The Illinois College Society recognizes philanthropic leaders who support student success through their financial support and personal involvement. Investments made by Illinois College Society members ensure that the College realizes its vision to build an international reputation for inspiring achievement and empowering students to make a difference in the world. Listed below are lifetime members, who have made gifts totaling more than $100,000, as well as annual members who joined the Society by making a gift of $1,000 or more between June 1, 2019 and May 31, 2020.

Lifetime Members

Dr. Khalaf Al Habtoor H’10

Douglas & Susan Allen H’09

Ameren Illinois Act On Energy

Sue Hammitt Anderson ’53

Archer Daniels Midland & Co

Mark Arroll ’56

The Associated Colleges of Illinois

Bill Batson ’50

Gerry ’78 & Mary Ann Beard

Joy French Becker ’67 H’15

Marcia Billhartz

Steve & Patricia Bone

Louise Bone

Bound To Stay Bound Books, Inc.

Jim ’66 H’12 & Kaye Bruner

Barrett H’13 & Susie Callaghan

Diana Dawdy Chesley ’58 H’08*

Bob ’74 & Janet Williams Chipman ’75

Council of Independent Colleges

Charles & Kathryn Cunningham

The Davee Foundation

Harmon Deal H’09 & Millie Deal

Del ’72 & Lisa Dunham

Ernst & Young Foundation

Jack ’61 H’07 & Doris Gustine Fairfield ’62

Dr. Barbara A. Farley

The Honorable Paul Findley ’43 H’73*

Dr. Jim ’61 H’11 & Cathy Green

Joel ’66 & Elise Leaks Harmon ’69

Dr. Neal ’60 & Dianna Hart

Dr. Gary ’74 & Debra Kurtock Haynes ’76

Duane ’71 H’20 & Sharon Hess

Bill ’66 & Vicki Hood

Dr. Roger Huson ’50

Illinois Board of Higher Education

Illinois Valley Paving Company

Betty Jane Jost ’50

John ’47 & Doris Kurtock

Margaret A. Cargill Foundation

Dr. Marjorie & Michael Meier

Bill Merris ’56

David ’72 & Ellen Rammelkamp Miller ’72

Martha Behr Miller ’48 & William Miller

Jim Mills ’56

Judge Richard ’51 H’03 & Rachel Mills*

Steve ’77 & Betsy Huss Mills ’77

National Endowment for Humanities

NCAA Program

North Central College

Steve H’12 & Maggie Oetgen

Doris Prather

Drs. Susan L. Pratt ’80 & Jay R. Anders ’79

Tom ’76 & Linda Forsaith Purves ’76

Bob ’67 & Cathy Randall

Reynolds Consumer Products

Carol Bycroft Rieken ’63

Nancy Ray Ross ’65

John & Anita Rundquist H’97

Jim ’69 & Mary Marshall Scheider ’72

Dr. Scholl Foundation

Shell Oil Company Foundation

Herb Sherman ’58

Deborah Klang Smith ’75 

& Mr. Henry Dale Smith, Jr.

State Farm Companies Foundation

Guy & Edie Sternberg

Dr. Axel H’13 & Loreli Steuer H’13

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

The Farmers State Bank & Trust Co.

The Monticello College Foundation

Ross Thomas ’18

Bobby H’17 & Erin Thomson

Katherine Thompson Tillery ’74 H’11

Steve Tillery ’72

U.S. Department of Education, OPF 

US Bank

Dr. Jonathan Utley ’63 H’07

Jim ’65 H’15 & Joan Voyles

Dan ’69 & Lynne Oberlander Walters ’69

Jon Ware

Dr. Gene ’63 H’13 & Lyn Wells

George H’19 & Diane Zelcs

Annual Members

Beecher Club

Terry & Mary Beth Airsman 

American Orchid Society, Inc

Toni Blankmann ’74 & Bob Weiner

Mary Chesley

Frank & Judy Cummings

Joan H’14 & Jeff DeBoer

Delta Foundation

Dr. Rebecca Barr Evers ’66

Michael ’92 & Beth Doty Fletcher ’92

Wayne ’53 & Patricia Hannah

Kent ’69 & Cheryl Jones

The Ken Bradbury Foundation

Bob ’65 & Ann Lindquist

Lucille M. Findley Memorial Foundation 

Greg ’88 & Elizabeth Airsman May ’91

Bob ’78 & Sherry Moore

National Science Foundation

Conrad Noll III ’65 & Judy Noll

Jim ’82 & Lisbeth Enz Spradlin ’83

Twyford BBQ & Catering

John Williamson ’78

The Yale Band Club

Ryan ’97 & Laura Barke

Benevity, Inc.

Bentson Foundation

Jeff ’78 & Marty Huss Boss ’78

Dr. Sharon Kelly Buehler ’58

Marcella Bramley Burrus ’71

Central States Communication Association

Illinois College Chartwells

Mark ’73 & Jane Frech

Dr. Dick & Heidy Fry

Dr. William ’63 & Sandra Selcke Gussner ’65

Todd & Anita Howey P’22

Patrick H’09 & Rosanne Mathis

Bill Maxey ’75

Nationwide Foundation

Preston F. Newell ’65

Earl & Lisa Peifer P’19

George ’56 & Dadee Reilly

Dean Russell ’77 & Marian Rees Russell ’48 

Smithsonian Environmental Research

Jean Coultas Statler H’09

The Nic Soer Memorial Golf Tournament

Waverly Hometown Memorial Endowment

Ellis Club

Richard ’56 & Sylvia Bagby 

Greg ’74 & Tonya Johnson Baise ’76

Beard Implement Company

H.O. ’72 & Jane Jondro Brownback ’72

Chevron Foundation

Tim ’01 & Stephanie Elpers Chipman

Conrad Damsgaard, Jr. ’57

Devon Energy Corporation

John ’71 & Cindy Hazlet Dooling ’73

George ’59 & Pamela Dow

ExxonMobil Foundation

Fitness Based Intelligence Inc.

Jeff ’73 & Susan Nickel Gibbs ’73

Interfaith Youth Core

Reverend Dr. John H’09 & Betty Kay

Chris & Kathryn Kirt

John ’51 & Jodie Lukeman

Carla Malottke

Jack McCarty ’65

Joseph ’59 & Doris Millard

Francine Fitt Mundy ’74 & Roderick Mundy 

Chuck ’70 & Ann Parker

Dave ’83 & Peggy Beckmeyer Ringhausen ’85

Robert ’74 & Mary Schillerstrom

Hank ’73 & Martha Bryan Schmitt ’73

Mark ’72 & Kathy Quinn Strawn ’72

Rachelan Bienert Stronach ’76 & Jim Stronach

Dale Summers ’65

Suzanne Hartman Verticchio ’67 

& Michael Verticchio

Dr. Lee ’44 & Judy* Westrate

Lippincott Club

Thomas Alcott

Nicole Tucker Alexander ’99 & Brad Alexander

Dr. Wally Anderson

Reg ’71 & Jane Ankrom

Greg ’08 & Katie Miller Astroth ’09

Michael Baise ’75

Richard ’73 & Joanne Bales

Ross ’13 & Danielle Barker 

Brad ’81 & Alesha Bartholomew

Dr. Jim ’68 & Marge Arkema Bateman ’68

Mike ’86 & Lisa Lonson Bauersachs ’85

Douglas ’66 & Beverly Baumann

June Taylor Beard ’79 & Darryl Beard

Margaret Wells Becker ’67 & Ruel Becker

Sandy Stallings Bellatti ’70

Melanie Berg ’86

Scottie ’91 & Diane Darush Bevill ’81

Laurie Black ’84

Dr. Wayne ’57 & Carol Black

Dave ’71 & Laura Blackorby

BLDD Architects INC. 

Cheryl Lamont Boehmke ’64 

& Daniel Boehmke

Arlin ’03 & Emily Welch Boles ’03

Joseph ’73 & Donna Lynch Bonan ’76

Bob ’78 & Carolyn Bonjean

Sharon Bostic

Len Brink ’66

William Brooks ’69

Monica Pitman Bucek ’86 & Scott Bucek

Buffalo Wild Wings

The Honorable Cheri Callahan Bustos ’83 

& Gerry Bustos

Gary Byers ’72

Antoinette Hammond Callahan ’55

Eddie ’70 & Sandra Carpenter

Dan ’59 & Edith Drum Castrodale ’59

Dr. Delinda Chapman ’69 & Marco Molder

George & Barbara Rundquist Clark

Dick ’63 & Donna Cody

Steve ’80 & Angela Copeland 

Jeff & Addie Coultas

Greg & Lisa Crocher

CDR Joel D. Croxton ’70 

George W. Curry ’71

Gary Curtis ’57

Scott ’80 & Brenda Schone Dean ’80

Teresa Decker

DeWolf Investment Prop LLC 

Daniel ’78 & Joan Moore Doerfler ’79

Bill Dolan III

Steve & Paige Dooley P’21

Brian Dougher ’97

James Downer ’66

James Duncan ’76

James ’62 & Ann Elliott

Roger ’62 & Nancy Engels

Don ’70 & Kathy Romang English ’66

Larry Erwin ’74

DeVone Eurales ’05

Mark Evans

Stephen Evans ’68

Glenn Fernetti ’02

First Presbyterian Church 

Jeremy ’99 & Jessica Flynn

Tim ’92 & Valerie Taylor Flynn ’94

Judge Jerry ’70 & Luana Meinders Flynn ’71

Forrest Keeling Nursery

Geoffrey Frank

Andrea Frazier ’00

Glenn ’70 & Donna Gabanski

General Electric Foundation

John & Stephanie Geyston P’23

Josh & Brooke Gronewold

Growmark, Inc. 

Jean Guilmartin ’73

Dr. Donald ’66 & Pearl Newberry Hawrysz ’64

Alban Haxhinasto ’02 

& Elizabeth French Becker

Dr. Jessica Dermody Higgs ’99 & Craig Higgs

Jono Hildner ’66*

Robert & Jean Hill

John Patterson Hinde

Drs. Steve Hochstadt & Elizabeth Tobin

Kristan Becker Hoffman

Steve ’71 & Janet Waddill Hopper ’72

Steven Hunt ’74

Illinois Women’s Golf Association

International Business Machines

Bob ’65 & Barbara Jenkins

Nelson ’56 & Marsha Johnston

Matt ’14 & Kelley Bishop Justice ’15

Michael ’64 & Linda Kehart

Cathy Kemper-Pelleo

Patrick ’67 & Betsy Ryan Kennedy ’73

Donald ’75 & Cathy Kensell

Mark & Lisa Kilian

Mike ’75 & Edie Andrews Kindermann ’75

Bruce ’76 & Jill Kinnett

Helen Robinson Kohr ’47

Charlene Childers Kornoski-DuVall ’70 

& Jim DuVall

Henry ’61 & Judy Kransz

Chuck ’65 & Reva Krell

Louann Simpson Krogman ’80 

& Blaine Krogman

Glen & Suzanne Krupica

Helen & David Kuhn

Peter Leonis ’88

Jerry Lieb ’77

Kevin Lister ’81

Dr. William ’59 & Nancy Logan

Kyle ’14 & Chloe Neisler Lucca ’14

Julie Bodam Macartney ’98 & Erich Hoberg

Jack ’85 & Marilyn Haynes Mann ’74

Joanna Marker ’02 & Eric Dettmann

Mickey ’79 & Laura Armstrong Marks ’80

Jerry ’70 & Penny Mason

Dr. William ’75 & Vicki Mattingly

Terry ’68 & Susan Berg Maulding ’69

Rick ’85 & Natalie Meidel

Kim Merchant ’94

Ann Burford Merchlewitz ’80 

& Mark Merchlewitz

Reverend Donald Minnick ’07

Newt* & Adah Mitchell

Dr. George Monto ’57*

June Mundinger

Col. Tom ’70 & Lora Pond Murgatroyd ’69

Charles ’72 & Jennifer Murphy

Warren Musch ’43

Randal Musch ’72

Mary Myers

Joe & Bev Neisler P’14

Judith Luckenbach Nelson ’81 

& Richard Nelson

Northwestern Mutual Life

Capt. Donald ’65 & Nancy Kelly Nortrup ’62

Dr. Catharine O’Connell & Matt Schultz

Caryl O’Keefe ’71

Joseph ’69 & Ardith Opferman

Emily Osburn

Joe Paldo ’73

Melissa Lamb Pantier ’84 & Tom Pantier

Bob ’71 & Dee Dee Erwin Pearson ’70

Mark ’69 & Jill Maynard Peterson ’69

Frederic & Jan Pigott

Morley Piper ’45

Carole Dyer Pohlman ’74

Marilyn Cors Pomeroy ’66 & Kenneth Pomeroy

John Porter ’68 H’13 & Iris Lugo

Drs. Adam & Nancy Porter

Curt ’66 & Meg Pradelt

Joyce Pratt

Claudia Predmore ’80

Linda Newman Price ’70 & George Pierce

Leslie Proksa

Todd ’95 & Kim Pryor

Ed ’62 & Marge Ewert Puck ’65

Charles ’74 & Deborah Rammelkamp

Raytheon Company

George Reardon

Jerry H’94 & Martyl Reinsdorf

Earlom Rives ’66 

Winston Rogers III ’82

Charlene Sampson ’74

Bob ’62 & Barbara Fischer Sawyer ’64

Daniel ’05 & Susan Bergen Schoenleber ’07

Cathyrn Schowengerdt ’74

Randy ’63 & Joan Pedersen Schulz ’63

Tom ’74 & Susan Zeigler Scott ’75

Don ’50 & Faith Metzler Semla ’51

Philip ’65 & Diane Berthoux Shelton ’63

Florence Shipowick

Ann Fusselman Showalter ’67 

& Thomas Showalter

Sally Stuber Smith ’82 & Rick Smith

Andy ’86 & Lori Petermeyer Smith ’88

Dr. Clayton & Rebecca Spencer

Douglas ’64 & Martha Sutton

Andy ’71 & Linda Williamson Symons ’72

Steve ’70 & Sara Hedrick Tavender ’70

Maryon Tilley

Dr. Donald & Alice Tracey

David Truesdell & Jean Harlow Truesdell

Louis ’67 & Marty Summers Vache ’67

Dr. Vicki Hinck VanTuyle ’73

Martha Thomason Varble ’61

Judge Joe Vassar ’67

Ron ’58 H’06 & Margaret Wallace

Joshua Walters ’13

Harry Wegehoft ’50*

Mark ’70 & JoEllyn Welch

Christopher Weller ’96

Dr. Debra Baker Wellman ’78 

& Raymond Wellman ’78

James Wells III ’63

Jay ’81 & Shelley Smith Wessler ’81

Linda ’73 & Michael White

James ’56 & Patricia Williams

Dr. Jeffrey ’75 & Jane Williamson

Richard ’62 & Joanne Woodruff

Valery ’74 & David Zellmer

David ’86 & Karin Zink