Maine Humanities Council Annual Fund members make a difference for people across Maine, sharing the gift of ideas and books in communities with scarce resources. They inspire the exchange of perspectives that lead MHC constituents to a better understanding of themselves, one another, and the world. MHC members enrich the state through funding the programs described in this report. We are grateful for their generosity. If you would like to become an MHC member, please contact Diane Magras, Director of Development, at 207-773-5051, or diane@mainehumanities.org. To all of our members: Thank you. You really do make a difference.
This list represents gifts to the MHC received in the 2005 fiscal year (November 1, 2004, through October 31, 2005).
Key: *Donors who supported Literature & Medicine: Humanities at the Heart of Health CareŽ
**Donors who supported Let’s Talk About It
*** Donors who supported New Books, New Readers
MHC Circle
Peter & Belinda Aicher
Charles B. Alexander
Sandy & Mary Allen
Richard E. Barnes & Sandra Armentrout
Carol M. Beaumier
Macky Bennett
The Gene R. Cohen Charitable Foundation
Madeleine G. Corson
Eileen M. Curran
Josephine H. Detmer
Judy & Al Glickman
Barbara Goodbody
Geoffrey M. Gratwick & Lucy G. Quimby
Mr. & Mrs. Douglas M. Henry
Martha S. Henry
Merton G. Henry
Sheila & Philip Jordan
Theodora J. Kalikow
Mr. & Mrs. William Knowles
Lincoln F. & Gloria Williams Ladd
Lois Lamdin
James McKenna & Jane Orbeton
Sarah S. Meacham
Mr. & Mrs. R. F. Morhart
Morton-Kelly Charitable Trust
Harriet & Steven Passerman
The Phillips-Green Foundation
Pat Ramsay and Steven Horowitz
Dorothy & Elliott Schwartz
Kenneth S. Spirer & Joan Leitzer
Ann Staples Waldron
Marli F. Weiner
Jean T. Wilkinson
Joe and Carol Wishcamper Fund
of the Maine Community Foundation
Douglas E. Woodbury &
Judith A. Fletcher Woodbury
The Woodbury Fund of the
Maine Community Foundation
Reading Benefactor
Sylvia Kraemer
Elaine Letendre*
Pat Onion**
Alfred & Dorothy Suzi Osher
Memorial Foundation
Mary Lee Rushmore
Anne Broderick Zill
Reading Companion
Rick & Anne Brown
Elizabeth & Robert Carroll
Donna M. Cassidy
Professor Steven R. Cerf
Jean F. Curran & Jeffrey Sosnaud
Walter O. & Lois M. Davis
Downeast Energy & Building Supply
Anne S. Drummond
Peter Enggass
Christopher M. Harte &
Dr. Katherine Stoddard Pope
(The Spicewood Fund of the
Maine Community Foundation)
Mr. & Mrs. Willard J. Hertz
B. A. & E. D. Ives
Waltrud Lampé
William H. Laubenstein III
Susan Lyons
Henry J. & Bernadette T. Nicolaus
Patricia A. Riley & Peter Schwindt
George & Harriet Robinson
Thomas Schulten
J. Mark Schuster & Charlotte Harrison
Ann B. & Gordon H.S. Scott
Elizabeth Scully
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth W. Senior
Elmina B. Sewall
Holmes & Didi Stockly
Carl Toney & Anne Summer
Judy & Bob Tredwell
Joseph S. & Diane R. Wood*
Mr. & Mrs. Daniel A. Zilkha
Reading Partner
William W. Alcorn
Nancy & Jonathan Aldrich
John & Petey Ambrose
Mr. & Mrs. Charlton H. Ames
Buck, Ricki, & Hannah Avant
Tina & Bill Baker
Kit Lunney & Rick Barton
Charles Bassett
Edmund and Ruth Benedikt
Marc Berlin & Edith Richardson
The Reverend Dr. Judith H. Blanchard *
Martha & Sidney Block*
Victoria & Erno Bonebakker
Charles F. Bragg II
Elsa P. Brown
Susan & Franklin Burroughs
Mr. & Mrs. Wallace E. Camp, Sr.*
Caroline Carney
Janet & Thomas Carper
Drs. Susan & James Carter
Jan Church
Joseph Conforti
Anthony Corrado*
Crosby Consolidated Fund of the
Maine Community Foundation at the recommendation of Oliver S. Crosby
Richard & Bonnie D’Abate
Edwin & Barbara Daggett
Elizabeth Davidson
Dwight B. Demeritt, Jr.
Patricia Donahue
C. Stewart & Jean S. Doty
Mary F. Dunn & Ronald Shapiro*
Benson & Patricia Ford
Daniel Frederick
Ed Friedman
Mr. & Mrs. William D. Geoghegan
Dino W. Giamatti
Laurie A. Gibson & Stephen P. Beale
Roger & Betty Gilmore
Frank & Ruth Glazer
Susan & Jerry Goldberg
Greenhut Galleries
Polly & Roy Greason
Mr. & Mrs. John R. Haug
Mr. & Mrs. Eric Hawke
Jack Hayes
Dr. & Mrs. George L. Higgins
Eric Hirshler
D. Brock Hornby
Marcia Howell
Betty & Walter Huebner
William & Judith Imes
Beryl Ann Johnson
Erik C. Jorgensen & Tamara M. Risser
Neil Jorgensen & Martha Petersen
Steven K. Katona & Susan L. Lerner
Mr. & Mrs. Bennett D. Katz
Kerck & Susan Kelsey
James & Elizabeth Kilbreth
Angus King & Mary Herman
Diana Krauss
Mary E. M. & Robert Lingley
Thomas K. Lizotte
Sylvia V. Lund
Kenneth & Cherie Mason
Audrey Maynard
Kay Medlin & Dale Earwood
Mary B. Moore
Mason & Margaret Morfit
Flonny & Al Morrison
Joan W. Morrison
Margaret R. Muir
Sandra & Richard Neiman
Jane Veazie Nelson
Cam & Betsy Niven
The Norumbega Fund of the Maine
Community Foundation at the request
of Dr. & Mrs. Harold Osher
Dr. Daniel K. Onion*
L. M. Passano & E. A. Howe
Dr. Georgiana Peacher
David Pease*
Denise Pendleton & John Lightner
Jan Phillips & Dennis Grafflin
Marcy & Leonard Plavin
Shirley & Leroy Raffel
Lenore & Norman Rapkin
Rick Rector
David Richards
Beverly & Roger Richmond*
Peter & Trudi Riesenberg
Patricia Sanborn
Joseph A. & Eva H. Saunders
John Ryan & Jenny Scheu
Ann Schonberger
Mr. & Mrs. William A. Searle, Jr.
John Sebastian
Mr. & Mrs. Peter L. Sheldon
George L. Shinn, PhD
Selma Shure
Irving I. Silverman
Melinda Y. Small
Michelle Small & Jeff Sullivan
Michael & Ingrid Solomon
Judith & Peter Sullivan
Lee & Holly Thibodeau
Henry & Ingrid Thomas
Mr. & Mrs. Widgery Thomas, Jr.
Anne & Jack Thompson
Philip Thompson
James S. Tucker, Jr.
Constantine Valaoritis and Clare Johnson
Julia & Robert Walkling
Candace & Edward Walworth
Margaret D. Webster
Mr. & Mrs. Gordon L. Weil
Sandra Weiss
Alice N. Wellman
M. Cyrene Wells, PhD
Brownell & Betty Wheeler
David C. Wiggin*
The Wigobels
Nathaniel Wing
Melinda and Barry Zitin
Reading Buddy
Anonymous*
M. Jean Brenan
James & Marybeth Burbank
Marilyn H. & Warren R. Dwyer*
Eileen W. Fletcher
Judy Hakola
Allison Hepler
Michael Lambke, MD
Mark B. Lapping
Nancy N. Masterton
Mr. & Mrs. George F. Metcalf
Lynne Miller & Lawrence Simon
Dolores O’Higgins & James Richter
Susan C. Ruch
Mr. & Mrs. Henry W. Saunders
Pamela Smith
Penny Stevens
John F. Sutherland
Reading Friend
In Honor of Dr. Geoffrey M. Gratwick
Susan Abt
Ann Marie Almeida
Anonymous
Louis Bachrach, MD*
Sam & Sally Ballard
Peter & Lyn Ballou
Paul & Cathleen Bauschatz
Jean & Bill Baxter
Mr. & Mrs. Garrett M. Bensen
Charles G. Bickford
Sally Boggs
Dr. & Mrs. Louis G. Bove
Marlo & Ray Bradford
Jane & Frank Bragg
Emily Rand and Norman F. Breitner
Helen K. Brock
Lee & Jamie Broder
A. Patricia Burnes
Charles Calhoun
Willard & Beverly Callender
Charlotte C. Carnes, MD &
Timothy D. Carnes, MD
Jacqueline & Irvin Cohen
Mary I. Collins
Dick & Norma Coughlin
Linda & Allan Currie
Agnes B. Dailey
Judy Danielson
M. Jordan Denning
Linda Docherty
Harland Eastman
Anne C. Edmonds
John S. Emerson
Mr. & Mrs. Samuel S. Emerson
Susan Emmet
Kay Evans
Dianne Fallon
Gordon H. Falt, Jr.
Agnes E. Flaherty
Sue & Don Furth
George & Elizabeth Glover
Daniel & Diana Godfrey
Matthew & Lynn Goldfarb
Connie Goldman
Pam Goucher
Ann A. Guild
Catharine W. Guiles
Gladys & Myron Hager
Judy Hakola*
Mr. & Mrs. Arthur A. Hamblen
Karen Harris & Rob Gips
Edward Harrow, MD*
Mary Louise Haskell*
Randy & David Henry
Ira, Jessica & Lily Hymoff
Margery Y. Irvine
Elizabeth Irwin
Dina Jeannotte & Joe Scozzafava
Barbara & Clark Johnson
Sue Jorgensen
Mary Lou & Gerry Kennedy
Kathyrn & Ottavio Lattanzi
Roberta & Craig Libby
Ann Y. Lyn, MD*
Michael & Sheryl Little*
Elizabeth J. MacInnes
Nancy M. MacKnight
Mr. and Mrs. Michael C. Magras
Robert & Marlene Mailloux
Peggy Marchand
Harold C. Martin
Simeon & Judith Maslin
Karen Massey & Jeff Thaler*
Priscilla H. McCarty
Wesley & Diane McNair
Nancy & John Meikle
Jane S. & William M. Moody
Anne Morham
Edward P. Moriarty
David L. Moulton
Hilda & Don Nicoll
Nicholas Noyes & Margaret Hourigan
Clifton & Susan Olds
Sandra L. Oliver
Lewis M. & Marjorie M. Pearson
James & Jo Pendleton
Jean Powning
Jo Radner
Kenneth Read
Deborah & Verner Reed
Rodney Regier & Shirley Mathews
Ursula Reidel-Schrewe
Barbara A. Rohrbaugh
Stephen & Wilma Rose
Susan & Cliff Russell
Mr. & Mrs. Alden Sawyer Jr.
Professors Howard Segal & Deborah Rogers
Charlotte J. Sharp
David Weiss & Karan Sheldon
Dennis & Jane Shubert
Kenneth Shure & Liv Rockefeller
Edward & Priscilla Simmons
Jerry Slivka
Richard & Alice Spencer
Laura Fecych Sprague
Marion K. Stocking
Eunice H. Stover
Linda Tatelbaum
Linden Thigpen
Mrs. William M. Thompson
Barbara Trafton
June & David Vail
Diane C. Vatne
Faith A. Vautour
Lois & Richard Wagner*
Kitty Wheeler
Kay White
Judy & Norm Wilson
Kermit Lipez & Nancy Ziegler
Other Gifts
Patricia McGraw Anderson
Richard A. Aronson
Robert & Rosemary Babcock*
Jean A. Badran & Donald Smith
Paul Beauparlant
Robert & Marta Bent
Barney Bérubé
Charlotte M. Bisson
Burgess Advertising & Associates, Inc.
Sally & Jim Carignan
Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Cash
Paulette Chernack
Jim & Joan Cohen
Victoria and Jonathan Cohen
Janet S. Cowperthwaite
Beverly Chatham Crofoot
Diane & David Cutler
Carla Dickstein
Craig Dietrich
Diana Dionne-Morang
John & Marie Dudley
Eastport Arts Center
Thomas K. & Christina C. Edwards
Bruce & Judy Fenlason
Irving D. Fisher
Geneva M. Frost
Frank & Eileen Frye
Janet Galle
Carolyn E. H. Gontoski
John Pike Grady
Mr. & Mrs. John Hadden*
Patricia Healey-Thompson
Rose Marie Henderson***
Gertrude Hickey
Stanley R. Howe
David & Beth Humphrey
Louise Parker James
Sheila Jans
Laurie Kahn-Leavitt
Theresa Kerchner & Jim Perkins
Donald J. King
Mary A. Kirkpatrick
Karen Stathoplos & Kim Krauss
Richard & Sandra Lawrence
Carl Little
LeeAnne & Bruce Mallonee
Helen W. McKendry
Abbott & Nancy Meader
Rich Byard & Luci Merin
Al Miller
Zareen Taj Mirza
Susan R. Moore
Richard & Eleanor Morrell
Nan & Bob Morrell
Ms. Anita Morrissey
Jean Nevin
Lisa Ornstein
Rosalie Tyler Paul
Margaret Peacock
Ruth B. Peck
Arthur & Janet Perrin
Alice Mary Pierce
Anne G. Pierce
Jay Pollack & Rosie Wohl
Muriel A. Poulin
Marguerite Rafter
Janet Roberts
Victoria Robinson
Victoria & Peter Rogers
Anne & George Ross
Charles A. Scontras
Hope M. Shelley
Bonnie Shulman
James G. Skoglund
Harry Sky
Deborah A. Smith & Reginald W. Dyche
G. E. Kidder Smith, Jr.
Stanley Museum
Susan L. Tananbaum
Deborah Taylor*
Alalia & Frederick Thaler
Freeport Historical Society
Yolanda Theunissen & Richard C. Veit
Jane & Jack Ware
Brita Kate Zitin
Deborah Zorach
Constance H. Carlson Fund for Public Humanities
Marilyn T. Bronzi
Gregory Peter Gallant
B. A. & E. D. Ives
Margaret J. Kravchuk & Harold Hamilton
Lincoln F. & Gloria Williams Ladd
J. Gary Nichols
L. M. Passano & E. A. Howe
Ann B. & Gordon H. S. Scott
Alice N. Wellman
In-Kind Gifts
Lisa Adams
Friar Mac Consulting, Inc.
Harley Design
Starbird Music Hall
Target Stores, Inc.
In Memory of Harriet P. Henry
Richard E. Barnes & Sandra Armentrout
Ingfei Chen
Geoffrey K. Cummings
Sally J. Daggett
Jon R. Doyle, Esq. & Craig H. Nelson, Esq.
of the Law Offices of Doyle & Nelson
James A. & Melissa L. Ellis
Stephen Finberg
Deborah, John, & Erin Fleurant
Hannah P. Fox
Phyllis & Alfred Fuchs
Polly & Roy Greason
Cornelia Greaves-Bates
Mr. & Mrs. Douglas M. Henry
Martha S. Henry
Merton G. Henry
George S. Isaacson, Esq.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Stephen & Polly Larned
Richard & Anne Larsen
Allison & Leighton Lobdell
Col. & Mrs. Reginald T. Lombard, Jr.
Elizabeth J. MacInnes
Priscilla H. McCarty
Craig & Margie McEwen
Taro & Aya Mitamura
Maine Women’s Forum-Carol Mitchell
Richard & Eleanor Morrell
Morton-Kelly Charitable Trust
Nicolas & Elaine Nadzo
Ingrid Z. Philbrick
The Andrew Putnam Family
The John H. Reed Lovingtrust
Barbara L. Sawyer
Gregory L. Sinner
Alvin J. & Barbara A. Summers
Mr. & Mrs. Robert H. Weatherill
Mr. & Mrs. Walter E. Webber
Kay White
Harriet P. Henry died in 2004. These gifts were made in her honor in the Council’s 2005 fiscal year.
FOCUSED GIFTS
Born to Read
Mrs. Peter C. Barnard
Carol M. Beaumier
John & Judith Bielecki
Michael D. Burke
Holly Hock Dumaine
Sharon Estell
Female Samaritan Association
Clare & David Fischer
Phyllis & Alfred Fuchs
Jane Garris
Catharine W. Guiles
Philip C. Haughey
Whitney Houghton
Jennifer D. Howe
John & Cynthia Howland
Mary Hunter & James Parakilas
B. A. & E. D. Ives
Cal & Sally MacKenzie
Natasha Mayers
Vincent & Nancy McKusick
Jean McManamy
Peter & Nina Mendall
Flonny & Al Morrison
David L. Moulton
Ruth Rioux
Mr. & Mrs. Wickham Skinner
Betty S. Smith
Louise & Richard Sullivan
Judith P. Swazey
Anonymous
Mr. & Mrs. John W. L. White
Marion R. Wise
Winter Weekend 2005 Sponsors
Lisa Adams
Dr. & Mrs. Newell A. Augur, Jr.
Jean A. Bott
Jim & Sarah Bowie
Marjorie A. Boyd, MD
Charlotte F. Brown
Patricia Brown & John L. Brady, Jr.
John S. Emerson
Sharon Estell
Diane Garthwaite & Dr. Matthew Liang
Virginia Johnson
Anne Morham
Malcolm & Susan Rogers
Mr. & Mrs. Christoph Schmidt
Dorothy & Elliott Schwartz
B. G. Thorpe
Barbara Trafton
Foundation, Corporate, and Organizational Support
at the Maine Community Foundation
The Betterment Fund
The O. P. and W. E. Edwards Foundation
Employment Specialists of Maine, Inc.
Female Samaritan Association
Freeman Foundation
Frances Hollis Brain Foundation
Hudson Foundation
Kennebec-Chaudière Heritage Commission
Stephen and Tabitha King Foundation
Lilly Endowment, Inc.
Nellie Mae Education Foundation
Maine Department of Corrections
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
Matching Gifts Program
National Endowment for the Humanities
River Rock Foundation
State of Maine
U.S. Department of Education