Honor Roll of Donors
The Adler Planetarium gratefully acknowledges the following donors who made generous commitments to the Lift-Off! campaign between January 1, 2006 and June 15, 2011.
$5,000,000+
The Boeing Company
The Grainger Foundation
$2,000,000 to $4,999,999
Crown Family Philanthropies
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Pritzker Foundation
The Women’s Board of the Adler Planetarium
$1,000,000 to $1,999,999
Donald C. Clark, Jr.* / The Clark Family Foundation
Mr.* and Mrs. Bryan C. Cressey
Public Museum Capital Grants Program – Illinois Department of National Resources, Illinois State Museum
ITW
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
$500,000 to $999,999
The Brinson Foundation
ComEd
William* and Claudia Gruber
Richard and Beverly Joutras
The Kresge Foundation
Robert R. McCormick Foundation
Dushan* and Nancy A. Petrovich
PNC
Polk Bros. Foundation
S & C Electric Company
$250,000 to $499,999
Vera and Frank* Clark
Estate of Charles W. Godwin
Johnson Family Foundation
The John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Richard M. Morrow
Prince Charitable Trusts
Searle Funds at The Chicago Community Trust
United Airlines
$100,000 to $249,999
Anonymous
The Barker Welfare Foundation
The Buchanan Family Foundation
The Cashel Foundation
The Chicago Community Trust
Mr.* and Mrs. John W. Estey
Peggy and Steve Fossett Foundation
Mr.* and Mrs. David W. Fox
Lamar* and Lisa Johnson
JPMorgan Chase Foundation
Illinois State Board of Education
Captain* and Mrs. James A. Lovell, Jr.
Joe* and Jen Lower
William* and Karen Lutz
Andy* and Nancy Mills
National Science Foundation
Estate of David Rose
Rose L. Shure
The Siragusa Foundation
Estate of Charles R. Walgreen, Jr.
A. Montgomery Ward Foundation
$50,000 to $99,999
Anonymous (2)
Adler / Eder Families*
The Albert Pick, Jr. Fund
Cynthia L. Ballew* and Michael A. Smith
Linda* and Gastone Celesia
Mr. and Mrs. John D’Arcy, Jr.
Mr.* and Mrs. Douglas A. Engel
Julius N. Frankel Foundation
The Lloyd A. Fry Foundation
Estate of Barbara J. Green
Mr.* and Mrs. Bernard L. Hengesbaugh
Otto W. Lehmann Foundation
The Sapling Foundation
Dr. Scholl Foundation
Michael D. Searle / Searle Family Trust
Orli and Bill Staley
Mr. and Mrs. James P. Stirling
Peter Q.* and Michelle S. Thompson
$25,000 to $49,999
Anonymous (2)
Combs Family Foundation*
Estate of Vivian E. and Ross I. Conner
James J. Doyle*
The Field Foundation of Illinois, Inc.
The Volney Foster Family
Gensler
Mr.* and Mrs. Steven Gold
Ken Griffin, on behalf of Citadel
Nancy and Raj Gupta
Leo S. Guthman Fund
Jan and Art Holzheimer
The Joyce Foundation
Mr.* and Mrs. Robert C. Knuepfer, Jr.
Ray and Lisa Lewis
Steve* and Amy Louis Foundation
Dr. and Mrs. Ralph Mansfield
Emily and David Merjan
Thomas A.* and Mary B. Nardi
Mr.* and Mrs. James J. O’Connor
Sunday* and Charles Perry
Estate of Sidney L. Port
Barbara and Jeffrey* Rothstein
Mr. and Mrs.* Edward Ruscheinski and Family
April K. Brazell and Donald J. Santoski*
Matthew F. Sauer* and Meg Sauer
Donna N.* and Carl E. Smith
Barbara L. Stewart* and Peter Bowe
In Loving Memory of Herbert H. Zivkovic
$10,000 to $24,999
Anonymous
Jill W. Adler*
Alberto Culver Company
Aon Hewitt Associates Inc.
Drs. Vijaya and Bapu Arekapudi
Erika Lautman Bartelstein
Bears Care
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois
BRC Imagination Arts
T. Kimball Brooker
Dr. George T. Caleel and Rebecca Childers Caleel
Mr.* and Mrs. David Carlquist
CDW
Dr.* and Mrs. Joseph M. Chamberlain
City of Chicago, Department of Cultural Affairs
Clune Construction
Stanton R. Cook
Elaine D. and Paul T. Cottey
Mr.* and Mrs. James C. Cotting
Crowe Horwath LLP
Dr. John M. and Nancy A. Damas
The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation
Discover
Ernst & Young LLP
Audrey and Gregory Fischer
Barbara and Erik Flom
Mr.* and Mrs. Jeffrey T. Foland
Robert* and Debra Gordon
Graycor Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam and Ana Greco
Kathy Hopinkah Hannan*
Cynthia Mark-Hummel and John R. Hummel
Leslie Jones, Ph.D.*
Caroline Becker Joss* and Brian Joss
Mayer & Morris Kaplan Family Foundation
Charles L. Katzenmeyer
Donald P. and Byrd M. Kelly Foundation
Drs. Paul* and Naomi Knappenberger
KPMG LLP
The Joseph Kwain Family In Memory of Dolores Kwain
Phyllis Lockett*
The Lovell Family
Marge and Lee Marek
Robert and Judy Marth
Mazza Foundation
William McDaniel Charitable Foundation, Inc.
Estate of Jamie McDonald
McGraw Foundation
McKinsey & Company, Inc.
OMEGA / Swatch Group U.S. Inc.
Jo Ann and Joe Paszczyk
Perry Family Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. John O. Peters III
Irene S. Phelps*
Meg* and Jim Prendergast
Allison and James* Reddinger
State Farm Insurance Companies
Avi Shaked* and Babs Waldman
The Stegner-Freitag Family
Mr.* and Mrs. Scott C. Swanson
Dale and Michelle Vanderlaan
Mr.* and Mrs. Terry E. Zink
Charter Members of the Max & Sophie Adler Society
The Adler Planetarium gratefully acknowledges individuals who announced their support of the museum through a bequest or life-income gift during the Lift-Off! Campaign.
Anonymous (2)
Vera and Frank* Clark
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen F. Condren
Mr.* and Mrs. Bryan C. Cressey
J. Douglas Donenfeld*
Nelma J. Garcia and Richard Horwitz
Willis Jamieson, Jr.
C. Paul Johnson*
Stuart Kane
John F. Lyng
Mary Elizabeth Mako
David* and Justine K. Mintzer
Sunday* and Charles Perry
Mr. and Mrs. James P. Stirling
Craig A. Summers
Charles Wilson
* Adler Trustees
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