Ravinia 2025 Issue 1

Endowment and Planned Gifts ENDOWMENT & FIXED ASSET FUND DONORS We are grateful to the following donors for their gifts of $300 or more to the Fund to Assure Ravinia’s Future, the Steans Endowment Fund, Building the Future of Reach Teach Play, or Ravinia’s Fixed Asset Fund. These gifts were received between October 1, 2022, and May 9, 2025. Anonymous In memory of Mrs. C.F. Andes Ms. Lynn Barone Daniel Beetstra Carol Bibly Judy & Merrill Blau BNY Mellon Ms. Stephanie Borash Shanelle Brown Mr. & Mrs. Jerome A. Castellini Ms. Nancy Chausow Shafer & Mr. Arnie Shafer Susan & Don Civgin Jane B. Colman Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Condren Judy Cottle John Deverman Annette Dezelan Cory Edgar Linda Edral ElevenEleven Foundation/ Jim & Wendy Abrams Carol Fantozzi The Ferdon Family Ms. Venita E. Fields & Mr. Lonnie Hampton Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas Fink Elaine Frank Fund David & Heather Gaspar Patrick Gipson Midori Goto Grainger Howard L. Gottlieb & Barbara G. Greis Amy Grossman Jeff & Kathryn Haydon Mrs. Thomas D. Heath Betsy & Arthur Holden Drs. Courtney & Carmen Hollowell Hunter Family Foundation, in honor of Maxine M. Hunter ITW Colin Jacobsen Rudy Juarez Family Betsy Karp Tom Keim & Noelle Brock Chris & Elise Klein James & Carol Klenk Emily & Christopher Knight Timothy Knowlton Mr. & Mrs. Robert D. Krebs The Lake County Community Foundation Liz & Eric Lefkofsky Mrs. Nancy R. Levi Ms. Elizabeth Olson & Mr. Thomas Manning Mayer Brown LLP Tera & Richard McBlaine Mr. & Mrs. John W. McCarter Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Alan G. McNally Sheila Medvin Kenneth & Jodi Meister Marc & Sandra Cordova Micek Mr. & Mrs. Craig A. Miller Minow Family Foundation Madeleine Minton Lauren Moore Sheryl Moore-Ollie Ms. Iliana A. Mora & Mr. Bodee Kittikamron Mary Moreland & Daniel Jenks The Negaunee Foundation Christopher Noon Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Paquette Mr. & Mrs. Christopher S. Pfaff Betsey & Dale Pinkert Gloria & Dan Reisner Kenneth S. Recu Trust Grant Sanders Mr. & Mrs. E. Scott Santi Onnie & Steven Scheyer Mr. & Mrs. John A. Schweig Deborah & Laurence Segil Richard & Leslie Sevcik Mrs. Eugene F. Sikorovsky Mr. & Mrs. Judson Snyder John Snyder & Mignon Dupepe Alexander Sorell Kerry Spaven Jennifer Steans & James Kastenholz Mr. & Mrs. John A. Stepan Mr. & Mrs. Loren Stone Madelyn Tan-Cohen Travis Underwood Alejandra Valarino Boyer Michael & Marilyn Vender Mr. Stanley & Mrs. Graciela Wallach Ms. Debra Warweg Audrey L. Weaver Steven B. Weinstein Western Union Foundation Randy & Lisa White Wintrust Lam Wong Amy Yang Paul & Mary Yovovich Leon & Wendy Zar Patricia Zavagnin EDWARD GORDON SOCIETY Memorializing the longtime executive director of Ravinia, the Edward Gordon Society recognizes donors who have provided for Ravinia in their estate plans. We thank all Edward Gordon Society members for their steadfast commitment to Ravinia’s future. To learn more about the many ways to name Ravinia in your estate plans, please contact Chelsea Smith at 847-266-5494 or csmith@ravinia.org. Marion Lloyd Circle Established in memory of the distinguished chairman of Ravinia from 1971 to 1975, the Marion Lloyd Circle recognizes Edward Gordon Society members who have designated one or more major planned gifts to Ravinia valued at or exceeding $100,000. We are sincerely grateful to the Marion Lloyd Circle members for their exemplary generosity. Anonymous (2) Judy & Merrill Blau Mr. Terrence M.W. Ellsworth Robert H. Glaze Marsha & Michael Goldstein Mrs. Dorothy G. Harza Wm. P. Hauworth II Jack Kanuk & Richard Foster Howard Kaspin Mr. & Mrs. John P. Keller Esther G. Klatz Mr. Steven F. Krause & Mrs. Patricia A. Krause Dr. Sheldon H. Marcus Sharon & Eden Martin Dave & Emily Merjan Mr. Newton N. Minow Ellen Rudnick & Paul Earle John & Kim Taylor Dr. Marylou Witz Promised Gift Members Anonymous Marilynn Alsdorf In memory of Mrs. C.F. Andes Charles J. Balkin III Mr. & Mrs. Murray Beck Mr. J. Salvatore L. Cianciolo Mrs. George H. Conrad Mrs. Wayne Dailey Mr. & Mrs. Donald R. Dann Mrs. Evelyn M. Edidin Mr. Robert Elisberg Janice Ferri Esser Mrs. Zollie S. Frank Susan & Sy Frolichstein Mike & Lynn Froy Jean & Robert Gelbort Mrs. Samuel Gershuny Mr. & Mrs. Paul C. Gignilliat Mr. & Mrs. Donald F. Goldsmith J. Brian Greis, MD Julie & Parker Hall Mr. & Mrs. Richard C. Halpern Mrs. David J. Harris Mr. & Mrs. Thomas D. Heath Jay & Judy Heyman Edith Hicks Stuart Kane Mr. & Mrs. Brian R. Kenney Ms. Patricia J. Klemz Dolores Kohl Kaplan Mrs. Helen J. Kohr Mr. & Mrs. Martin J. Koldyke Mrs. Frederick H. Kortlander Ms. Alice Kurland David A. Lawrence, PhD Amy & Donald Lubin Mr. & Mrs. Lowell B. Mason Jr. Howard M. McCue III Dorothe Melamed Dr. & Mrs. Jack L. Melamed Mrs. Marcia Melamed Rob, Susan & Christopher Meyer Marnie M. Miller June Neiburger Mr. & Mrs. Edward A. Nieminen Mr. & Mrs. Charles D. O’Kieffe L.M. Overend Marian Tyler Pawlick Maxine R. Philipsborn Sue N. Pick Dale & Betsey Pinkert Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Rain Mr. James S. Rosenbaum Suzanne Samuels Sue & Bill Samuels Ms. Deborah Sherrock & Mr. Charles Ted Allen Mr. & Mrs. Eugene F. Sikorovsky Susan & David Spears Jerry & Sandra Steinhauer Fay Stern Dr. Gerald Sunko Ember Swanson-Jesunas Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Tucker Mrs. Elizabeth Upjohn Mason Mr. Robert F. VanderSchaaf Ms. Louella Krueger Ward Linda & Payson Wild Mrs. Ann S. Wolff Estate & Trust Members Bruce R. Bachmann Marshall & Arlene Bennett Bernbaum Family Charitable Fund Jacqueline Brumlik Trust Dorothy Cahn Trust Sandra K. Crown Living Trust Estate of John E. Deimel Estate of Edward I. Elisberg Enivar Charitable Fund, In Memory of Mrs. Leonard S. Florsheim Jr. Estate of Lynette Flowers Elaine Frank Fund Estate of Joan S. Freehling Estate of Stanley M. Freehling Mr. & Mrs. Maurice F. Fulton Mrs. Bruce K. Goodman Estate of Edward Gordon, late Executive Director of Ravinia Mrs. Millard J. Grauer Ernest A. Grunsfeld Jr. Trust Estate of Ernest A. Grunsfeld III Estate of Hugh Johnston Hubbard Mr. Morris A. Kaplan Roberta A. Kapoun Discretionary Supplemental Needs Trust Estate of Marion M. Lloyd Estate of Eloise W. Martin Estate of Beatrice C. Mayer The Harvey Medvin Trust Jack Melamed Beneficiary Distribution Estate of Hugo J. Melvoin Madeleine Minton J. Clifford Moos Trust Estate of Bruce P. Olson Mrs. Dean B. Phemister Trust Thomas F. Pick Trust Estate of Samuel H. Press Estate of Michael G. Rahal Kenneth S. Recu Trust Mrs. Mary Reusché Susan M. Schloss Trust Milton H. and Lillian Z. Schwartz Family Fund Estate of Helene E. and Arthur W. Segil Alfred L. Siegel Estate of Charles John Starcevich Mr. and Mrs. John N. Stern Estate of Howard A. Stotler Virginia C. Vale Revocable Trust Michael D. Vogan Trust Herbert S. Wander Revocable Trust Estate of William D. 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