Chicago Opera Theater exists because of YOU and is grateful and proud to acknowledge
its loyal friends and supporters. This list reflects all individual contributions
made to COT between January 1, 2009 and April 1, 2010. Gifts made after this range
will be acknowledged in the 2011 Season Program.
Please contact Sally Preminger, Annual Fund and Events Coordinator, at 312.704.8420,
ext. 214 or spreminger@chicagooperatheater.org
with any questions about Individual contributions.
Ovation Circle $50,000-$99,999
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Sharon and Charles T. Angell
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Lucy and *Peter Ascoli
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Billy Hunt
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Margot and Josef Lakonishok
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Stefan Edlis and Gael Neeson
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Barbara and Barre Seid Foundation
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General Director's Circle $25,000-$99,999
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Anonymous
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Julie and *Roger Baskes
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Jan and Bill Jentes
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Laura G. and James G. McCormick
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*James and Joan Shapiro
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*Lois B. Siegel
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Orli and Bill Staley
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President's Circle $10,000-$24,999
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Adrian Foster
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Sue and *Paul Freehling
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Patricia A. Kenney and *Gregory J. O'Leary
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*Suzanne L. Wagner
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Conductor's Circle $5,000-$9,999
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*Javier J. Aldape
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Pauline and *Gerald Bauman
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Dr. John H. Brill and Dr. Martin J. Yee
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*Erika Bruhn and Richard Johnson
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*Lincoln S. Ellis
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*Julie Green
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Karen and *Neil Kawashima
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Bernard and Averill Leviton
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*Robert Marks
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Nancy Lauter McDougal and
Alfred L. McDougal Charitable Fund
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*Bennett Neuman and Richard Cohn
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Judy Krotky and *David P. O'Connor
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Jean Perkins and Leland Hutchinson
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Scott Romans
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Robert and Sheila Rudolph
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Rose L. Shure
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*Aaron M. Stout
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John Verhey
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*Dorothy Osborn Walton
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Florette and Robert G. Weiss
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Director's Circle $2,500-4,999
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Merrill and Judy Blau
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Howard and Pamela Conant
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Cathy and Joe Feldman
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*Henry and Frances Fogel
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Rhoda and Henry S. Frank
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Ethel and Bill Gofen
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David C. Hall
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Joseph and Rebecca Jarabak
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Stefanie Lenway and Tom Murtha
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Winifred A. Martin
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Charles H. Mottier
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Sir Andrew and Lady Gianna Rolandi Davis
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Curt G. Schmitt
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Earl and Brenda Shapiro Foundation
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Jeanne Sullivan
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*Gladys L. Wolff
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Starring Role Circle $1,000-$2,499
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Anonymous
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Howard I. Aronson
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Arthur A. and Helaine Billings
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Don Bittner
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Drs. Allen Heinemann and William Borden
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Richard Boyum and Louie Chua
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Lutgart J. Calcote
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Stephen and Jennifer Christy
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Polly and Bill Cuncannan
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Robert and Isabel Curley
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Charles and Irene Custer
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Sam Dudley
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Deborah and Cody Engle
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Megan Fellman
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James K. Genden and Alma Koppedraijer
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Debbie Gillaspie and Fred Sturm
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Gerald and Dr. Colette Gordon
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Suzanne and Philip Gossett
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Dr. Janet Wolter Grip
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Miriam Hansen and Michael Geyer
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Harlow and Susan Higinbotham
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James and Mary Lunz Houston
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Robert B. Lifton and Carol Rosofsky
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William D. Mason
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Maura Ann McBreen
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William and Kate Morrison
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Catherine Mouly and LeRoy Carlson, Jr.
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William F. Myers
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John H. Nelson
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Kenneth and Patricia Northcott
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The Ann Barzel/Patrick Henry Arts Fund
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Hal and Marcia Pendexter
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Edward E. and Leah Reicin
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Elena Reinert and Brad DeCori
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Michelle and Aaron M. Renn
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Joseph O. Rubinelli, Jr.
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Richard O. Ryan
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David and Judith Sensibar
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Charles and Mary Shea
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Terry and Maureen Shea
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Mr. Allen R. Smart
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Joseph and Mary Clare Starshak
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Dusan Stefoski and Craig Savage
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Penelope R. Steiner
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Brady Twiggs
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Mr. and Mrs. R. Todd Vieregg
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Mr. and Mrs. Clark Wagner
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Darcy Walker
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Dr. Kathleen Ward
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Patricia H. Werhane
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Howard S. White
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Roland and Patricia Winston
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Jane Moyer and David Wise
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Understudy Circle $500-$999
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James and Sheila Amend
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Anonymous
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Albert Arado
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Mr. and Mrs. William H. Baumgartner, Jr.
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Suzanne and William E. Bible
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Ann Blickensderfer
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Ann S. Carton
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Sara Chaffetz
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Gary Dillehay
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Firestone Family Foundation
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Amy and Robert Folberg
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Timothy and Janet Fox
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Peter Freund
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Stephen and Elizabeth Geer
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Lloyd and Mary Ann Gerlac
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Richard and Mary Gray
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Martin Hanson
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Mr. Robert Helman
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Howard and Elizabeth Helsinger
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Kip Kelley
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Elaine Klemen
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Mary Klyasheff
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F. Maximilian Kort
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Dr. Peter R. Lewy
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Robert McDermott and Sarah Jaicks
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Meridyth and Gordon McIntosh
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Joanne Michalski and Mike Weeda
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Christina and Robert G. Miller
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Robert and Lois Moeller
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Virginia and Dr. Ernest Mond
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Colly and George Nichols
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Martha Nussbaum
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William and Penny Obenshain
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Abby O'Neil and D. Carroll Joynes
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Dawn and John Palmer
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Yuri Rabinovitch and Natalia Vdovtchenko
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Bettylu and Paul Saltzman
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Tom and Barbara Schnitzer
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Dr. G. Stephen Scholly and Ellen Scholly
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Susan and Robert Shapiro
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Hugh Smith
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Robert Sniegowski
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Kenneth G. Swanson
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Chris Ternes and Fran Hackler
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L. Kristofer Thomsen
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John Widom
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Comprimario Circle $250-$499
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Katherine A. Abelson and Rob Cornell
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Mr. and Mrs. Douglas X. Adams
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Stuart H. Anderson
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Anonymous
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Judith Barnard and Michael Fain
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John Bierbusse
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Alan Brodie
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Alice Brunner
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Jane Calvin
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Michael G. Cleveland
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Susan E. Cremin
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Dr. Ariel David
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Inge de la Camp
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Carol Anne Doyle
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Anne Egger
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Barb and R. Bruce Eggert
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Colleen Flanigan
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Mike and Dee Flanigan
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James and Sylvia Franklin
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Pat and Jerry Fuller
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Dorothy and John Gardner
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Carlyn E. Goettsch
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Allen Greenberger
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John R. Grimes
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Betty Guttman
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Dr. Chester and Phyllis Handelman
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Mary and Jeffrey Harvey
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Susan and Brian Heston
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Thomas and Helen Hill
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Jeffrey Holman
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James and Joyce Ibers
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Richard C. Jager
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Mary Ann King
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Diana and Neil King
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William Konczyk and Stanley Conlon
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Patrick R. Lagges
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Bill and Blair Lawlor
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Ralph and Mary Leonard
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Mr. and Mrs. John G. Levi
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Carolyn S. Levin
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Dr. Steven M. and Barbara Lewis
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David E. McNeel
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Charles A. Moore
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Mrs. Sue Mortimer
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Todd Much
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Mr. and Mrs. Martin Mueller
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Joan and Larry Murphy
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Betty and Tom Philipsborn
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Joel and Vivianne Pokorny
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William Porter
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Jim and Agnes Prindiville
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Steve Robinson and Beth Schenker
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Barbara and John Seaman
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Chuck Smith
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Mr. and Mrs. William R.T. Smith
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Marge and Larry Sondler
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Liz Stiffel
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Gilbert Terlicher
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James and Valerie Tonsgard
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Paula and C. Phillip Turner
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John R. Twombly
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Lottie and Albert Wanninger
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Dr. Catherine L. Webb
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Nathalie Weil
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Nicholas Weingarten
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Bernice Weissbourd
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James M. Wells
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John R. Wilson
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Mary and Michael Woolever
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Suzanne and David Zesmer
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John and Linda Zimnie
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Ensemble Circle $100-$249
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Philip and June Aimen
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Mary and Charles Anderson
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Douglas Anderson
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Stephen and Rosemary Anderson
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Anonymous (8)
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Dr. and Mrs. Robert Arensman
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Theodore M. and Barbara J. Asner
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John and Sharon Baldwin
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Eugene Balter and Judith Philips
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Peter T. Bandelow
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Ron and Queta Bauer
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Barbara B. Beebe
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C. Bekerman, M.D.
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David and Christine Bentley
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Diane and Karl Berolzheimer
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Stephen and Carla Berry
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Lieselotte N. Betterman
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Margaret B. and David M. Bevington
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James B. and Dorothy A. Bishop
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M.J. Black
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Diane and Tom Blake
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John Blosser
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Dr. Constance Bonbrest
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Fred and Kay Bosselman
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Marie and Aldridge Bousfield
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Wendy and Norman Bradburn
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Mary B. Bransfield
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Frederik F. and Jill Broekhuizen
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Ralph and Rona Brown
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Mr. and Mrs. John Buckley
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John F. Byrd
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Jeffrey D. Callison
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Denise and Jack Carlson
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Elsa Charlston
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Cynthia Cheski and Rev. Scott Elliott
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Mr. Kenneth Chrzastek
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Clarence Clark
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Henry Cohen
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Mr. and Mrs. Paul T. Cottey
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Dorothy and David Crabb
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Robert Crawford
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David Curry and George Kohler
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Marty and Julie DeRoin
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Timothy and Claudia Divis
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Ingrid and Rich Dubberke
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Frank H. Easterbrook
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Barbara and John Eckel
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Mr. and Mrs. Aarne E. Eeck
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John Empfield
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Marjorie and Richard Ettlinger
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Roberta and Richard Evans
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Robert A. Fajardo
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Stephen Fedo and Ann Speltz
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Karen and Clinton J. Feil
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Henry and Elizabeth Feldman
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Jan Feldman
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Robert G. Fisch
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Julia Fish
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Joan D. Flavin
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Geoffrey Flick
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David Foulser
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Arthur L. Frank, M.D.
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J. Friedman
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Patricia and Thomas L. Gahlon
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James Gandre
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Dedre Gentner
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Gregory K. Geuther
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B.R. Gilbert
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Dr. Janice Gilden
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Joseph Glaser and Jessica Schneider
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Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Golden
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Joseph Gonzales
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Michael and Amy Gordon
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Dr. and Mrs. Robert P. Gordon
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Mary Ann Grannemann
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Donald J. Grossman and Elaine T. Hirsch
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Gail Guggenheim
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Nancy Gustafson
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Carol Hall
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John Harada
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Jill B. Hartman
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Dorothy Harza
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David and Karen Haugen
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Lee Haupt and Michael Rosen
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Charles Hayford
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Jo and Roz Hays
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Margreatha Hein
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Angeline Heisler
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James and Carroll Herber
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Pat Hitchens-Bonow
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Donald L. Hoffman
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Judith Hoffman
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George R. Honig, M.D. and Olga Weiss
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Christopher Hunt
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John Huntington
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Felice Jacobson
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Martha E. Jameson
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Edward Jeske and John Hern
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Ed Joyce
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Tom and Catarina Karalis
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Sonia Katz
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Gloria Kearney
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Eva S. Kelly
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Miriam E. Kerndt
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Martha Kester
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Jean Kim
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Alan and Inge Kistler
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Esther G. Klatz
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John and Mary Kohlmeier
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Kermit Krueger
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Ray and Alma Kuby
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Karen Kuehner
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Axel Kunzmann and Bruce J. Nelson
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Jeanne LaDuke
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Richard and Roberta Larson
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Ida L. Lee
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Moses Lee
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Janet V. Leonard
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J. David Lesenger
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Joan and Murray Levin
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Babs Lieberman
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Robert E. Lindgren
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Chris H. Lonn
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Bernadette C. Lowum
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Dana Loytved
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Joan Margolis
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David Marker
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William Marutzky
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Anne McConville
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Thomas B. McNeill
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Sarah J. Meisels
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Renee Menegaz-Bock and R. Darrell Bock
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Steven Messamer
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Daniel Meyer
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Paul W. Miller
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Walter D. Miller
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Floyd Mittleman
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Philip and Patricia Morehead
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Edward Muir
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Gerald and Maia Mullin
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Bruce and Susan Munro
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Sonia Nahmod
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Ed and Gayla Nieminen
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Ellen and Phillip Noth
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Juli Omahen
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Tish and Peter Overholt
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Gerald Padbury
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Irma Parker
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Louise Parkin
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Anne Parks
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Joan Parojcic
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Sheldon Patinkin
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Claire E. Pensyl and Ira Bell
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David and Claudette Peterson
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John R. Phillips
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Les and Sharon Pollock
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Myron D. Preston
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Dr. and Mrs. George Radich
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Beth and Keith Reed
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Sylvia Rooth
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Harry Roper and Helen Marlborough
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Stephen Roy and Lloyd Kohler
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Joan and Frank R. Safford
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Dr. and Mrs. Edwin C. Salter
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Cecelia Samans
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Robert P. Schaible
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Lynne F. Schatz
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Louis F. Schauer
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Nancy Schmitt
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Carol and Dean Schroeder
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Helen and Glenn Scoggins
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William Sewell
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Dorothie and Surenda Shah
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Rheta and Richard Shapiro
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Ilene Shaw
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Rita and Jim Sheinin
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John B. Simon
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Michael Sloan
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Nilda Soler
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Eve and Marshall Sparberg
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Joan and Charles Staples
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Michael and Nancy Stieber
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James and Janina Strait
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Susan and Nathan Tarcov
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Charles A. Tausche
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The Bobins Foundation
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Myron and Karen Tiersky
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Ruth and Dr. John P. Unik
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Peter and Frances Vandervoort
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John Vinci
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Jacqueline M. Vossler
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Dr. Malcolm Vye and Sherie Stein
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Andrea and Clark D. Wagner
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John Washburn
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Claude Weil
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Audrey and Daniel Weinberg
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Alan Weiner
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Giudi Weiss
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Diane P. Wood
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Mary Young
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Linda and Owen Youngman
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Drs. Joan and Russ Zajtchuk
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Judith Zeitlin
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Karen Zupko
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Supernumerary Circle $50-$99
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Elizabeth M. Adkins
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Anonymous (6)
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Roy Bergstrom
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Peter M. Berkery Jr. and Gregory A. Diggins
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Joanne and Bob Bernstein
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Sarah Blackwell
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Bruce Blandford
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Ms. Sandra Boves
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Michael Bradie
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Cynthia Breckenridge
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Lawrence B. Breitkopf
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Lillian Brem
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Susan Cahn
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Nancy Case
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Anne Chien
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Francoise Chor
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Lois Ann Cichowski
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Jane Comiskey
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Frank and Pat Covey
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John and Tessa Craib-Cox
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Sam Creason
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Jon Demoss
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Elizabeth S. Fernandez
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Barry S. Finkel
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Albert and Mary Fischer
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Dorothy Freedman
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Barbara H. Frei
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Margaret Gergen
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Nordon S. Gilbert and Benjamin Thomas
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Mary Ann Gilmore
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Dale and David Ginsburg
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James and Lisa Ginsburg
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Marjorie Glacking
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Robert Gonnella
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Steve Graue
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Tim Hackett
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Anne Heider and Stephen Warner
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Robert S. and Roberta Heiman
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Olimpia Hernandez
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Lola and Doug Hotchkis
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Birgit Hottenrott and Matías Tarnopolsky
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Madge Hui
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Jon and Martha Jackman
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Barbara Kirschner
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Marina Korniets
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Herbert and Catherine Kraus
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Ann Kroll
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Alexander Kulakov
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Adolfo Laurenti
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Arthur Lipschultz
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Georgia Lochridge
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Bill Lutes
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Richard Lyman
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Thomas Reid Mackin
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Denise Majeski
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Ron Mallicoat
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Jeffrey Masten
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Martha McCallister
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George and Kathleen McConaghy
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Eileen A. McNulty
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Marilyn E. Miller
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Susan M. Miller
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John Moss
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Janice Mouton
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Thomas F. Murphy
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Jayne Nesheim
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Betty Fae and Bernard Nusinow
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Stan Barrish and J. Claire Odland
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Irmgard and Keith Olson
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Peter Page
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Joan L. Pantsios
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Drs. Jay and Cheryl Peterson
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Nick Petros
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Edward and Elaine Pierson
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Mary D. Plunkett
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Sandra Popik
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Dennis Regan
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Alicia Rosauer
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Louis Rosenblum and Lya Dym Rosenblum
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Marcia B. Salner
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Frances Salpeter
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Jared Savre and Erin Feeney
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Chiravudh Sawetawan
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Dr. Glenn and Mary Scheive
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Phyllis Shalowitz
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Dr. Charles M. Shapiro
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Sarane and Bruce K. Siewerth
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Kevin Simmons
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James Slate
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Therese Ann Slusher
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Robert A. Smith
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Julie Stagliano
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Donald Steiner
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Blanche Sudman
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Caesar and Patricia Tabet
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Anne and Steven A. Taylor
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Richard and Judith Telingator
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Kevin and Carol Thornton
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Karen Titus
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Meredith C. Tucker
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Judith C. Tuszynski
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Cassie and Will Wagner
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Dr. Alan J. Ward
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Drs. Dennis and Anne Wentz
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Mary Wesley
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Joyce C. White
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Peter and Diana White
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Drs. David and Connie Wojtowicz
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Ellen Zetcher
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Jane Zimmer
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In Honor
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Gregory O'Leary, Ann Blickensderfer
Jon Omahen, Mr. Kenneth Chrzastek
Susan and Paul Freehling,
Roberta and Richard Evans
Elena Reinert, Sue and Paul Freehling
Brian Dickie J. David Lesenger
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Peter Ascoli, Charles H. Mottier
Alan Marshall, Jayne Nesheim
Paul Freehling, Beth and Keith Reed
David O'Connor, Jared Savre and Erin Feeney
Suzanne Wagner, Andrea and Clark D. Wagner
Suzanne L. Wagner, Mr. and Mrs. Clark Wagner
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In Memory
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Alan Stone, C. Bekerman, M.D.
Benito T. Gressani, Don Bittner
Gwendolyn Britten, Jeffrey D. Callison
Moron Caplan, Sir Andrew
and Lady Gianna Rolandi Davis
Jeffie Ann Jones Grannemann,
Mary Ann Grannemann
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Lester Guttman, Betty Guttman
Howard Margolis, Joan Margolis
Lady Caroline Rhys Williams,
Betty Fae and Bernard Nusinow
Mrs. Rebecca Ward, Dr. Alan J. Ward
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