- Benefit Luncheon Sponsors (In Formation)
Visionary ($10,000 and up)
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Mr. and Mrs. John A. Wing
Benefactor ($5,000 and up)
- The Boeing Company
- Arie & Ida Crown Memorial
- Art and Rita Sussman
- Kay Torshen Foundation
Sponsor ($2,500 and up)
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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Foundation
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Deborah and David Epstein
- Alton B. Harris and Andrea S. Kramer
- Ruzicka & Associates, Ltd.
Patron ($1500 and up)
- The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation
- Tom Kallen
- Bob and Lynn Lipman
- Harriet Meyer
- National Museum of Mexican Art
- The Takiff Family Foundation
- Kristina A. Valaitis
Supporter ($750)
- Susan Eleuterio
- Maria Finitzo and Anton Valukas
- Stuart and Claudia Flack
- Ruth Horwich
- Greg and Carol Koos
- Eileen R. Mackevich and Stanley Balzekas II
- Elise Mackevich and Fred Salchli
- Anita Nagler
- Polk Bros. Foundation
- Gayl S. Pyatt
- Bettylu and Paul Saltzman
- Joan and James Shapiro
- Mrs. Paul Simon
- Don and Marge Sveen
- Nancy Tom
- Willard White
Friend
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ABC-7 Chicago
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Sharon Alter
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Arabella Advisors
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Walter L. Arnstein
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Grace Barry
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Frank and Prue Beidler
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Kathy L. Berger and Louis C. Schorsch
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Matti Bunzl
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Jacqueline Carpenter
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Chicago Center for Urban Life and Culture
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Libby L. Chiu
- Mr. and Mrs. Frank A. Cizon
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Judy and Bill Cottle
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Barbara Flynn Currie
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Judy and Tapas K. Das Gupta
- G. Cullom Davis
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Phoebe Stein Davis
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Michael Dorf
- Edna Selan Epstein
- Judith L. Everson
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Feitler Family Fund
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Denise B. Gardner
- Joan B. Gottschall
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Jerome Grand
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Kathryn M. Harris
- Jerome J. Hausman
- Rusty and Samuel Hellman
- Patricia Hickey
- Leona Hoelting, Oakton Community College
- Doris B. Holleb
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Diana Hunter
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Dr. Cheryl Johnson-Odim
- Falona Joy
- Mary E. Keefe and Robert P. Scales
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Gary and Valerie Koch
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Nancy Kotler
- Carol Rosofsky Lifton and Robert R. Lifton
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Mr. and Mrs. Frank D. Mayer
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Jeannie M. Morris
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Henry J. Nord
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Ann Oleinik
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Gordon Quinn and Meg Gerken
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The Raven Foundation
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Irene Sherr and Leigh Breslau
- Kenneth W. Sikkers
- Rebecca Sive
- Merrill H. Smith
- Samantha Smith
- Jennifer Amdur Spitz
- Nancy A. Stevenson
- Carl & Marilyn Thoma
- Erma Tranter, Friends of the Parks
- The Honorable George Van Dusen
- Bernice Weissbourd
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Tia K. Williams
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Terese S. Zimmer, University of Chicago Urban Education Institute
Special Thanks
- Special thanks to our public funders: The Illinois Arts Council (Shirley Madigan, Chairman), the Illinois General Assembly, and the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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Special thanks to HarperCollins Publishers and Northwestern University Press for their generous donation of books for each table.
Benefit Luncheon Committee
Deborah Epstein and Arthur M. Sussman
Event Co-ChairsMayor Richard M. Daley
Honorary Event ChairHost Committee
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Nora Moreno Cargie
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Tolbert Chisum
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James S. Crown
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Deborah and David Epstein
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Alton B. Harris and Andrea S. Kramer
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Tony Ruzicka
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Art and Rita Sussman
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Kay Torshen
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Mr. and Mrs. John A. Wing
Benefit Committee
- Peter and Lucy Ascoli
- Susan Eleuterio
- Maria Finitzo and Anton Valukas
- Sunny Fischer
- Stuart and Claudia Flack
- Ruth Horwich
- Tom Kallen
- Greg and Carol Koos
- Bob and Lynn Lipman
- Eileen R. Mackevich and Stanley Balzekas II
- Elise Mackevich and Fred Salchli
- Harriet Meyer
- Anita Nagler
- Gayl S. Pyatt
- Lizzy Takiff Scheinfeld
- Joan and James Shapiro
- Mrs. Paul Simon
- Don and Marge Sveen
- Nancy Tom
- Carlos Tortolero
- Kristina A. Valaitis
- Willard White
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