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, 2024 and May 31, 2025.

Lifetime Members

Terry & Mary Beth Airsman
Airsman Hires Funeral Homes, Inc.
Dr. Khalaf Al Habtoor H’10
Al Habtoor Group
Susan Allen H’09
Ameren Illinois Act On Energy
Sue Anderson ’53
Archer Daniels Midland Co
Associated Colleges of Illinois
Association of the Open Mind & Spirit, Inc.
Bill Batson ’50
Ryan ’97 and Laura Barke
Mike ’86 & Lis Lonson Bauersachs ’85
Gerry ’78 & Mary Ann Beard
Joy French Becker ’67 H’15
John & Stephanie Bellatti
Marcia Billhartz
Toni Blankmann ’74 & Bob Weiner
Steve & Patricia Bone
Bound To Stay Bound Books, Inc.
Jim ’66 H’12 & Kaye Bruner
Marcella Bramley Burrus ’71
C.A.C.H.E.
Barrett & Susie Callaghan
Bob ’74 H’23* & Janet Williams Chipman ’75
Cornelsen Charitable Foundation
Council of Independent Colleges
Frank and Judy Cummings
Charles Cunningham
Bill Curry ’71
Davee Foundation
Harmon Deal H’09 & Millie Deal
Jeff and Joan Mitchell DeBoer H’14
Delta Foundation
Department of Justice
Del ’72 H’24 and Lisa Dunham
Ernst & Young Foundation
General Electric Foundation
Henry Luce Foundation
Jack ’61 H’07 & Doris Gustine Fairfield ’62
Barbara A. Farley
Fidelity Foundation
Mike ’92 and Beth Doty Fletcher ’92
Dick and Heidy Wyss Fry*
Dr. Jim ’61 H’11 & Cathy Green
Joel ’66 and Elise Leaks Harmon ’69
Neal ’60 and Dianna Hart
Dr. Gary ’74 H’24 and Debra Kurtock Haynes ’76
Duane ’71 H’20 & Sharon Hess
John Hinde
Vicki Hood
Roger Huson ’50
Illinois Board of Higher Education
Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation
Illinois Prairie Community Foundation
Illinois Valley Paving Company
Illinois Bell Telephone Co
ITT Industries
Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtoor Foundation
Kresge Foundation
John Kurtock ’47*
Bob ’65 & Ann Lindquist
Margaret A. Cargill Foundation
Marge and Michael Meier
Memorial Health
David ’72 & Ellen Rammelkamp Miller ’72
Jim Mills ’56
Steven R. ’77 & Betsy Huss Mills ’77
Monticello College Foundation
National Philanthropic Trust
National Science Foundation
National Endowment for Humanities
Conrad ’65 and Judy Noll
North Central College
Steve and Maggie Oetgen
Ron Pearce
Doris Prather
Drs. Susan L. Pratt ’80 and Jay R. Anders ’79
Tom ’76 and Linda Forsaith Purves ’76
Cathy Randall
George F. Reilly ’56
Reynolds Consumer Products
Carol Rieken ’63
Nancy Ray Ross ’65
Tom Ryder
Jim ’69 & Mary Marshall Scheider ’72
Dr. Scholl Foundation
Joan Pedersen Schulz ’63
Shell Oil Company Foundation
Phil Shelton ’65
Herb ’58 & Judee Sherman
Sherman Department Stores
Dale* and Deborah Klang Smith ’75
Jim ’82 and Lisbeth Enz Spradlin ’83
State Farm Companies Foundation
Jean Coultas Statler
Guy and Edie Sternberg
Loreli Steuer H’13
Synod of Lincoln Trails
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
The Farmers State Bank & Trust Co.
Ross Thomas ’18
Bobby H’09 H’17 & Erin Thomson
Stephen Tillery ’72
Katherine Tillery ’74 H’11 and Tony Maruca
U.S. Department of Commerce
U.S. Department of Education, OPF
United Church Board for Homeland Ministries
US Bank Trust and Wealth Management
US Department of Housing/Urban Development
Jonathan Utley ’63 H’07
Jim ’65 H’15 and Joan Voyles
Dan ’69 and Lynne Oberlander Walters ’69
Gene ’63 and Lyn Wells
George H’19 and Diane Zelcs

Annual Members

Beecher Club

Carlos Alvarez ’69

Ryan '97 & Laura Barke

Linda Farmer Bremhorst ’83

Schwab Charitable

Roberta Crosby

Ed and Sharon Curtis

Tracy Family Foundation

Robert A. Green

David Hart ’58

Ernie Hildner

Russell* and Beth Horton Hilleke ’83

Joyce Hutchinson

Helen Cole Kuhn

Jack Mann '85*

Patrick and Rosanne Mathis

Greg ’88 & Liz Airsman May ’91

Mark and Patricia Combs Meadow ’65

Rick ’85 and Natalie Meidel

Rod and Francine Fitt Mundy ’74

Tom ’80 and Ann Bishop Prather ’80

Leslie Proska

Madeline Seidel

John and Kay Shaner

Carol Stein

Stifel

Mark ’72 & Kathy Quinn Strawn ’72

Rabbi Rob and Lauren Thomas

David Truesdell

Vanguard Charitable Endowment

Amy Wilson ’93 and RJ Stewart

The Yale Band Club

Darryl and June Taylor Beard ’79

Bob ’78 and Carolyn Bonjean

Dr. Scott and Samantha Boston

Dan ’72 and Vickie Ware Brooks ’72

Twyford BBQ & Catering

Tim '01 and Stephanie Elpers Chipman

George and Barbara Clark

Joanna Marker ’02 and Eric Dettmann

Jim ’62 and Ann Elliot

Thrivent Financial

Fitness Based Intelligence Inc

Jewish Community Foundation

Walmart Foundation

Bill ’63* and Sandy Selcke Gussner ’65

Stevan and Cathy Hackett

Deana Whaley Holman ’96

William Kemp ’68

Bob Moore ’78 and Sherry Kwater*

Greg ’80 and Kendra Langdon

Carol Marin

Gary and Pam Carney Martin ’82

Bill Maxey '75

Preston Newell ’65

Hal and Kathy Oakley

Joseph ’69 and Ardith Opferman

Sandra Miller Sampias ’83

Cathy DeChant Schowengerdt ’75

Kevin ’80 & Rita Mueller Schultz ’80

Ben and Radiah Smith-Donald

Ellis Club

Louis ’67 and Marty Summers Vache ’67

Visa

David and Valery Stull Zellmer ’74

Reg ’71 and Jane Ankrom

Greg ’74 and Tonya Johnson Baise ’76

David Blackorby

Jeff '78 & Marty Huss Boss '78

H.O. '72 & Jane Jondro Brownback '72

Eddie ’70 and Sandra Carpenter

Dan ’59 and Edith Drum Castrodale ’59

Dick ’63 & Donna Cody

Daniel ’78 and Joan Moore Doerfler ’79

George ’59 and Pamela Dow

George Dow ’84

Cole and Kristen Duke

Steve Evans '68

Ken Hieke ’74

Matt and Dianne Taylor Hollendonner ’76

Bruce ’76 and Jill Schuller Kinnett

John Langfitt

Jerry Lieb ’77

Carla Malottke

Jack McCarty ’65

Northwestern Mutual Life

Bob ’71 and Dee Dee Erwin Pearson ’70

Rudy ’66 and Meg Pradelt

Marsha Prater

Jack ’59 and Janet Reardon

Hank '73 & Martha Bryan Schmitt '73

Kate and Matthew Schultz

Brian & Marilyn Zupsich Smith

Dale Summers ’65

Steve ’70 and Sara Hedrick Tavender ’70

Marietta Fletcher Thompson

Joe Calmese ’07 and Marilu Torres Torres 

Vicki Hinck VanTuyle ’73

Judge Joe Vassar ’67

Michael and Suzanne Harman Verticchio ’67

Tom Vujovich

Mark ’70 and JoEllyn Welch

Richard ’62 and Joanne Barnes Woodruff

Lippincott Club

Elizabeth Aldridge

Wally Anderson

Andy and Julie Applebee

Michael Baise ’75

Dick ’73 and Joanne Bales

Jim '68 & Marge Arkema Bateman '68

Bruce ’73 & Jenny Morris Beal ’73

Bob ’81 and Harriet Beard

Alban Haxhinasto ’02 and Elizabeth Becker

Sandy Stallings Bellatti '70

Paul '66 & Michelle Morin Bellerjeau '69

Scott ’86 & Kari Calbreath Belobrajdic ’87

Melanie Berg ’86

Nanette Montgomery Bess '78

Scottie '91 & Diane Darush Bevill '81

Laurie Black '84

Daniel and Cheryl Lamont Boehmke ’64

Arlin '03 & Emily Welch Boles '03

J.C. and Sue Brenton

Frank Bridgewater ’72

William Brooks ’69

Bob '86 and Jeanne McNeely Bruner '86

Cheryle Budde ’74

Mark and Hayley Burr

Gerry & Cheri Callahan Bustos ’83

Gary Byers '72

Katie Carls

Jay and Amy Pearson Carriger ’92

Jennie Ater Castlebury ’72 

Dennis Backstrom and Elaine Chapman

Andrew '04 and Alicia Donald Chipman

Ralph '52 and Elizabeth Christison

First Presbyterian Church

Sharon Palmer Clark ’68

Marsha Corey

Scott ’80 and Brenda Schone Dean ’80

Catherine Pollard Diaz ’70

Jim Downer ’66

Jimmy Duncan ’76

Jim DuVall and Charlene Childers Kornoski-DuVall ’70

Mildred Hassmann Edwards ’70

Dennis and Carol Elpers

Roger '62 & Nancy Moore Engels
Don '70 and Kathy Romang English ’66

Larry Erwin ’74

V. and Diane Mensel Evans '70

Rober ’53 and Mary Fanning

Ginny Bramley Fanning ’75

Glenn Fernetti ’02

Steve Flynn ’70

Tim ’92 and Valerie Taylor Flynn ’94

Adam ’00 and Sarah Ford

Renaissance Charitable Foundation 

Geoffrey Frank

Andrea Fraizer '00

Glenn '70 & Donna Thomsen Gabanski

Doug '72 & Gail Graves Goodman ’72

Luiz '90 & Celina Guimarães

Marc '67 & Manju Hapke

Doug Hardwick ’70

Wes ’99 and Mary Mollet Harris ’01

Don '66 and Pearl Newberry Hawrysz '64

Jim '73 & Nancy Heafner

Mary Tierney Hengels '72

Craig and Jessica Dermody Higgs ’99

Robert and Jean Hill

Liz and Steve Hochstadt

Kristan Becker Hoffman

Jeremy ’11 and Elizabeth Horn Hommowun ’09

Steve ’71 and Janet Waddill Hopper ’72

Edmund '74 and Nancy Drake Hull '73

David Hultgren

Steven '74 & Jean Meyer Hunt

Shelley Hutchinson '77

BLDD Architects INC.

Bob Jenkins ’65

Howard Johnston ’73

Kent ’69 and Cheryl Jones

Jedd and Amy Rourke Jones

Susan Elizabeth Kaley ’73

Reverend Dr. John H'09 and Betty Kay

Pat ’67 and Betsy Ryan Kennedy ’73

Donald '75 & Cathy Kensell

Mark & Lisa Norbury Kilian

Mike ’75 and Amy Anderson Kralik ’12

Corey Kraushaar ’98

Carl Kretzer ’69 

Blaine and Louann Simpson Krogman ’80

Julie Ann Kurtock ’74

Michelle LaFayette ’95 

Pete Leonis ’88 

George ’78 and Helen Levi 

Nancy Homann ’79 and Joe Lindsay ’78

Kevin and Theresa Lister ’81

Philip Charles Loethen ’74

Dr. William ’59 and Nancy Logan 

Heather Loy ’91 

Christopher Lu and Kathryn Thomson

John ’68 and Iris Lugo

Bob Lukeman ’51 

Erich Hoberg and Julie Bodam Macartney ’98

Mark ’82 and Susan Mann 

Jim ’76 and Carolyn Quinlan Marker ’77

Mickey ’79 & Laura Armstrong Marks ’80 

Judith Schauerte Martin ’64 

Dr. William ’75 & Vicki Mattingly 

Terry ’68 & Susan Berg Maulding ’69 

Sally Straub Mayhew ’76

Mike McGraw

Betty McKinley

Kim Merchant ’94 

Mark & Ann Burford Merchlewitz ’80 

Bert ’59 and Martha Miller

Adah Mitchell 

Delinda ’69 and Marco Molder

June Mundinger 

Chuck ’72 & Jennifer Murphy 

Randal Musch ’72 

Darlene Nelson ’70 

Richard and Judith Luckenbach Nelson ’81

Gray ’99 and Lauren Noll 

Capt. Donald ’65 & Nancy Kelly Nortrup ’62 

Emy and Fred Osburn

Joe Paldo ’73 

Chuck ’70 & Annie Parker 

Kelly Payne ’02 

Mark ’69 & Jill Maynard Peterson ’69

Carole Dyer Pohlman ’74 

Kenneth & Marilyn Cors Pomeroy ’66 

Claudia Woodman Predmore ’80

Wells Fargo Educational Matching Gift Program

Todd ’95 and Kim Langenhorst Pryor

Jeff ’77 & Hilda Miller Radcliffe ‘77 

Charles ’74 & Deborah Rammelkamp 

Brandon ’07 & Kristen Prief Reed ’07 

Terry ’77 & Becky Bastert Reuschel 

Winston Rogers III ’82 

Meghan Roman 

Michael Rosloniec

Doug ’79 & Brenda Buchhett Rupp 

Jack ’66 & Susan Kincheloe Russel ’66

Charlene Sampson ’74

Bob ’62 & Barbara Fischer Sawyer ’64 

Ronald Schaulat ’80

Bob ’74 & Mary Schillerstrom 

Lori Schisler ’87 

Dan ’05 & Susan Bergen Schoenleber ’07 

Thomas Schorle ’72 

Tom ’74 & Susan Zeigler Scott ’75 

Don ’50* & Faith Metzler Semla ’51

Rebecca Shanahan

Nancy Noll Shaver ’84 

Florence Shipowick 

Ann Fusselman Showalter ’67 

Kent ’81 and Kelly Neese Siltman ’84

Annette Simmons ’86

Andy ’86 & Lori Petermeyer Smith ’88 

Paul & Almut Spalding 

Clayton & Rebecca Spencer 

Al ’62 & Nancy Strack 

Jim and Rachelan Bienert Stronach ’76

Christopher and Elizabeth Strong

Rick and Sally Stuber ’82

Doug ’64* & Martha Sutton 

Andy and Linda Symons ’71 

Justin and Natalie Thomas

Maryon Ripple Tilley 

Ben ’05 & Courtney Tobin 

Donald & Alice Tracey 

Martha Thomason Varble ’61 

Kate VonDeBur ’14

Rick ’66 & Josephine Vuylsteke 

Joshua Walters ’13 

Susan Weersing

Daniel ’74 and Barbara Weinberger

Chris Weller ’96 

Ray ’78 & Deb Baker Wellman ’78 

Dane & Krysten Wendell 

Jay ’81 & Shelley Smith Wessler ’81 

Michael & Linda Cox White ’73 

Terence and Joyce Dunn Wogan ’77

David ’86 & Karin Kluge Zink