Founders Forum

Founders Forum

$1Million+


Individuals

Ruth Ashelford Pollock*

Dennis and Stacey Barsema

John and Nancy Castle

Dean and Brenda DuCray

Gaylen and Joanne Larson

David Layman*

Michael and Louise McSweeney

John and Tashia Morgridge

Jerome and Betty Rich

Doug and Lynn Roberts

Charles and Mary Roberts*

Richard Ryan

Raymond and Patricia Smerge

George* and Frances Wilkins

Jeffrey and Kimberly Yordon

 

Businesses, Corporations, and Foundations

BP Amoco Corporation

IBM

Intergraph Corporation

KPMG LLP Foundation

Motorola, Incorporated

Roxboro, Incorporated

Scripps League Newspapers Education and Research Fund

Shoe Factory Road, LLC

Siemens PLM Software

Synopsys

VeriBest, Incorporated

 

$500,000 - $999,999

 

Individuals

Bob and Alina Brigham

Robert* and Georgena Beck

W. E. and Ruth* Briles

Kenneth and Ellen Chessick

Douglas and Cynthia Crocker

Jeffrey and Doreen Eckmann

David and Linda Nelson

Unidentified Donors

 

Businesses, Corporations, and Foundations

Baxter International, Incorporated

BP Foundation, Incorporated

IL Assoc. of School Bus. Officials

Microsoft - Great Plains Softbite Solutions

National Bank & Trust Company of Sycamore

 

$250,000 - $499,999

 

Individuals

Jerol and Jinny Andres

Tim and Nancy Dacy

Dean and Linda DeBiase

Robert and Mary English

Clarence Hardgrove*

David Inge and Charmaine Izzo-Inge

Donald and Donna Kieso

Elizabeth Lane*

Justin and Sherrone McCareins

Jim and Helen Merritt*

Carla Montgomery

Harvey and Elizabeth Plotnick

E. Eugene Carter and Rita Rodriguez

Elizabeth Schwantes*

Anthony and Chris Speiser

Sally Stevens

William and Dian Taylor

Lester Trilla

Jerrold and Carol Zar

 

Business, Corporations, and Foundation

Castle Bank

Caterpillar Foundation

Corporation for Public Broadcasting

Crowe Horwath, LLP

DDB Chicago, Incorporated

Digital Audio Disc Corporation

HSBC North America

Kish Health System

Kohl's Corporation

Motorola Foundation

Omron Foundation, Incorporated

OTA LLC

Scheinfeld Foundation

Standard Register Company

TCF National Bank

Toyota InfoTechnology Center U.S.A., Incorporated

Verizon Foundation

Xilinx, Incorporated 

 

$100,000 - $249,999

Individuals

Paul and Mary Jo Arndt

Orville and Adra Baker*

Gary and Gloria Baumgartner

Lou Jean Moyer and Mary Bell

Brian and Renee Bemis

Robert and Doris Boey

Barton and Edna Burch

Gary and Mary Burge

Paul and Jean* Burtness

Nick and Kimberly Calamos

John and Margaret Christiano

Dennis and Debra Dean

Ryan and Julie Diem

Herb and Patricia Eldean

Irving Frank*

Joseph Gasior*

Steven and Michele Glasgow

Stephen and Carol Goehl

David and Diane Graf

Robert* and Frances Green

Kevin Heneghan

Earl* and Margaret Hoffmann

David and Fran Holman

Stephen Kalber

Anthony and Carolyn Kambich

Cindy Kempisty

Marguerite Key

Thomas and Donna Kubik

James and Linda Mason

John and Laura Matson

William and Josephine Monat

Michael and Cherilyn Murer

George Nahas

Clark and Arlene Neher

John* and Muriel Niemi

James and Lisa Palmer

Andrew and Rita* Patti

Mike and Mira Pavlovic

Richard and Roxlyn Pepper

James Pick and Rosalyn Laudati

Ronald and Nancy Proesel

Dave and Lyn Rasmussen

Emmett Richards*

Manuel and Pat Sanchez

Eunice Schwemm*

Tom and Shirley Scott

Charles* and Kathy Siebrasse

Lester Smith

Jerry and Laurie Steinborn

Michael and Trisha Strachan

A. Kirby and Helene Tink*

Unidentified Donors

Lynne Waldeland

R. Duke* and Marillyn Watson

Alexander Wenner

Robert and Kathy Wheeler

Marjorie Wheeler*

J. Patrick White*

William* and Alice Wilbur

Robert Smith and Patricia Wolf Smith*

Chet and Teresa Young

 

Businesses, Corporations, and Foundations

Abbott Laboratories

Abbott Laboratories Fund

Acxiom Corporation

Allstate Life Insurance Company

Alta Via Consulting, LLC

American National Bank of DeKalb

Amoco Research Center

AutoDesk Inventor

AutomationDirect

Cambridge Square Townhomes

Caterpillar, Incorporated

Charles Stewart Mott Foundation

Chicago Association of Direct Marketing Education Foundation

Clorox Company

DeKalb County Community Foundation

DuKane Corp.

Energy Systems Group, LLC

Enterprise Rent-A-Car of Chicago

First USA Bank, N.A.

Glory Educational Resource, Incorporated

Hamilton Sundstrand Foundation

Horwitz, Horwitz & Associates, LTD

Hy-line International

Ideal Industries Foundation

James S. Kemper Foundation

John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

Kishwaukee Country Club

Lincolnshire West Apartments

McKesson Corporation

Mike Mooney Chevy, Cadillac, GMC & Pontiac

Mitutoyo America Corporation

Monsanto Fund Matching Gift Program

Morris Goldseker Foundation of Maryland, Incorporated

National Trust for the Humanities

NICOR Gas

O'Brien-Vrba Scholarship Trust

OMRON Electronics, Incorporated

Quark, Incorporated

Royal Thai Consulate General

ShoreBank

Siemens Building Technologies, Incorporated

Square D Foundation

Target

TCF Foundation

Verizon Communications - Bloomington

Village Commons Bookstore

Woodward

Yale University

 

$50,000 - $99,999

Individuals

Charles and Ann Achilles

Merlyn* and Donita Albright

Anonymous Donor

Anonymous Donor

Richard and Dorothy Arnold

Ronald and Carol Ballschmiede

Allan and Cathy Barsema

Christopher and Sandra Baynas

Richard and Dorathea Beard

Richard and Tamara Beck

Richard Cooler and T.J. Behrens Cooler

William and Priscilla Boston

Robert Bovinette and Yvonne Truesdell-Bovinette

Charles and Jane* Bradt

Julius and Joycelyn Brasini

Robert and Gertrude Brigham

David and Dorothy Broderick

Michael Brown

Thomas and Patricia Callahan

Kenneth and Penny Cameron

Donald and Christine Coglianese

Henry de Fiebre and Karen Rothe

Jean Dewey*

Ralph and Gloria Dickerson

Harry and Jeanette* Doweiko

Fred Eychaner

Anonymous Donor

John and Janis Felver

Janet Finney*

Robert Fioretti

Margaret Florio

Donald* and Lynne Fortunato

Craig and Mary Kay Funkhouser

Frank and Gail Gallagher*

Norm and Marion Gilbert

Anonymous Donor

John and Judith Gurley

Richard Hahin

Andrew and Linda Hannigan

Tom Harvey

Al Haynes

Dave and Karen Heide

Jim and Kathy Hendricks

Craig Holderness

Ernest and Pamela Iannotta

Anne Kaplan

Romualdas and Nijole Kasuba

Terry and Linda Kirch

Michael Korcek

Josephine Korcek

Edward and Delores Koznarek

John and Lili La Tourette

Bill and Paula LeRoy

W. Bruce* and Mary Lincoln

Joseph and Lauren Locke

Gary and Ruth Longman

Everett* and Helen Marshall

Richard Gunther and Colleen McLaughlin

Christopher and Lorraine Millington

David Nargis

Gerard Oprins and Cynthia Christensen

Orva M. Engelsvold Trust

David and Rebecca Petzke

Earl and Cynthia Rachowicz

Gerald Slawin* and Diane Ragains Slawin

Elizabeth* Reed

Thomas* and Nancy Roberts

Bob Rothkopf and Cathy McCulley-Rothkopf

David and Sarajean Ruttenberg*

Vincent and Kelly Scott

Anonymous Donors

Randy Shelton

Harry and Jaymie Simmon

Gregory Schatzle and Mallory Simpson

Patrick and Christalyn Simpson

Robert Singleton

Steven Sliga

Jerome and Ging Smith

Linda Sons

Dean and Sharon Stieber

Cynthia Stiehl

Carl Stiehl

Donald Babo and Cherry Stoddard

Gary Tadd

Steven and Kelly Truckenbrod

Joy Valentine*

David and Dawn Waltrip

Eric Wasowicz and Ann Lawrence

Robert and Sally* Webber

Malcolm Weiss* and Mary Furner

Donald and Helen Westlake

Thomas Wilson

James and Moke Chee Wolter

Steven and Elizabeth Young

 

Businesses, Corporations, Foundations

Centex Corporation

American Honda Foundation

Amsted Industries, Incorporated

Ayco Charitable Foundation

Bright Start Trust

Careerbuilder, LLC

Chicago White Sox Charities, Incorporated

CME Group Community Foundation

Comcast Financial Agency Corporation

Commonwealth Edison Company

Dillon Foundation

Elburn Scholarship Fund

Ernst & Young Foundation

Experian

Fairway Network

First of America Bank-DeKalb

Fluid Power Engineering

Fox Valley Ford Incorporated

Friends of Michael J. Madigan

Gannett Foundation

Grant Thornton Foundation

Harley Davidson Motor Company

Haymaker Enterprises, Incorporated, DBA Fattys

Henry Luce Foundation, Incorporated

HILTI, Incorporated

I.U.N.

IL Women's Golf Assoc.

ISR, Incorporated

Jim Felts Mitsubishi

John Deere Foundation

Joyce Foundation

Joyce Superstore

Ken Spears Construction, Incorporated

KPMG LLP

Kraft Foods, Incorporated

Laser System

Liberace Foundation for Performing & Creative Arts

Lin Engineering

MATLAB

Microsoft Corporation

Morgan Stanley Dean Witter

Nevada Community Foundation

NI Publishing

Ohmite Manufacturing Company

Pete Harkness Auto Group

Peters GMC

Phi Sigma Kappa Alumni

Philip Morris Companies, Incorporated

Plante & Moran, PLLC

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP - Chicago

Resource Bank N. A.

Restaurant.Com

Riverfront Chrysler Plymouth Jeep Eagle

Rock River Valley Blood Center

Rockford Health Systems, Incorporated

Rosebud Foundation

Ruth McCormick Tankersley Charitable Trust

Safety-Kleen Corporation

Schwab Fund for Charitable Giving

Sears, Roebuck & Company

Seismic Micro Technology, Incorporated

Sonnet Software, Incorporated

STAC Scholarship Fund, Incorporated

State Bank of St. Charles

Stratford Inn/Carls Fargo

Streng Designs

Suburban Estates

Tom McClain Ford Mercury

Tooling & Manufacturing Assoc. Education Foundation

Unitarian Universalist Church

Vale Industries, Incorporated

Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

Verizon Wireless

Vidicon, LLC

Walgreen Benefit Fund

Wal-Mart Corporate Office

Warady & Davis LLP CPA and Consultants

Whitman Catering

 

 

 

 

* Deceased

The Office of Donor Relations compiles this list of the university’s generous donors. Contributions made from July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011 are included.

 

If you note an error or omission, please bring it to our attention so that we may correct our records.

 

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