The Richard and Helen Thomas Donor Gallery
Theodore Thomas Society
Chair
Mary Louise Gorno
Listed below are generous donors who have made commitments to Chicago Symphony 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 Chicago Symphony. To learn more, contact the Planned Giving team or call 312-294-3150.
Chicago Symphony 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 Chicago Symphony.
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 |
| James G. Borovsky | Diane Ososke |
| Danolda Brennan | Jo Ann & Joe Paszczyk |
| Mr. Leon Brenner, Jr. | Mary T. † and David R. Pfleger |
| Mitchell J. Brown | Mrs. Thomas D. Philipsborn |
| Marion A. Cameron-Gray | Judy Pomeranz |
| Charles Capwell and Isabel Wong | The Christoph G. Ptack Trust |
| Dr. Joseph and Patricia Car | Maridee Quanbeck |
| Mr. Frank and Dr. Vera Clark | Neil K. Quinn |
| Patricia A. Clickener | Randall and Cara Rademaker |
| Judith and Stephen F. Condren | Constance A. Rajala |
| Anita Crocus | Al and Lynn Reichle |
| Keith Crow and Elizabeth Parker | Ann and Bob † Reiland |
| David L. Curry | Wendy Reynes |
| Mr. Doug Donenfeld | Dr. Edward O. Riley |
| Mimi Duginger | Daniel J. Riordan |
| Harry and Jean Eisenman | Charles and Marilynn Rivkin |
| Michael and Kathleen Elliott | David and Kathy Robin |
| Dr. Marilyn Ezri | Jerry Rose |
| Tarek and Ann Fadel | Mr. James S. Rostenberg |
| David S. and Janet M. Fox | Richard O. Ryan |
| Mr. & Mrs. David W. Fox, Sr. | John A. Salkowski |
| Allen J. Frantzen and George R. Paterson | Cecelia Samans |
| Mary J. and Ronald P. Frelk | A. Wm. Samuel |
| Penny and John Freund | Franklin Schmidt |
| Mr. & Mrs. Paul C. Gignilliat | Mr. Craig Sirles |
| Merle Gordon | Betty W. Smykal |
| Mary Louise Gorno | Annette and Richard Steinke |
| Dr. & Mrs. David Granato | Mrs. Deborah Sterling |
| Mary L. Gray | Mr. & Mrs. William H. Strong |
| Mary Winton Green | Gloria B. Telander |
| Joyce and Timothy Greening | Karin and Alfred Tenny |
| Dr. Jon Brian Greis | Richard and Helen Thomas |
| John and Patricia Hamilton | Ms. Carla M. Thorpe |
| Mr. Michael Hansen and Ms. Nancy Randa | Dr. Richard Tresley |
| John Hart and Carol Prins | Laura and Terrence Truax |
| Mr. William P. Hauworth II | John L. and Dyanne L. Turner |
| Thomas and Linda Heagy | Paula Turner |
| Mr. R.H. Helmholz | Robert W. Turner and Gloria B. Turner |
| Marcia M. Hochberg | Judith and Paul Tuszynski |
| Stephanie and Allen Hochfelder | Mr. & Mrs. John E. Van Horn |
| Concordia Hoffmann | Mr. Christian Vinyard |
| Kent and Cathy Hoffmann | Craig and Bette Williams |
| Stephen D. and Catherine N. Holmes | Florence Winters |
| Frank and Helen Holt | Stephen R. Winters and Don D. Curtis |
| Mark and Elizabeth Hurley | Patrick & Patrice Wooldridge |
| Frances and Phillip Huscher | Dr. Robert G. Zadylak |
| Merle L. Jacob | Helen Zell |
| Ms. Darlene Johnson | Gifford Zimmerman |
| Ronald B. Johnson | |
| Roy A. and Sarah C. Johnson |
Members
| Anonymous (36) | Barbara W. Levin |
| Valerie and Joseph Abel | Dr. & Mrs. Robert L. Levy |
| Louise Abrahams | Ms. Sally Lewis |
| Richard J. Abram and Paul Chandler | Dr. Eva F. Lichtenberg |
| Patrick Alden | Mr. Michael Licitra |
| Richard and Elynne Aleskow | Dr. & Mrs. Philip R. Liebson |
| Judy L. Allen | Bonnie Glazier Lipe |
| Gary and Barbara Allie | Alma Lizcano |
| Carlos Almeida and Dr. Matthew Sweeney | Heidi Lukas and Mr. Charles Grode |
| Ann S. Alpert | William and Terry Maher |
| Patricia Ames | Suzette Mahneke |
| Ms. Judith L. Anderson | Ann Chassin Mallow |
| Rev. Dr. Cheryl B. Anderson | Sharon L. Manuel |
| Steven Andes, Ph.D. | Mrs. John J. Markham |
| Barbara Andrews | Judith Partipilo Marth |
| Dr. Edward Applebaum and Dr. Eva Redei | Ms. Mirjana Martich and Mr. Zoran Lazarevic |
| Catherine Aranyi | Deborah McCabe |
| Dr. Susan Arjmand | Judy and Scott McCue |
| Mara Mills Barker | John McFerrin |
| Shirley Baron | Mr. William McIntosh |
| Dr. & Mrs. Robert Beatty | Leoni Zverow McVey and Bill McVey |
| Joan I. Berger | Dorothe Melamed |
| Robert M. Berger | Marcia Melamed |
| Ms. Elizabeth Berry and Mr. Philip S. Revzin | Dr. Sharon D. Michalove |
| Candace Broecker | Dale and Susan Miller |
| John L. Browar | Michael Miller and Sheila Naughten |
| Catherine Brubaker | Mr. & Mrs. Robert Moeller |
| Joseph Buc | Virginia K. Moore |
| Edward J. Buckbee | John H. Mugge |
| Michelle Miller Burns | Thomas R. Mullaney |
| Mr. Robert J. Callahan | Daniel R. Murray |
| Ms. Vera Capp | Dolores D. Nelson |
| Mr. & Mrs. William P. Carmichael | Mariko Kaneda Niwa |
| Dr. Marlene E. Casiano | Franklin Nussbaum |
| Beverly Ann and Peter Conroy | Mr. & Mrs. Paul Oliver, Jr. |
| Mr. Robert L. Crawford | Wallace and Sarah Oliver |
| Ron and Dolores Daly | Lynn Orschel |
| Mr. & Mrs. John Daniels | Helen and Joseph Page |
| Dr. Brenda A. Darrell and Mr. Paul S. Watford | Robert W. Parsons, M.D. |
| Mr. & Mrs. Clyde H. Dawson | Dianne M. and Robert J. Patterson, Jr. |
| Sylvia Samuels Delman | Mr. & Mrs. Michael A. Perlstein |
| Mrs. David A. DeMar | Elizabeth Anne Peters |
| Ms. Phyllis Diamond | Dr. Ann Peterson |
| Janet Wood Diederichs | Judy C. Petty |
| Barbara Doerner | Karen and Dick Pigott |
| Mrs. William Dooley | Lois Polakoff |
| Mrs. Susan Duda | Charlene H. Posner |
| Nancy Schroeder Ebert | D. Elizabeth Price |
| Ryan Eikmeier & Timothy Silver | Dorothy V. Ramm |
| Robert J. Elisberg | Donald F. Ransford |
| Richard Elledge | Jeanne Reed |
| Charles and Carol Emmons | Edgar C. Reihl |
| Lu and Philip Engel | Ann and Bob* Reiland |
| James B. Fadim | Ms. Oksana Revenko-Jones |
| Leslie Farrell | Karen L. Rigotti |
| Donna Feldman | Don* and Sally Roberts |
| Judith E. Feldman | Kevin M. Rooney |
| Frances and Henry Fogel | Mrs. Ben J. Rosenthal |
| Ray Frick | Craig Samuels |
| Susan Fuchs | Suzanne G. Samuels |
| Nancy and Larry † Fuller | Leslie A. Sanders |
| Dileep Gangolli | Kathleen Schaefer |
| Maurice Garnier | Lawrence D. Schectman |
| Miss Elizabeth Gatz | Mr. Douglas M. Schmidt |
| Dr. & Mrs. Mark Gendleman | Dr. Byung-In Seo |
| Ms. Cecille Gerber | Mr. & Mrs. Myron D. Shapiro |
| Margaret and Patrick Ghielmetti | David Shayne |
| Steve and Lauran* Gilbreath | Thomas C. Sheffield, Jr. |
| Mr. Daniel Gilmour, III | Ms. Elizabeth Shelly |
| Mr. Joseph Glossberg | Anne Sibley |
| Ms. Georgean Goldenberg | Leah Simmons |
| Adele Goldsmith | Larry Simpson |
| William A. and Anne Goldstein | Ms. Lynn B. Singer |
| Douglas Ross Gortner | Thomas G. Sinkovic |
| Chet Gougis and Shelley Ochab | Rosalee Slepian |
| Ms. Elizabeth A. Gray | Rebecca G. Smith |
| Ms. Claire Annette Green | Mary Soleiman |
| Delta A. Greene | Jim Spiegel |
| Mrs. Barbara Gundrum | Julie Stagliano |
| Lynne R. Haarlow | Denise M. Stauder |
| Mrs. Robin Tieken Hadley | Karen Steil |
| Mr. Tom Hall | Charles Steinberg |
| Mr. & Mrs. Tom Hallett | Timothy and Kathleen Stockdale |
| Dr. Michael Hill | Richard and Lois Stuckey |
| Mr. Michael Hillbruner | Mark Swanson and Nancy Pifer |
| William B. Hinchliff | Jeffrey and Linda Swoger |
| Mr. Thomas Hochman | Mr. John C. Telander |
| Jack and Colleen Holmbeck | Liisa Thomas |
| Richard J. Hoskins | Mr. & Mrs. Jerald Thorson |
| Mary Houston | Karen Hletko Tiersky |
| Mr. James Humphrey | Myron Tiersky |
| Ms. Jessica Jagielnik | Jacqueline A. Tilles |
| Dr. & Mrs. Todd and Peggy Janus | 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 |
| 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 |
| Paul and Susan Lesher | Ms. Karen Zupko |
In Memoriam
Listed below are individuals who were Theodore Thomas Society members or patrons who made exceptional commitments to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra through their estates. They are remembered with gratitude for their generosity and visionary support.
| Anonymous (10) | Kathleen W. Markiewicz |
| Hope A. Abelson | Walter L. Marr III and Marilyn G. Marr |
| Richard Abrahams | Eloise Martin |
| Carl H. Albright | David Matteson |
| Ruth T. and Roger A. Anderson | Nancy Lauter McDougal and Alfred L. McDougal |
| Ross C. Anderson | Eunice H. McGuire |
| Mychal P. and Dorothy A. Angelos | Carolyn D. and William W. McKittrick |
| Catherine Aranyi | Jack L. Melamed, M.D. |
| Elizabeth M. Ashton | Lois G. and Hugo J. Melvoin |
| Jacqueline and Frank Ball | Richard Menaul |
| Wayne Balmer | Susan Messinger |
| Paul Barker | Phillip Migdal |
| Arlene and Marshall Bennett | Mollyann Miller |
| Kay Lynn Boehme | Gloria Miner |
| Judith and Dennis Bober | Bill Moor |
| Naomi T. Borwell | Charles A. Moore |
| Howard Broecker | David A. Moore |
| Claresa Forbes Meyer Brown | Mrs. Mario Munoz |
| George and Jacqueline Brumlik | Marietta Munnis |
| Dr. Mary Louise Hirsch Burger | David H. Nelson |
| Norma Cadieu | Helen M. Nelson |
| Wiley Caldwell | Muriel Nerad |
| David W. Carpenter | Piri E. and Jaye S. Niefeld |
| William Z. Cline | David Niwa |
| James D. Compton | Raymond and Eloise Niwa |
| Sharon Conway | Carol Rauner O’Donovan |
| Nelson D. Cornelius | T. Paul B. O’Donovan |
| Anita J. Court, Ph.D. | Mary and Eric Oldberg |
| Christopher L. Culp | Bruce P. Olson |
| Azile Dick | David G. Ostrow |
| Duane E. Dickey | Dr. Joan E. Patterson |
| James F. Drennan | Donald Peck |
| Robert L. Drinan, Jr. | Mr. Lewis D. Petry |
| Evelyn Dyba | Charles J. Pollyea |
| Richard Eastline | Miriam Pollyea |
| Marian Edelstein | Donald D. Powell |
| Dr. Edward Elisberg | Samuel Press |
| Kelli Gardner Emery | Alfred and Maryann Putnam |
| Joseph R. Ender | Christine Querfeld |
| Shirley L. and Robert Ettelson | Ruth Ann Quinn |
| Greta Wiley Flory | Kenneth Recu |
| Leslie Fogel | Mary Lee Reed |
| Herbert and Betty Forman | Walter Reed |
| Richard Foster | Bob Reiland |
| Elaine S. Frank | Evelyn Richer |
| Martin and Francey Gecht | J. Timothy Ritchie |
| Isak Gerson | Janet E. Rogers |
| Mrs. Willard Gidwitz | Virginia H. Rogers |
| Lyle Gillman | Mrs. Ward C. Rogers |
| Marvin Goldsmith | Jill N. Rohde |
| Howard Gottlieb | Elaine Rosen |
| William B. Graham | Ben J. Rosenthal |
| Richard Gray | Anthony Ryerson |
| David Green | Dr. Virginia C. Saft |
| Nancy Griffin | Cynthia Mead Sargent |
| Ernest A. Grunsfeld III | Mrs. Milton Scheffler |
| Betty and Lester Guttman | Richard P. Schieler |
| A. William Haarlow III | Beverly and Grover Schiltz |
| Carolyn Hallman | Robert W. Schneider |
| CAPT Martin P. Hanson, USN Ret. | Barbara and Irving Seaman, Jr. |
| Polly and Donald Heinrich | Nancy Seyfried |
| Mary Mako Helbert | Muriel Shaw |
| Adolph “Bud” and Avis Herseth | Morrell A. Shoemaker |
| Mrs. Diane Hoban | Rose L. and Sidney N. Shure |
| James Houston | Dr. & Mrs. Alfred L. Siegel |
| Helen and Michael L. Igoe, Jr. | Joan H. and Berton E. Siegel |
| Barbara Isserman | Joanne Silver |
| Joseph and Rebecca Jarabak | Rita Simó and Tomás Bissonnette |
| Mrs. Marian Johnson | Allen R. Smart |
| Janet Jones | Walter Chalmers Smith |
| Phyllis A. Jones | Karen A. Sorensen |
| James Joseph | Edward J. and Audrey M. Spiegel |
| Paul R. Judy | Vito Stagliano |
| Joseph M. Kacena | Jeremiah Stamler |
| Jared Kaplan | Charles J. Starcevich |
| Morris A. Kaplan | Curtis D. Stensrud |
| Roberta Kapoun | Franklin R. St. Lawrence |
| Carol W. Keenan | Mr. John Stokes |
| Marshall Keltz | Ruth Miner Swislow |
| George Kennedy | Robert Sychowski |
| Paul Keske | Lester G. Telser |
| Esther G. Klatz | Andrew and Peggy Thomson |
| Sally Knowles | Sue Tice |
| Russell V. Kohr | Beatrice B. Tinsley |
| Karen Kuehner | C. Phillip Turner |
| Evelyn and Arnold Kupec | Ted Utchen |
| Robert B. Kyts and Jadwiga Roguska-Kyts | Lois and James Vrhel |
| Caressa Y. Lauer | Louise Benton Wagner |
| Gerald Lee | Walch Family Trust |
| Patricia Lee | Nancy L. Wald |
| Nicole Lehman | Josephine Wallace |
| Christine D. Letchinger | Claude M. Weil |
| Nancy R. Levi | Marco Weiss |
| Melvin R. Loeb | Barbara Huth West |
| Melynda K. Lopin | The Whateley Trust, in memory of Baron Whateley |
| William C. Lordan | Max and Joyce Wildman |
| Tula Lunsford | Joyce Hadley Williams |
| Iris Maiter | Larisa Zhizhin |
| Arthur G. Maling | |
| Bella Malis |
† Denotes deceased
Italics indicate Governing Members, Trustees and Life Trustees.
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