Lewis and Penny Bender Sebring |
| Geoffrey A. Anderson | Robert Alan Lewis |
| Louise E. Anderson | Dr. Valerie Lober |
| Brett and Carey August | Glen J. Madeja and Janet Steidl |
| Marlene Bach | Sheldon H. Marcus |
| Dr. Jeff Bale | James Edward McPherson |
| Mr. Neal Ball | Janet L. Melk |
| Sally J. Becker | Dr. Frederick K. Merkel |
| Marlys A. Beider | Dr. Leo and Catherine Miserendino |
| Dr. C. Bekerman | Drs. Elaine and Bill † Moor |
| Martha Bell | Craig and Rose Moore |
| Mike and Donna Bell | Mrs. Mario A. Munoz |
| Julie Ann Benson | John H. Nelson |
| K. Richard and Patricia M. Berlet | Muriel Nerad |
| Merrill and Judy Blau | Edward A. and Gayla S. Nieminen |
| Ann Blickensderfer | Ms. Kathy Nordmeyer |
| Danolda Brennan | Diane Ososke |
| Mr. Leon Brenner, Jr. | Dr. Joan E. Patterson |
| Mitchell J. Brown | Mary T. † and David R. Pfleger |
| Marion A. Cameron-Gray | Mrs. Thomas D. Philipsborn |
| Charles Capwell and Isabel Wong | Judy Pomeranz |
| 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 |
| Mimi Duginger | Al and Lynn Reichle |
| Harry and Jean Eisenman | Ann and Bob † Reiland |
| Michael and Kathleen Elliott | Wendy Reynes |
| Dr. Marilyn Ezri | Dr. Edward O. Riley |
| Mrs. William M. Flory | Charles and Marilynn Rivkin |
| Mr. & Mrs. David W. Fox, Sr. | David and Kathy Robin |
| Rhoda Lea Frank | Jerry Rose |
| Mary J. and Ronald P. Frelk | Mr. James S. Rostenberg |
| Penny and John Freund | Richard O. Ryan |
| Mr. & Mrs. Paul C. Gignilliat | John A. Salkowski |
| Merle Gordon | Cecelia Samans |
| Mary Louise Gorno | A. Wm. Samuel |
| Dr. & Mrs. David Granato | Franklin Schmidt |
| Mary L. Gray | Joanne Silver |
| Mary Winton Green | Mr. Craig Sirles |
| Dr. Jon Brian Greis | Betty W. Smykal |
| John and Patricia Hamilton | Annette and Richard Steinke |
| John Hart and Carol Prins | Mrs. Deborah Sterling |
| Mr. William P. Hauworth II | Mr. & Mrs. William H. Strong |
| Thomas and Linda Heagy | Mrs. Gloria B. Telander |
| Mr. R.H. Helmholz | Karin and Alfred Tenny |
| Stephanie and Allen Hochfelder | Richard and Helen Thomas |
| Concordia Hoffmann | Ms. Carla M. Thorpe |
| Stephen D. and Catherine N. Holmes | Dr. Richard Tresley |
| Frank and Helen Holt | Paula Turner |
| Mark and Elizabeth Hurley | Robert W. Turner and Gloria B. Turner |
| Frances and Phillip Huscher | Mr. & Mrs. John E. Van Horn |
| Ms. Darlene Johnson | Mr. Christian Vinyard |
| Ronald B. Johnson | Craig and Bette Williams |
| Roy A. and Sarah C. Johnson | Florence Winters |
| Mr. & Mrs. Paul R. Judy | Stephen R. Winters and Don D. Curtis |
| Lori Julian | Dr. Robert G. Zadylak |
| Wayne S. and Lenore M. Kaplan | Helen Zell |
| Howard Kaspin |
Members
| Anonymous (33) | Richard Abrahams |
| Valerie and Joseph Abel | Ruth T. and Roger A. Anderson |
| Louise Abrahams | Mychal P. and Dorothy A. Angelos |
| Patrick Alden | Elizabeth M. Ashton |
| Richard and Elynne Aleskow | Jacqueline and Frank Ball |
| Judy L. Allen | Wayne Balmer |
| Ann S. Alpert | Paul Barker |
| Ms. Judith L. Anderson | Leland and Mary Bartholomew |
| Steven Andes, Ph.D. | Arlene and Marshall Bennett |
| Catherine Aranyi | Norma Zuzanek Bennett |
| Dr. Susan Arjmand | Judith and Dennis Bober |
| Mr. & Mrs. Randy Barba | Naomi T. Borwell |
| Mara Mills Barker | Kathryn Bowers |
| Shirley Baron | Howard Broecker |
| Dr. & Mrs. Robert Beatty | Claresa Forbes Meyer Brown |
| Joan I. Berger | George and Jacqueline Brumlik |
| Robert M. Berger | Dr. Mary Louise Hirsch Burger |
| Mr. & Mrs. James Borovsky | Norma Cadieu |
| John L. Browar | Wiley Caldwell |
| Catherine Brubaker | Nelson D. Cornelius |
| Joseph Buc | Anita J. Court, Ph.D. |
| Edward J. Buckbee | Christopher L. Culp |
| Michelle Miller Burns | Barbara DeCoster |
| Mr. Robert J. Callahan | Azile Dick |
| Dr. & Mrs. Joseph R. Car | James F. Drennan |
| Mr. & Mrs. William P. Carmichael | Robert L. Drinan, Jr. |
| Dr. Marlene E. Casiano | Daisy Driss |
| Beverly Ann and Peter Conroy | William A. Dumbleton |
| Sharon Conway | Evelyn Dyba |
| Mr. Jerry J. Critser | Marian Edelstein |
| Ron and Dolores Daly | Estelle Edlis |
| Mr. & Mrs. John Daniels | Dr. Edward Elisberg |
| Mr. & Mrs. Clyde H. Dawson | Kelli Gardner Emery |
| Sylvia Samuels Delman | Joseph R. Ender |
| Mrs. David A. DeMar | Shirley L. and Robert Ettelson |
| Ms. Phyllis Diamond | Leslie Fogel |
| Mrs. William Dooley | Robert B. Fordham |
| Mr. Richard L. Eastline | Herbert and Betty Forman |
| Nancy Schroeder Ebert | Richard Foster |
| Robert J. Elisberg | Elaine S. Frank |
| Richard Elledge | Henry S. Frank |
| Charles and Carol Emmons | Florence Ganja |
| Lu and Philip Engel | Martin and Francey Gecht |
| Tarek and Ann Fadel | Isak Gerson |
| James B. Fadim | Mrs. Willard Gidwitz |
| Leslie Farrell | Lyle Gillman |
| Donna Feldman | Marvin Goldsmith |
| Frances and Henry Fogel | William B. Graham |
| Allen J. Frantzen | Richard Gray |
| Nancy and Larry Fuller | David Green |
| Dileep Gangolli | Nancy Griffin |
| Miss Elizabeth Gatz | Ann B. Grimes |
| Dr. & Mrs. Mark Gendleman | Ernest A. Grunsfeld III |
| Steve and Lauran Gilbreath | Betty and Lester Guttman |
| Mr. Daniel Gilmour, III | A. William Haarlow III |
| Mr. Joseph Glossberg | CAPT Martin P. Hanson, USN Ret. |
| Ms. Georgean Goldenberg | Mrs. David J. Harris |
| Adele Goldsmith | Polly Heinrich |
| Douglas Ross Gortner | Mary Mako Helbert |
| Chet Gougis and Shelley Ochab | Adolph “Bud” and Avis Herseth |
| Ms. Elizabeth A. Gray | Mary Jo Hertel |
| Delta A. Greene | Allen H. Howard |
| Mrs. Barbara Gundrum | Helen and Michael L. Igoe, Jr. |
| Lynne R. Haarlow | Barbara Isserman |
| Mrs. Robin Tieken Hadley | Phyllis A. Jones |
| Mr. Tom Hall | James Joseph |
| Mr. & Mrs. Tom Hallett | Joseph M. Kacena |
| Dr. Donald Heinrich | Stuart Kane |
| William B. Hinchliff | Jared Kaplan |
| Marcia M. Hochberg | Morris A. Kaplan |
| Mr. Thomas Hochman | Roberta Kapoun |
| Jack and Colleen Holmbeck | George Kennedy |
| Mrs. Walter Horban | Esther G. Klatz |
| James and Mary Houston | Russell V. Kohr |
| Mr. James Humphrey | Karen Kuehner |
| Merle L. Jacob | Evelyn and Arnold Kupec |
| Ms. Jessica Jagielnik | Robert B. Kyts and Jadwiga Roguska-Kyts |
| Joseph and Rebecca † Jarabak | Rebecca Jarabak |
| Mrs. Marian Johnson | Ruth Lucie Labitzke |
| Ms. Janet Jones | Sadie Lapinsky |
| Nathan Kahn, in memory of Zave H. Gussin and in honor of Robert Gussin | Caressa Y. Lauer |
| Marshall Keltz | Arthur E. Leckner, Jr. |
| Valerie Kennedy | Patricia Lee |
| Anne Kern | Christine D. Letchinger |
| Paul Keske | William C. Lordan |
| Mr. & Mrs. Frank L. Klapperich, Jr. | Tula Lunsford |
| Mrs. LeRoy Klemt | Iris Maiter |
| Sally Jo Knowles | Arthur G. Maling |
| Mrs. Russell V. Kohr | Bella Malis |
| Ms. Barbara Kopsian | June Betty and Herbert S. Manning |
| Liesel E. Kossmann | Kathleen W. Markiewicz |
| Eugene Kraus | Walter L. Marr III and Marilyn G. Marr |
| John C and Carol Anderson Kunze | Eloise Martin |
| Thomas and Annelise Lawson | Virginia Harvey McAnulty |
| Dr. & Mrs. David J. Leehey | Helen C. McDougal, Jr. |
| Ms. Nicole Lehman | Eunice H. McGuire |
| Barbara W. Levin | Carolyn D. and William W. McKittrick |
| Dr. & Mrs. Robert L. Levy | Lillian E. McLeod |
| Ms. Sally Lewis | Jack L. Melamed, M.D. |
| Dr. Eva F. Lichtenberg | Hugo J. Melvoin |
| Mr. Michael Licitra | Richard Menaul |
| Dr. & Mrs. Philip R. Liebson | Susan Messinger |
| Bonnie Glazier Lipe | Phillip Migdal |
| Candace Loftus | Kathryn and Edward Miller |
| Heidi Lukas & Mr. Charles Grode | Micki Miller |
| Suzette and James Mahneke | Gloria Miner |
| Ann Chassin Mallow | Beth Ann Alberding Mohr |
| Sharon L. Manuel | Bill Moor |
| Mrs. John J. Markham | Charles A. Moore |
| Judy and Scott McCue | Kathryn Mueller |
| John McFerrin | Marietta Munnis |
| Mr. William McIntosh | Leota Ann Meyer Murray |
| Leoni Zverow McVey and Bill McVey | David H. Nelson |
| Dorothe Melamed | Helen M. Nelson |
| Marcia Melamed | Sydelle Nelson |
| Dr. Sharon D. Michalove | John and Maynette Neundorf |
| Dale and Susan Miller | Piri E. and Jaye S. Niefeld |
| Michael Miller and Sheila Naughten | Raymond and Eloise Niwa |
| Thomas R. Mullaney | Joan Ruck Nopola |
| Daniel R. Murray | Carol Rauner O’Donovan |
| Dolores D. Nelson | T. Paul B. O’Donovan |
| Franklin Nussbaum | Mary and Eric Oldberg |
| Mr. & Mrs. Paul Oliver, Jr. | Bruce P. Olson |
| Wallace and Sarah Oliver | David G. Ostrow |
| Lynn Orschel | Donald Peck |
| Helen and Joseph Page | Mary Perlmutter |
| George R. Paterson | Charles J. Pollyea |
| Dianne M. and Robert J. Patterson, Jr. | Miriam Pollyea |
| Mr. & Mrs. Michael A. Perlstein | Donald D. Powell |
| Elizabeth Anne Peters | Samuel Press |
| Mr. Lewis D. Petry | Alfred and Maryann Putnam |
| Judy C. Petty | Christine Querfeld |
| Karen and Dick Pigott | Ruth Ann Quinn |
| Lois Polakoff | Walter Reed |
| D. Elizabeth Price | Daniel Reichard |
| Dorothy V. Ramm | Bob Reiland |
| Jeanne Reed | Paul H. Resnik |
| Ms. Oksana Revenko-Jones | Sheila Taaffe Reynolds |
| Karen L. Rigotti | Joan L. Richards |
| Don and Sally Roberts | J. Timothy Ritchie |
| Mrs. Ben J. Rosenthal | Dolores M. RixFanada |
| Dr. Virginia C. Saft | Virginia H. Rogers |
| Craig Samuels | Jill N. Rohde |
| Sue and William Samuels | Elaine Rosen |
| Paul and Kathleen Schaefer | Ben J. Rosenthal |
| Lawrence D. Schectman | Anthony Ryerson |
| Mrs. Milton Scheffler | Richard Schieler |
| Mr. Douglas M. Schmidt | Beverly and Grover Schiltz |
| David Shayne | Erhardt Schmidt |
| Thomas C. Sheffield, Jr. | Robert W. Schneider |
| Anne Sibley | Muriel Schnierow |
| Larry Simpson | Barbara and Irving Seaman, Jr. |
| Thomas G. Sinkovic | Nancy Seyfried |
| Rosalee Slepian | Muriel Shaw |
| Mary Soleiman | Mr. Morrell A. Shoemaker |
| Jim Spiegel | Rose L. and Sidney N. Shure |
| Julie Stagliano | Dr. & Mrs. Alfred L. Siegel |
| Denise M. Stauder | Joan H. and Berton E. Siegel |
| Karen Steil | Rita Simó and Tomás Bissonnette |
| Charles Steinberg | Allen R. Smart |
| Timothy and Kathleen Stockdale | Walter Chalmers Smith |
| Mr. John Stokes | Peggy E. Smith-Skarry |
| Richard and Lois Stuckey | Karen A. Sorensen |
| Jeffrey and Linda Swoger | Edward J. and Audrey M. Spiegel |
| Mr. John C. Telander | Vito Stagliano |
| Mr. & Mrs. Jerald Thorson | Mrs. Zelda Star |
| Karen Hletko Tiersky | Charles J. Starcevich |
| Myron Tiersky | Curtis D. Stensrud |
| Jacqueline A. Tilles | Helmut and Irma Strauss |
| Mr. James M. Trapp | Franklin R. St. Lawrence |
| Mr. Donn N. Trautman | Robert Sychowski |
| Mike and Mary Valeanu | Mr. & Mrs. Robert Swanson |
| Gerrit Vanderwest | Ruth Miner Swislow |
| Frank Villella | Robert Sychowski |
| Mr. Milan Vydareny | Andrew and Peggy Thomson |
| Dr. Malcolm Vye | J. Ross Thomson |
| Adam R. Walker and BettyAnn Mocek | Sue Tice |
| Mr. Frank Walschlager | Beatrice B. Tinsley |
| Louella Krueger Ward | C. Phillip Turner |
| Dr. Catherine L. Webb | Ted Utchen |
| Karl Wechter | Robert L. Volz |
| Claude M. Weil | Lois and James Vrhel |
| Joan Weiss | Louise Benton Wagner |
| Mr. Thomas Weyland | Michael Jay Walanka |
| Lisa and Paul Wiggin | Nancy L. Wald |
| Linda and Payson S. Wild | Josephine Wallace |
| Joyce S. Wildman | Laurie Wallach |
| Kayla Anne Wilson | Ann Dow Weinberg |
| Robert A. Wilson | Marco Weiss |
| Nora M. Winsberg | Barbara Huth West |
| Mr. & Mrs. Stephen M. Wolf | The Whateley Trust, in memory of Baron Whateley |
| Beth Wollar | Max and Joyce Wildman |
| Lev Yaroslavskiy | Joyce Hadley Williams |
| IN MEMORIAM | Arnold and Ann Wolff |
| Listed below are individuals who were Theodore Thomas Society members and patrons who made exceptional commitments to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra through their estates. They are remembered with gratitude for their generosity and visionary support. | Ronald R. Zierer |
| Anonymous (9) | Rita A. Zralek |
| Hope A. Abelson |
† Denotes deceased
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Annual Support
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Lifetime Support
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Negaunee Music Institute
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