Summer Fun at Lincoln Park Zoo

Summer Fun at 

Lincoln Park Zoo 

Annual Report Issue 

For Members of Lincoln Park Zoo • A Magazine of Conservation and Education • Summer 2009

IN THIS ISSUE 

Volume 7 Number 2 • For Members of Lincoln Park Zoo 

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Zoo Fun 

From animals of the hour to conservation 

close-ups, learn how to squeeze the 

most fun out of your visit to Lincoln 

Park Zoo. 

Season of Love 

Lincoln Park Zoo houses lovebirds, but 

it’s produced its fair share of them as 

well. Learn how couples met—and 

wooed—at the zoo. 

Fun on the Job 

What’s it like to work in a world of 

wildlife? Keepers, scientists and educators 

weigh in on fun on the job at 

Lincoln Park Zoo. 

Animals at Play 

Summer fun isn’t limited to Lincoln 

Park Zoo’s visitors. While scientists 

study animal play, visitors can observe 

chickens, chimpanzees and other critters 

as they chase, climb and play with 

barrels and balls. 

The Wild File 

Kookaburra chicks, a tiny titi monkey 

and a conservation-boosting litter of 

red wolf pups are among the season’s 

new arrivals. 

Continue Your Visit Online 

Visit www.lpzoo.org for Lincoln 

Park Zoo photos, videos and 

up-to-date info on events 

and animals. You can also 

find us on Facebook! 

LINCOLN PARK ZOO MAGAZINE 

President and CEO 

Kevin J. Bell 

Art Director 

Peggy Martin 

Editor 

James Seidler 

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News of the Zoo 

Lincoln Park Zoo, 2001 North Clark Street, Chicago, IL 

60614, 312-742-2000, www.lpzoo.org. Lincoln Park Zoo is 

supported through a public/private partnership between 

the Chicago Park District and The Lincoln Park Zoological 

Society. The only privately managed free zoo in the country, 

Lincoln Park Zoo relies on membership, individual, foundation 

and corporate support as well as earned revenue. 

A rhino yard renovation, crucial conservation 

efforts for the endangered 

eastern massasauga rattlesnake and a 

study on how great apes hunt. 

Annual Report 

Lincoln Park Zoo’s year in review, 

with updates on the biggest news in 

Collections, Conservation, Education, 

Facilities and Fundraising. 

Donor Dedication 

We thank those who have helped to 

advance the zoo’s mission of conservation 

and care. 

Photography 

Sharon Dewar (pg. 12) 

Greg Neise 

Todd Rosenberg (cover) 

Owen Slater (pg. 10) 

Staff Writer 

Chris McNamara 

Cert no. SW-COC-001613 

QUESTIONS? 

Contact the 

Membership Department. 

Staff are on hand during 

normal business hours— 

phone 312-742-2322 

or visit us online at 

www.lpzoo.org.

perspective 

A Letter From President and CEO Kevin J. Bell and 

Chairman of the Board David P. Bolger 

New Milestones in 

Conservation and Care 

Every year at Lincoln Park Zoo is one of accomplishment, 

reflecting new arrivals, new research initiatives and new efforts to 

bring the world of wildlife to millions of annual visitors. Even as 

the challenging circumstances 

of the past year affected institutions 

and guests alike, the 

zoo succeeded in advancing 

our ambitious mission of 

conservation and care. 

Conservation was a special 

emphasis during the 

past fiscal year, with the zoo 

hosting the International 

Wildlife Reintroduction 

Conference, the first international meeting dedicated to the science 

of restoring species to their homes in the wild. Closer to 

home, the zoo expanded our emphasis on local conservation by 

launching the Urban Wildlife Institute, a research center funded 

by the Davee Foundation that will serve as a model for managing 

conflict between humans and wildlife in an urban setting. 

The zoo’s commitment to local wildlife is embodied in our latest 

effort, the Nature Boardwalk at Lincoln Park Zoo, which aims 

to establish a natural oasis in the zoo’s backyard. The new Nature 

Boardwalk will feature natural shorelines, native birds, frogs, fish 

and mammals and an expansive interactive boardwalk to engage 

and educate visitors. Construction to transform the South Pond is 

underway; when complete, the Nature Boardwalk will offer a new 

benchmark for urban green space and local conservation. 

Further changes were seen on zoo grounds in the past year. 

New species (sugar gliders, caiman lizards) and new arrivals 

(Francois’ langurs, Guam Micronesian kingfishers) added to the 

diversity of our living collection. Expanded education programs, 

including the new Exploring Ape Behavior series, let visitors step 

into scientists’ shoes to experience groundbreaking research on 

ape tool-use, behavior and cognition. Finally, the zoo continued 

to be a leader in providing care to geriatric animals, with our 

Nutrition Center, veterinary staff, and keepers and curators collaborating 

to help our animals live longer, healthier lives. The 

milestone 50th birthday of chimpanzee Keo was just one example 

of their success. 

While we’re proud of all of our achievements, perhaps our 

most-meaningful accomplishment in the past year is one that 

lies at the heart of our mission: remaining free and open to all, 

365 days a year. In trying times, the zoo is available to everyone 

due to the continued generosity of our donors, supporters and 

friends. Thank you for helping us to extend the wonder of 

wildlife to those who may need it most. 

Kevin J. Bell 


David P. Bolger 

Chairman of the Board 

SUMMER 2009 1

2 LINCOLN PARK ZOO 

Fun 

“Zoo.”“Fun.” As anyone who’s marveled at monkeys, been thrilled by tigers or amazed by armadillos could 

tell you, those are two words that go well together. Throw in “summer” as well, and you have a perfect vehicle 

for good times, full of amazing animals and family fun. 

And while it’s true that a fun day at the zoo doesn’t require much planning beyond getting up and going, 

a few tips can make the trip even better. Here’s our guide to good times at the zoo, full of events, tips and 

tricks to help you make the most of your summer visit. 

BY JAMES SEIDLER

Left: Staying put for one species, such as the playful meerkats at Regenstein African Journey, is a solid recipe for zoo fun. Above, left-to-right: 

Visitors can greet the goats at the Farm-in-the-Zoo Presented by John Deere, observe gorilla enrichment at Regenstein Center for African Apes or 

learn how the zoo is conserving red wolves and African lions. Below: A Conservation Close-up with the African wild dogs highlights how scientists 

are working to save this endangered species. 

Meet An Animal 

Animal ambassadors provide an exciting way to experience the 

wonders of wildlife, from tip to tail. Stop by Regenstein Small 

Mammal-Reptile House to meet the Animal of the Hour (11 a.m., 

2 p.m.) or drop by the Farm-in-the-Zoo Presented by John Deere 

to greet the goats (10:30 a.m.–4 p.m.). The scales of a ball python 

or fur of a goat offer unforgettable lessons on animal adaptations. 

Morning, Noon and Night 

Different times of day offer different experiences at Lincoln 

Park Zoo. Morning meals make for active mammals while noontime 

sun can encourage napping, especially for animals in outdoor 

exhibits. Mix up when you visit, and you might find new sights 

each time. Of course, behavior is species-specific. As General 

Curator Megan Ross, Ph.D., says, “Lions can sleep up to 20 hours 

a day—noontime doesn’t mean much to them.” 

Conservation Close-Ups 

A world of wildlife can be found in the zoo’s 35 acres, but new 

Education programs highlight conservation efforts taking place 

across the globe. Head to the African wild dog exhibit to learn 

how zoo scientists are conserving one of Africa’s signature—and 

vanishing—species (1 p.m.). Visit Pritzker Family Children’s Zoo 

to find out how new red wolf pups are helping the species howl 

back from the brink of extinction (3:30 p.m.). Take a trip to the 

renovated rhino yard to find out how the expanded digs are part 

of the zoo’s plan to help this endangered species recover (10 a.m., 

3 p.m.). 

Pick a Theme 

Given that the zoo features a world of wildlife—more than 200 

species from seven continents—a fun way to focus your visit can be 

to organize it around a theme. Visit all of the Australian animals in 

our collection, learning how birds and marsupials have adapted to 

life on the island continent. Map out the connections between predator 

(African lions, for instance) and prey (Grant’s gazelles). Our 

online fact sheets provide plenty of info about the animals at the 

zoo—visit www.lpzoo.org/animals to learn more before you visit. 

Experience Enrichment 

Animals throughout the zoo participate in operant-conditioning 

sessions to help them participate in their own care. In these 

voluntary interactions, keepers use positive reinforcement to cultivate 

desired behaviors, such as gorillas presenting specific body 

parts for examination or gray seals moving to another area to facilitate 

veterinary care. Observe firsthand how keepers engage animals 

with conditioning sessions at Regenstein Center for African Apes 

(1:30 p.m.) or the Kovler Sea Lion Pool (10:30 a.m., 2 p.m.). 

Stay Put 

It’s tempting to fit in as many animals as you can on your visit, 

but the richest rewards come from spending a long time at one 

exhibit. “The more time you spend with an animal, the better you 

can understand how they interact with their surroundings and 

how they might act in the wild,” says Ross. Exhibits and enrichments 

are designed to encourage natural behaviors, whether it’s 

meerkats digging in their soft substrate at Regenstein African 

Journey or white-cheeked gibbons swinging through the branches 

at the Helen Brach Primate House. Patient visitors are often 

rewarded with spectacular sights.


Above: Watch the gorillas browse and follow it up with a snack of your own. Below: 

Volunteers offer hands-on lessons on the the world of wildlife, making your trip more memorable. 

Active animals, such as the playful otters, bring new excitement with every visit. 

Make a Meal of It 

Take a break from watching the camels chew cud with a meal at 

one of the zoo’s restaurants. You can enjoy fresh organic fare at 

Café At Wild Things, burgers, beer and wine at Café Brauer, a 

selection of snacks from Park Place Café or traditional zoo goodies 

at our other locations. Take advantage of the warm weather by 

packing a picnic lunch! Or, if you don’t feel like lugging your cooler 

around, let the zoo do the picnic planning for you—find out how 

at www.lpzoo.org/info/plan_event/picnics.html. 

Farmer for a Day 

The Farm-in-the-Zoo Presented by John Deere offers plenty of 

opportunities for city kids to get a taste of life on the farm. Marvel 

at massive mammals with the daily cow-feeding sessions (10:30 

a.m., 1:30 p.m.) or help the harvest at the Edible Garden by pulling 

weeds, planting seeds or digging out the latest veggies (10 a.m.–1 

p.m., Wednesday and Saturday). 

Map a day of zoo Listen and Learn 

fun—visit 

Curiosity carts, Malott Family Zoo 

www.lpzoo.org/ 

magazine for a Interns and dedicated docents all offer 

summer fun extra information on the zoo’s amazing 

interactive! 

animals. Take advantage of these animal 

interpreters—ask them questions! “You 

can get so much more out of your visit by 

learning about what goes on behind the scenes, 

whether its how keepers take care of animals or 

what our scientists do for conservation,” says 

Manager of Guest Engagement Andrea 

Chynoweth. Look for dark-green Lincoln Park 

Zoo T-shirts, and you’ll be on your way. 

Take a Ride 

The LPZoo Children’s Train and AT&T 

Endangered Species Carousel offer a fun break 

from the world of wildlife. Take a ride with 

your favorite species (the carousel offers 48 

artisan-crafted wooden animals) and then visit 

them afterwards! 

Step Into a Scientist’s Shoes 

Held Wednesday–Sunday in Regenstein 

Center for African Apes, Exploring Ape Behavior 

offers an insider’s view of the building’s chimpanzee 

and gorilla research. Participants gain an exciting overview 

of research at the Lester E. Fisher Center for the Study and 

Conservation of Apes, seeing examples of tool-use and cognitive 

studies before embarking on their own behavioral research project. 

Learn how scientists study our closest cousins—visit 

www.lpzoo.org/eab for info on tickets and times. 

Come Back 

A living collection brings new rewards with every visit. The 

North American river otters that were napping on your previous 

visit may be diving through the water; chimpanzees and gorillas 

that were snoozing may be searching for fresh veggies scattered 

throughout their exhibit. It’s impossible to predict what any day 

will bring, but frequent visits ensure that every trip carries its own 

kind of zoo fun.

Season of 

During the breeding season, the Blyth’s hornbill male within the 

McCormick Bird House will present grapes—a prized fruit—to 

the female in an attempt to woo her. Nearby at the Kovler 

Penguin/Seabird House, male rockhopper penguins will present 

the best stones to females, a romantic gesture that helps them build 

their nests. And within Regenstein Center for African Apes, female 

gorillas will lock eyes with their silverback, a sign that they’re interested 

in more than grooming. 

While these varied forms of animal courtship are taking place 

within the exhibits at Lincoln Park Zoo, guests strolling the 

grounds are courting one another as well, from teenagers on first 

dates to married couples celebrating anniversaries. 

Visitors shared their romantic tales, proving that the lovebirds 

within Regenstein African Journey aren’t alone. 

sNewly transplanted to Chicago in 1994, Ivy Herman was introduced 

to Chad Gaizutis, who promptly ignored her. But the next 

morning, while Herman was touring Lincoln Park with her parents 

and her beloved dog, Riley, Gaizutis appeared with his own dog. 

Since they couldn’t enter the zoo with their four-legged companions, 

they stood at the Conservatory Gate and admired the elephants. 

“Something instantly sparked,” she says. They dated three 

Love 

years before Gaizutis proposed at that same gate. “To this day it’s 

my favorite spot in the city,” she admits. The pair now resides in 

Ohio, sans dogs but with three boys. When they visit Chicago, their 

first stop is Lincoln Park Zoo. 

s“I really did fall in love with my soul mate at Lincoln Park Zoo,” 

says Monica Colon, who joined her fiancé for an afternoon outing 

to the zoo in 2003. Both were students at Chicago’s Gage Park High 

School. Colon was surprised that Cristo Mireles—he of the tough 

exterior—wanted to visit the animals. But it was a pleasant surprise. 

“As we strolled the zoo, I grew a love for him that I thought 

I would never have for any guy. I could see the excitement in his 

eyes, and I just knew we would be together forever.” The two are 

getting married this July. 

sTracy Guth met Todd Spangler while both were students at 

Northwestern University. For their first date they went to the spot 

her parents took their first date—Lincoln Park Zoo. On this day in 

1992, Guth remembers, there were a lot of new arrivals, newborns 

and hatchlings enlivening the exhibits. Foreshadowing? Perhaps. The 

pair married at Café Brauer in 2000 and has two kids of their own. 

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sHere’s a secret about veterinary school—it produces couples in 

addition to vets. According to Mike Kinsel, D.V.M., head of the 

Zoo Pathology Program based at the University of Illinois- 

Champaign, the small classes, group projects and demanding 

workload prompt future vets to fall for future vets. Of course, it 

didn’t happen immediately for him—Kinsel was set up on a date 

at Lincoln Park Zoo with a classmate a few years after they’d graduated. 

But he fell fast. “The story I tell is that by the time we got to 

the birds of prey I knew I was going to get hitched to this woman,” 

chuckles Kinsel, who thinks of his wife, Julie, whenever his duties 

at Lincoln Park Zoo have him near the cinereous vultures. 

Guests aren’t the only ones struck by Cupid’s arrow. Lincoln 

Park Zoo employees have loads of love stories. 

sManager of Administrative Services Sherri Moriarty Burton met 

Kory Burton at the zoo in 1999, back when she was working in the 

Membership Department and he was director of facilities. He proposed 

in front of a crowd near the Helen Brach Primate House. 

And they were married at Café Brauer in 2000. 

sIT Director Phil Beckert met Megan Williams when she was 

working in the zoo’s Education Department. “She was always bugging 

me about computer stuff,” he jokes. The two dated after work, 

fell in love and took the plunge on the Main Mall near the Kovler 

Sea Lion Pool. 

s Veterinary Technician Joel Pond was assisting the zoo veterinarian 

in 1973 when he fell for Lexi Bloch, who was employed at the 

Children’s Zoo. Their first date was at a party hosted by a keeper. 

The two held their wedding a year later. 

sAntelope & Zebra Area Lead Keeper Penny Reidy met 

Regenstein African Journey Assistant Lead Keeper Diana 

Villafuerte at the zoo in 1991. They’ve been together since, combining 

their love for each other with their love of animals. 

Left-to-right: Countless couples have met, dated and even wed at 

Lincoln Park Zoo. Four such sets of lovebirds include Sherri and Kory 

Burton, Cristo Mireles and Monica Colon, Ivy and Chad Gaizutis, and 

Tracy Guth and Todd Spangler. 

Engaging Events 

Romance can happen on any day at the zoo, but 

special events provide special opportunities. During 

Zoo Ball (July 10) first daters and married couples 

dance the night away. Jammin’ at the Zoo has 

prompted a few marriages, and this year’s shows 

(June 26, July 24 and August 28) should be no 

exception. Finally, ZooLights (starting November 27) 

warms hearts in the dead of winter. Join us for these 

fun zoo events…and write your own love story! 

And remember…anyone can get married at 

Lincoln Park Zoo. From Café Brauer to the Kovler 

Lion House, most zoo facilities can be rented to 

make your wedding day truly unique. Learn more at 

www.lpzoo.org/info/plan_event/weddings.html.

Fun 

ontheJob 

While visitors watch penguins dive or follow 

zebras as they trot through their habitat, zoo 

employees enjoy their time on the clock. Whether 

it’s caring for animals, educating kids or simply 

working in a place of conservation and care, fun 

on the job takes many forms at Lincoln Park Zoo. 

Dan Boehm, Zoological Manager, Pritzker Family Children’s 

Zoo and Regenstein Small Mammal-Reptile House (below) 

Stumbling upon a rattlesnake in the wild may be a scary proposition 

for some. But after spending two seasons searching for massasaugas 

in Cook County as part of a zoo conservation project 

(and not personally discovering any), I was happy for the opportunity 

to search for eastern massasauga rattlesnakes in Michigan, the 

last U.S. stronghold for the species. 

Finding massasaugas involves hours of trekking through marshy 

grasslands, trying to spot an earth-toned snake among grasses, cattails, 

leaf litter and brush. After four days of searching more than 

300 acres with a team of four—four days of coming up empty—I 

actually didn’t believe my eyes as I spotted a large adult massasauga 

basking in the late afternoon sun. 

An energetic search uncovered another massasauga 20 minutes 

later, and then I found a third snake just before it got too dark to 

continue searching. The poison sumac rash, eyestrain and sore 

neck from hours of scanning to pick out a snake in a “sea” of grass- 

es and cattails had finally paid off. The best part? The hand-held 

GPS units we used to map our search showed we’d literally been 

passing by the snakes for several days. 

Jessica Monahan, Director of Public Programs and 

Guest Engagement 

It’s a zoo out there! I used to say that at my last job when we 

were really busy, but today I can say it’s true. No day is ever the 

same at Lincoln Park Zoo. Every day offers new challenges and 

opportunities to learn, from flamingos nesting to providing conservation 

camp scholarships or working with our talented volunteers. 

And unlike at most work locations, if you’re having a bad day 

here, a little time away in Africa (through a visit to Regenstein 

African Journey), can recharge the batteries fast. The best part of 

working at the zoo is the fun that comes in teaching new lessons 

brought on by changes and adjustments in our animal collection. 

I never stop learning while at the zoo, which is the most fun of all! 

Elizabeth Andersen, Zoological Manager Birds 

Many things about my job keep me inspired and engaged, with 

every season bringing a new set of challenges. It’s spring now, our 

busiest time in the Bird Department, and breeding season is in full 

swing. Almost every exhibit needs a constant supply of nesting 

material, diet changes and adjustments in care to encourage breeding. 

I enjoy all the bird behaviors we see during this time: courtship 

behaviors, incubation behaviors and chick-rearing behaviors all 

require action on our part. 

I spend a lot of time working with keepers, our curator, nutritionist 

and vets in order to develop strategies that keep us prepared. 

With so many different bird species, so many different people (and 

so many different ideas!), just navigating the information can be a 

full-time job! It’s a challenge to stay on top of it all, but I learn a lot 

about these birds and our team in the process. That’s probably the 

best part—learning. (Although nothing beats the success of breeding 

a bird species that is historically difficult to breed!) 

Leah Melber, Director of Student and Teacher Programs 

It’s difficult to have a bad day at the office 

when you work at Lincoln Park Zoo. That’s not 

because the job is easy. It’s because even the 

toughest day gets a lot better when you can add 

in a quick visit to your favorite animal. When I 

joined the zoo in December, I always made a 

point of swinging by the tigers between meetings 

to spend a few minutes admiring their 

bright stripes against the white snow. I didn’t 

think it could get any better. With the weather 

warming up and more visitors coming, I now 

have the added benefit of enjoying my favorite 

animals through the eyes of others. Watching a 

toddler scream an animal’s name and run to an 

exhibit with a grin the size of Texas turns even 

the toughest day around. Multiply that by the 

sheer number of times this happens each day, 

and you can understand just how fun my job is. 

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The goats at the Farm-in-the-Zoo Presented by John Deere pop bubbles with their stubby noses. The young chimpanzees 

nearby at Regenstein Center for African Apes wrestle with one another among the branches of the trees. The tigers pounce 

on sturdy plastic balls with their massive paws in the yard outside the Kovler Lion House. 

These animals are playing, just as sure as the children playing ball on the South Lawn, wrestling with each other on the 

grass and popping bubbles that mom blows into the summer sky. 

BY CHRIS MCNAMARA 


What is Play? 

Some scientists are hesitant to label animals’ behavior as “play,” fearing 

that such a term flirts with anthropomorphism, or ascribing human 

traits to animals. But those scientists are in a shrinking minority. 

“Yes, animals play,” says Elizabeth Lonsdorf, Ph.D., director of 

the Lester E. Fisher Center for the Study and Conservation of Apes. 

“There are still some that believe that animals are simply responseoriented 

organisms—that they have a hard-wired set of pre-determined 

responses to stimuli—but that crowd is dwindling.” 

Supporting her theory, Lonsdorf cites the diverse behaviors 

(exhibited by varied species) that have no obvious benefit, play 

behaviors that are “incompletely functional.” “Animals forage to 

eat. They groom to stay healthy. But some behaviors are done just 

for fun. Just ask anyone who owns a dog.” 

Balls, Bubbles, Barrels & 

Who Plays? 

So is play limited to dogs and chimpanzees? Not so. Nearly 

every species plays, according to Ph.D. candidate Matthew Heintz, 

a graduate student of Lonsdorf’s at the University of Chicago. 

Heintz is currently in Gombe National Park conducting a Lincoln 

Park Zoo-supported six-month study of chimpanzee monkeyshines. 

“Play is widespread among mammals from apes to 

zebras and the birds, turtles and octopi in between,” he says. “The 

most common form of play behavior occurs through locomotor 

play (e.g. chasing), but styles of play are just as diverse as the number 

of species that engage in them.” 

According to Heintz, the term “play” includes a variety of 

behaviors, from manipulating objects to locomoting behavior and 

social interaction. It is “any behavior that appears purposeless, is 

expressed repeatedly and exhibited voluntarily.”

Why Play? 

The apparent purposelessness of play can prove tricky for scientific 

study. In short, researchers are not exactly sure why animals play. “I don’t 

think we know the motivation,” says Lonsdorf, who has witnessed an 

octopus squirting guests at the Mall of America Aquarium and chimpanzees 

playing keep-away within the forests of Gombe. “Play has persisted 

through evolution, but understanding its function is such a tough 

question that many have avoided studying it.” 

There are some widely accepted hypotheses. Play strengthens social 

bonds while providing an outlet for energy, which explains why young 

individuals exhibit play more commonly than geriatrics. It trains young 

animals to fend off predators, gives them a tool to assess their own abilities 

and helps develop cognition. 

Play Masters 

While play behaviors are observed across the animal kingdom, they are most 

evident in mammals, particularly primates whose intelligence, opposable 

thumbs, parent-rearing and social structures contribute to horsing around. 

“Chimpanzees in particular play at a higher frequency than most other 

mammals,” explains Lonsdorf, who chuckles when recalling observing a 

female chimpanzee getting tickled by a fluttering cicada she was playing 

with, an example of what scientists call “object play.” 

With great apes, play can be more complex than with less-intelligent 

species. For example: self-handicapping, in which a larger, more dominant 

gorilla will lower himself in order to wrestle with a smaller playmate. 

(Sound familiar, dads?) 

Rules exist with play among great apes, too. Play fighting is fine until 

one chimpanzee slaps too hard. (Sound familiar, moms?) 

The Benefits of Play 

As anybody could tell you as they walk off a tennis court or golf course, 

play feels good. But, as Heintz highlights, scientists are beginning to look 

deeper than that. 

The goal of the Ph.D. candidate’s study in Gombe is to determine if 

the stress-reducing element of play helps chimpanzee development, 

resulting in lower stress in adulthood and improved dominance and 

reproductive success. In a nutshell—Heintz is trying to determine if the 

best players are also the best chimpanzees. 

It’s presently unsound to extrapolate that theory to ourselves, of 

course, but intriguing nonetheless. For, as Lonsdorf explains, play reaches 

its pinnacle in humans. Game on. 

Left: Popping bubbles is part of play for the goats at the Farm-in-the-Zoo 

Presented by John Deere. Above: Female chimpanzee Gaia playing with G in 

Gombe National Park. Right: Sturdy barrels give Amur tigers at the Kovler Lion 

House a chance to play with mock prey. 

Lincoln Park Playground 

Sure, Lincoln Park Zoo is a world leader in scientific research 

and supports conservation projects here in Chicago and around 

the world. But it’s also one heck of a playground. Take a look at 

some of the most common players: 

•Young gorilla Amare will wrestle with dad, Kwan, at 

Regenstein Center for African Apes. It can get rough, and 

even resemble a fight, but can be distinguished as play by 

specific facial expressions and vocalizations. 

•At the Antelope & Zebra Area, hoofed species like the 

Grevy’s zebras are given boomer balls (think large, sturdy 

beach balls), which they roll around their yards. When presented 

cardboard tigers during enrichment sessions, the 

lumbering Sichuan takin male puts on an impressive 

wrestling show. 

•The chickens aren’t the only ones who enjoy popping 

bubbles at the Farm-in-the-Zoo Presented by John Deere. 

Keepers similarly enrich the ponies and rabbits, owls and 

goats, which respond to the bubbles with varying levels of 

interest. The goats—naturally boisterous beasts—climb up 

on keepers as they blow. 

•At Regenstein African Journey, the young female rhinoceros 

plays with barrels, scampers around her yard and performs 

mock charges at the male, which is fun only if you’re 

the larger rhinoceros. 

•At the McCormick Bear Habitat, the sun bears wrestle 

throughout the day, grabbing one another with their long 

claws and tumbling to the ground. 

•When presented with paper-maché prey dummies, the 

puma at the Kovler Lion House pounces with the same vigor 

exhibited by the Amur tigers when given boomer balls 

attached to bungee cords. 

•Nearby at the Kovler Sea Lion Pool, the gray seals toy 

with fish frozen into blocks of ice, violating mom’s rule not to 

play with your food. 

SUMMER 2009 9

Pups in the Pack 

The red wolf pack at the Pritzker Family Children’s Zoo saw a 

welcome addition in late April with the birth of six pups. The new 

pups were the second litter for the zoo’s pair, which had a breeding 

recommendation from the Red Wolf Species Survival Plan® (SSP), 

which manages population planning for this critically endangered 

species. 

While each new red wolf marks an important step toward 

recovery, this litter played a special role in red wolf conservation, as 

four of the pups were “fostered” to wild parents in North Carolina 

to boost the wild population. “Placing zoo-born pups in the wild 

population has let this endangered species grow and maintain 

genetic diversity,” says Curator Diane Mulkerin, who managed the 

initiative and also accompanied the pups to their new home. 

A week after birth, one male and three females were selected for 

release to the wild. The early move was driven by red wolf biology— 

new pups have to be introduced at a very young age to be accepted 

by their “foster” mothers. 

The animals were implanted with microchips to enable identification 

and flown with animal-care staff to North Carolina. There, 

members of the Red Wolf Recovery Project, a collaborative conservation 

effort by the Red Wolf SSP and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, placed the pups in their new homes. 

“It was rewarding to help boost such an endangered species in 

the wild,” says Veterinarian Owen Slater, D.V.M., who also accompanied 

the wolves on their trip. Red wolves are one of the most 


wild file 

Head to the wild to see 

the red wolf release! 

See a photo journal 

produced by Veterinarian 

Owen Slater, D.V.M., at 

www.lpzoo.org/magazine. 

Left-to-right: Four pups from the new red wolf litter at the Pritzker Family Children’s Zoo were reintroduced to the wild to help boost this critically 

endangered population. Curator Diane Mulkerin and Veterinarian Owen Slater, D.V.M., transported the wolves to North Carolina, where researchers 

from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (pictured) used radio tracking to locate dens and transferred the wolves to their new homes. 

endangered canine species, with their numbers declining through 

the 1960s due to habitat loss and predator-control programs. The 

current population is descended from 14 founders rescued from 

the wild after the species was declared endangered in 1973. 

Reintroduction programs in Alligator River National Wildlife 

Refuge began in 1987, and there are now more than 100 wolves in 

the wild. 

Zoo populations have played a crucial part in the recovery, and 

the remaining pups in the pack—two males—will play a key role 

in future population planning. In the meantime, visitors can come 

to see them as they grow, play and growl, natural symbols of the 

strength of recovery. 

Titis Twined Together 

The first of the zoo’s spring arrivals was a Bolivian gray titi 

monkey born in the Helen Brach Primate House in early April. 

This new arrival—whose gender awaits the outcome of a veterinary 

exam in early summer—was the seventh offspring for the 

zoo’s prolific pair, managed under the auspices of an Association of 

Zoos and Aquariums Population Management Plan. 

The young primate was a big hit, with mom, dad and two older 

siblings vying to carry the new arrival on their backs throughout 

their exhibit. Visitors were able to see the little titi climbing on its 

carriers, moving around the larger monkeys’ bodies. Now the 

young monkey is beginning to explore the exhibit on its own, 

although mom and dad remain in near-constant contact.

Left-to-right: An infant titi monkey at the Helen Brach Primate House 

spent the first months of its life perched on mom and dad. The adult 

kookaburras at the McCormick Bird House hatched the first clutch of 

chicks in April. 

(The novelty of bearing a baby quickly wore off for the older siblings.) 

Native to the rain forests of Bolivia, Paraguay and Brazil, 

Bolivian gray titi monkeys are common but face potential 

declines due to habitat loss. The species is noted for the tendency 

of families to twine their tails in the treetops as they rest, a social 

behavior that reinforces the group bond. “We’re happy to have 

another tail to add to the mix,” says Assistant Curator of Primates 

Maureen Leahy. 

A Clutch of Kookaburras 

The McCormick Bird House has been raucous of late, with 

peals of laughter echoing through the building’s darkened hallways. 

Is it schoolkids marveling at the brilliant beak of the Blythe’s 

hornbill? Keepers sharing the latest ornithological joke? No, it’s the 

namesake noise of the Bird House’s laughing kookaburra family, 

which now stands at five members following the hatching of three 

chicks in April—the first for Lincoln Park Zoo. 

“They’re called laughing kookaburras for a reason—you can 

hear them all over the building!” says Hope B. McCormick Curator 

of Birds Colleen Lynch. The convivial chatter has increased since 

the birds first left the nest around Memorial Day. Before that, the 

chicks were raised by their first-time parents, who tirelessly traded 

off sitting on the nest and flying off for food provided by keepers. 

(Keepers also weighed the chicks a couple times a week to monitor 

their health.) 

Mealtime for the Australian birds consists of mice, crickets and 

mealworms. Smaller mice are provided for the chicks’ meals, with 

the parents prepping them for digestibility by battering the dead 

rodents against the sturdier branches of their exhibit. This behavior 

is taken from the forests of Australia, where kookaburras are 

known to take down prey that’s relatively large for their size and 

thus need to “tenderize” it some before it’s ready to eat. 

While keepers have provided an unlimited diet to ensure plenty 

of calories for the new arrivals, they’ve been pleasantly surprised 

to see that the new parents haven’t packed on any excess pounds 

themselves. “It’s all of the effort involved in raising the chicks,” says 

Lynch. “Three chicks is a big clutch for kookaburras, but they’re 

being the most excellent parents they can be.” 

SUMMER 2009 11

news of the zoo 

Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake Rescue Efforts 

In Illinois, the eastern massasauga rattlesnake is quickly slithering 

toward extinction. Wildlife authorities have concluded the dire 

situation requires immediate action to help the last remaining 

snakes in northeastern Illinois avoid local extinction. 

The US Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), Illinois Department 

of Natural Resources (IDNR) and Lincoln Park Zoo have united to 

conserve this species through capture and recovery efforts. 

“Considerable scientific data indicate eastern massasauga rattlesnakes 

will vanish forever if the remaining snakes aren’t found. 

This is an emergency situation, and we must act now,” says Joe 

Kath, IDNR endangered species project manager. 

This subspecies—one of three distinct genetic populations— 

has declined significantly throughout their range due to habitat 

loss, persecution and collection for the illegal pet trade. The goal of 

the recovery effort is to locate the last remaining snakes in northeastern 

Illinois and place them in appropriate propagation facilities, 

including Lincoln Park Zoo, in an effort to bolster the population 

and ensure the species’ long-term survival. The long-term 

goal is to increase their numbers, secure local habitat and eventually 

reintroduce them to the wild. 

“Substantial evidence suggests the Chicago-area population has 

reached critically low numbers and is unlikely to recover to a sustainable 

level in the wild under existing conditions. Drastic action 

is needed now if we are to salvage this unique genetic group of 

eastern massasauga,” says Michael Redmer, a herpetologist at the 

USFWS Chicago Field Office. 

“Sadly there are very few snakes left, and we have an ethical 

obligation to conserve them,” says Joanne Earnhardt, Ph.D., director 

of Lincoln Park Zoo’s Alexander Center for Applied Population 

Biology. Earnhardt plays a key role in the program, serving as the 


Left-to-right: To conserve endangered eastern massasauga rattlesnakes, zoo staff, including Lisa Faust, Ph.D., (center), are working with the U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service and Illinois Department of Natural Resources. Conservation efforts include capturing snakes in Illinois for a recovery effort 

as well as studying healthy massasauga populations in Michigan. 

Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake Species Survival Plan® (SSP) 

coordinator and acting as a member of the recovery team. 

In addition to local recovery efforts underway in northeastern 

Illinois, Lincoln Park Zoo is spearheading a five-year SSP study of a key 

population at Michigan’s Big Rock Valley, headquarters of the Edward 

Lowe Foundation. Michigan is thought to be the last state with a 

healthy massasauga population, and the study launched in early May. 

“The goal of the study is to locate as many rattlesnakes as 

possible and follow them over several years,” says Earnhardt. 

Earnhardt noted that many of the existing studies on massasaugas 

have been focused on behavior or habitat. “In contrast, a longitudinal 

study that follows individual snakes will give us a better idea 

about survival and reproduction rates.” 

Rhino Yard Renovation 

An expansion of the rhinoceros yard at Regenstein African 

Journey was completed in May, and the burly residents began 

exploring their new home shortly thereafter. The new outdoor 

facility includes three interconnected yards that offer privacy 

should a rhino grow shy, a wallow should they want to cool down 

and a protected station from which keepers can perform enrichment. 

Barriers were also reinforced to protect animals and staff. 

Inside, expanded quarters contain new holding spaces and even 

an industrial-size shower. New chutes connect all sections, making 

the transfer of the big animals a literal walk in the park. The project 

was funded by a $1 million donation from Caryn and King 

Harris and their family. Caryn has been a member of the Board of 

Directors since 1991, and she and her husband have generously 

supported the zoo since 1979. 

The renovated yard highlights a comprehensive effort on behalf 

of this endangered species, incorporating research, conservation

Left: The expanded rhinoceros exhibit at Regenstein African Journey will give this massive (and endangered) species more room to roam. It will also 

provide space for potential new arrivals down the road. Right: A study by Supervisor of Behavioral and Cognitive Research Steve Ross highlighted 

hunting activity by great apes in zoos. 

and education. While the rhinos enjoy more room to roam, the 

new design will boost efforts to understand the zoo’s rhinos, 

enhancing conservation in the wild. “By studying physiology, 

reproduction, stress and behavior under controlled conditions, 

we’ll be able to apply the results to better manage wild populations 

in South Africa,” says Senior Vice President of Conservation 

Programs Steve Thompson, Ph.D. 

The rhinos aren’t the only ones growing accustomed to the new 

digs. Regenstein African Journey staff are continuously being 

trained on using the new system of chutes that connect the indoor 

and outdoor holding areas. 

“We’re excited about this new emphasis,” says Zoological 

Manager of Large Mammals Mark Kamhout, who worked with 

architects and engineers in the design. “The expanded space gives 

us a great platform to conserve these endangered animals.” 

To inform visitors of these efforts, the zoo unveiled an education 

program to match the new exhibit. New Digs for Rhinos examines 

Lincoln Park Zoo’s role in rhino conservation efforts around the 

world, focusing on our plans for breeding endangered black rhinos. 

It’s a free program for the general public, hosted at the rhinoceros 

exhibit throughout the summer, daily at 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. 

Opportunistic Hunters 

In May, Supervisor of Behavioral and Cognitive Research Steve 

Ross published a paper titled “Interactions Between Zoo-Housed 

Great Apes and Local Wildlife,” on which he collaborated with 

Elizabeth Lonsdorf, Ph.D., director of the Lester E. Fisher Center 

for the Study and Conservation of Apes, and Andrea Holmes, a 

former research intern at the Fisher Center. 

The study focuses on how chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans 

and bonobos hunt birds, squirrels, rabbits and other creatures that 

enter their exhibits. Ross collected data from 71 zoos across the 

country, finding that all four great ape species hunt to varying 

degrees within their exhibits. This is not surprising for chimpanzees, 

orangutans and bonobos, which are known to hunt to 

varying degrees in the wild, but it is unusual to see with gorillas, 

which aren’t known as hunters. Lincoln Park Zoo’s gorillas didn’t 

exhibit any hunting behavior, Ross explained, but the chimpanzees 

are often seen chasing and catching local squirrels and rabbits. 

Information gleaned from this study can help researchers 

understand the hunting habits of wild apes, which are often hard 

to monitor. 

Events Highlights 

As in nature, spring is a busy time at Lincoln Park Zoo. 

•The Science Celebration, hosted by the Women’s Board and 

held at Café Brauer on Earth Day (April 22) was another success, 

thanks to the bright students who presented their research projects 

and sponsors Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America Inc. and 

University of Phoenix. 

•Spring Benefit—Moonlight Migration, held on May 29, 

compelled hundreds of partygoers to migrate to the zoo, raising 

funds for the Auxiliary Board Endowed Fund for Conservation. 

•The United Run for the Zoo, held on June 7, invited fit and 

fun-loving zoo fans to run through the grounds. Sponsors included 

United Airlines, New Balance Chicago, Saint Joseph Hospital, 

Lifeway and Starfruit. 

•The annual concert series Jammin’ at the Zoo is thrilling 

rock fans on the zoo’s South Lawn, thanks in part to sponsors The 

MIX 101.9FM, Mirassou Winery, Bud Light, Pepsi, United Airlines 

and Calihan. 

SUMMER 2009 13

Annual Report

Conservation 

and Science 

Hosting an international conference to enhance reintroduction 

programs worldwide. Launching a new center to minimize 

conflict between humans and urban wildlife. Receiving prestigious 

grants to analyze zoo population planning and the mostefficient 

way to distribute conservation resources. These efforts 

are among Lincoln Park Zoo’s many achievements in conservation 

during the past fiscal year. 

The programs kicked off with the International Wildlife 

Reintroduction Conference, held at the zoo in April 2008 under 

the sponsorship of Lincoln Park Zoo and the World Conservation 

Union, with support from the Association of Zoos and 

Aquariums, United Arab Emirates, Defenders of Wildlife, San 

Diego Zoo, Denver Zoo and Turner Endangered Species Fund. 

Organized by Joanne Earnhardt, Ph.D., director of the Alexander 

Center for Applied Population Biology, the conference drew more 

than 200 scientists from more than 30 countries for the first international 

meeting dedicated to the science of reintroducing species 

to the wild. 

Unveiled at the International Wildlife Reintroduction Conference 

was the Avian Reintroduction and Translocation Database, a population-biology 

tool developed by the zoo’s Alexander Center for 

Applied Population Biology to provide bird researchers with the latest 

data on winged species that have been reintroduced to the wild. 

This online resource, led by Earnhardt, will help conservation biologists 

learn from the past to plan for the future. 

Another new zoo conservation initiative was the inception of 

the Urban Wildlife Institute, directed by Eric Lonsdorf, Ph.D. This 

conservation center, funded by a generous grant from longtime 

zoo supporter the Davee Foundation, will serve as a model for 

minimizing human-wildlife conflict in an urban setting. The institute 

is in the process of recruiting conservation collaborators and 

conducting baseline ecological research in the Chicago area. 

A number of conservation programs received prestigious funding 

in the past year. Research Biologist Lisa Faust, Ph.D., received a 

grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services to evaluate 

the cooperative animal-breeding programs shared by zoos 

across the country. Her three-year study will analyze the outcome 

of thousands of breeding recommendations, ensuring that scientists 

are safeguarding the populations in their care. 

Carson Murray, Ph.D., a post-doctoral research fellow with the 

Lester E. Fisher Center for the Study and Conservation of Apes, 

received a five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health to 

study mother-infant relationships in chimpanzees in Tanzania’s 

Gombe National Park. Her study will pair modern lab methods with 

decades of behavioral observations, offering an unprecedented look 

into maternal stress and its impact on offspring development. 

In the Urban Wildlife Institute, Sarah Keenan Jacobi, Ph.D., was 

awarded a Smith Fellowship from the Society for Conservation 

Left: The past year saw flamingos at the Waterfowl Lagoon lay eggs for 

the first time—a Lincoln Park Zoo milestone. Above: The Urban 

Wildlife Institute, the zoo’s newest research center, is dedicated to 

studying and minimizing conflict between humans and urban wildlife. 

In a pilot study, staff check an artificial bird nest to determine if predation 

has occurred on the eggs. 

Biology and the Cedar Tree Foundation, the nation’s premier conservation 

biology post-doctoral program. Jacobi will use her background 

in environmental engineering to adapt computer programs 

designed to maximize business efficiency toward conservation 

ends, ensuring the most-effective use of scarce resources. 

In addition to systematic research, the zoo’s scientists continued 

to advance the conservation of zoo species. Scientists in the 

Nutrition Center and the Davee Center for Epidemiology and 

Endocrinology studied the role of diet in the health of endangered 

black-footed ferrets. Davee Center Endocrinologist Rachel 

Santymire, Ph.D., also launched a study to characterize the reproductive 

and stress biology of some of the zoo’s amphibian species, 

a welcome boost for a group facing a worldwide crisis. 

All of these new efforts were boosted by continued—and collaborative—efforts 

to lead population planning in zoos across the 

country, research ape cognition and tool-use, monitor for zoonotic 

diseases and conserve wild populations in the Serengeti ecosystem, 

Gombe National Park, Africa’s Goualougo Triangle region 

and Tanzania’s Tarangire National Park. The last project brought 

distinction in the past fiscal year, as Lincoln Park Zoo received the 

2008 Association of Zoos and Aquariums Significant Achievement 

Award for International Conservation for providing critical support 

to the Tarangire Elephant Project in Tanzania. This honor 

reflects the zoo’s continuing commitment to conservation. 

SUMMER 2009 15

Education 

If you stop by the Judy Keller Education Center, you might not immediately 

notice anything different, but stick around long enough, and you’ll hear a buzz. 

Fresh faces. Exciting plans. Inspiring programs. Great things are happening in 

Education at Lincoln Park Zoo. 

Over the past year, Education staff and programs were reorganized to better 

serve the zoo’s diverse audiences. The department is now lead by Vice President of 

Education Rachel Bergren, Director of Guest Engagement and Public Programs 

Jessica Monahan and one of the zoo’s most-recent hires, Leah Melber, Ph.D., director 

of student and teacher programs. Backed by a creative and committed team of 

professional educators and volunteers, this group is ready to engage and inform. 

In addition to getting geared-up for new initiatives, the zoo’s educators have 

been busy enhancing a number of existing programs. In early 2008, the Zoocology 

program earned a significant grant extension from Polk Bros. Foundation. This 

support will allow the zoo to provide two additional years of teacher professional 

development, zoo-based classroom experiences and field trips to the zoo for some 

140 teachers and 2,800 students (pre-kindergarten–third grade) at 20 Chicago 

Public Schools. 

Educational initiatives played an important role at a number of zoo-wide events 

this past year, including SuperZooPicnic, Spooky Zoo Spectacular, Zoo Lights and 

the Auxiliary Board Family Event. Look for more fun and engaging educational 

activities at future Lincoln Park Zoo events! 

Last spring, the zoo launched a new public-education program, Exploring Ape 

Behavior, at Regenstein Center for African Apes. This 75-minute interactive session 

introduces participants to the science of deciphering ape behavior. It also cultivates 

a better understanding of the goals of Lincoln Park Zoo scientists as they observe 

the apes. Developed by educators and scientists at the Lester E. Fisher Center for the 

Study and Conservation of Apes, this program demonstrates the zoo’s multi-disciplinary 

approach to education. Now in its second year, Exploring Ape Behavior 

received support from the Institute for Museum and Library Services and The Field 

Foundation of Illinois. 

Summer is rapidly approaching, and education will be at the center of the season’s 

activity. Conservation Camp launches in mid-June, and by summer’s end, more than 

550 campers will have explored every corner of the 

zoo. Many are returning campers from last year’s successful 

session. New this year: twenty-four deserving 

campers earned full and partial scholarships through 

generous support from HSBC–North America. 

Beyond camp, summer visitors to Lincoln Park 

Zoo will enjoy a number of new, interactive programs 

delivered by Education staff members at key 

animal exhibits throughout the park, including the 

African wild dog exhibit, Regenstein Center for 

African Apes, the Kovler Sea Lion Pool and the newly 

renovated black rhino habitat. Ample work has gone 

into preparing these initiatives over the past fiscal 

year. Summer visitors will reap the rewards. 

From Zoocology field trips to Conservation Camps, 

Lincoln Park Zoo continued to find new ways to educate 

and engage visitors.

Collections 

At the center of everything that takes place at Lincoln Park Zoo are 

the animals—the winged, furry and scaly creatures that delight and 

educate visitors while serving as ambassadors for their wild cousins. 

New Grevy’s zebras enlivened the Antelope & Zebra Area in 

May and June. The addition of three new black-and-whites was 

made in the hope of breeding this species—per recommendation 

from the Grevy’s Zebra Species Survival Plan®—for the first time 

in several years at Lincoln Park Zoo. A few yards away, two new red 

kangaroos joined the existing mob. 

Sugar gliders—a marsupial species similar to flying squirrels— 

were added to the collection at Regenstein Small Mammal-Reptile 

House in June. Not long after, three caiman lizards joined the 

South American exhibit in the Ecosystem and a scheltopusik 

(European glass lizard) was added to the Reptile Gallery. 

In the Waterfowl Lagoon, the appearance of flamingo eggs in 

June and July excited staff and guests. It was the first time the tall 

birds had produced eggs at the zoo, the result of long-term efforts 

to provide them comfortable conditions that would prompt 

breeding. While none of the eggs produced chicks, the simple fact 

that they were laid was an encouraging sign. 

Nearby in the Hope B. McCormick Swan Pond, the trumpeter 

swan pair produced yet another chick in the summer of 2008, 

which stayed with stately mom and dad until it was transferred to 

the wild-reintroduction program, where 34 other Lincoln Park 

Zoo trumpeter swans have been sent. 

Chimpanzee Keo celebrated his 50th birthday with a very public 

party at Regenstein Center for African Apes in June. A 600- 

pound fruit-and-ice cake was presented to him, which he and 

troop mates promptly gobbled. Guests delighted in the unusual 

form of stimulation and local news outlets broadcast the fun to 

fans throughout the city. 

Guam Micronesian kingfisher chicks hatched in July at the 

McCormick Bird House. A few weeks later, the house welcomed 

lesser green broadbill chicks. Nearby at the Kovler Penguin/ 

Seabird House, two rockhopper penguin chicks appeared in their 

rocky nests and a hatchling common murre began splashing 

through its exhibit. 

At the Pritzker Family Children’s Zoo, where kids scamper 

through the trails and climb through the heavens, new wood turtles 

splashed through the wet exhibit that also houses Blanding’s, 

painted and spotted turtles. 

In February, a new red panda arrived at the Kovler Lion House. 

Zoo staff hope he will eventually mate with the new female that 

will be housed near him this summer. Actual introductions will 

take place in the winter, which is the red panda’s breeding season. 

A month later, a new snow leopard arrived in Chicago. The young 

male continually impresses keepers and visitors with his incredible 

leaping ability. 

Finally, a male Francois’ langur was born at the Helen Brach 

Primate House in February. His orange hair made him easy to spot 

while nestled up against mom’s black fur. That little one followed 

the Allen’s swamp monkey born a few months earlier, who proved 

that youngsters of this species are even more rambunctious than 

their elders. 

SUMMER 2009 17

Lincoln Park Zoo’s renovation of historic Carlson Cottage received a Chicago Landmark Award for Preservation Excellence. 

Facilities 

Though the construction boom of the past decade has slowed at 

Lincoln Park Zoo, exciting Facilities projects were underway in the 

past fiscal year. 

Renovation of historic Carlson Cottage was completed in April 

2008. The building serves as home base for the zoo’s volunteer-gardening 

corps. Interactive Design Inc., which designed the facility in 

coordination with former Vice President of Facilities Neal David, 

was recognized with an award from the Western Red Cedar 

Association (a non-profit trade association) and honored with a 

Chicago Landmark Award for Preservation Excellence for noteworthy 

restoration. 

“Carlson Cottage is an excellent example of Victorian-era design 

based on medieval and vernacular precedents with its massive 

stone-and-red-brick walls, roundarched entrance and multi-hip 

roof,” says David. “It exemplifies the significance of Lincoln Park as 

one of the city’s oldest and most prominent parks.” 

An expansion of the rhinoceros yard at Regenstein African 

Journey was completed in spring 2009. The six-month project, 

funded in part by a generous donation from Caryn and King Harris 


and their family, entailed construction of new barriers surrounding 

the yard, new transfer chutes to enable easy moves between areas 

and a wallow in which the thick-skinned animals can chill out. The 

space was more than doubled after renovation, providing enough 

room for calves should the pair breed. 

A new interactive was installed in April 2009 at the Farm-inthe-Zoo 

Presented by John Deere. The focus of Soybeans: 

Growing Food, Growing World is domestic soybean farming and 

distribution throughout the world. The fun and educational display 

was funded by the Illinois Soybean Association and provides 

wee visitors to the Main Barn a mentally stimulating break from 

the climbing interactive elements nearby. 

Finally, the South Pond began its transformation into the Nature 

Boardwalk at Lincoln Park Zoo. The pond was drained throughout 

the spring, enabling construction to begin in June. The Nature 

Boardwalk at Lincoln Park Zoo Campaign progressed with $9.4 

million raised to date, including a very generous $2 million pledge 

from the Women’s Board. The new urban oasis is slated to be completed 

in spring 2010.

Fundraising 

The Auxiliary Board continued to raise funds toward its $1 million pledge to 

the Fund for Conservation & Science, which supports diverse programs in conservation 

and science. In Fiscal Year 2009, the Board hosted three fundraising 

events—Spring Benefit in early June, Hot Winter Night in January and Family 

Event in February—raising approximately $60,000 for the zoo. In addition to 

fundraising events, the Board also hosted Spooky Zoo Spectacular in October, a 

free community event providing a safe, fun and educational Halloween experience 

for children. 

In Fiscal Year 2009, the Women’s Board completed a $1 million pledge to establish 

The Women’s Board Fund for Capital Projects and followed that up by committing 

to raise $2 million for the creation of the Nature Boardwalk at Lincoln Park 

Zoo. The Women’s Board is responsible for the zoo’s largest, and most successful, 

fundraiser, Zoo Ball, which raised more than $575,000 in 2008. The Women’s Board 

also hosted the Fourth Annual “Build & Grow” Science and Project Fair on Earth 

Day. The fair provided a forum for local students to display science projects conducted 

at the zoo and in the classroom. 

Below: Lincoln Park Zoo President and CEO Kevin J. Bell, Zoo Ball Co-Chairs Karen V. 

Peterson and Susan F. Erler and Lincoln Park Zoo Board Chairman David P. Bolger enjoy 

Zoo Ball 2008: An Evening in the Emerald City. The event (right, bottom) drew more than 

1,000 guests and raised more than $575,000 to support the Women’s Board’s $1 million 

Fund for Capital Projects. 

Right: A ferocious Spooky Zoo Spectacular guest (top) enjoys the activities organized by 

co-chairs Kristina Jakstys, Elizabeth Hood and Michael Devine (below). Meanwhile, the 

Auxiliary Board Family Event, chaired by Hollis R. Hanover and Edi Thimons, drew families 

to spend the morning in Café Brauer, complete with entertainment, live music, crafts 

and brunch.

financials 

Lincoln Park Zoo would like to once again 

thank our donors, members and visitors 

for their generous support this year. 

Because of challenging economic conditions, 

the zoo was unable to use $1.1 million 

of its endowment earnings originally 

budgeted for operations. 

Through the hard work and dedication of 

the Board of Directors, management and 

staff, processes were streamlined, sacrifices 

were made and expense-saving measures 

were quickly employed to save more than 

$500,000, thus mitigating the impact. 

Lincoln Park Zoo is in an excellent position 

to continue to create lifelong memories for 

our visitors while remaining a diligent 

steward of your gifts. 

Operating Revenue and Expenses 

April 2008–March 2009 

REVENUES 

Contributed Revenues 

Earned Revenue 

CPD Subsidy 

TOTAL REVENUES 

EXPENSES 

Animal Collections 

and Conservation 

Buildings and Grounds 

Visitor Services 

Administration 

Public Education and 

Communications 

Development and 

Membership 

TOTAL EXPENSES 

NET REVENUE 

NET ASSETS 


$6,918,733 

$8,234,705 

$5,604,000 

$20,757,438 

$8,265,891 

$4,059,972 

$3,361,124 

$1,922,937 

$1,889,787 

$1,852,385 

$21,352,096 

$(594,658) 

$31,756,730 

The Annual Report covers the 

Zoological Society’s fiscal year, 

which began April 1, 2008 and 

ended March 31, 2009. 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS 

OFFICERS 

David P. Bolger 

Chairman 

John R. Ettelson 

Vice Chair of Finance 

Rodney L. Goldstein 

Vice Chair 

Sarah Pang 

Secretary 

Kevin J. Bell 


John Alexander 

Mary Burrus Babson 

Andrew K. Block 

Michael Canmann 

Joseph S. Carr 

Johnathan Choe 

E. Ronald Culp 

The Hon. Richard A. Devine 

Marc S. Feldstein, M.D. 

Jamee C. Field 

Andrew J. Filipowski 

John D. Fornengo 

David D. Grumhaus 

Charles C. Haffner III 

Caryn Harris 

Stephanie Field Harris 

Barbara A. Higgins 

Roger G. Hill II 

Rich Jernstedt 

Elizabeth Karlson 

Judy Keller 

Barbara Malott Kizziah 

Jennifer Ames Lazarre 

Alexander R. Lerner 

Lawrence F. Levy 

Francesca M. Maher 

The Hon. Lynn Martin 

Michael N. Mayo 

John V. N. McClure 

Mark G. McGrath 

Thomas L. McLeary 

Jeanine McNally 

Randall E. Mehrberg 

Stuart C. Nathan 

James M. Neis 

David L. Nichols 

Carleton D. Pearl 

Gregory Y. Pearlman 

Anne Pramaggiore 

Mayari Pritzker 

Jay D. Proops 

John E. Reardon 

Susan Regenstein 

Myra Reilly 

Tierney Remick 

Carole B. Segal 

Richard L. Sevcik 

Brian P. Simmons 

Thomas D. Vogelsinger 

Hossein Youssefi 

EX OFFICIO 

Gale M. Gottlieb 

Jennifer Martay 

Timothy J. Mitchell 

Angela Rodriguez 

LIFE DIRECTORS 

William C. Bartholomay 

William E. Bennett 

Gerald K. Bergman 

Terrance J. Bruggeman 

Raymond H. Drymalski 

Dr. Lester E. Fisher 

Mrs. Donald E. Gross 

John H. Hart 

Jonathan Kovler 

Dr. Howard C. Morgan 

Mrs. William L. Searle 

Marion E. Simon 

Abra Prentice Wilkin 

HONORARY DIRECTORS 

The Hon. Richard M. Daley 

Ruth Dunbar Davee 

Marshall Field 

Robert W. Lane 

Robert A. Pritzker 

WOMEN’S BOARD 

OFFICERS 

Gale M. Gottlieb 

President 

Joan Leydon Siff 

Vice President, Membership 

Peggy White 

Vice President, Programs 

Sally Engels 

Vice President, Development 

Shawn Ingall 

Treasurer 

Kirsten Rider 

Secretary 

ACTIVE MEMBERS 

Mrs Duncan B. Ashurst 

Katherine Wood Baldwin 

Reggie Beckman 

Alice Beninati 

Dr. Kimberley M. H. Bolden 

Alison Hefele Bonney 

Carol Brandt 

Adrienne Barnaby Brown 

Janice M. Brown 

Rhonda Buss 

Martha E. Cannis 

Jennifer Caruso 

Courtney M. Cavatoni 

Debra M. Clamage 

Mrs. Thomas C. Clark 

Marcia S. Cohn 

Kate Covington 

Patricia G. Cutilletta 

Margaret Dickerson 

Karen L. DiJohn 

Karen S. Eisenbart, Ed.D. 

Susan Erler, Ph.D. 

Susan Flynn 

Tara Fowler 

Leann Gariti 

Mr. John S. Gates, Jr. 

Mrs. Peter Francis Geraci 

Trudene Giesel 

Carol Whittaker Gonsky 

Dr. Vicki Greene 

Ms. Pamela Hanratty 

Josephine E. Heindel 

Lesli K. Henderson 

Caroline Huebner 

Beth Hughes 

Mrs. George Jackson 

Kathryn Gibbons Johnson 

Rosemary Jones 

Wendy I. Krimins 

Sonia Blicharz Larkin 

Rita Lashmet 

Mrs. Grace H. Leffel 

Mary C. MacGregor, D.O. 

Courtney J. McEniry 

Suzanne Meder 

Charlotte K. Monhart 

Samantha C. Muldoon 

Brigid Najarian 

Nan Nygaard 

Kimberly J. Orput 

Elizabeth A. Parker 

Mary O’Brien Pearlman 

Karen V. Peterson 

Martha A. Peterson 

Carolyn Kae Phillips 

Cindy Polayes 

Allyson Pooley 

Ms. Molly Porterfield 

Sarah Potter 

Myra Reilly 

Kimberly Rice 

Peggy Snorf 

Denise L. Stefan 

Leslie Sulger 

Melinda Sherman Swift 

Jessica Elaine Tampas 

Kimberly Theiss 

Mrs. Robert D. Tice 

Christine Tierney 

Susan Toma 

Adrienne Traisman 

Dana Shepard Treister 

Bonnie McBride Uhlir 

Kimbra DeFeo Walter 

Laurie B. Warschausky 

Vasiliki Weiden 

Amy Welzer 

Denise Whennen 

Eileen M. Whennen 

Mrs. Karen C. Williams 

Abby D. Zanarini 

Leslie Zentner 

ASSOCIATE MEMBERS 

Jenny C. Adams 

Mrs. James H. Anderson 

Mrs. Ralph W. Applegate, Jr. 

Mary Jo Arndt 

Mrs. James H. Bankard 

Mrs. Howard E. Bedford 

Penny Powers Beitler 

Mrs. William E. Bennett 

Mrs. James B. Cloonan 

Sharon P. Cole 

Mrs. John V. Crowe

Mrs. Bonnie Deutsch 

Linda L. Fifield 

Mrs. James M. Flanagan 

Mrs. Kenneth J. Gimbel 

Karen Goodyear 

Betty Koenig Greenwald 

Chandra A. Greer 


Jean Hagerty 

Mrs. David R. Hamilton 

Mrs. Allen R. Hochfelder 

Nancy C. Jennings Kelley 

Mrs. John Kinsella 

Donna LaPietra 

Mrs. Victor L. Lewis, Jr. 

Betsy C. McCormick 

Mrs. Frank A. Monhart 

Roberta Olshansky 

Mrs. Michael O’Malley 

Mrs. Jerry K. Pearlman 

Marlene W. Phillips 

M. Kay Proops 

Shirley Welsh Ryan 

Diana M. Senior 

Mrs. Thomas C. Sheffield, Jr. 

Maureen Dwyer Smith 

Diane Sprenger 

Mrs. William D. Staley 

Nancy A. Trainer 

Joan Sulzer Werhane 

Janice Wong 

LIFE MEMBERS 

Mrs. Charles A. Ault III 

Mrs. Richard M. Daley 

Mrs. Margaret Dunne 

Judy Keller 

Jeanine McNally 

Mrs. Barbro T. Reeve 

Mrs. Keith K. Stocker 

Abra Prentice Wilkin 

NON-RESIDENT MEMBERS 

Pamela L. Goldie-Morrison 

Anne S. Heller 

Sarah Reilly Thomas 

AUXILIARY BOARD 

OFFICERS 

Jennifer Martay 

President 

Deborah Ellison Barr 

Vice President 

Stephanie L. Degen 

Vice President, Development 

Heather A. Pflanz 

Treasurer 

Katie Davies 

Secretary 

ACTIVE MEMBERS 

Robert Adam 

Stephanie Adam 

Nicholas Apostal 

Jennifer Arquilla 

Mary-Audrey Atteberry 

Sarah F. Back 

Sally Burma Beatty 

Ali Benjamin 

Ramona M. Biliunas 

Andrew Bleiman 

Dawn Boney 

Charles Brewer 

Christopher Broyles 

Lindsay Caraher 

John Casper 

Jessica Q. Coleman 

Cynthia P. Curtis 

Christina Davis 

John Davis 

Michael Devine 

Jill Driscoll 

Polly Melton Eldringhoff 

Kristin Finney-Cooke 

Kelly FitzSimons 

Jodi Foertsch 

C. Andrew Fritz 

Tamara Gadomski 

Amy Hamilton 

Hollis R. Hanover 

Elizabeth Hood 

Katherine Jackson 

Kristina M. Jakstys 

Melissa Kearney 

Andrew Kelly 

David Kimball 

Kristin Kipp 

Tim Kominiarek 

Elissa J. Lafayette 

Robert R. LeClercq 

Kate Levin 

Ali Lipson 

Tracy Lyerly 

William Lyerly 

Lori Lynch 

Regan Lynch 

Joseph Manzella 

Tara Marsh 

Gregory C. Mayer 

Chad Mendell 

Lisa Shapiro Mendell 

Lars M. Montag 

Mike Moore 

Jeffery Mote 

Samantha C. Muldoon 

Joseph J. Needham 

Betsy Nelson 

John N. Newell 

Alexandra G. Nikitas 

Erin O’Brien 

John Pellettiere 

Isabelle Perrault 

Harry Pfaff 

Melanie Radler 

Anne Rockey 

Robin Rosen 

Dugan Schwalm 

Carter Smith 

Dana Snodgrass 

Annessa Staab 

Lori Stanovich 

Keith K. Stocker, Jr. 

Tara Dunne Stocker 

Mark P. Styles 

Edi Thimons 

Nicholas Verceles 

Kelly Warner 

Seth Weis 

Jesse Willis 

Sarah Zaute 

SUSTAINING MEMBERS 

James W. Adams, Jr. 

Stephen C. Baker 

Joseph S. Carr 

Susan Chernoff 

John E. De Vine III 

Jonathan E. Dedmon 

Renée A. Diver 

Paige Drymalski 

John D. Fornengo 

James P. Hickey 

Roxanne Hori 

Caroline Huebner 

Christine M. Jack 

Karen Stone Kaplan 

Elizabeth J. Kelly 

Barbara Malott Kizziah 

Tina M. Koegel 

Keith R. Kretchmer 

Howard S. Lanznar 

Leslee A. Larson 

Gail Q. McCarthy 

Gregory Y. Pearlman 

Neal L. Pearlman 

Allyson Pooley 

Jeaneane J. Quinn 

Stacey Riddell 

Colwell Ryan 

Richard L. Sevcik 

Tempel J. Smith 

Hossein Youssefi 

NON-RESIDENT MEMBERS 

Meredith A. Cline 

Michael Kahn 

Tiffany Makaus 

Carolyn Parr 

Cherie A. Richardson 

Pamela Schroeder 

Jessica M. Swift 

K. Samantha Ward 

INDIVIDUALS 

ANNUAL FUND 

$100,000 and above 

Mrs. Sally B. Searle and 

the Searle Family 

$50,000 to $99,999 

Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Lane 

Mrs. Clarke Stayman 

$25,000 to $49,999 

Anonymous 

Emily and John Alexander 

Mr. and Mrs. Christopher 

Galvin 

Mr. Jonathan and 

Ms. Sally Meyers Kovler 

Ms. Susan Regenstein 

Mr. and Mrs. Michael D. Searle 

Mr. and Mrs. Brian P. Simmons 

$15,000 to $24,999 

Mr. Jesse F. Abelson 

Mr. and Mrs. Peter Barrett 

Mr. David P. Bolger 

Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. 

Haffner III 

Ms. Fredericka Meyer 

James N. Pritzker 

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph 

Regenstein III 

$10,000 to $14,999 

Anonymous 

Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas C. 

Babson 

Ms. Frances M. DeRoche 

Mr. and Mrs. Fritz L. Duda 

Mr. Andrew J. Filipowski 

Mr. and Mrs. Rodney L. 

Goldstein 

Caryn and King Harris 

Mr. Warren J. Hayford 

Mary P. Hines 

Mrs. Gretchen M. Hoffmann 

and Mr. Joseph S. Doherty 

Mr. and Mrs. J. Thomas Hurvis 

Mr. and Mrs. James C. Johnson 

Ms. Sharon Karsten and 

Mr. Frank M. Malone 

Barbara and Keith Kizziah 

Mrs. Beth M. Lipa-Glaysher 

and Mr. Matt Glaysher 

Mr. and Mrs. Mark G. McGrath 

James M. and Ilona S. Neis 

Ms. Sarah Pang and 

Mr. Bruce Munies 

Kay and Jay Proops 

Mr. Robert D. Rodgers 

Ms. Desirée G. Rogers 

Sandra K. Rusnak 

$5,000 to $9,999 

Anonymous (4) 

Mrs. Margaret B. Allyn 

Mr. E. M. Bakwin 

Jean, Jack, and Tim Barry, Greg 

McKee and The McKee 

Family Foundation 

Mr. Kevin J. Bell 

Ms. Dory Binyon 

Patricia Buehler Blankenship 

Mr. and Mrs. E. Ronald Culp 

Bob and Cathy Daly 

Judy and Bill Davis 

Mrs. Patricia K. Duffy-Johnson 

Mr. and Mrs. John R. Ettelson 

Mrs. Virginia F. Faesen 

Dr. and Mrs. Marc S. 

Feldstein, M.D. 

Ms. Jamee C. Field 

Mr. and Mrs. Kevin F. Flynn 

Mr. John D. Fornengo 

Ms. Jane Fouser 

Mr. Gerald Freedman 

Mr. Mark T. Gibson 

Mrs. Jean A. Griggs 

Mr. and Mrs. Alfred E. 

Hackbarth, Jr. 

Mr. and Mrs. Jim D. 

Hempleman 

Mr. and Mrs. William J. Higgins 

Rich and Jeani Jernstedt 

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Kainz 

Mr. and Mrs. Tom S. Karlson 

Mr. and Mrs. Paul Lazarre 

Alexander and Marianne Lerner 

Francesca M. Maher 

Mr. and Mrs. David W. Martay 

Michael and Nicolette Mayo 

Mr. and Mrs. John V. N. McClure 

Mr. Gregory McKee 

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. 

McLeary 

Mr. and Mrs. Andrew McNally IV 

Dr. and Mrs. Howard C. Morgan 

Mr. and Mrs. Stuart C. Nathan 

Mr. David L. Nichols 

Mr. and Mrs. Donald W. 

Patterson 

Mr. Carleton D. Pearl 

Ms. Anne R. Pramaggiore and 

Mr. Michael E. Harrington 

Mayari and Robert Pritzker 

Tierney and Rick Remick 

The Schroeder Foundation 

Mr. and Mrs. Gordon I. Segal 

Mr. and Mrs. Barre Seid 

Manfred and Fern Steinfeld 

Mr. Dan P. Steinman 

Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. 

Stephenson 

Mr. and Mrs. John W. Taylor III 

$2,500 to $4,999 

Ms. Cathy L. Anderson 

Mr. and Mrs. Ronald R. Baade 

Dean Balice 

John and Caroline Ballantine 

Aaron and Priscilla Barlow 

Mr. and Mrs. Edward M. Becht 

Phil and Mary Beth Canfield 

Susan and Michael S. Canmann 

Mr. and Mrs. Henry T. 

Chandler 

Dr. David A. Charnota 

and Children 


Sue and Jim Colletti 

Mr. Stanton R. Cook 

Mr. and Mrs. Bruce A. Crown 

Joann and Nathan Dardick 

Mr. Richard A. Ditton 

Mrs. Jerome L. Ettelson 

Paul and Christy Fisher 

Christopher Foreman and 

Laura McCain-Foreman 

Mr. and Mrs. Vernon W. 

Francissen 

Marcia Franklin 

Monique and Stanley Friedman 

Jean McBride Greene 

Mr. and Mrs. Roger A. Haupt 


Angeline S. and John P. 

Higginson, Jr. 

Ms. Janice L. Honigberg and 

Mr. John A. Hedges 

Ms. Rose M. Houston 

William and Vanessa Jacobsen 

Richard and Beverly Joutras 

Ms. Elizabeth J. Kelly 

Heinz Kern and Mary Ann Rose 

Mr. and Mrs. Edward Kovas 

Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Levy 

Sam Lipov 

The Loewenthal Fund of the 

Chicago Community Trust 

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. 

McDowell 

Mr. and Mrs. Roger S. McEniry 

SUMMER 2009 21

Mr. Randall E. Mehrberg and 

Ms. Michele Schara 

Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Melia 

Dr. and Mrs. Stephen J. 

Mendak, Jr. 

Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Mishlove 

Mr. and Mrs. Bradley J. 

Oltmanns 

Mr. Ted Oppenheimer 

Mr. and Mrs. Richard S. Pepper 

Mr. and Mrs. Douglas J. Pierce 

Ms. D. Elizabeth Price 

and Mr. Lou Yecies 

Mr. and Mrs. John B. Reilly 

Ms. Stacey Riddell 

Ward C. Rogers Foundation 

Renee and Edward Ross 

Foundation 

Mr. and Mrs. Allan P. Scholl 

Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Sevcik 

Linda Sherline and 

Karen Simonsen 

Mr. and Mrs. Romolo Sidoli 


Ms. Wilma J. Smelcer 

Mr. and Mrs. William D. Staley 

Mr. Keith E. Steinberg 

Mr. and Mrs. Josh Thimons 

Jim and Andrea Thome 

Dr. Steven D. Thompson and 

Ms. Debra Kerr 

Mr. Joseph S. Tiritilli and 

Ms. Phyllis Scully 

Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Uihlein 

Mr. and Mrs. Brian J. White 

The Abra Wilkin Fund 

Mr. and Mrs. Hossein Youssefi 

$1,500 to $2,499 

Anonymous (8) 

Mary and Mike Abroe 

Mr. Douglas C. Anderson 

Geoffrey A. Anderson 

Larry and Julia Antonatos 

Glen and Ann Argall 

Mary Jo and Paul W. Arndt 

Mr. Troy D. Baresel 

Mr. and Mrs. Michael G. 

Beemer 

Ms. Norma Z. Bennett 

Meta S. and Ronald Berger 


Ms. Carol Brandt and 

Mr. William Blaha 

Allan, Beverly and 

Nicole Brodsky 

Mr. and Mrs. Grant P. Brown 

Mr. Terrance J. Bruggeman and 

Ms. Dianne Dyer- 

Bruggeman 

Ms. Judith A. Buntain 

Mr. Joseph Butler and 

Dr. Naomi Donnelley 

Ann and Richard Carr 

The Arthur E. Clamage Family 

Barbara A. Cook 

Patricia Cox, Katie and 

Will Hunckler 

Dr. Anthony and Mrs. 

Patricia Cutilletta 

Forrest and Deborah Danson 

Mr. Jonathan E. Dedmon 



Mr. and Mrs. Robert O. 

Delaney 

Vicki and Larry DeMar 

Mr. and Mrs. Michael W. Devine 

Mr. and Mrs. Wesley M. Dixon, Jr. 

Mr. and Mrs. Jon Dokmo 

Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. 

Downing 

Mrs. Arthur L. Dunne 

Lisa and Geoffrey Dybas 

Enivar Charitable Fund 

Harley P. Esposito 

Mr. and Mrs. Leo R. Fahl 

Mary and Bruce Feay 

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen C. Felker 

Mr. and Mrs. G. Dodge 

Ferreira 

Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Field 

Mr. Jeffrey J. Filippelli 

Ms. Ellen J. Filurin 

Mr. and Mrs. Peter D. Fischer 


Rhoda and Henry Frank 

Mr. and Mrs. Joel M. Friedman 

Mr. and Mrs. Philip M. 

Friedmann 

Mr. and Mrs. Seymour 

Frolichstein 

Gavlin Family Foundation 

Mr. and Mrs. Matthew A. 

Gelbin 

Trudene L. Giesel 

Mr. and Mrs. Leonard W. 

Golan 

Mr. and Mrs. Ronald M. Gonsky 

Mr. John C. Goodall, Jr. 

Mr. and Mrs. William M. 

Goodyear, Jr. 

Mr. Peter Gotsch and 

Dr. Jana L. French 

Mr. and Mrs. Jay R. Gottlieb 

Mr. and Mrs. Reid Grainger 

Debra L. Grand 

Linda and Craig Grannon 

Sue and Melvin Gray 

Mr. and Mrs. David D. 

Grumhaus 

Mrs. Paul W. Guenzel 

Ms. Pamela M. Hanratty and 

Mr. Jeffrey Coburn 

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Z. 

Hayward, Jr. 

Anne and Andy Heller 

Van and Kimberly Hemphill 

Mrs. J. Dillon Hoey 

Jeff and Carol Holden 

Dr. Elizabeth A. Holland and 

Mr. Gene S. Brandt 

Dr. Grayson N. Holmbeck and 

Dr. Anne L. Updegrove 

Ms. Roxanne Hori and 

Mr. Robert Felsenthal 

Mrs. Arnold Horween 

Mr. and Mrs. Charles K. 

Huebner 

Ms. Christine M. Jack 

Mr. and Mrs. Fruman Jacobson 

Dr. Susan Lochhead Johnson 

Kennedy Junior High School 

Amy M. Kloempken 

Mr. and Mrs. Norman A. Koglin 

Mr. John C. Kuetemeyer 

Mr. Howard R. Labkon 

Dr. and Mrs. Gordon R. 

Lang, M.D. 

Mr. and Mrs. Robert K. Larsen 

Lynn Leon and Vicky Miller 

Mr. Burt P. Lewis 

Lincoln Park Recreation 

Mrs. Josephine P. Louis 

Mr. Allan L. Maca 

Drs. Mary and Scott N. 

MacGregor 

Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Manne 

Mr. and Mrs. John Massey 

Gail and Bill McCarthy 

Mr. and Mrs. Don H. McLucas, Jr. 

Mr. and Mrs. Chad S. Mendell 

Donna and Sheldon Meyers 

Thomas and Christine 

Moldauer 

Jim and Charlotte Monhart 

Mr. Thomas W. Morganti 

Ms. Deborah M. Morrison 

Dennis and Linda Myers 

and Family 

Mr. Arthur C. Nielsen, Jr. 

Ms. Martha Noyes 

Mr. Nat P. Ozmon 

Palmer School - Rm. 202 

Ms. Elizabeth A. Parker and 

Mr. Keith S. Crow 

Carrie and Matt Parr 

and Family 

Casey and Shirl Paw 

Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Y. 

Pearlman 

Lynne and Gary Penrith 

Mr. Mark A. Perlow 

Gordon and Ineke Phillips 

Ms. Phyllis S. Parish 

Meline and Allan M. Pickus 

Mr. and Mrs. David Polayes 

Pretzel and Stouffer, Chtd 

Mr. Todd Ricketts and 

Ms. Sylvie Legere 

Mr. and Mrs. Norm Riley 

Mr. Louis F. Rosenthal and 

Mrs. Sharon Faigin 

Dr. and Mrs. Sheldon B. Rubin 

Mr. and Mrs. Patrick G. Ryan 

Ms. Linda E. Salisbury 

Robert E. and Cynthia M. 

Sargent 

Stephen and Kathleen Scallan 

Ms. Cindy Scalzo and 

Dr. Henry G. Brown 

Richard and Sandra Schaefer 

Joseph J. Schenke and 

Judith A. Schenke 

Karen and Frank Schneider 

Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. L. 

Senior 

Pam and Tom Sheffield 

Cynthia Shevlin and 

Robert Swanson 

Rose L. Shure 

Mr. and Mrs. John F. Siff 

Mr. and Mrs. Carter E. Smith 

Mr. and Mrs. Gerald A. Spore 


Bob and Audrae Stephen 

Ms. Lisa C. Stiffel 

Ms. Jennifer Stone 

Mr. and Mrs. Steven M. Theiss 

Mr. and Mrs. Grady G. Thomas III 

Mr. Theodore D. Tieken, Jr. 

Mr. and Mrs. William R. Tobey, Jr. 

Dr. and Mrs. Michael R. 

Treister 

Mr. James C. Tyree 

Mr. and Mrs. Peter E. Van Nice 

Mr. and Mrs. L. Byron Vance III 

Dan and Patty Walsh 

Mr. and Mrs. Mark R. Walter 

Carrie and Jay Weaver 

Mr. and Mrs. David B. 

Weinberg 

The Welzer and Greisch Family 

The Winsor Family 

Mr. and Mrs. Steven Yacyshyn 

Mr. and Mrs. Matthew M. Zell 

Ms. Christine M. Zrinsky 

$500 to $1,499 

Anonymous (12) 

Ms. Nancy L. Adam 

Mr. and Mrs. Hall Adams, Jr. 

Mr. and Mrs. Gary Ahlquist 

Marilynn W. Alsdorf 

Mr. and Mrs. James H. 

Anderson 

Mr. Vernon Armour 

Mrs. Candace Arnold 

Mr. and Mrs. Adam M. Aron 

Ms. Jennifer J. Arquilla 

Mr. and Mrs. Paul Audrain 

Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Ault 

Allison and Doug Bacon 

Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Bacon, Jr. 

Mr. Stephen C. Baker 

Mr. and Mrs. Harold K. 

Baldwin 

Mr. and Mrs. Brian G. Balusek 

Mr. and Mrs. Dmitry Balyasny 

Mr. and Mrs. Walter F. Bandi, Jr. 

Deborah and J. Andrew Barr 

Barry and Elizabeth Barretta 

Mr. William T. Bartholomay 

Mr. and Mrs. Alvin H. Bass 

Ms. Reggie K. Beckman and 

Dr. Timothy N. Merrill 

Dawn and John Beery 

Mrs. Penny Beitler 

Mrs. and Mr. Vicki A. 

Bennett-Luker 

Mr. and Mrs. William E. 

Bennett 

Gerry and Joan Bergman 

Reverend and Mrs. Benjamin 

B. Bergren 

Dr. Betty A. Bergstrom 

Ms. Ramona M. Biliunas and 

Mr. Jeff Goad 

Stacey Kruger Birndorf of 

Transwestern 

Ms. Corinne H. Blotnicki 

The Bobins Foundation 

George and Nancy Bodeen 

Dr. Kimberley M. H. Bolden, 

D.D.S. 

Ms. Alison Hefele Bonney 

Mr. and Mrs. Edward F. Bowen 

Mr. Keith Bowersox 

Christine W. and Paul A. 

Branstad 

Mrs. Theresa B. Bricker 

Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Brown 

Mr. and Mrs. Tim Burke 

John and Leslie Burns 

Mr. Timothy Burroughs and 

Ms. Barbara Smith 

Mr. and Mrs. Carl M. Buss 

Mr. and Mrs. Edgar J. Buss 

Mr. John W. Butler and 

Mr. John M. VanderLinden 

Mr. Phillip L. Cacioppo 

Mr. and Mrs. Louis P. Cain 

Mr. and Mrs. Jon Callahan 

Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Cameron 

Mr. and Mrs. John T. Cannis 

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen J. Carlotti 

Mr. and Mrs. John G. Caruso 

Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Cassell 

Mr. and Ms. Philip J. Cavatoni 

Mr. and Mrs. David G. Chandler 

The Clark Family 

Ms. Sue Naylor Clark 

Mrs. Thomas C. Clark 

Mr. Peter L. Clerkin 

Edie and James Cloonan 

Mr. and Mrs. Michael T. Clune 

Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Cohn 

Mrs. Gary C. Comer 

Marla and Donald Coquillette 

Ms. Sarah L. Corbin and 

Mr. Paul R. Steuer 

Mrs. Kathryn C. Covington 

Mrs. Betty A. Cratty 

Mr. and Mrs. Craig P. Curtis 

Ms. Inge de la Camp 

Miss Joyce M. De Winter 

Bob and Jill Delaney 

Mr. and Mrs. Frank DiJohn 

Dr. J. A. Dillon, D.V.M. 

Mrs. Gwen Dragutinovich 

Raymond Drymalski 

Harvey and Sheila Dulin 

Ms. Carol P. Eastin 

Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon Edelson 

Ms. Elissa H. Efroymson and 

Mr. Adnaan Hamid 

Mr. and Mrs. William 

Eldringhoff 

Mr. and Mrs. Tony Ellis 

Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Engels 

Sidney and Sondra Berman 

Epstein 

Erika Erich 

Mr. and Mrs. Bryan A. Erler 

Evanston Girl Scouts Troop 189 

Dr. Marilyn D. Ezri, M.D. 

Mr. and Mrs. Fabio Fabbri 

Honor and Gene Ferretti 

Mr. and Mrs. John F. Fiedler 

Ms. Linda Fifield 

Mr. Jeffrey J. Filippelli 

Mr. Robert L. Finch and 

Ms. Melissa Lain-Finch 

Ms. Linda M. Finland 

Kelly FitzSimons 

Mr. Lee F. Flaherty 


Ginny and Peter Foreman 

Ms. Tara Fowler and 

Mr. Paul H. Fricke 

Mrs. and Mr. Ann M. Freeman 

Ms. Dara Freiberg 

Eileen Fricke 

Mr. and Mrs. Michael Fridholm 

Joanne Benazzi Friedland

Mr. Michael D. Friedman and 

Ms. Margaret A. Berger 

Mr. and Mrs. Timothy D. 

Friedman 

Mrs. Susan Gallagher 

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Gariti 

Ms. Julie L. Gentes 

Ellen L. George 

The Law Office of 

Peter Francis Geraci 

Mr. and Mrs. Paul C. Gignilliat 

Elizabeth Gillette and 

David Lively 

Girl Scouts of Centrillo - 

Council Troop 511 

Mrs. Bernard Glasser 

Mr. Perry A. Glassgow 

Goldberg-Remington Family 

Mr. and Mrs. Duncan L. 

Goldie-Morrison 

Stanley and Nan Graves 

Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Gray 

Greeley School 

Dr. Steven J. Moravec and 

Ms. Chandra A. Greer 

Mr. and Mrs. Douglas C. 

Grissom 


Mrs. Katharine C. Gross 

Christopher and Susan Gust 

Katherine and M.R. Haase 

Mrs. Sally A. Hagan 

Ms. Holley J. Hall 

Ms. Amy M. Hamilton and 

Mr. Michael T. King 

Mr. Joel L. Handelman and 

Mrs. Sarah Wolff- 

Handelman 

Mrs. Sally M. Hands 

Dr. and Mrs. C. Rollins Hanlon 

Mr. and Mrs. Mark L. Hanover 

Ms. Jeanne M. Hansen 

Ms. Alice E. Harper 

Mr. and Mrs. Michael L. Harris 

Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Heal 

Ms. Joyce E. Heidemann 

Mr. and Mrs. David B. Heller 

Mrs. Lesli K. Henderson and 

Mr. Steven R. Goldman 

Mr. and Mrs. Sidney N. 

Herman 

Roger and Eva Hill 

Mr. and Mrs. Roger G. Hill 

Debra Hinze and Gary Crews 

Angie and Tom Holleb 

Mr. Mark D. Hollick and 

Ms. Anne Fitzpatrick 

Elizabeth B. Hood 

Robin and Harry Hunter 

Patricia J. Hurley 

Mr. Jeff Husserl and 

Ms. Valerie Ware 

Robert and Saran Hutchins 

Mr. and Mrs. Lewis S. Ingall 

Shirley and Richard Jaffee 

Ms. Judy L. Johanson 

Kathryn and Bruce Johnson 

Marybeth and Scott Johnson 

Mr. and Mrs. Gary Jones 

Mr. and Mrs. Steven A. Kadish 

Mr. and Mrs. Irv Kagan 

John D. Kann Family 

Ms. Jane P. Kaplan 

Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Kaplan 

Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas A. 

Karris 

Mr. and Mrs. Donald Kaul 

Heidi and Ed Keenan 

Melissa and Dennis Kelly 

Mr. Mark F. Klaus 

Ms. Tina M. Koegel 

and Mr. Ron Vesely 

Ms. April Koestner and 

Ms. Lyn Woffnd 

Ms. Erika Kohler 

Lottie Kowalski 

Sarah Kozlowski 

Mr. and Mrs. Keith R. 

Kretchmer 

Ms. Wendy I. Krimins 

Mr. and Mrs. John A. Krohn 

Dr. Robert A. Kubicka 

Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Kushen 

Mr. Marc D. L’Italien 

Mr. and Mrs. Josef Lakonishok 

Mr. Mark Landolt and Family 

Mrs. Elizabeth Lane 

Dr. Bradley G. Langer and 

Ms. Julie Langer 

Mr. and Mrs. Howard S. 

Lanznar 

Ms. Cathy G. Lazaroff 

Dr. John G. Lease 

Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. 

LeClercq 


Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon 

Leibowitz 

Ms. Ruth W. Lekan 

Donald and Nancy Lewis 

and Family 

Mr. Graham D. Lewis and 

Mrs. Elizabeth Powell 

Mr. and Mrs. Brad Lipschultz 

Mr. and Mrs. John H. Long 

Longfellow Elementary School 

3rd Grade Class 

Ms. Deborah J. Lucas and 

Mr. Frederick Snider 

Mr. and Mrs. William M. Lyerly 

Ms. Lori J. Lynch 

Mr. and Mrs. David Mabie 

Mr. and Mrs. John D. Mabie 

Ms. Margaret L. Maczulski 

Mr. and Mrs. Ron Magers 

Mr. Paul W. Makray, Jr. 

Ms. Joanna Mallers 

Marsha A. Mantei 

Dr. Elizabeth A. Marcus 

and Mr. Ira J. Belcove 

MaryLou Marek and 

Ray T. Miller 

Becky, Kevin & Daniel 

Marquardt 

Mrs. Barbara Marshall 

Mrs. Beatrice C. Mayer 

Mr. and Mrs. Bruce McCaffrey 

Mr. and Mrs. Archibald 

McClure 

Betsy McCormick and 

Steven Lelyveld, M. D. 

Nancy A. McDaniel 

Barbara McGraw Fund of The 

Minneapolis Foundation 

Bill and Millie McIntosh 

Ms. Carlette McMullan and 

Mr. John J. Gibbons 

Mr. Sean McNeely 

Mr. and Mrs. Peter Meder 

Ms. Laura L. Metzger 

Walt and Arlene Mikol 

Ms. Jackie Minzes and 

Mr. Brian Joenk 

Steve and Pam Mischel 

Mrs. Frank A. Monhart 

Richard and Beverly Moody 

Mr. Frank Morgan and 

Ms. Darlene A. Gasior 

Mr. and Mrs. Kerry Morrissey 

Mr. and Mrs. Raymond E. 

Muffler 

Mr. and Mrs. Daniel H. 

Munger 

Mr. John Murphy 

Mr. and Mrs. Jon Najarian 

Ms. Mary Nalbandian 

Ms. Ellen J. Neely and 

Mr. Jeffrey S. Arnold 

Jon and Kathy Newcomb 

Mr. and Mrs. John Neyer 

Mr. and Mrs. Albert M. Niemi, Jr. 

Mr. and Mrs. Aram Nikitas 

Ms. Karin G. Olsen 

Ms. Kimberly J. Orput and 

Mr. Steven L. Van der Zanden 

Carol M. Overman 

Joseph and Pauline Oyama 

William and Susan Pappas 

Bob and Carol Passaneau 

Mr. and Mrs. Norman J. 

Patinkin 

The Pearlman Families & 

Harry Katz 

Pereiras-Leive Family 

Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. 

Perkaus, Jr. 

Jean Perkins and 

Leland Hutchinson 

Mr. and Mrs. S. James Perlow 

Ms. Isabelle M. Perrault and 

Mr. Mark Birkett 

Ms. Martha A. Peterson 

Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. 

Peterson 

Ms. Heather A. Pflanz 

Mr. Michael J. Pifko 

Mr. and Mrs. Theodore H. 

Pincus 

Kirk Pion and Peggy Brink 

Teresa and Ted Piotrowski 

Richard Pleet and Bliss Packer 

The Tim Pohl Family 

Ms. Allyson Pooley 

Mrs. Charles S. Potter 

Ms. Carol Proesel 

John and Betsey Puth 

Queen of All Saints School 

Ms. Melanie Radler 

Mr. and Mrs. Fred Rafilson 

Mrs. Wanda V. Rapacz 

Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Reiter III 

Ms. Kim Rice and 

Mr. Michael P. Werling 

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Rickett 

David and Kathy Riddell 

Mr. and Mrs. Harold D. Rider, Jr. 

Mr. Michael O. Rigg 

Don and Julie Rocap 

Mr. and Mrs. Kyle M. Rockey 

Jill and Ron Rohde 

Howard J. Romanek 

Ben and Barbara Rooks 

Laurie and Scott Rose 

Mr. and Mrs. Harold Rosenson 

Robert and Nancy Rotering 

Roycemore School - 4th Grade 


Rudolph 

Mr. and Mrs. J. Sacchetti 

Mr. Michael C. Schaeffer and 

Ms. Michelle L. Maton 

Mr. and Mrs. Joel Schaffer 

Ms. Meg C. Schaul and 

Mr. Steve Stormo 

Mrs. Gerhart Schild 

Raymond C. Schmelzer 

Mr. and Ms. Gary Schroeder 

Susan and Gary Schuman 

Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. 

Schwake 

Mr. and Mrs. Irving Seaman, Jr. 

Gloria and Bill Sedlacek 

Ms. Patricia M. Shah-Nazaroff 

and Family 

Dr. Susan Sherman, D.V.M. 

and Mr. David Sherman 

Bessie Shields Foundation 

The Shipp Family 

The Mike and Linda Simon 

Charitable Fund 

Ms. Amy R. Simons 

Mrs. Victoria M. Skala 

Mr. and Mrs. Edward Byron 

Smith, Jr. 

Mrs. and Mr. Susan J. Smith 

Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. 

Smolen 

Mr. and Mrs. Walter S. Snodell 

Peggy Snorf 

Darren and Anne Snyder 

Mr. and Mrs. James A. Star 

Mr. and Mrs. Jim Stein-Sterling 

Mr. Matthew E. Steinmetz 

Mr. and Mrs. Phillip L. Stern 

Liz Stiffel 

Mrs. Louise A. Stone 

Dr. and Mrs. James J. Stukel 

Mr. and Mrs. John B. Sullivan 

Mr. and Mrs. John Supera 

Mr. and Mrs. John A. Svoboda 

Dr. Linda J. Swanson 

Mr. and Mrs. Blake H. Swift 

Dr. and Mrs. R. M. Tanner 

Tengelsen Family Foundation 

Mr. and Mrs. Nick Thomas 

Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. 

Thomas 

Ms. Suzy F. Thompson 

Ms. Christine M. Tierney 

Mr. and Mrs. Pete Toma 

Mr. and Mrs. Tony Toulouse 

Dr. and Mrs. Edward S. 

Traisman 

Dr. Dominic Travis 

Lisa Brown Tribbett and 

Charles A. Tribbett, III 

Mr. and Mrs. Howard J. 

Trienens 

Ms. Frances E. Tuite and 

Mr. Simon Meredith 

Phil and Paula Turner 

Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Tuszynski 

Mr. and Mrs. Edward Keith 

Uhlir 

Mr. Thomas E. Usher, Sr. 

Ms. Elsa Vaintzettel 

Dr. and Mrs. James S. Vinson 

Mr. Brian S. Vito 

Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey G. 

Vogelsang 

Ms. Ann M. Warren 

Mr. and Mrs. Carl W. 

Warschausky 

Dr. and Mrs. Peter Weiden 

Mr. and Mrs. Steven A. Weiss 

Lyman and Deana Welch 

Linda and Michael Welsh 

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. 

Whennen, Jr. 


Whennen 

Ms. Carole Whipple 

Jane B. White 

Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. 

Williams III 

Mr. and Mrs. John R. Willis 

Ms. Mary Ann Winkelmen and 

Mr. Daniel Hamilton 

Mr. and Mrs. Steven Wolf 

Mr. and Mrs. Eric Wolff 

Susan and Michael Wolz 

Mrs. George B. Young 

Mr. and Mrs. Raymond 

Zanarini 

Mr. and Mrs. Robert K. Zentner 

Ira Zorn 

$250 to $499 

Anonymous (8) 

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Adam, Jr. 

Ms. Susan Adler 

Dr. Glenn E. Aldinger, M.D. 

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas S. 

Aldrich 

Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Aldridge 

Mr. Mark Allen 

Norma and William Allen 

Alpha Gamma Rho Fraternity 

Mr. and Mrs. Jay A. Alter 

Dr. and Mrs. Michael Altman 

Ms. Jackee Ames and 

Mr. Richard A. Strauss 

Mr. and Mrs. Matthew F. 

Andresen 

Mr. Nicholas H. Apostal 

Mr. and Mrs. S. Frank Arado 

Mr. and Mrs. James G. Archer 

Mr. Robert M. Armbruster 

Mr. and Mrs. Duncan Ashurst 

The Avis Family 

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Back 

Sharon and William Baker 

Mr. and Mrs. Roger Baskes 

Mr. and Mrs. Bradford Beatty 

Mr. Greg W. Beihl and 

Mrs. Wendy Freyer-Beihl 

Mr. and Mrs. John F. Benjamin 

Mrs. Joelle Benson 

Mr. and Mrs. Kelley A. 

Bergstrom 

Mrs. Lieselotte N. Betterman 

Miss Lisa K. Bibb 

Maryellen and Robert Bieder 

Mrs. Marsha J. Birchard 

SUMMER 2009 23

Mr. Lewis Biscamp 

Michael and Diane Blake 

Mr. Andrew W. Bleiman 

Mr. John P. Blosser 

Miss Cynthia Bogs and 

Mrs. Arlene Bogs 

Mr. and Mrs. Kyle Bolenbaugh 

Nancy and Dave Borghesi 

Mr. and Mrs. Michael 

Borkowski 

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Brewer 

Noelle and David Brock 

Ms. Amy D. Brody 

Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Bross 

Mrs. Janice M. Brown 

George and Jacqueline Brumlik 

Ms. Patricia J. Buchholz 

The Buckman Family 

Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Bull 

Mr. and Mrs. John Burke 

Ms. Betty Burns 

Dr. and Mrs. Mitchell P. Byrne 

Mr. and Mrs. Chester J. Byrns 

Mr. and Mrs. Kevin M. Cahoon 

Mr. Edward J. Calkins 

Ms. Brenda L. Campbell 

Ms. Lindsay A. Caraher 


Carpenter 

Mrs. Julie A. Carr and 

Mr. Daniel P. McAnally 

Dr. and Mrs. Robert W. Carton 

Mr. and Mrs. John M. Casper 

Chalk Pre School 

John and Kelly Cherf 

Susan Chernoff 

Ms. Carol A. Cleave 

Mr. and Mrs. Al Cohen 

Mr. Robert B. Cole 

Mr. and Mrs. Greg Coleman 

Mr. and Mrs. Phillip I. 

Coleman 

Rebecca M. Coleman and 

Jeffrey J. Thomas 

Mr. Charles E. Collopy, Sr. 

Mr. Lawrence O. Corry 

Mr. and Mrs. Daniel T. Cox 

Ms. Alice I. Coyle 

Mr. Frank R. Cureau 

Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Cygal 

Mr. and Mrs. Alfred E. 

D’Ancona III 

Michael Danforth and 

Eva Nielsen 

Mr. and Mrs. Oscar David 

Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Davies 

Ms. Deborah Day 

Mr. and Mrs. Andrew 

Demopoulos 

Ms. Caroline E. Devlin 

Ms. Susan E. Dew 

Leonora Dickson 

Salvatore diMenza 

The Dobell Family 

Paul Donnell 

Ms. Jacqueline Donnelly 

Dr. and Mrs. James Downey 

Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. 

Dubberke 

Ms. Ann P. Duffy 

Bud and Lois Dungan 

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph F. 

Dunigan 


Ebb Point Foundation 

Ms. Lorraine E. Egebrecht 

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Eley 

Mr. Jorge Espinosa 

The Evangelides Family 

Richard and Roberta Evans 

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph V. Farago 

Brian and Susan Fargo 

Ms. Diana L. Faulhaber 

Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Feinberg 

Donald and Signe Ferguson 

Ms. Kim M. Ferguson 

Mr. Luis A. Fierro 

Mr. and Mrs. Justin M. Fishbein 

Dr. Herbert E. Fisher, M.D. 

Fleming Family 

Dr. Arthur L. Frank, M.D. 

Mr. and Mrs. David Free 

Mr. and Mrs. Wells L. Frice 

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph G. 

Friedman 

Mr. John R. Fronko 

Mr. John F. Fyfe and 

Mrs. Joan Greco 

Mr. and Mrs. Max C. Gabbard 

Mr. and Mrs. J. Patrick 

Gallagher, Jr. 

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. 

Galuhn 

Mr. and Mrs. William S. 

Garrett 

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen L. 

Geifman 

Mr. and Mrs. Mark D. 

Gendleman 

Mr. and Mrs. Edward 

Gershman 

Dave and Anne Gezon 

Ms. Marta J. Gibb 

Dr. and Mrs. Hugh C. 

Gilbert, M.D. 

Mr. and Mrs. Colin Gildea 

Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell 

Glickman 

Mr. and Mrs. Fred Glure 

Ms. Georgean Goldenberg 

Mr. and Mrs. Steve M. 

Goldring 

Ms. Dorothy G. Goos 

Ms. Ingrid E. Gould and 

Mr. Robert C. Hsiung 

Mr. and Mrs. Philip H. 

Graham 

Ms. Mary D. Gray 

Greenbriar School - 

Mrs. Ciaglo’s class 

Mr. and Mrs. Glenn R. 

Grossklags 

Mr. and Mrs. John Gude 

Mr. and Mrs. Richard 

Gumport 

Mr. and Mrs. Edward C. 

Haffner 

Ms. Allison Hahr and 

Mr. Jon Spanbauer 

Ms. Sheila A. Harding 

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Harold 

Mrs. Joann M. Harrison 

Ms. Susan Hassan 

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Heagy 

Mr. and Mrs. Olin J. Heestand, Jr. 

Michael Held and 

Bonnie Barber 

Ms. Marilyn Hennessy 

Mr. and Mrs. John S. Hill 

Richard and Joyce Hirsch 

Mr. and Mrs. John L. Hogan 

Dr. and Mrs. Richard A. 

Hogan, D.D.S. 

Fred and Sandra Holubow 

Mr. Richard T. Hough 

Ann and Bruce Howat 

Ms. Victoria Howland 

Mr. Thomas J. Hulseman 

Mr. and Mrs. Christopher 

Hultquist 

Dr. and Mrs. Richard Hurd 

Mr. and Mrs. George Jackson 

Kate Jackson 

Mr. James Jacobs 

Ms. Kristina M. Jakstys 

John and Lenore Janecek 

Mr. and Mrs. Felix E. Jarczyk 

Mr. and Mrs. Sidney F. Jarrow 

Mr. Kenton P. Johnson 

Thor and Darlene Jondahl 

Dan and Pat Jones 

Mr. and Mrs. James A. Jordan 

Mr. and Mrs. Martin J. Joyce, Jr. 

Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Jozwiak 

Miss Judith Kadish 

Ms. Stephanie Kanter 

Robert, Barbara and 

Cory Kappler 

Ms. Beth P. Karnes 

Ms. Faye Katt and 

Mr. Ganesh Natarajan 

Ms. Melissa A. Kearney 

Mr. Thomas A. Keeble 

Ms. Judith L. Keitz 

Mr. Christopher D. Kiergan 

Mr. David Kimball 

Ms. Linda E. Kimbrough 

Sylvia and John Kinney 

Ms. Mary Anne Kirchschlager 

Mr. David W. Kite and 

Ms. Sharon Ephraim 

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. 

Kittle-Kamp 

Mr. and Mrs. Mark A. Kmety 

Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Komen 

Mr. Tim Kominiarek 

Joe and Judy Konen 

Amy Kontrick 

Ms. Monica Kowalski 

Mr. and Mrs. Martin Kozak 

Anne and W. Paul Krauss 

Sharon Kreiter 

Mr. Ronald H. La Voie 

Allyson and Don Laackman 

Mr. and Mrs. James A. Ladwig 

Mr. and Mrs. Steven R. 

Lafayette 

Ms. Donna LaPietra and 

Mr. William H. Kurtis 

Ken and Liz Larsen 

Ms. Marie R. Larson 

Mr. and Mrs. Craig Lashmet 

Mr. and Mrs. Frank F. Laskero 

Mr. Jeffrey P. Later and 

Ms. Elizabeth A. Donahue 

Mr. and Mrs. Edward O. 

Laumann 

Mr. and Mrs. John G. Levi 

Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Levin 

Barry and Veronica Levine 

Dr. and Mrs. Victor L. Lewis, Jr. 

Ms. Margaret Licata-Myren 

Mr. Alex Lin 

Mr. and Mrs. Mark S. Lindmeier 

Ms. Gaile M. Linke 

Alissa B. Lipson 

Ms. Patricia L. Loeffler 

Jim and SuAnne Lopata 

Mr. and Mrs. Christopher B. 

Love 

Stephanie and Ken Love 

Mr. and Mrs. John Lowe 

Mr. and Mrs. Donald P. Lyle 

Ms. Veronica Lynch 

Mrs. Margaret P. MacKimm 

Ms. Tiffany Makaus 

Mr. Dave Malecek 

Don and Cindy Malin 

The Manilow Family 

Mr. Joseph M. Manzella and 

Ms. Ashley Gold 

Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. 

Marshall 

Ms. Winifred A. Martin 

Mr. and Mrs. Michael H. 

Martorano 

Susan Marie Marzec 

Mr. and Mrs. Mark A. Masseur 

Mr. and Mrs. Daniel L. Matlin 

Mr. Raymond McBride 

Mr. and Mrs. Howard L. 

McKee 

Carrie McNally and Rick 

Maechling 

Mr. and Mrs. James R. Meindl 

Mr. and Mrs. Gregory L. 

Melchor 

Mr. Robert L. Meyers and 

Dr. Jean G. Meyers 

Mr. and Mrs. Alex Mihalec 

Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Miller 

Tobi Mittleman 

Ms. Marla J. Molinelli 

Michelle and Steve Monieson 

Mr. Lars M. Montag 

Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. 

Mooney 

Mr. Michael D. Moore 

Ms. Dorothy H. Moriarty 

Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Morowitz 

Mr. and Mrs. David Mui 

Mr. and Mrs. Michael W. 

Murray 

Daniel and Julie Neenan 

Mr. Greg Neise 

Mr. and Mrs. Jordan Nerenberg 

Mr. John N. Newell 

Alexandra C. and John D. 

Nichols 

Mr. Gregory A. Nie 

Mrs. Aimee Nolan 

Amy Novicki 

Mr. Michael J. O’Brien 

Mr. Brian J. O’Connor 

Mr. Timothy W. O’Donnell 

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R. 

Okleshen 

Mr. Peter M. Oliphant 

Mr. and Mrs. Melvin A. 

Olshansky 

Mr. Richard Orsan 

Mr. and Mrs. Donald E. Owen 

Mr. and Mrs. Curt A. Paison 

Mr. and Mrs. Karl Palasz 

Mr. and Mrs. John J. Pape 

Ms. Debra R. Parker 

Mr. David S. Parkes 

Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. 

Parkinson, Jr. 

Mr. and Mrs. John C. 

Pellettiere 

Dr. and Mrs. Robert Perlman 

Mr. and Mrs. David Perry 

Ms. Karla D. Petersen 

Mr. and Mrs. Harry A. Pfaff 

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas D. 

Philipsborn 

Phillips Family 

Mr. and Mrs. Henry Pietraszek 

Andy Pitler 

Mr. and Mrs. William K. Platt 

Ms. Bronwyn T. Poole and 

Mr. Peter G. Schmitz 

Ms. Molly Porterfield 

Mr. and Mrs. Paul C. Poy 

and Family 

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Price 

Mr. and Mrs. John F. Quinn 

Steven R. Radtke and 

Dianne Goren Radtke 

Ms. Jamie L. Reifman 

Mrs. C. Richard Reinisch 

Esther Reiter 

Ms. Martha F. Relford 

Mr. Andrew L. Ribeiro 

Ms. Cherie A. Richardson 

Mr. and Mrs. Jerald F. Richman 

Diane and William Ritchie 

Deborah Ritter 

The Rogatz Family 

Jim Roll 

Ms. Robin Rosen 

Ms. Harriet C. Ross 

Mr. and Mrs. David S. Ruder 

Mr. and Mrs. Geoffrey Ryan 

Mr. and Mrs. Anthony C. Sallas 

Ms. Susan Salpeter 

Janice and Irwin Saltz 

Kathy and Gordon Sauer 

Mr. Jeffrey J. Saxton 

Mr. and Mrs. John Scala 

Ms. Lili Hall Scarpa 

Ms. Robin M. Schapiro 

Mr. and Mrs. Eric J. Scheyer 

Mr. and Mrs. Herbert L. 

Schneider 

Mr. Lewis M. Schneider 

Mr. Dugan Schwalm 

Mrs. Mary A. Schwartz and 

Mr. Richard H. Brewer 

Muriel and Maurice Schwartz 

Mr. and Mrs. J. Sedelmaier 

Mr. Kent Shafer and 

Mrs. Allison Salomon 

Mrs. Sandra J. Shelton and 

Ms. Kimberly Bingen 

Mark and Nikki Shields 

Nancy and Tom Silberman 

Mr. Henry Silverman and Mrs. 

Nancy J. Briscoe-Silverman 

Ms. Ilene Simmons 

Mr. and Mrs. Carl Simon 

Mr. Jeffrey Simon and 

Ms. Marilyn Nance 

Mr. Stephen Simon 

Mr. Raymond I. Skilling

Mr. and Mrs. William J. Smilie 

Marshall and Patty Smith 

Mrs. Sumner M. Sollitt 

South Elementary School 

Mr. MJ Sparhawk 

St. Joan of Arc School 

Mr. David J. Stagman 

Barbara and John Stechman 

Ms. Karen S. Steingraber 

Ms. Linda J. Stevens 

Mr. Philip A. Stillitano 

Strassburg Elementary School 

Sally L. Sullivan 

Mr. and Mrs. Calvin D. 

Swartzentruber 

Mr. and Mrs. Nathan B. Swift 

Mr. Robert J. Sypniewski 

Ms. Jessica E. Tampas and 

Mr. Richard B. Lazar 

Mrs. Fui Lian Tan and 

Mr. Robert F. Inger 

Ms. Elizabeth M. Tanis 

Mr. David W. Tate 

Mr. and Mrs. Michael E. Taylor 

Mrs. Kimberly Tharin 

Drs. Henry and Joyce 

Thompson 

Ms. Nissa Thompson and 

Mr. Michael Rhee 

Mr. and Mrs. Mark 

Timmerman 

Rich and Wendy Tobiasz 

August and Vigdis Tonne 

Mr. George Torres 

Mr. and Mrs. James J. Trainor 

Mr. and Mrs. Barton G. 

Tretheway 

Mr. and Mrs. Fred G. Uhlmann 

Mr. and Mrs. Barry A. Ullman 

Ms. Megan R. Van Vlierbergen 

Ms. Bernadine G. Vehrs 

Mr. and Mrs. Carl Vespa 

Mr. Morgan Vincent and 

Ms. Michele Ganczarski 

Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Wagner 

Mr. Liam Walsh 

Doris and Larry Walther 

Mrs. Catherine Wang 

Mr. and Mrs. Andrew P. 

Warner 

Kurt L. and Vicki L. Warning 

Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Wechsler 

Mr. and Mrs. Bart Weldon 

Mr. and Mrs. Andrew M. 

Weller 

Mr. and Mrs. Jason Wendt 

Mrs. Joan Werhane 

Mrs. Barbara H. West 

G. Marc and Tracy S. 

Whitehead 

Mrs. and Mr. Ellen Whitlock 

Ms. Nancy J. Wilke 

Mr. Jesse Willis 

Willmott Family 

Ms. Kristen Wilson 

Tom Wiltzius and 

Patricia O’Donnell 

Deb and Jeff Wineman 

Carolyn J. Winje and 

Michael Kravitz 

Ms. Paula D. Wise and 

Mr. Roy Slovenko 

Ms. Carol K. Wittwer 

Mr. Lawrence R. Yablonicky 

Anthony, Andrew, Lisa and 

Ted Yaghmour 

Ms. Jane Yakushiji 

Mr. Kenneth A. Youga 

Mr. and Mrs. Steven Young 

Drs. Joan and Russ 

Zajtchuk, M.D. 

Mr. Robert W. Zeller 

Ms. Elizabeth Ziegler 

Mr. and Mrs. Marcus W. 

Ziegler 

Dr. Richard E. Zinbarq 

Ms. Lois Zoller and 

Mr. James C. Mills 

Mr. A. C. Zucaro 

HERITAGE SOCIETY 

MEMBERS 

For individuals who have 

included the zoo in their 

estate plans. 

*Deceased 

Anonymous (15) 

Mr. Jonathan S. Alter 

Geoffrey A. Anderson 

Mr. and Mrs. Steven Arnam 

Annalee Ayers* 


Babson 

Mr. E. M. Bakwin 

Mr. Kevin J. Bell 

Gerald Berstell 

Mr. John A. Beton 

Mr. David P. Bolger 

Mr. Jerome Broekema 

Mr. Terrance J. Bruggeman and 

Ms. Dianne Dyer- 

Bruggeman 

George and Jacqueline Brumlik 

Ms. Judith A. Buntain 

Mr. Robert G. Cappaert 

Dr. Carol D. Christiansen 


Mildred J. Clark* 


Mrs. Vivian Conner 

Alice Cooperman 

Ms. Mary P. Cusack 

Mr. and Mrs. Peter A. Czuchra 

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Doak 

Raymond Drymalski 

Miss Shirley M. Evans 

Dr. Marilyn D. Ezri 

Honor and Gene Ferretti 

Ms. Ellen J. Filurin 


Mr. and Mrs. Robert Fryer 

Mr. and Mrs. Gregory L. Fugiel 

Ms. Linda Fuller 

Mr. and Mrs. Matthew A. 

Gelbin 

Trudene L. Giesel 

Mr. Lyle Gillman 

Mr. Jack Goggin 

Ms. Georgean Goldenberg 

Ms. Mary D. Gray 

Jean A. Griggs 

Barb and Glenn 

Grossklags 

Mr. and Mrs. David D. 

Grumhaus 


Haffner III 

Ms. Beth M. Halevy 

Mr. Richard Halvorsen 

Ms. Jeanne M. Hansen 


Mr. and Mrs. Allen R. 

Hochfelder 

Elizabeth B. Hood 

Ms. Dorothy Horton 

Caroline and Charles K. 

Huebner 

Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. 

Hughes 

Ms. Judy L. Johanson 

Robert A. Johnson 

Dr. Anne M. C. Juhasz 

Mr. Jack Kanuk and 

Mr. Richard W. Foster 

Roberta and Don Karper 

Judy and John Keller 

Mr. Mark F. Klaus 

Ms. Patricia Klemz 

Tania M. Kokott-Schmidt 

Mr. Dennis J. Kravetz 

Ms. Mary E. Kreppel and 

Mr. David W. Diehl 


Ms. Ruth W. Lekan 

Ms. Wilhelmine E. Long 

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Lysy 

Jo Anne Maczulski 

Ms. Margaret L. Maczulski 

Mr. Gregory J. Mader 

Ms. Mary E. Mako 

The Honorable Lynn Martin 

and The Honorable 

Harry D. Leinenweber 

Ms. Winifred A. Martin 

Mr. Edward J. Matusek 

Nancy A. McDaniel 

Mrs. Barbara McGraw 

Ruth L. McLaughlin* 

Vicky Miller and Lynn Leon 

Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Mishlove 

Arlene Nelson* 


Ms. Jo Ann Noble 

Ms. Clarice R. Norin 

Mr. and Mrs. Paul W. Oliver 

Mr. and Mrs. Harry Olsen 

Carol M. Overman 

Ms. Elizabeth A. Parker and 

Mr. Keith S. Crow 

Geraldine Parker* 

Ms. Nancy Peterson and 

Mr. David Benacka 

Mr. and Mrs. Leonard F. 

Pflughaupt 

Ms. Maxine R. Philipsborn 

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas D. 

Philipsborn 

Gordon and Ineke Phillips 

Bliss and Richard Pleet 

Catherine F. Quinlan 

Mrs. Alan L. Rappaport 

Ms. Susan Regenstein 

Mr. Mark Reinecke 

Esther Reiter 

Mr. and Mrs. John A. Relias 

Miss Kathleen Rice and 

Mr. Barry Sears 

Michael O. Rigg 

Deborah Ritter 

Ms. Anita J. Rogers 

Ben and Barbara Rooks 

Mr. Philip C. Roth 

Dr. Olivia M. Scarse 

Joseph J. Schenke and 

Judith A. Schenke 

Carl and Barbara Schwebel 

Ms. Henriette Simon 


Ms. Karen A. Singer 

Mr. Roy Slovenko and 

Ms. Paula D. Wise 


Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. 

Stephenson 

Mr. Thomas W. Stephenson 

Dr. Mark W. Stolar 

Mr. and Mrs. Craig T. Stroh 

Ms. Mary A. Taft 

Ms. Karen Thomas 

Eugene Tkalitch and 

Jill Peterson 

Ms. Marilyn T. Trice 

Linda G. Ulreich 

Mr. Robert G. Walberer 

Dr. Margaret M. Walsh-Reitz 

Ms. Elizabeth K. Ware 

Mr. and Mrs. Frank R. Weiner 

Ms. Bessie Weintraub 

Ms. Gay Weissenberger 

Mrs. Dorothy B. White 

Mr. Ken C. Whitener, Jr. 

Miss Virginia L. Whittaker 

Mr. Charles H. Wilson 

Ms. Patricia A. Wood 

Ronald Yenerich and 

Will Urban 

Mr. and Mrs. Hossein Youssefi 

Drs. Joan and Russ Zajtchuk, M.D. 

Ms. Candise Zake 

Tom and Sherry Zimmerman 

Christine M. Zrinsky 

ESTATE DISTRIBUTIONS 

Estate of Annalee Ayers 

Estate of Nancy M. Buckley 

Estate of Mildred J. Clark 

Estate of Barbara Eckholt 

Estate of Dolores M. Fiala 

Estate of Karen Gruntman 

Estate of Ethel O. Hanson 

Estate of Shirley Jackson 

Estate of Enrique Orozco 

Estate of Sylvia Pruzaniec 

Estate of Marion V. Schmidt 

Estate of Veda Stern 

PROGRAM CONTRIBUTORS 

$50,000 to $99,999 


$20,000 to $49,999 

Dr. Susan Sherman, D.V.M. 

and Mr. David Sherman 

$10,000 to $24,999 

Hickman Family Foundation 

Ms. Tracy Hickman 

and Mr. Chad Munger 

$5,000 to $9,999 

Mr. and Mrs. Andrew K. Block 


Mr. and Mrs. James J. Dow 

$2,500 to $4,999 

Lisa, John and Sydney Curran 

Mary and Bruce Feay 

Ms. Christine C. Franklin 

Mr. Ian B. Jacobs and 

Ms. Valerie Chang 

Dr. June K. Robinson and 

Mr. William T. Barker 

Elliot Weisenberg, MD and 

Clara Orban, Ph.D. 

$1,000 to $2,499 

Ms. Allyson Hunter 

Mr. and Mrs. William B. 

McIlvaine 

The Steinbrecher Family 

CORPORATIONS 

ANNUAL PARTNERS 


Aon Corporation 

$10,000 to $24,999 

ArcelorMittal 

Baxter International Inc. 

The Brickman Group, Ltd. 

Charter One Foundation 

Goldman Sachs & Co. 

Illinois Tool Works Foundation 

JPMorgan Chase 

Morgan Stanley & Co. 

The Pepper Companies, Inc. 

Ryder System Charitable 

Foundation, Inc. 

S & C Foundation 

$5,000 to $9,999 

Aileen S. Andrew Foundation 

Code Hennessy & Simmons LLC 

Deere and Co. 

Ernst & Young, LLP 

Hill Mechanical Group 

McMaster-Carr Supply 

Company 

Mesirow Financial 

William Blair & Company, LLC 

SUMMER 2009 25

$2,500 to $4,999 

Blackman Kallick 

Kelso - Burnett Co. 

Shure Incorporated 

$1,000 to $2,499 

Abbott Laboratories 

AMSTED Industries 


AV Techsource, Inc. 

Eaton Vance Corp. 

GKN Foundation 

Old Republic International 

Corporation 

Robert Bosch Tool 

Corporation 

Sahara Enterprises Inc. 

PROGRAM 

CONTRIBUTIONS 


Association of Zoos & 

Aquariums 

Illinois Soybean Association 

$25,000 to $49,999 

HSBC–North America 

$10,000 to $14,999 

UBS 

$2,500 to $9,999 

Jacksonville Zoological Society 

$1,000 to $2,499 

Friends of the Zoo 

SPONSORS 


Charter One Foundation 

ComEd, an Exelon Company 

PepsiAmericas 

$25,000 to $49,999 

Joe & Ross 

United Airlines 

$10,000 to $24,999 

Association of Zoos & 

Aquariums 

Green Apple Music & Arts 

Festival LLC 

E. & J. Gallo Winery 

Samuel Adams Boston Lager 

U.S. Cellular Corporation 

Vienna Beef 

William Wrigley Jr. Company 

$5,000 to $9,999 

St. Joseph Hospital 


$1,000 to $4,999 

American Family Mutual 

Insurance Company 

J&J Snack Foods Corporation 

Lifeway Foods Inc. 

Naked Juice 

Peak Performance 

Tickets.com 

Washington Mutual 

IN-KIND SPONSORS 

Alpha Baking Company 

CBS Radio WBBM 

Newsradio 780AM 

CBS Radio WXRT 93FM 

E.&J. Gallo Winery 

Joe & Ross 

Navy Pier IMAX 

Niketown Chicago 

PepsiAmericas 

Samuel Adams Boston Lager 

Trader Joes 


Whole Foods 


MATCHING GIFTS 

Alliance Bernstein 

Allstate Insurance Company 


AT&T 

Bank of America, N.A. 

Boeing Charitable Trust Equity 

The Bon Ton Stores 


CNA Foundation 

Discover Financial Services 

Ewing Marion Kauffman 


FM Global Foundation 

GE Foundation 

Harris and Eliza Kempner 

Fund 

Harris Bank Foundation 


The John D. and Catherine T. 

MacArthur Foundation 

Johnson Controls Foundation 

Kirkland & Ellis Foundation 

Kraft Foods, Inc. 

Leo Burnett Company, Inc. 

McCormick Foundation 

McMaster-Carr Supply 

Company 

Merrill Lynch & Co. 


Mobil Foundation 

Morgan Stanley & Co. 

The Northern Trust Company 

Nuveen Investments, LLC 

Peoples Gas and North Shore 

Gas 

Pepsico Foundation 

Polk Bros. Foundation 

The Prudential Foundation 

RBS Greenwich Capital 


Sony Ericsson Mobile 

Communications Inc. 

The Spencer Foundation 

Time Warner, Inc. 

UBS 

W. W. Grainger, Inc. 

Wachovia Foundation 

Waters Corporation 

WellPoint, Inc. 

William J. Wrigley Jr. Company 

Winston & Strawn, LLP 

FOUNDATIONS 

ANNUAL PARTNERS 


The John D. and Catherine T. 

MacArthur Foundation 

$50,000 to $99,999 

The Brinson Foundation 

Helen Brach Foundation 

$25,000 to $49,999 

The Buchanan Family 


Central Indiana Community 


Circle of Service Foundation 

John R. Halligan Charitable 


$10,000 to $24,999 

Chauncey and Marion D. 

McCormick Family 


Edmond and Alice Opler 


Makray Family Foundation 

The Mayer & Morris Kaplan 


Prince Charitable Trusts 

The Siragusa Foundation 

$5,000 to $9,999 

Anonymous 

Arch W. Shaw Foundation 

The Bill Bass Foundation 

D & R Fund 

Earth Share of Illinois 

Fred J. Brunner Foundation 

Fulk Family Foundation 

Suzanne Smelcer Robinson 


Torosian Foundation 

Walter and Caroline Sueske 

Charitable Trust 

$2,500 to $4,999 

Francis Beidler Foundation 

Patrick and Anna M. Cudahy 


Hoellen Family Foundation 

The Regenstein Foundation 

$1,000 to $2,499 

Geraldi Norton Foundation 

William M. Hales Foundation 

Gerald A. and Karen A. 

Kolschowsky Foundation, 

Inc. 

Mr. and Mrs. Elliot Lehman 

New Prospect Foundation 

Louise Catherine 

Schlichenmaier and Othon 

Henry Ochsner I 


Howard L. Willett Foundation, 

Inc. 


$1,000,000 and above 

The Davee Foundation 

Leo S. Guthman Fund 


Arcus Foundation 

David Bohnett Foundation 

Grant Healthcare Foundation 

Polk Bros. Foundation 

$25,000 to $49,999 

David Bohnett Foundation 

Dr. Scholl Foundation 

Hulda B. and Maurice L. 

Rothschild Foundation 

$10,000 to $24,999 

Brinson Foundation 

$1,000 to $9,999 

Harry F. Chaddick and Elaine 

M. Chaddick Foundation 

Inc. 

ENDOWMENT 

CONTRIBUTORS 


Otto W. Lehmann Foundation 

GOVERNMENT AGENCY 



Institute of Museum and 

Library Services 

National Institutes of Health 

$100,000 to $499,999 

U.S. Department of Agriculture 

$10,000 to $49,999 

Illinois Department of 

Commerce & Economic 

Opportunity 

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service 

$5,000 to $9,999 

National Science Foundation 

NATURE BOARDWALK AT 

LINCOLN PARK ZOO 

$1,000,000 and above 

Chicago Park District 

The Regenstein Foundation 

The Women’s Board of 


$500,000 to $999,999 

Brooks McCormick Trust 

McCormick Foundation 

Peoples Gas 

$250,000 to $499,999 

ArcelorMittal 


Haffner III 

Illinois EPA 


Tawani Foundation 

$100,000 to $249,999 


Babson 

The Efroymson Family Fund, 

a CICF Fund 

Midwest Generation, An 

Edison International 

Company 

Kay and Jay Proops 

Segal Family Foundation 

Siragusa Foundation 

$50,000 to $99,999 

Bank of America Foundation 

Mr. and Mrs. John F. Fiedler 

Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Lane 

Mr. and Mrs. Roger S. McEniry 

Northern Trust Company 

$25,000 to $49,999 

The Brinson Foundation 

Ms. Jamee C. Field 

HSBC—North America 

Kemper Educational and 

Charitable Fund 

$10,000 to $24,999 


McDowell 


Mr. Robert D. Rodgers 

Sandra K. Rusnak 

Carole and Gordon Segal 

$5,000 to $9,999 

Larry and Julia Antonatos 


Mr. and Mrs. James R. 

Donnelley 

Jack and Goldie Wolfe Miller 

Fund

WOMEN’S BOARD EVENTS 

Sponsors and Donors 


J.N. Pritzker/Tawani 

Foundation/Pritzker 

Military Library 

$10,000 to $24,999 

Sears Holdings Corporation 

$5,000 to $9,999 

Mr and Mrs. Donald Albanese 

John and Jackie Bucksbaum 

Mr. and Mrs. Frederick J. 

Emmett 


Merchandise Mart Properties, 

Inc. 

Mr. and Mrs. Brian J. White 

$2,500 to $4,999 

Ken Arlen Orchestra 

William and Karen Goodyear 

Mark Hoplamazian and 

Rachel Kohler 

Langdon D. Neal and Jeanette 

Sublett – Neal & Leroy, LLC 

$1,000 to $2,499 

Dorothy and Lowell Ackmann 

Mr. and Mrs. James N. Bay 

Keith and Mary Benson 

Foundation Fund 

Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Blattner 

James and Elizabeth Bramsen 

The Brazell Family 

Robert Callbeck and 

Margaret Waverly 



Patricia Cox 

Bryan and Susan Erler 

David and Lauren Gorter 

Mr. and Mrs. Jay R. Gottlieb 

The Christopher L. and M. 

Susan Gust Foundation 


Judy Keller 

Mr. and Mrs. Steven Helms 

Mr. Howard R. Labkon 

Judd D. Malkin 

Patty and Mark McGrath 

Steven I. Merdinger 

Mr. Richard M. Morrow 

Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. 

Peterson 

Deirdre and Laird Koldyke 

Mr. and Mrs. Seth Lou 

Pierrepont 

Nancy Turner 

The Welzer and Greisch Family 

ZOO BALL 2008 

Premium Table Purchasers 

Grand Benefactors 

$15,000 

Ann Gerber (2) 

The Northern Trust Company 

Benefactors 

$10,000 

Abbott 


AOL Platform – A 


Bank of America (2) 

Bruce and Deborah Crown 

ComEd, An Exelon Company 

Dolan McEniry Capital 

Management 

Ernst & Young LLP and 

Thomas D. Vogelsinger 

Goldman Sachs & Co. and 

Chase O. Stevenson 

Korn/Ferry International 

McKinsey & Company 

Pepper Construction Company 

Guarantors 

$7,500 

Bank of Lincolnwood (2) 

The Boeing Company 

ComEd, an Exelon Company 

NES Rentals 

Mr. and Mrs. Mike Gaynor 


William Blair & Company, LLC 

Winston & Strawn, LLP and 

Mr. and Mrs. James N. Neis (2) 

WB Guarantors 

Anonymous 

Dr. Anthony and Mrs. Patricia 

Cutilletta 

Susan and Bryan Erler 

The Law Office of Peter Francis 

Geraci 

Mr. and Mrs. Charles K. 

Huebner 

Kathryn Gibbons Johnson 

Rosemary and Gary Jones 

Roberta and Mel Olshansky 

Joan and John Siff 

Kim and Steve Theiss 

Peggy and Brian White 

With special thanks to John 

Fornengo, Bill Eckhardt and 

Eckhardt Trading Company 

IN-KIND DONORS 

Anonymous 

9 Beaches Resort - Bermuda 

ABC Communications, Inc. 

Tina Aiello 

Amanresorts 

Mr. and Mrs. James H. 

Anderson 

Arlen Music Consultants, Inc. 

Bacardi 

Bank of America, Premier 

Banking and Investments 

Banner and Witcoff, Ltd. 

Mr. and Mrs. Francis Beninati 

Boston Consulting Group 

Ciclismo Classico 

City Provisions Catering & 

Events 

Clive Christian Chicago 

Ms. Kathryn C. Covington 

Bryan and Susan Erler 

Escada 

Flickinger Wines 

Four Seasons Hotel Chicago 

Frost Lighting 

Erin Gallagher 

Geneva Seal 

Chandra Greer and 

Dr. Steven Moravec 

HDO Productions, Inc. 

The Heartland Spa 

Hefferman Morgan 

Holtzmann Jewelry 

Incredible Technologies, Inc. 

Jazz Couture 

Jim Karas Personal Training 

Jimmy Choo 

John Reilly Photography 

Rosemary and Gary Jones 


Kempinski Hotel Giardino Di 

Costanza - Sicily 

Krista K 

Ledson Winery and Vineyards 

Limelight Catering 

Lotus Blossom Consulting 

Luca Luca 

Marion Street Cheese Market 

Mark Brown Photography 

Courtney and Roger McEniry 

Meco Corporation 

Modet - Modern Business 

Etiquette and Protocol 

Services 

NANCY JANE 

Neiman Marcus, 

Michigan Avenue 

PepsiAmericas 

Borris Powell 

Ralph Lauren 

Allison Riggs 

Robin Rotenier 

Ronnie Holloway and 

Chris Jorgensen of 

Chicago All Stars Sports 

and Collectibles 

Safety Security Systems, Inc. 

Sears Holdings Corporation 

Sheraton Belgravia Hotel 

Sidley Austin, LLP 

Sidney Garber Fine Jewelry 

Denise Stefan 

Mr. and Mrs. Nathan B. Swift 

Kim and Steve Theiss 

Mr. and Mrs. Grady G. 

Thomas III 

Tory Burch 


Vilaiwan Fine Jewelry 

Mr. and Mrs. Mark. R. Walter 

AUXILIARY BOARD EVENTS 

Sponsors and Donors 


U.S. Bancorp Foundation 


$10,000 to $14,999 

Mrs. Emily Sachs-Wong and 

Mr. Thaddeus Wong 

$5,000 to $9,999 

Deborah and J. Andrew Barr 

Chicago Dental Society 

Mr. and Mrs. David W. Martay 

$2,500 to $4,999 

Ellwood Associates 

Barbara and Keith Kizziah 

Peak6 Investments 

Mr. Dugan Schwalm 

Skirt PR, LLC 

Mr. and Mrs. Josh Thimons 

Twin Trees Foundation 

$1,000 to $2,499 

Coldwell Banker Residential 

Brokerage Corp. 

Mr. and Mrs. Craig P. Curtis 

Mr. and Mrs. Mark L. Hanover 

K. Grace Childcare Inc. 

Norcon, Inc. 

Mr. Peter M. Oliphant and 

Ms. Sarah Ripmaster 

Protiviti, Inc. 

$500 to $999 

Robert and Stephanie Adam 

Sally and Brad Beatty 

Ms. Ramona Biliunas and 

Mr. Jeff Goad 

Katie and Nick Davies 

Mr. John E. De Vine III 

Erika and Michael Devine 

Ms. Jodi Foertsch 

Ms. Allyson Pooley 

Keith and Tara Dunne Stocker 

IN-KIND DONORS 

Ace Graphics, Inc. 

Absolut Vodka 

Paul Anthony 

Atlas Galleries - 

Susan and Ben Goren 

Barefoot Books 

Bell-Litho, Inc. 

Karl Brewer 

Bubbles Academy 

Café Spiaggia 

Colorlab Cosmetics, Inc. 

Creative Hands by Fibre Craft 

Crown Imports 

CVS Caremark Corp. 

DeForest P. Davis, Knight 

Group LLC 

John E. De Vine III 

Diageo 

DKLO Imaging, Inc. 

Eire Direct Marketing 

Eli’s Cheesecake 

Erin Gallagher 

Fitness Formula Clubs 

Gold Coast 

Frost Lighting 

Funky Monkey Snacks 

Heffernan Morgan 

Halls Rental 

Jordan’s Foods of Distinction 

Lester Lampert, Inc. 

Limelight Catering 

The Lodge at Torrey Pines 

More Cupcakes 

Nadeau Ice 

National Wildlife Federation 

PAETEC Holding Corp. 

Peak 6 Investments, LP 

PepsiAmericas 

Portraits by Sayles 

Glenn and Marla Primack 

Redwood Creek Winery 

Scholastic Parents Media 

John Spot 

Stanley’s Fruit and Vegetables 

Thousand Islands Country 

Club 

Tootsie Roll 

The Underground 


Vineyard Vines 

William Blair and Company, LLC 

Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company 

SUMMER 2009 27

VOLUNTEERS 

Molly Adee 

Linda Adler 

Judy Ahto 

Lori Albert 

Dawn Anderson 

Douglas Anderson 

Sarah Anderson 

Virginia Anderson 

Birgit Armsdorfer 

Charlene Baizer 

Christopher Bakker 

Dean Banick 

Elizabeth Barnes 

Mindy Bartholomae 

James Bartholomew 

Margaret Bastick 

Lauren Bauknecht 

Nancy Behrman 

Terese Benge 

Lisa Benkovic 

Nancy Bennett 

Vicki Bennett-Luker 

Lauren Benz 

Zina Berman 

Becky Berndt 

Frieda Bernstein 

Evelyn Berry 

Gina Bianchin 

Wendy Binder 

Ann Blickensderfer 

Michele Block 

Robin Bluestone-Miller 

Sanford Blum 

John Bodfish 

Catherine Bolton 

Peter Bordwell 

Tracy Boswell 

Madelyn Botello 

Claudia Brandt 

Meredith Bratt 

Laurel Breuer 

Patricia Browder 

Thomas Brown 

Amy Bucher 

Thelma Burke 

Robin Burns 

Pamela Byrne 

Rochelle Cain 

Lindy Calzada 

Barbara Campbell 

Roberto Candelaria 

Mary Cannataro 

James Carey 

Jaye Carey 

Rondi Carlsen 

Matt Carpenter 

Shannon Carr 

Sue Carrel 

Karyn Carroll 

Ruth Ann Chaffee 

Brenda Chan 

Tina Chen 

Cynthia Chia 

Lisa Christian 

Karen Christoffersen 

Jodi Church 

Marie Colin 

David Collignon 

Barbara Comnes 

Melissa Conn 

Mary Conway 


Barbara Cook 

Alice Cooperman 

Marirose Coulter 

Steven Coy 

Alice Coyle 

Kathy Creely 

Anne Curran 

Carol Currie 

Nancy Curtis 

Karen Cwik 

Rosemarie Czoty 

Susan Czuchra 

Alma Delgado 

Linda Demien 

David Depue 

Doris Devine 

Judy Devlin 

Blas Diaz 

Tom Dillavou 

Kraig Dippold 

Jolanta Dohrmann 

Danna Dokmo 

Joan Downing 

Kathleen Dreyer 

David Dudek 

Lisa Dumstorff 

Christine Durlak 

Judy Eastridge 

Catherine Eckstein 

Larry Ellison 

Leyla Erkan 

Helen Facto 

Caroline Fenlon 

Marcia Fernandez 

Ellen Filurin 

Alice Finerman 

Fred Fisher 

Geraldine Fishman 

Gladys Fitzgerald 

Janice Fitzgerald 

John Flavin 

Jo Ann Flowers 

Nancy Foerster 

Sandra Forkins 

Jane Fouser 

Sharleene Frank 

Joan Frankel 

Joyce Franklin 

Jennifer Frazier 

Judi Freedman 

Marcia Friddle 

Marcia Fromm 

Jane Garron 

Margaret Gaskin 

Susan Gasper 

Karen Gaus 

Kristine Gavin 

Edwin Geisenheimer 

Barbara Geist 

Jack Gelfond 

Mamon Gibson 

Sherry Ginsburg 

Michael Glade 

Susan Glon 

Leticia Godina 

Howard Goldstein 

Karna Gorczyca 

Judith Gordon 

Leo Gorenstein 

William Graburn 

Gina Graham 

Corrine Grale 

Edward Grant 

Gordon Grant 

Cynthia Gray 

Mary Gray 

Philip Grinstead 

Jason Gross 

Katharine Gross 

Roberta Gumport 

Kelly Gutierrez 

Israel Guzman 

Helen Haas 

Terry Halverson 

Patricia Haneline 

Jaimie Harrington 

Thomas Hathaway 

Ellen Hazard 

Rosalie Heesemann 

Lynn Henry 

Katherine Hill 

Inar Hillman 

Joe Hobein 

Dennis Hoelzle 

John Hogan 

Elizabeth Hootman 

April Hoover 

Robert Horton 

Jerome Hossli 

Gerry Hough 

Rose Houston 

Lauren Hugel 

Marlene Hughes 

Diana Hunter 

Christine Hurley 

Carolyn Husting 

Wes Ikezoe 

Bonnie Intorcia 

Michael Intorcia 

Peggy Iska 

Barbara Jackson 

Betty Jackson 

David Jacoby 

Maureen Jerklin 

Judy Johanson 

Amanda Johnson 

Mary Johnson 

Janice Jonas 

Kathleen Jordan 

Robin Jordan 

David Keller 

Denise Kelley 

Kathy Kelly 

Violet Kerbel 

Melissa Kerzner 

Nancy Kim 

Geraldine King 

Paulette Klarin 

Mary Klasen 

Eileen Kleeberg 

Sara Klein 

Lorna Klopner Bradley 

Stephanie Korso 

Sharon Kreiter 

Karen Krishack 

Susan Kviz 

Amy Laiken 

Ryan Lange 

Linda Larsen 

Roberta Laughlin 

Georgia Leese 

Rebecca Lian 

Scott Linde 

Gaile Linke 

Beth Lipa-Glaysher 

Joy Lipman 

Cristy Logan 

Elaine Lowenthal 

Marilyn MacKay 

Adam Maddox 

Gregory Mader 

Charles Majewski 

Rose Mary Majewski 

Ralph Malten 

Christine Malwitz 

Eva Mannaberg 

Charlene Marcus 

Dorothy Marhoum 

Melody Markham 

Joy Marks 

Michelle Marquart 

Joanne Martin 

Melanie Masessa 

Gillian Masterson 

Eileen Matthesius 

Linda Matthews 

Natasha Matza 

Nancy McDaniel 

Katherine McEnroe 

Barbara McGrath 

JulieAnn McGrath 

Eric McKamey 

Megan McKay 

Vinita Mehta 

Beverly Meyer 

Rochelle Meyer 

Judie Mika 

Arni Miller 

Angie Mills 

Gayle Mindes 

Rosabelle Mintz 

Dorena Mitchell 

Deborah Mizrahi 

Virginia Moffat 

Elanie Monaco Black 

William Moressi 

Dorian Morley 

Mary Morton 

Chad Munger 

Todd Murray 

Andy Myers 

Farah Myers 

Beverly Nash 

Kristen Nations 

Florence Neagle 

Gloria Needlman 

Colleen Neilsen 

Samantha Niedospial 

Clarice Norin 

Martha Noyes 

Mariann O’Brien 

Jena Olsen 

Dit Olshan 

Linda Opalinski 

Lavinia Orpen 

John Orth 

Carol Overman 

Pauline Oyama 

Lorraine Pachankis 

Kyung Park 

Theresa Pasquarella 

Carolyn Patton 

Dayna Pawlowski 

Corella Payne 

Elaine Penk 

Phyllis Pepper 

Jennifer Perfect 

Karla Petersen 

Hayley Pilat 

Beverly Pincus 

Patricia Pinianski 

Suzanne Poirier 

Alice Polin 

Marty Polin 

Cynthia Poticha 

Meredyth Poulsen 

Babu Prasath 

Carol Proesel 

David Pye 

Emma Rainey 

Joan Rathbone 

JoAnn Rathje 

Miriam Ratowitz 

Kimberlee Raymond 

Dawn Reamer 

Patricia Reavy 

Maura Redding 

Susan Redeker 

Esther Reiter 

Julie Rembert 

G. Frank Reynolds 

Kathleen Rice 

Edith Riley 

Mary Lee Riley 

Heather Robb-DuVal 

Karoline Roderer 

Diane Rosewall 

Judith Roth 

Dorothy Rothschild 

Sandra Rusnak 

Kathy Saddemi 

Jay Samstag 

Tareah Sanders 

Beverly Sands 

Sarah Sandusky 

Michael Schaeffer 

Richard Scheiberle 

Janet Scherubel 

Joanne Schlacks 

Jean Schmidt Winship 

Barbara Schnackenberg 

Judith Schroeter-Deegan 

Sarah Schuler 

Randall Schultz 

Melanie Scott 

Virdell Scott 

Barry Sears 

Barbara Sedelmaier 

Andrea Seidner 

Sashi Sekhar 

Julie Senechalle 

Sabine Sherrill 

Joseph Simchak 

Brenda Simon 

Rivian Simon 

Ina Sivulich 

Galen Sjostrom 

Roy Slovenko 

Jessica Smith 

Jennifer Snyder 

David Solomon 

Sonya Solomon 

Moira Sombra 

Alice Spaulding 

Kathryn Spindler 

Sylvia Springer 

Linda Stabile 

Robert Stauber 

Debby Stengel 

Alice Stern 

Carol Stitzer 

Louisea Storey

David Strachan 

Catherine Sullivan 

Barbara Swanson 

Thomas Swanstrom 

Fui Lian Tan 

Lawrence Tempske 

Kirsten Thomas 

Jennifer Towne 

Delphine Tremback 

Judith Tuszynski 

Katie VanderMolen 

Vivian Waldron 

Susan Walker 

Siobhan Walshe 

Gayle Walsworth 

Cynthia Weaver 

Robert Wehofer 

Rosemary Weil 

Victoria Weisenberg 

Barbara Weisman 

Peter Werner 

Mark Wesolowski 

Jennifer Whitaker 

Marilyn Williams 

Tiffany Willing 

Margit Willis 

Richard Wojcik 

Michelle Wojkowski 

Kenneth Wolf 

Lydia Wood 

Marilyn Wouda 

Jane Yakushiji 

Philip Yanez 

Xiao Yao 

Julia Young 

Eleanor Zanarini 

Cynthia Zell 

Dorothy Zukoski 

EMPLOYEES 

Angie Adkin 

William Allen 

Elizabeth Andersen 

Bryan Anderson 

Annett Applewhite 

Diana Armstrong 

Julie Audia 

Lori Augustoni 

Emily Barabe 

Troy Baresel 

Amanda Barnes 

Christina Becerra 

Philip Beckert 

Jennifer Beightley 

Kevin Bell 

Rachel Bergren 

Matthew Berley 

Cassandra Bernardi 

David Bernier 

Christopher Bijalba 

Daniel Boehm 

Lisa Brown 

Michael Brown-Palsgrove 

Sherri Burton 

Mel Buzon 

Dominic Calderisi 

Matthew Campbell 

Jessica Chapman 

Julia Chosy, Ph.D. 

Andrea Chynoweth 

Tangara Cross 

Lisa Cullnan 

Donna Curtis 

Bridget Czarnik 

Erin Dahl 

Allycia Darst 

Neal David 

Nancy DeFiesta 

Sharon Dewar 

Arthur Diaz 

Jill Dignan 

Laura Dill 

Charlotte Dudak 

Ryan Duelfer 

Pamela Duke 

Kristin Dvorak 

Joanne Earnhardt, Ph.D. 

Emily Eggers 

Marisa Elizalde 

Lisa Faust, Ph.D. 

Drew Foster 

Linda French 

Katie Freund 

Kate Fridholm 

Caren Friedman 

Christine Fuehrmeyer 

Kathryn Gamble, D.V.M. 

Michael Gantt 

Margaret Gaskin 

Hyson Gibbon 

Elizabeth Gillette 

Giana Giuffre 

Stephanie Gossett 

Clare Grobarek 

Cara Groome 

Amy Hanna 

Caitlin Harrington 

Erin Hennessy 

Mollie Herget 

Janie Hire 

Ellen Izenson 

Pamela Jackson 

Sarah Jacobi 

Bonnie Jacobs 

Marybeth Johnson 

Kris Jones 

Deborah Jones-Miller 

Chris Jorgensen 

Jeremy Joslin 

Dana Jussaume 

Tina Kachold 

Mark Kamhout 

Michal Kisielinski 

Deb Klisurich 

Erika Kohler 

John Kortas 

Kristin Kovar 

Brad Krzyzanowski 

Scott Kubisch 

Laura Kunz 

Cassandra Kutilek 

Sheena Laird 

Dennis Lane 

Shana Lavin, Ph.D. 

Shannon Layne 

Maureen Leahy 

Cruzanne Lewis 

Sarah Long 

Elizabeth Lonsdorf, Ph.D. 

Eric Lonsdorf, Ph.D. 

Leslie Lurz 

Colleen Lynch 

Christopher Mackey 

Vadis Mandrell 

Jason Martin 

Margaret Martin 

Cathy Maurer 

Dan McDonough 

Chris McNamara 

Leah Melber 

Briana Merrill 

Eric Meyers 

Denise Michel 

Tanya Milligan 

Marissa Milstein 

Gene Moen 

Marla Molinelli 

Jessica Monahan 

Daniel Mondl 

Kimberly Montroy 

Jacqueline Moriarty 

Susan Moy-LaVeau 

Jill Moyse 

Diane Mulkerin 

Elizabeth Munoz 

Carson Murray 

Yvonne Nadler, D.V.M. 

Betsy Nicketakis 

Anthony Nielsen 

Lawrence O’Connor 

Colleen O'Donnell 

Anne Oiler 

Sandra Palencia 

Jennifer Palumbo 

Marie Perez 

Michelle Perlmutter 

Amy Petersen 

Julie Platt 

Joel Pond 

Bryan Quick 

Jennifer Quick 

Amy Rauhut 

Penny Reidy 

Megan Ross, Ph.D. 

Steve Ross 

Peggy Rubens 

Jennifer Rudnick-Volz 

Alex Salgado 

Rachel Santymire, Ph.D. 

Kristine Schad 

Marilyn Schaffer 

Kate Schowe 

Jenny Schroeder 

Katrina Scott 

James Seidler 

Michael Skidmore 

Owen Slater, D.V.M. 

Kelly Smith 

Sarah Snyder 

Kecia Spears 

Luke Stevens 

Bridgit Sufana 

Cindy Swisher 

Katalin Szilagyi 

Laszlo Szilagyi 

Jill Tade 

Susan Teller-Marshall 

Melissa Theis 

Steve Thompson, Ph.D. 

Robert Thornton 

Melanie Toth 

Dominic Travis, D.V.M. 

Jillian Tribbett 

Catherine Uhl 

Annette VanDerGriend 

Andy VanLaan 

Jose Vargas 

Julie Vargas 

Diana Villafuerte 

Kathy Wagner 

Lizette White 

Edward Wilkerson 

Carrie Woods 

Anita Yantz 

Ashley Yates 

Jade Yoho 

Christine Zrinsky 

SUMMER 2009 C

PO Box 14903 

Chicago, IL 60614 

www.lpzoo.org 

membership matters 

Save the Date— 

Jammin’ at the Zoo 

With early admission and discounted 

ticket rates, member enjoy 

Jammin’ at the Zoo concerts in ways 

that others can’t. Mark your calendar 

for Sister Hazel with Josh Kelley (June 

26), Matt Nathanson and Brett 

Dennen with Pat McGee (July 24) and 

Five for Fighting with Angel Taylor (August 

28). Your discounted tickets are now available on 

grounds and at www.lpzoo.org or 312-742-2283. 

Members…Make the Most 

of Your Summer! 

•Come early to beat crowds or stay later to take advantage of 

the zoo’s extended summer hours. On weekends through Labor 

Day, grounds stay open until 7 p.m. 

•Quick trips can be great ones. Some members receive free 

parking—perfect for short visits to the zoo. 

•Eat at the zoo. Use your member discount at zoo restaurants 

and snack in the wildest setting in the city. 

•Your discount applies to zoo shops, too. Pick up a souvenir 

or shop for birthday gifts and save. 

Win a Free Behind-the-Scenes Tour! 

Love Lincoln Park Zoo magazine? Have changes or comments? 

Visit www.lpzoo.org/survey to give us your feedback on 

the issue. By completing our survey, you’ll be entered into a 

drawing to win a free behind-the-scenes tour! 

Your membership supports everything we 

do, from animal care to publishing Lincoln 

Park Zoo magazine. Thank you. 

Red Wolf Pup ADOPT 

Non-profit 

Organization 

U.S. Postage 

PAID 


Purchase a special summer Red Wolf ADOPT package 

and welcome a red wolf pup plush into your own 

family pack. Your support will help Lincoln Park Zoo care 

for this endangered species both here at the Pritzker 

Family Children’s Zoo (where we’re celebrating the birth 

of pups) and in the wild. 

Each package costs $40 (plus $6 shipping) and 

includes a red wolf plush, ADOPT certificate, animal fact 

sheet and animal photo. Special summer ADOPT packages 

are also available for pygmy hippos, river otters 

and saki monkeys.

Summer Fun at Lincoln Park Zoo

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