Donors
2022 Annual Donors
$100,000 and up
Anonymous
S. Leigh Pierson Conant and Douglas R. Conant
John and Cathie Estey
Jane Irwin
The Negaunee Foundation
Malcolm and Virginia O’Hagan
Saul Zaentz Charitable Foundation
$50,000 – $99,999
Abra Prentice Foundation
Roger and Julie Baskes
Gail C. Bent
BMO Harris Bank
Brinson Foundation
Ellen and Don Clark
Joan E. and Robert A. Clifford
Elizabeth Morse Charitable Trust
Hill and Cheryl Hammock
Library of Congress
Dominique Raccah and Raymond Bennett
S&C Electric Company Fund at the Chicago Community Foundation
Larry Shulman and Rhonda Rochambeau
Wintrust Financial Corporation
Anonymous
Accent Charitable Fund
Allstate Insurance Company
Ann Bradley
Scott and Beth Brady
Bulley & Andrews
Marion Cameron-Gray
Chicago Council of the American Writers Museum
Carolyn Curiel and Mark Van Fleet
Dr. Scholl Foundation
Faegre Drinker
First Eagle Bank
Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation
Jay and Robin Hammer
James and Carol Hansen
Werner and Marleen Hein
Jastromb Family Philanthropic Fund
Kinzie Capital Partners, Suzanne Yoon
Mayer Brown
Catherine Mouly and Ted Carlson
Linda S. Nagarkatti
Patrick O’Hagan and Paula Llaneza
Poetry Foundation
Ralph and Evelyn Davis Family Foundation
Sheli and Burt Rosenberg
John W. and Jeanne M. Rowe
Roberta H. Rubin
Robin and Sandy Stuart
Donna Van Eekeren
Sally Wood
Bedi Family Foundation
Lloyd and Kathryn Bettis
Norman and Virginia Bobins, The Robert Thomas Bobins Foundation
Maree G. Bullock, Alford Group
CBRE
Paul and Amy Carbone
The Board of the Chicago Sunday Evening Club
Carey Cranston and Ellen Tritschler
Michael T. Clune
Steve and Dorne Eastwood
Esbrook P.C.
Edith and Gerald Falk
Robert and Gena Franden
Deborah and James Franczek
Maria C. Green
Hummer Mower Associates
Julian Grace Foundation
Ivan and Kathy Kane
Glenn and Christine Kelly
Emily and Robert King
Kirkland & Ellis
Daniel Korengold and Martha Dippell
Milne Family Foundation
Grove Mower and Brooke Hummer
Richard and Mary Beth Murphy
Shanti Nagarkatti
The Neilom Foundation
Oil-Dri Corporation of America
Amanda and John Rutledge
Michael and Tracey Scodro
Sugar Felsenthal Grais & Helsinger LLP
Monica L. Walker
Dan and Angela Yergin
Anonymous
Sarah and Vincent Anderson
Andrew Anway, Amaze Design
Marie Arana
Nick and Nancy Berberian
Steve and Joan Bowen
David and Katherine Bradley
Joseph Brennan and Leslie Shad
Tim Calkins and Carol Saltoun
Al Chircop
John Cole
Steven and Caralynn Collens
Robin and Edward Culbertson
Mary Cunningham and Tom Watson
Debora de Hoyos and Walter Carlson
Robert Doepel
Rita Dragonette
William and Joan Dutton
Renee Edelman
Katherine Field Stephen
Barry and Jeanette Filderman
T. Bondurant and Hollis S. French
Jonathan and Kristin Friesen
Michelle Gelman
Norma Green
Bruce and Jamie Hague
Rob and Caroline Hammock
Lawrence and Camille Hanson
Dorothy Harza
Christie Hefner
Steve and Mary Jo Herseth
David Hiller
Laura Huizinga
Mary Josephs
Kathleen Kavanaugh
Bill Kurtis and Donna LaPietra
Laughing Acres Family Foundation Inc.
Carol and Gene Ludwig Family Foundation
Bret Maxwell
Sherry McAuliffe
Paul and Penelope McDonnell
Tracy McGillivary
Katy Mickelson
Charles Moore
Jossy Nebenzahl
John Newman
Sharon and Leon Oberlander
PJH & Associates, Inc.
Joseph L. Parker
Mark and Lisa Pattis
Michael Power
Robert R. McCormick Foundation
Joseph and Sharon Petrillo
Michael and Christine Pope
Carol Prins and John Hart
Susan Rabe
Israel Rocha and Sarah Wilson Rocha
Lynn and Larry Robinson
Stephen and Ann Ross
Paul and Joan Rubschlager
John and Alice Sabl
Haun Saussy
Michael and Cynthia Scholl
Walt Sheffler and Betsy Boe
Clark and Marcia Silcox
John Sirek
Stanley and Donna Slabas
Marilyn Stewart
Helen Sullivan
April Tritschler
Scott Turow
Therese Unumb and Philip Thompson.
Jon and Shari Vegosen
Carol Wells
WIPFLI
Robert and Susan Wislow
Irv and Carol Yoskowitz
Gerald Adelman
Ann Adenbaum and Alan Schramm
Randall Albers
James Alexander
Jill Antoniewiecz
Raymond Arenson
Lee Barker
Amy Barrow
Robert and Arlene Bein
Sara Bhatia
JD and Jean Bindenagel
Terry Birkel and Ann Brown
Judith Block
Andrew and Gail Brown
Katherine Buck and Kevin Preloger
Michael Burke
Jerry Callaghan and Carol Wells
Ellen Carnahan
Lisa Broner Cort and Bruce Cort
Sarah Crewe and Patrick Connor
Marion Covey
Pamela Daniels-Halisi
Robert and Fran DelBoca
Regis and Elena Delmontagne
James Dodson
Donald Evans
Kristin Faust
Diana Ferguson
Deborah and James Franczek
Susan and Paul Freehling
Mark and Cindy Fuller
Lisa Gaines McDonald
Linda Gels
Reginald Gibbons
Barbara Goodman and Seth Weinberger
Christopher Gorter
David and Lauren Gorter
David and Cynthia Greising
Bob Hammer
Jack Hartman
Bradley and Lisa Henderson
Laurie Holmes
David and Lizabeth Horn
John and Diane Huff
Ogden and Nina Hunnewell
Cynthia Jamison
Carol and Gregory Josefowicz
Julie and Kevin Justie
John and Patricia Koskinen
Karen Latchford
Murray and Audrey Lessinger
Judy and Stephen Levin
Jaedene and Charles Levy
Susan and Douglas Lyons
John Mackey
Helen Marlborough and Harry Roper
Fredrick Miller and Diane Valente
Susan Morris
Charles Mottier
Larry Msall
Mary Ellen Murphy
Viet Thanh Nguyen
Charles O’Connor and Susan Plaeger
Katie Panning Spieth
Susan Payne
Michael and Eve Perri
Gordon Lee Pollock
Kenneth Porrello
David Power
Neil Quinn
Philip and Cathy Rosborough
David and Judith Saunders
Randall Scasny
Anthony and Alison Scherer
Steven Schneider
Jonathan and Lauren Schwartz
Ketan Shah
Jay and Robin Shannon
Joanne Silver
Patricia Smart
Gay Stanek
Joanne P. Starzec
Susan Stephen Pod
Jeanette Sublett and Langdon Neal
Karen Teitelbaum
Gayle R. Tilles
Annette Turow
Dana and Karen Twible
Pam and Doug Walter
Peter Walton and Laurel Greiman
Nike Whitcomb
Tom and Nancy Williams
Audrey Williams-Lee
Vicki Woodward
Debbie Wright
Caren Yanis
Edward Zifkin and Sue Fieldman
Michael Zwell
Founding Patrons
The AWM is grateful to its Founding Patrons, who made leadership gifts in the early days of the museum’s development. Thanks to these generous friends, the AWM became a reality.
$1 million +
S. Leigh Pierson Conant and Douglas R. Conant
Malcolm and Virginia O’Hagan
Stead Family Foundation
$500,000 – $999,999
John and Cathie Estey
The Meijer Foundation
The Negaunee Foundation
Wintrust Financial
Roger and Julie Baskes
Jay and Robin Hammer
James and Carol Hansen
Anonymous
Bulley & Andrews
Maree G. Bullock, in memory of Jimmie R. Alford
Marion A. Cameron
Clune Construction
M. Hill and Cheryl Hammock
Jastromb Family Philanthrophic Fund
John and Mary Pappajohn
S&C Electric Company
BMO Harris Bank
Chicago Community Trust
Exelon
Robert and Gena Franden
Joyce and Bruce Gates
Werner and Marleen Hein
Ivan and Kathy Kane
Marc Realty
Jim and Linda Mitchell
Catherine Mouly and Ted Carlson
National Endowment for the Humanities
Poetry Foundation
Roberta Rubin and Family
Abra Prentice Foundation, Inc.
Allstate Insurance Company
Lloyd and Kathryn Bettis
Mr. and Mrs. Norman Bobins, The Robert Thomas Bobins Foundation
Chicago Council of The American Writers Museum
Ellen and Don Clark
Robert A. and Joan E. Clifford
Combe Family
Dell
Daniel Korengold and Martha Dippell
The Donnelley Foundation
William and Joan Dutton
Frank and Gayle Eby
Elizabeth Morse Charitable Trust
Stephanie and Roger Hochschild
Jane Irwin
Mr. and Mrs. Martin J. Koldyke
Komarek-Hyde McQueen Foundation
Chase Collins Levey
Gerry Gedroic Lichterman
The Descendants of General Alexander C. McClurg
Coco and Ethan Meers
Milne Family Foundation
Alexandra C. and John D. Nichols
Penguin Random House
Ralph and Evelyn Davis Family Foundation
H. John and Diane M. Riley Family Fund
Burton X. and Sheli Rosenberg
Larry Shulman and Rhonda Rochambeau
Robin and Sandy Stuart Foundation
Angela Stent and Daniel Yergin
Anonymous (3)
Tom and Mary Carmel Borders
The Brinson Foundation
Carey Cranston and Ellen Tritschler
Bill and Kittie Devers
Paul Dykstra and Spark Cremin
Joan and Kevin Evanich
Edith and Gerald Falk
Hachette Book Group
Ronne and Robert Hartfield
Harvey Hubbell Foundation
Beverly and Warren Hayford
IHS Markit
Jannotta Family Fund
Lamar, Lisa, Mary, Elaine and Paul Johnson
Macmillan Publishers
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Moss
Richard W. Muzzy and Susan Beebe Muzzy
Mr. and Mrs. Ray E. Newton, Jr.
Lynne and Larry Robinson
Sara Lee and Axel Schupf
Arch W. Shaw Foundation
Savills Studley
Nike B. Whitcomb