Katherine Dunham - The HistoryMakers
Katherine Dunham - The HistoryMakers
Katherine Dunham - The HistoryMakers
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Sponsor a HistoryMaker ®<br />
Save A Life ... Preserve A Memory ... Create A Legacy<br />
Help <strong>The</strong> <strong>HistoryMakers</strong> by sponsoring a HistoryMaker interview<br />
at the cost of $2,500-$5,000 per interview. Whether you are<br />
an individual, organization, company or school, sponsoring a<br />
HistoryMaker or a group of<br />
<strong>HistoryMakers</strong> is as easy as 1, 2, 3!<br />
Our goal in 2006-2007 is to have 400 interviews sponsored. We<br />
hope that you will take part in this unique program.<br />
Maybe you already have someone<br />
in mind or we can supply you<br />
with a list of candidates. Your<br />
contribution will be promoted to<br />
millions via our website (www.<br />
thehistorymakers.com), in our<br />
program books, our newsletter and<br />
as part of our programs and events.<br />
You will have the satisfaction<br />
of knowing that you helped to<br />
preserve an important part of<br />
history. Our corporate and foundation sponsors<br />
have included the Knight Foundation, the Lincoln Financial Group<br />
Foundation and the McCormick Tribune Foundation. Our largest<br />
individual sponsors, to date, are Ray Shepard and Gail Waller and<br />
Tim Schwertfeger with a contribution of $25,000 each!<br />
<strong>The</strong> following people or organizations have sponsored<br />
HistoryMaker<br />
interview(s). Thank you for your support<br />
$25,000<br />
Gail Waller & Tim<br />
Schwertfeger<br />
$10,000<br />
Reynaldo Glover<br />
Kleberg Foundation<br />
Herman Russell<br />
$7,500<br />
Barbara Burrell<br />
Robert James, II<br />
Walter Hill<br />
$5,000<br />
Bank One<br />
Lonnie Brooks<br />
Clark Burrus<br />
Discover Financial Services<br />
Don Roman<br />
Pritzker Foundation<br />
State Farm Insurance<br />
Turner Construction<br />
Foundation<br />
$2,500<br />
Abott Labs<br />
Nicole Adams<br />
Dickerson Amina<br />
Ruth Apilado<br />
Ariel Mutual Funds<br />
Sterling Ashby<br />
Norma Barfield<br />
Sherman Beverly<br />
William Bonaparte<br />
Juel Pate Borders<br />
Alfreda Bradley-Coar<br />
Tyrone Brooks<br />
Diann Burns & Marc Watts<br />
Alfred Cain<br />
Diane & Louis Carr<br />
Les Coney<br />
Ron Daly<br />
Merri Dee<br />
Renee Ferguson & Ken<br />
Smikle<br />
Ulysses Ford<br />
Badi Foster<br />
Murrell H. Fouchee<br />
Rita Fry<br />
Brenda Gaines<br />
Bettiann Gardner<br />
Amy Golson<br />
Ernest Green<br />
Gloria Hemphill<br />
Eric Holder & Sharon<br />
Malone<br />
Wendell & Marie Johns<br />
<strong>The</strong>lma Jones<br />
Ella Mizelle Kelly<br />
Paul King<br />
Paul D. King<br />
Willie Leftwich<br />
William Lowry<br />
Renetta McCann<br />
Patricia Mell<br />
Ralph Moore<br />
Northwestern Univ. Dept.<br />
of Alumni Relations<br />
<strong>The</strong> Philadelphia Chapter<br />
of <strong>The</strong> Links<br />
Amos Otis<br />
<strong>The</strong> Potomac Chapter<br />
of <strong>The</strong> Links (Ann<br />
Ashmore Hudson)<br />
Madeline Murphy Rabb<br />
Ruby Sales<br />
<strong>The</strong> Savannah Chapter of<br />
<strong>The</strong> Links<br />
SBC/Ameritech<br />
Melody Spann-Cooper<br />
Richard Stephenson<br />
Curtis Symonds<br />
Marshall Thompson<br />
Genelle Trader<br />
Richard Weedman<br />
$1,500<br />
Edward J. Williams<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>HistoryMakers</strong> Chicago Salon Featuring Geoffrey Holder<br />
On Thursday, September 8, 2005, <strong>The</strong> <strong>HistoryMakers</strong> held a salon at the home<br />
of Nuveen president Timothy Schwertfeger and his wife Gail Waller featuring<br />
TONY award-winning actor, choreographer and director of <strong>The</strong> Wiz, Geoffrey<br />
Holder. Salon attendees were treated with hors d’oeuvres and gathered around<br />
to listen to Geoffrey Holder’s stories. Attendees included <strong>HistoryMakers</strong> Bettiann<br />
and Ed Gardner, <strong>The</strong> <strong>HistoryMakers</strong>’ staff, volunteers and other invited guests.<br />
Salon hosts Timothy Schwertfeger and Gail Waller donated $25,000 to <strong>The</strong><br />
<strong>HistoryMakers</strong>, and other attendees donated $75,000. <strong>The</strong> <strong>HistoryMakers</strong> raised<br />
a total of $100,000 as a result of the salon. <strong>The</strong> <strong>HistoryMakers</strong> would like to thank<br />
Geoffrey Holder and all those who attended.<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>HistoryMakers</strong> interviewer, Larry Crowe, presents Geoffrey Holder with a <strong>HistoryMakers</strong><br />
statue. L to R: Ed Gardner, Larry Crowe, Bettiann Gardner, and Geoffrey Holder.<br />
THE HISTORYMAKERS SPRING 2006 PAGE 19
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