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, 2020, and May 31, 2021.

Lifetime Members

Dr. Khalaf Al Habtoor H’10

Douglas & Susan Allen H’09

Ameren Illinois Act On Energy

Sue Anderson ’53

Archer Daniels Midland Co

Mark Arroll ’56

The Associated Colleges of Illinois

Association of the Open Mind & Spirit, Inc.

Bill Batson ’50

Gerry ’78 & Mary Ann Beard

Joy French Becker ’67 H’15

Marcia Billhartz

Toni Blankmann ’74 & Bob Weiner

Louise Bone

Steve & Patricia Bone

Bound To Stay Bound Books, Inc.

Jim ’66 & Kaye Bruner

Barrett H’13 & Susie Callaghan

Bob ’74 & Janet ’75 Chipman

Council of Independent Colleges

Charles & Kathryn Cunningham

The Davee Foundation

Harmon Deal H’09 & Millie Deal

Delta Foundation

Del ’72 & Lisa Dunham

Ernst & Young Foundation

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

Dr. Barbara A. Farley

Fidelity Foundation

General Electric Foundation

Dr. Jim ’61 H’11 & Cathy Green

Joel ’66 & Elise ’69 Harmon

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 Prairie Community Foundation

Illinois Valley Paving Company

Dorothy Ivemeyer ’61

Betty Jane Jost ’50

John Kurtock Jr ’47 & Doris Kurtock

Margaret A. Cargill Foundation

Dr. Marjorie & Michael Meier

Bill Merris ’56

David ’72 & Ellen Rammelkamp Miller ’72

William & Martha Behr Miller ’48

Jim Mills ’56

Judge Richard Mills ’51 H’03

Steven ’77 & Betsy Huss Mills ’77

National Science Foundation

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 Rieken ’63

Nancy Ross ’65

John & Anita Rundquist H’97

Jim ’69 & Mary Marshall Scheider ’72

Bellatti, Barton, Cochran & White, LLC

Dr. Scholl Foundation

Shell Oil Company Foundation

Herb Sherman ’58

Deborah Klang Smith ’75 & Henry 

Dale Smith, Jr.

Jim ’82 & Lisbeth Enz Spradlin ’83

State Farm Companies Foundation

Jean Coultas Statler H’09

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’09 H’17 & Erin Thomson

Katherine Tillery ’74 H’11

Stephen 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

Dr. Gene ’63 H’13 & Lyn Wells

John Williamson ’78 *

George H’19 & Diane Zelcs

Jon Ware *

Annual Members

Beecher Club

Terry & Mary Beth Airsman

Airsman Hires Funeral Homes, Inc.

Ryan ’97 & Laura Barke

Marcella Bramley Burrus ’71

Allen Crosby ’50 *

Joan H’14 & Jeff DeBoer

Michael ’92 & Beth Doty Fletcher ’92

Steve & Cathy Hackett

Wayne ’53 & Patricia Hannah

John Patterson Hinde

Bob ’65 & Ann Lindquist

Doris Marsh

Judith Schauerte Martin ’64

Patrick H’09 & Rosanne Mathis

Greg ’88 & Elizabeth Airsman May ’91

Tom ’80 & Ann Bishop Prather ’80

James & April Wade

The Yale Band Club

Benevity, Inc.

Bentson Foundation

Tim ’01 & Stephanie Chipman

Dr. Dick & Heidy Fry

Golden Gate Capital

Dr. William ’63 & Sandra Selcke Gussner ’65

International Business Machines

Reverend Dr. John H’09 & Betty Kay

Bob ’51 & Jodie Lukeman

Bill Maxey ’75

Bob Moore ’78 & Sherry Kwater

George Reilly ’56

Dean Russell ’77

Marian Rees Russell ’48

Lois Schultz *

Brian & Marilyn Smith

Ellis Club

Apex Clean Energy Holdings, LLC

Richard ’56 & Sylvia Bagby

Greg ’74 & Tonya Johnson Baise ’76

Ross ’13 & Danielle Barker

Beard Implement Company

David Blackorby Jr.

Jeff ’78 & Marty Huss Boss ’78

H.O. ’72 & Jane Jondro Brownback ’72

Scott & Monica Pitman Bucek ’86

Dan ’59 & Edith Drum Castrodale ’59

George & Barbara Clark

Conrad Damsgaard ’57

John ’71 & Cindy Hazlet Dooling ’73

George ’59 & Pamela Dow

Stephen Evans ’68

Mark ’73 & Jane Frech

Friends of Starhill Forest

Barbara Kamm

Helen Kohr ’47

Matt Kraatz ’89 & Vickie Hemann ’91

Carla Malottke

Doug & Mary Mason

Francine ’74 & Roderick Mundy

Preston Newell ’65

Conrad Noll III ’65 & Judy Noll

Dr. Catherine O’Connell & Matthew Schultz

Frederic & Jan Pigott

John Porter ’68 H’13 & Iris Lugo

Linda Price ’70 & George Pierce

Dave ’83 & Peggy Beckmeyer Ringhausen ’85

Winston Rogers III ’82

Jack ’66 & Susan Kincheloe Russel ’66

Charlene Sampson ’74

Robert ’74 & Mary Schillerstrom

Lee Westrate ’44

Lippincott Club

Thomas Alcott

Elizabeth Aldridge

Brad & Nicole Tucker Alexander ’99

Dr. Wally Anderson

Reg ’71 & Jane Ankrom

Gregory ’08 & Katherine Miller Astroth ’09

Michael Baise ’75

Richard ’73 & Joanne Bales

Bradley ’81 & Alesha Bartholomew

Dr. Jim ’68 & Marge Arkema Bateman ’68

Michael ’15 & Alexandra Bates

Michael ’86 & Lisa Lonson Bauersachs ’85

Doug ’66 & Beverly Baumann

June ’79 & Darryl Beard

Margaret ’67 * & Ruel Becker

Sandy Stallings Bellatti ’70

Paul ’66 & Michelle Morin Bellerjeau ’69

Melanie Berg ’86

Scottie ’91 & Diane Darush Bevill ’81

Laurie Black ’84

Dr. Wayne ’57 & Carol Black

Cheryl ’64 & Daniel Boehmke

Arlin ’03 & Emily Welch Boles ’03

Joseph ’73 & Donna Lynch Bonan ’76

Bob Bonjean Jr. ’78 & Carolyn Bonjean

Len Brink ’66

Carolyn ’61 & Doug Broadhead

William Brooks ’69

Pam Brown

Gary Byers ’72

Antoinette Hammond Callahan ’55

Eddie ’70 & Sandra Carpenter

Caterpillar Foundation

Dr. Delinda Chapman ’69 & Marco Molder

Mary Chesley

Dick ’63 & Donna Cody

Community Foundation for the Land of Lincoln/Starhill

Steven ’79 & Bre Copper

Marsha Corey

Jeff & Addie Coultas

CDR Joel D. Croxton ’70 *

Frank Cummings

George W. Curry ’71

Gary Curtis ’57

James & Joanna Davis

Scott’ 80 & Brenda Schone Dean ’80

Teresa Decker

Daniel ’78 & Joan Moore Doerfler ’79

William Dolan III

Brian Dougher ’97

James Downer ’66

James Duncan ’72

James ’62 & Ann Elliott

Dennis & Carol Elpers

Larry Erwin ’74

DeVone Eurales ’05

Diane ’70 & V Evans

Glenn Fernetti ’02

First Presbyterian Church

Jeremy ’99 & Jessica Flynn

Jerry ’70 & Luana Meinders Flynn ’71

Steve Flynn ’70

Tim ’92 & Valerie Taylor Flynn ’94

Geoffrey Frank

Andrea Fraizer ’00

French American Cultural Exchange

Glenn ’70 & Donna Gabanski

Jeffrey ’73 & Susan Nickel Gibbs ’73

Dewey Gronau ’52

Brooke & Josh Gronewold

Jean Guilmartin ’73

Marc ’67 & Manju Hapke

Dr. Donald ’66 & Pearl Newberry Hawrysz ’64

Alban Haxhinasto ’02 & Elizabeth 

French Becker

Michael ’82 & Laurie Newman Hayes ’82

Jim ’73 & Nancy Heafner

Dr. Jessica Dermody Higgs ’99 & Craig Higgs

Ernest Hildner

Robert & Jean Hill

Russell & Elizabeth Horton Hilleke ’83 

Kristan Becker Hoffman

Steve ’71 & Janet Waddill Hopper ’72

Kristine Williams Houser ’91

Steven Hunt ’74

Illinois Women’s Golf Association

Interfaith Youth Core

Robert ’65 & Barbara Jenkins

Kent ’69 & Cheryl Jones

Matt ’14 & Kelley Bishop Justice ’15

Susan Kaley ’73

Michael ’64 & Linda Kehart

Patrick ’67 & Elizabeth Ryan Kennedy ’73

Donald ’75 & Cathy Kensell

Dena Kilgus

Mark & Lisa Kilian

William ’75 & Edith Andrews Kindermann ’75

Bruce ’76 & Jill Kinnett

Curt ’79 & Laurie Kleckler

Charlene Kornoski-DuVall ’70 & Jim DuVall

Chuck ’65 & Reva Krell

Louann Simpson Krogman ’80 & Blaine Krogman

Joan Krupa

Glen & Suzanne Krupica

Helen & David Kuhn

Michelle LaFayette ’95

Greg ’80 & Kendra Langdon

Peter Leonis ’88

Lois Updegraff Ligon ’77

Kevin Lister ’81

Randall ’77 & Beth Little

Dr. William ’59 & Nancy Logan

LP Real Estate, Inc.

Kyle ’14 & Chloe Neisler Lucca ’14

Lucille M. Findley Memorial Foundation

Julie Bodam Macartney ’98 & Erich Hoberg

Jack Mann ’74

Mark ’82 & Susan Mann

Joanna Marker ’02 & Eric Dettmann

Mickey ’79 & Laura Armstrong Marks ’80

Thomas Marsh

Emily Dunstan Martin ’55 & Edwin Martin

Jerry ’70 & Penny Mason

Dr. William ’75 & Vicki Mattingly

Terry ’68 & Susan Berg Maulding ’69

Jack McCarty ’65

Betty McKinley

Kim Merchant ’94

Ann Burford Merchlewitz ’80 & Mark Merchlewitz

Joseph ’59 & Doris Millard

Reverend Donald Minnick

Adah Mitchell

June Mundinger

Col. Tom ’70 & Lora Pond Murgatroyd ’69

Charles ’72 & Jennifer Murphy

Warren Musch ’43

Joe & Bev Neisler

Judith Luckenbach Nelson ’81 & Richard Nelson

Darlene Nelson ’70

Gray ’99 & Lauren Noll

Northwestern Mutual Life

Capt. Donald ’65 & Nancy Kelly Nortrup ’62

Caryl O’Keefe ’71

Joseph ’69 & Ardith Opferman

Emily Osburn

Katherine Package

Joseph Paldo ’73

Chuck ’70 & Annie Parker

Bob ’71 & Dee Dee Erwin Pearson ’70

Earl & Lisa Peifer

Mark ’69 & Jill Maynard Peterson ’69

Professor Fred Pilcher

Morley Piper ’45

Carole Dyer Pohlman ’74

Marilyn Cors Pomeroy ’66 & Kenneth Pomeroy

Curt ’66 & Meg Pradelt

Joyce Pratt

Claudia Predmore ’80

Leslie Proksa

Charles ’74 & Deborah Rammelkamp

Raytheon Company

Jim ’67 & Veronica Reilly

Renaissance Charitable Foundation

Terry ’77 & Becky Reuschel

Earlom Rives ’66

SAGE Scholars Educational Foundation

Bob ’62 & Barbara Fischer Sawyer ’64

Ronald Schaulat ’80

Hank ’73 & Martha Bryan Schmitt ’73

Daniel ’05 & Susan Bergen Schoenleber ’07

Thomas Schorle ’72

Kevin ’80 & Rita Mueller Schultz ’80

Randy ’63 & Joan Pederson Schulz ’63

Tom ’74 & Susan Zeigler Scott ’75

Don ’50 & Faith Metzler Semla ’51

James Sheehan ’69

Philip Shelton ’65

Florence Shipowick

Ann Fusselman Showalter ’67 & Tom Showalter

Kent ’81 & Kelly Neese Siltman ’84

Sally ’82 & Rick Smith

Lawrence Spasojevich ’05

Dr. Clayton & Rebecca Spencer

Mary Lou Storm ’49

Al ’62 & Nancy Strack

Rachelan Bienert Stronach ’76 & Jim Stronach

Douglas ’64 & Martha Sutton

Andy ’71 & Linda Williamson Symons ’72

Steve ’70 & Sara Hedrick Tavender ’70

Maryon Tilley

Elizabeth Tobin H’16 & Steven Hochstadt

Robyn Ruppel Toland ’91 & Mark Toland

Donald & Alice Tracey

David Truesdell & Jean Harlow Truesdell

Louis ’67 & Marty Summers Vache ’67

Vicki Hinck VanTuyle ’73

Martha Thomason Varble ’61

Judge Joe Vasser ’67

Suzanne Hartman Verticchio ’67 & Michael Verticchio

Rick ’75 & Heidi Verticchio

Rick ’66 & Josephine Vuylsteke

Joshua Walters ’13

Richard Ware

Mark ’70 & JoEllyn Welch

Christopher Weller ’96

Dr. Debra Baker Wellman ’78 

& Raymond Wellman ’78

Jay ’81 & Shelley Smith Wessler ’81

Linda Cox White ’73 & Michael White

James ’56 & Patricia Williams

Thomas ’79 & Cynthia North Wilson ’82

Richard ’62 & Joanne Woodruff

Rob Woodward ’07

Valery Stull Zellmer ’74 & David Zellmer

David ’86 & Karin Zink