Donor Honor Roll JULY 200 7 - JUNE 2012

JULY 2007 - JUNE 2012
Donor Honor Roll
THANK YOU FROM THE DEAN
The School of the Arts Donor Honor Roll for July 1, 2007June 30, 2012 celebrates our community of donors
and their tremendous dedication to creating access for
and sustaining excellence in the education of artists at
Columbia University. These generous gifts, both large
and small, directly impact our students, faculty, and the
School as a whole.
We are grateful for their extra-ordinary
support of the Lenfest Center for the
Arts, most notably the named gift
from University Trustee Gerry Lenfest,
who believes deeply in the future of
the arts at Columbia. A vibrant new
venue designed by Renzo Piano, the
Lenfest Center for the Arts will open
in 2016 and will showcase the work of
our talented students while serving
as an important public entryway
to Columbia’s new Manhattanville
campus. The timeframe of this report
parallels my tenure to date as Dean
of the School of the Arts. Over the
past five years, we have seen the
School grow in stature and become
more widely known to the University
and to the world. We have recruited
brilliantly talented faculty members;
launched the Mellon Visiting Artists
and Thinkers Program, bringing worldrenowned artists and thinkers to
campus to teach and spark dialogue;
and implemented innovative curricula
in such areas as creative producing,
sound arts, and literary translation.
The education of artists is vital to
society. Now as ever, artists enable
us to encounter the world and our
understanding of it in unexpected
ways, to imagine unforeseen
possibilities, and to think imaginatively
about the future. This Donor Honor
Roll speaks to the commitment of our
supporters. We thank them all for their
incredible generosity.
All the best,
Carol Becker
Dean of Faculty
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STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES FOR THE
YEAR ENDED JUNE 3oth, 2012
TOTAL NET ASSETS
BEGINNING FUND BALANCE
$3,362,853
REVENUES AND OTHER ADDITIONS
General income allocation from tuition
Fees
$16,588,653
$1,417,000
Endowment and investment income
$1,765,000
Gift income, private grants, and other income
$7,536,840
Total revenues and other additions
$27,307,493
EXPENSES
Instruction
$7,832,000
Institutional support
$2,814,000
Academic support
$33,000
Work study & student services
$117,000
Fringe Benefits on above
$3,691,000
Student Fellowships
$7,579,000
Non Personnel / Administration
$3,674,000
Overhead allocations to other CU units
$510,295
Budget allocations & transfers to other CU units
$399,954
TOTAL EXPENSES
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$435,000
Casual Work
$27,085,249
$30,000,000
John W. Kluge+
Marguerite and H. FitzGerald Lenfest*
$5,000,000 - $29,999,999
William V. Campbell*
Anla Cheng and Mark E. Kingdon*
Katharina Otto-Bernstein*
$1,000,000 – $4,999,999
Emily Fisher Landau and family
The Joseph F. McCrindle Foundation
The Shubert Foundation
Merisant Worldwide
Onion, Inc.
J. Michael Parish
Princess Grace Foundation
RHI International Distribution
Uzi Zucker and Rivka Saker
David K. Schafer
The Morris and Alma Schapiro Fund
Thomas Schumacher
Showbiz Software Store
The Toby Fund
The Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Matthew White
The Winston Foundation
$10,000 - $24,999
$500,000 – $999,999
Anonymous (2)
$100,000 - $499,999
Anonymous (3)
Fondation Femme Debut
The Gatsby Charitable Foundation
Hertog Foundation
Hollywood Foreign Press Association
The Lauder Foundation
Mark Paul Clein and Nancy Lemann
Alice Mathias
Charles Melcher
Sloan Foundation
Aaron and Betty Lee Stern Foundation
Lucy R. Hamlin Waletzky, M.D.
$25,000 - $99,999
Anonymous (10)
Academy Foundation
Artis
The David Berg Foundation
The Bridges/Larson Foundation
Estate of Felipe P. De Alba
DuBose & Dorothy Heyward Memorial Fund
Edward John Noble Foundation
French American Cultural Exchange
Home Box Office
Simon David Kinberg and Mali H. Kinberg
Dr. Nobuko O. Kuhn
Toby Devan Lewis
Liberace Foundation for the Performing &
Creative Arts
Nevada Community Foundation
Eugene Litwak, Ph.D. and Eleanor Litwak
Michael Lynne, Esq.
Estate of Frederick H. Meisel
Anonymous (5)
Avid Technology
A & E Television Networks
Martha Bergman-Gamblin
Albert J. Cardinali, Esq.
Chockstone Pictures
Entertainment Partners
Dasha Epstein
Everest Entertainment
Milos Forman
Lee and Maria Friedlander
Family Foundation
Robert Gamblin
The John Golden Fund
Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund
Daniel Gordon
The Michael Hausman/Filmhaus
William Talbott Hillman Foundation
Jack & Mimi Leviton
Amsterdam Foundation
The New York Community Trust
Maurice S. Kanbar
Yong Man Kim and Jung Hi Kim
Estate of Stanley J. Kunitz
The Marilyn & Bob Laurie Foundation
Lifetime Entertainment Services
Nathaniel Litwak and
Robina Ramsay Litwak
Ninah Lynne
The Marstrand Foundation
National Board of Review
National Broadcasting Company
LeRoy Neiman Foundation
Jessica Nuss
Robert Gore Rifkind Foundation
Estate of Estelle Rubenstein
Charles B. Scarborough III
The Adrienne Shelly Foundation
JTS Fund
Speyer Family Foundation
Siri Sylvia Patricia von Reis, Ph.D.
This listing shows cumulative giving from July 2007 – June 2012.
Bold = loyal donors (2 or more gifts in fiscal years 2008 -2012), + = Bequest, * = Founding donor, Lenfest Center for the Arts
$1,000 - $9,999
Anonymous (2)
A G Foundation
Abramson Family Foundation
AIG Financial Products Corporation
American International Group
Steven Ames, Esq.
Stephanie Lerner Ansin
Alice A. Arlen Charitable Trust
Mark Arnold and Angela Arnold
ATK Foundation
Gary L. Bandy
Bank of America Foundation
Ioana A. Baraschi
Dennis R. Barrett
Beam Foundation
Jack Murchie and Carol Becker
Albert P. Behler
Moises Berezdivin and Diana Berezdivin
Berger Family Foundation
Reginald I. Berry
Richard Ashur Brick and Sara Bershtel
David R. Biase and Claire Biase
Jonathan Richard Bierman
Big Beach Films
Carole Black
The Broad Art Foundation
Brooklyn Brewery Corporation
Adam Brooks
David A. Carnoy
Carolyn Jane Casselman, Esq.
Steven E. Chaikelson, Esq.
Mary Sharp Cronson
Meghan E. Daum
Jeffrey Deitch
Doddle
Jean Carlson Faulk
Erik Feig and Susanna Felleman
The Fezzik Foundation
Wendy Flanagan
Focus Features
Robert L. Forbes and Lydia Forbes
Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz, P.C.
GE Foundation
Estate of Marshall Glasier
Goethe - Institut New York
Susan D. Goodman
Jennifer Grausman
David Graham Gray III, Esq.
Greenberg Traurig Philanthropic Fund
Agnes Gund
Jordan Hawley
D’Arcy Hayman Trust of 1994
OppenheimerFunds Legacy Program
John Hsu and Rebecca Hsu
Hudson Charitable Foundation
IMAX Corporation
Annette L. Insdorf
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Emily Henretta (’11)
Visual Arts Program — Andrew Fisher Fellow
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VISUAL ARTS
STUDENT:
“Our goal as artists is not to make
money, but to contribute to society
with cultural capital,” says Emily
Henretta, who now teaches in
the SOA Visual Arts program and
is known for her mixed-media assemblages of (recontextualized)
everyday objects.
An Andrew Fisher Fellowship
Fund gift allowed her to pursue
her Columbia MFA. “It’s so nice
to have that two-year time period
where you can just focus on your
studio and make art, and engage
in a rich dialogue with your peers,”
says Henretta.
She notes that in this time of
austerity for arts organizations,
it’s hard to be a working artist.
Her fellowship allowed her to
graduate without a lot of student
debt, to be able to afford a studio,
and to have the freedom to do
what she loves most—teach.
“Teaching is another way to
communicate with people through
art,” she says, “And it’s how
I continue my own learning.”
Emily Fisher Landau has
championed emerging artists
since she began collecting in
the 1960s. One of the world’s
most prolific collectors of
contemporary American art and
a cherished figure in the New
York City art world, Mrs. Landau
established the Andrew Fisher
Fellowship Fund in honor of her
grandson, and hosts the Visual
Arts Thesis Show at the Fisher
Landau Center for Art each year.
“Young artists reflect the
environment, whether in America or
other countries,” says Mrs. Landau.
“Whatever they feel is important to
address in their artwork is what’s
important.”
For many SOA students, the
Visual Arts Thesis Show is their
first gallery experience. And that
delights Mrs. Landau and her
daughter Candia Fisher, who says,
Fisher. And when the time for
pavement pounding arrives, Mrs.
Fisher is there, too. She invites
dealers to the annual Thesis
Show, and every year a number
of students have their thesis
artwork purchased.
“We get as much if not more out of
the show as the students do. It’s
a joy.”
Supporting SOA students
by subsidizing the two-year
academic program “gives
students the chance to broaden
their understanding of their art
form before having to pound the
pavement,” according to Candia
DONOR:
Emily Fisher Landau
Andrew Fisher Fellowship and Visual Arts Thesis Show
Jason Paul Ivaliotis
Eric Javits Family Foundation
Alexander Jinishian and Nora Jinishian
The Joelson Foundation
Gwyneth M. Jones
Judith E. Jones
Stephen Isaac Kahn
George S. Kaufman and Mariana Kaufman
The Kingsberg Foundation
Alain Kodsi
Werner H. Kramarsky
Sally Jane Kuhn
Richard Kwiat
Christopher Andrew Kyle
Bill G. Lambert
Lancaster Family Foundation
Dwight E. Lee and Hyae Ok Lee
Robert Lehman Foundation
Deborah Leitner
Sandra Shahinian Leitner
Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland
Cheryline R. Lewis
Paul J. Maddon, M.D., Ph.D.
May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation
Pamela McCorduck and Dr. Joseph F. Traub
Joel Meyerowitz
Motion Picture Association of America
Tobias Axel Munthe
W. W. Norton & Company
Bonnie Burke Pan
Dolores K. Pascarelli
Piyush Phadke
Judy Phares
Alice H. G. Phillips
H. Hartley Platt duPont
Erin Pond
J. C. Newell Price
John R. Raimondi
Robin Cohen Reinach
Randall Clinton Ringer
James Scott Romano
Jonathan Rose
William Rosenwald Family Fund
Sheryl Rubinstein
James A. Schamus and Nancy Kricorian
Harold B. Segel
Sandra Shahinian
Ronald K. Simons
Randy Slifka
Scott Bechtel Smith
Patrick Stewart
Julie Taymor
The A. Woodner Fund
Joshua and Nirit Resnick Foundation
Stephen R. Tobias and Madalyn Tobias
Dr. Rodney J. Umlas
Dr. David K. Whitcomb and
Henrietta H. Whitcomb
Michael Wilkins
Working Title Group
Yeon Joong Yue
Laura Jeanne Zinn Fromm
Bold = loyal donors (2 or more gifts in fiscal years 2008 -2012), + = Bequest, * = Founding donor, Lenfest Center for the Arts
$999 and below
Joseph Eugene Adair
Polly Adams
Phyllis G. Agne
NaRhee Nancy Ahn
Penda Joyce Aiken
Ross D. Ain, Esq.
Jare Akchin
Edward Albee
Roberta W. Albert
Thomas A. Alderson
Mark Franklyn Alpert
Robert Alpert
Rhoda Sara Altman
Samuel A. Cole and Marika Dy Alzadon
Lauren Dyer Amazeen
Ann Ames
Selena Gambrell Anderson
Lou Antonio
Gabriella Martina Primave Aratow
Patrick M. Arnold
Arnold P. Aronson
Christine R. Arrington
Laura Aryeh
Masi Asare
Katharine Ascharya
Dr. Kenneth Lee Ascher
Brad Augustine
Jean N. Ayer
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“A writer is very solitary and reticent
by nature,” says Nancy Lemann.
“Then comes that horrible point
where you have to sell yourself.”
Lemann’s reticence was not on
display when, as an SOA student,
she was inspired to approach
a prominent editor who was a
guest speaker, boldly bringing her
manuscript to him at his office
the next day.
Many celebrated books later
(including Lives of the Saints and
New York Times Notable Book
Malaise) Lemann’s successful
career shows that the right
connections—and a large dose of
drive—can make a difference.
According to Lemann, SOA
instills the discipline a writer
needs, and notes that her own
professors inspired her when
she was a student and pointed
the way professionally. And she
believes that SOA’s unique focus
on reading literature is a critical
part of a writer’s development,
asserting that “You can learn more
about writing from reading than
you can from just writing.”
Above all, Lemann and her
husband, Mark Paul Clein,
established the Clein-Lemann
Esperanza Fellowship because
“education is a priceless gift that
will never be depleted in your
lifetime.”
That’s one reason she supports
SOA’s writing program. “No one
can teach you how to be a writer,”
Lemann insists. “It’s 20% talent
and 80% perseverance.”
DONOR:
Nancy Lemann (’84)
Clein-Lemann Esperanza Fellowship
Randall L. Babtkis
Erin Cecilia Ward Badillo
Adriana Francoise Baer
Bonnie J. Baggesen
James S. Bai
Victoria B. Bailey
Bethanie L. Baker-Henderson
Mary Jo Bang
John N. Bannayan and
Ramona Bronkar Bannayan
Charles M. Barber
Peter Daniel Brown and Jennifer Carol Barber
J. T. Barrett, D.D.S. and Helen Barrett
Mungu W. Barrett
Noyes Lapsley Bartholomew
Warren F. Bass Jr., Esq.
Elliot Howard Bassman
Barbara Batcheler
Jeanne Marie Beaumont
Anne Elizabeth Beck
Gloria Beckerman
Cathleen D. Bell
Richard F. Bell
Angela Beltrani
Jeff Bender
Elisabeth R. Benfey
Matthew Benson
Cathy Bergstrom
Joseph Berland and Sue Berland
Bruce M. Berman
Robert John Pulcini and Shari R. Berman
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Dr. Sonia Berman
Jill Dyan Bernard
Susan Elizabeth Biegler
Andrew Scott Bienen
David H. Black
Robert J. Blackie
Barbara Ellis Blegen
Mark M. Block
Lynn Stewart Levy and Zelma Bodzin
Michael B. Bogdanow
David William Boles
Tanya Bonakdar
Anthony Buczko and Alyssa M. Bonilla
Kenneth R. Bookland and Delores O. Bookland
John M. Borchers and Anna L. Borchers
Allan Jeffrey Borkow, Esq. and Renee Borkow
Jill Audrey Bossert
Naomi F. Bossom
Chester A. Boterf Jr.
Colette M. Boudreau
James B. Boyle
Peter A. Boysen
Helene Brandt
James E. Brasfield
Dr. Dennis H. Miller and Dr. Susan J. Braunhut
Joseph B. Breed IV
Corey A. Bright
Bruce B. Brodie
Carolyn M. Brown
Deloss Stoddard Brown IV
Mark E. Brown
Victoria Denise Brown
Carole E. Brown-Kelly
Buhrmaster Family Foundation
Greer Anne Burkholder
R. E. Burmeister and C. G. Burmeister
Christopher G. Burney
Mary Patricia Burns
Madeleine Moore Burrell
Paul Robertson Byerly III
Catherine M. Callen
Kathryn Claire Campbell
Christopher A. Cantwell
Gisela D. Cardenas
Cynthia Carlson
Robert E. Carlson and Marguerite Carlson
Shira Carmi
Quentin Richard Caron
Jonathan Robert Carr
Gregory Alan Chandler
Long Zhou and Yi Chen
Kipp Cheng
Dr. Lucylee Chiles
Vigil C. Chime
David P. Chin
Annie Sun Choi
Pamela Janine Christman
Joanne Clarke-Dillman
Thomas A. Clay
Delina Geneal Codey
Marshall Cogan and Maureen A. Cogan
James Cohan
Bold = loyal donors (2 or more gifts in fiscal years 2008 -2012), + = Bequest, * = Founding donor, Lenfest Center for the Arts
Tenzin Dickyi (’13)
Writing Program — Hertog Research Fellow
WRITING
STUDENT:
The opportunity to apply for
a Hertog Research Fellowship
made Columbia University
School of the Arts a big draw for
Tenzin Dickyi, who had her eye
on the apprenticeship program
during her search for an MFA
program. Working closely with
an established writer on a book
project “definitely exceeded my
expectations,” she says.
The experience allowed her to
develop a close relationship with
a practitioner in her field, and to
observe the life of a book from
proposal to manuscript to galleys
to published form, all while
getting practical feedback on her
own work.
“It’s very hard to write a good book,
first of all. Then there are so many
challenges, like finding agents and
publishers,” she explains. “The
sheer difficulty of becoming a writer
can be overwhelming. Having a
fellowship like this really helped
give me a better grip, a stronger
foothold. Everything seems slightly
more possible.”
Dickyi, who is Tibetan, seeks to
fill a gap in American fiction and
non-fiction writing, which she
says includes a lot of writing
about Tibet and Tibetans, but
little writing by Tibetans.
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Aisha Porter-Christie (’13)
Film Program — Aaron and Betty Lee Stern Fellow
FILM
STUDENT:
It’s not easy for an international
student to fund an education in
the U.S. “It was a huge leap for me
Porter-Christie insists that taking
the leap has been worth it.
to go to Columbia University School
of the Arts. I definitely went out on
a limb,” explains Aisha Porter-
She has uncovered a passion for
television after a spec script for
the cable series Breaking Bad led
to a Hollywood internship, and
says, “I have a bit of a love for darker
Christie, a native of Jamaica.
“But I was determined to come to
Columbia, and willing to make
the investment.” So was PorterChristie’s mother, who mortgaged
her house and car to help her
daughter through her first year.
Once here, Porter-Christie’s talent
spoke for itself. She has been the
recipient of the Aaron and Betty
Lee Stern Fellowship two years
in a row.
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subject matter. I explore concepts
that people tend to stray from.”
“It’s hard to imagine if my career
would have existed at all without
the School of the Arts” says Simon
Kinberg (‘03), prolific screenwriter
and producer whose Mr. and Mrs.
Smith, which began as a thesis
project at SOA, has become one
of the 100 most successful films
of all time. “I learned to write
there, and professionally it was the
conduit for selling my first script.”
Kinberg says he felt “very, very
prepared” to make movies after his
SOA education, because “sitting in
a room with really smart students
and hearing their comments on my
work taught me to collaborate. You
can’t survive in Hollywood unless
you know how to collaborate.”
Other schools tend to focus on
technical competencies, but “even
as movies become more complicated
with more effects, movies with
great stories and characters are still
the ones people connect to.”
Kinberg is involved with the
annual SOA Film Festival, and his
John and Jane Smith Fellowship
supports three students in the
SOA Film Program each year.
He tends to keep in touch with
the students even after they
graduate, giving them advice as
they get started. It’s all his way of
giving back. He says, “I found my
voice at the School of the Arts.”
It’s SOA’s focus on storytelling
that makes the biggest difference,
according to Kinberg.
DONOR:
Simon Kinberg (’03)
John and Jane Smith Fellowship
Sarah Joanne Coleman
John C. Columbus
Kyle Patrick Knauf and Megan A. Condit-Knauf
Mary B. Conley
Lucy Smith Conroy
Clarence Khey Coo
Matthew Cook and Stephanie Cook
Carolyn Cooke and Randall L. Babtkis
T. Cooper
Scott Landsman and
Sherri R. Cooper-Landsman
Claire S. L. Copley-Eisenberg
George Ochoa and Melinda Ann Corey
Eleanor Thayer Cory, DMA
Douglas S. Cramer Jr.
Gene J. Crediford
Meehan J. Crist
Aida M. Croal
Elizabeth Bennett Crowell
Thomas Patrick Cuff
Jones Cullinan
Rustom Cyrus Dadachanji
Patricia A. Dann
Peter J. DaPuzzo and Mary Jane DaPuzzo
Ann Kathleen Darby
Neil Randall Davison
Liesel de Boor
Milda Motekaitis De Voe
Dr. Leah M. DeSole
Catherine L. Despont
Anne C. DeVelder
Eugenie A. Diserio
John McLaughlin Doelp
Marianne K. Dolan
Toni Dorfman
Serge J. Dos, M.D.
Randall Ivan Dottin
Todd Eric Drezner
Ajit P. Duara
Ranjan Duara
Peggy Dufour
Elenna Lelia Dunham
Stephen Dunn and Dale Wilson Dunn
M. Emilie Dyer
Linda A. Earle
Stephen K. Easton
Halle Anne Eaton
Perrin Shawn Meyer and Sharon M. Eberhardt
David Ehle
Gerald Eichner
Eileen Fisher
Trey Ellis
Jeff A. Elzinga
Theresa U. Enekwe
Kurt Nelson Enger
Debra H. Epstein
Robin Kaye Epstein
Gretchen Ericson
Rachel F. Erlanger
Kristin Escalante
Aaron Etra, Esq.
Suzy Jane Evans
Bold = loyal donors (2 or more gifts in fiscal years 2008 -2012), + = Bequest, * = Founding donor, Lenfest Center for the Arts
William H. Evans and Bevelry J. Evans
Joy Belinda Every
Lawrence B. Litwak and Deborah S. Faber
Danforth P. Fales
Peggy A. Farley
Robert L. Farnsworth
Katharine Fast, M.D.
Franklin Feldman, Esq.
Arlene Garbett Feldmeier
Jason A. Felix and Elisa J. Felix
Thomas J. Fenaughty
Ivan Joe Filippo
Film Musicians Secondary Markets Fund
Stuart Hugh Flack
Morris Flam
Ruth Carol Flanders
Evan Lloyd Flatow, M.D. and Karen Hesse Flatow
Barbara G. Fleischman
Gregory B. Fletcher
Austin C. Flint
Dr. Raymond Andrew Foery
Charlotte A. Forbes
Laurence D. Fox
Suzanne Fox
Jeffrey Heinrich Frace
Paul Sebastian Frank
Aaron Frankel
Hannah Beecher Frassinelli
Jeannette Lascoumes Friedman
Melissa Nicole Fry
Karla Rae Fuller
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Barbara Whitman (’05) enrolled
in the School of the Arts’ Theatre
Management & Producing
Program following a successful
career as a stage performer.
Today, she’s a Tony Awardwinning producer of Broadway
hits including Next to Normal, 33
Variations, A Raisin in the Sun, and
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. She’s also
an engaged alumna who — eager
to see both the theatre and
theatre students thrive — gives
freely of her time by making
regular visits to the classroom to
share insights.
“When I was a student, taking
classes with leading professionals in
the industry, I not only learned from
the best but also made valuable
contacts that helped me start my
career with a bang,” she has said.
“The program made a huge
difference in my career, and I felt it
was right to give back. To make a
difference in a student’s career and
give them an extra boost feels like
an incredibly great way to help.”
Whitman has also established a
pair of fellowships that provide
generous grants — one for current
SOA students and one for new
graduates of the program.
DONOR:
Barbara Whitman (’05)
Barbara Whitman Endowed Theatre Management Fellowship
Zoe E. Fuller-Rowell
Sarah Patricia Galbraith
Norman M. Galinsky
Dr. Ruben A. Gallo
Nancy E. Garden
Kerith Gardner
Karin North Coonrod Geballe
Ann Eakland Geismar
Faith E. Genrich
Georgia O’Keeffe Museum
Anthony Gerber
James C. Giblin
Elizabeth Gilchrist
Ann Gillen
Raymond K. Gilyard
Robert Anthony Girandola
Thomas Piper Gissendanner
Barbara Gladstone
Geoffrey Michael Glick
William Hal Goda
Robert A. Gold
Robert W. Goldsby
James Goodman
LaVern Gragert and Opal Gragert
Dr. Stephen Meyer Graham
Dona A. Granata
William M. Grange
Roger David Greene
Julie Greicius
Gail Elizabeth Greiner
Gerald Grodstein, M.D.
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Robin Underdahl Gropp
Terry Gruber
Paul Joseph Gulino
David Cox and Wenda C. Habenicht
Nobuyuki Hadeishi
Daniel Benjamin Hadl
Elizabeth Catherine Halakan
Mary Halawani
Aaron I. Hamburger
Anne Marie Hamilton
George Matthew Hannah III
Elizabeth Kramon Harlan
Howard Pettis Harned
Edward A. Harris
Michele Sandra Harris
Karen Hauser
Anthony Elliott Hawley
Claire A. Heimarck
Melvin L. Heineman
Hilly Gene Hicks Jr.
Thomas Corlett Higgins II
Elsie Taliaferro Hill
Parul Kapur Hinzen
Suzanne Hodes
Donald S. Holt
Vivian K. Holzer
Gail J. Hood
Edgar M. Housepian, M.D.
Robert James Hoyt
Sarah Sibley Hsu
Joyce C. Hurley
Dr. Michael Todd Hyde
Jennifer Insley-Pruitt
Nina S. Israel-Zucker
Makiko Ito
J.P. Morgan Chase Foundation
Roselee G. Jackson
Alan P. Jacobs
Diane Jacobs
Diana Jaher
Jonathan E. Miller and Frances Jalet-Miller
James Cohen Gallery
Janklow Foundation
Jessica M. Jenen
Diane Y. Jensen
Jewish Communal Fund
Thomas E. Johansson and Verla J. Johansson
Berkley Nauman Johnson
Randal P. Johnson
Robert Everest Johnson
Susan R. Johnson
Warren E. Johnson
Jon Robert Snyder, M.D., P.C
Joan E. Jonas
Carson Jones
Wendy D. Jones
Hillary Bethea Jordan
Jerilyn J. Jurinek
Caryl Roberts Kahn
Tom Kalin
H. Peter Karoff
David Asher Kartch
Bold = loyal donors (2 or more gifts in fiscal years 2008 -2012), + = Bequest, * = Founding donor, Lenfest Center for the Arts
Hammaad Chaudry (’14)
Theatre Program - SOA Student Support Initiative
THEATRE
STUDENT:
“It was like an escape,” says
Hammaad Chaudry of the
opportunity to leave law school
for a writing program at London’s
Royal Court Theatre, “and it turns
out I had a talent for it.” Chaudry
realized right away that he had
found his calling. Theater, and
not international politics, would
be his way to promote social
justice—particularly around the
issues faced by Muslim youth.
“When you write something that
people come and engage with,” he
insists, “suddenly you have a voice.
And when people hear that voice, it
can break down barriers.”
Funding from the Student
Support Initiative allowed
Chaudry to take the next step
and come to the U.S. to live and
study—something he “never
dreamed was possible.” And it
helped him address a common
obstacle for the children of
immigrants (Chaudry was born in
Scotland to Pakistani parents)—
the pressure to forgo financially
risky careers like playwriting. “If
we want a diversity of artists on our
stages,” he says, “then this kind of
funding is necessary.”
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Alexander Seth Kassan
Burton R. Kassell
Caroline Kava
Jodi Shendell Kaye
Melanie Kefalidis
Harry Kellerman
Jane G. Kelley
Jonathan M. Keyes and Judith Button Keyes
Kelly J. Killoren-Bensimon
Edward J. Kimball
Dong Kingman
Iona S. Kleinhaut
Alan Knoll
William M. Tucker, M.D. and Sheila Kohler
Kristen Nicole Konvitz
Setsuya Kotani
Edward M. Kozel
Patrick A. Kozma
Charles Edwin Krause
Arthur V. Kreiger
Barbara Zinn Krieger
Ira J. Deutchman and Beth J. Krieger
Brian C. Krisberg, Esq.
Jules Kroll and Lynn K. Kroll
Victor Durmot La Valle
Avner Meyer Landes
Britta J. Landstrom
Robert Scott Lane
Dorothy Lang
Devi Sen Laskar
Kathleen England Lawton-Trask
Eugene K. Lenz and Margaret K. Lenz
Gail Lerner
Helen W. Levin
Renee Brody Levow
Teri Parker Lewis
Alice Yu-ching Liao
Brenda Liebling-Goldberg
Clarence Lin
Joe Turner Lin
Robert A. Horne and Laurie Ellen Lindenbaum
John T. Lindholm
Charles Victor Linshaw
Andrew E. Lippmann and Marlene Lippmann
Jack P. Litewka
Jill F. Lloyd
Eric Sillman and Dr. Rebecca Johansson Locke
Dr. Peter I. London
Ruth Lockwood Loomis
Hal Alan Luftig
Luma Pictures
Lunchbox Productions
W. Thomas Lundell
Eugenia A. Macer-Story
Donna Herlinsky MacPhee
Caitlin C. Macy
Christopher Erric Maddox
Alexandra T. Maeck
Laila Maher
Andrew Anthony Maietta
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John R. Malkemes
Penelope Manzella
James Andrew Marcus
Loren Skeist, M.D. and Marlene Marko
Colin Henry Marshall
Julia Martin
John Scott Matthews
Gilbert C. Maurer and Ann Maurer
Lee R. Mayes
David McAlpin and N. Heller McAlpin
Dr. George P. McCabe
Bonita Lemley McCay
Jane E. McClintock
Alice G. McConnell
Theresa J. McCormick
Kathryn Ann McCullough
Nion T. McEvoy
Kathleen D. McGhee-Anderson
James Brandon McGirk
Linda McIntosh
Laurel Ann McKee Ranger
Emry Lynne McKinney
Jeffrey David McMahon
Andrea Popowich Meislin
Harland David Meltzer
Laura Eve Mendelsohn
Francis Michael Meola
Kimberly Ann Merrill
MetLife Foundation
Jerry Lee Metzker
Microsoft Corporation
Amy Rose Miller
Benjamin Michael Miller
David Miller
Luigia M. Miller
Tracey Gabrielle Mitchel-Lai
Rebecca M. Molesworth
Stephen Nathaniel Monteiro
Christopher M. Montpetit
John Christian Moon
Aaron Isaac Moreno
Charles L. Morey
Evangeline Morphos
Jonathan D. Morse
Whitney Alice Morse
Jacqueline Bell Mosio
Fred G. Muehlfelder and Lois J. Muehlfelder
Donald R. Mullen
Meredith A. Muncy
Clarence D. Musser
Lois Nachamie
Adam Andrew Nagorski, Esq. and Sara Bailey
Nagorski
Daniel M. Neidich & Brooke G. Neidich
Foundation
Paul E. Nemser
Nathaniel Graham Nesmith
Margaret Gutman Newburger
Donovan Pierce Newell , Jr.
Henry E. Niese
Myra T. Nissen
Timothy J. Nolan
Loralee Nolletti
Joanna Shea O’Brien
June O’Connor
Benjamin Eaton Odell
Robert O’Hara
Brent David Olson
William Andrew O’Rourke
Elizabeth Endicott Osborne
Ebele-Ellease Oseye
Patricia E. O’Toole
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Stephen Michael Padilla Jr.
Elizabeth Ann Palius
Stuart D. Pankin
Christopher W. Parker
E. Christian Parker
Katherine Parker
Andrew Parks and Janet Parks
Carol Brown Pedersen
Richard Anthony Pena
Anne Catherine Penner
Adriana S. Perez
Alvin Perkinson
Hart Perry
James L. Pettiford
William E. Pfeiffer, Jr.
Christopher Read Piehler
William J. Pieniadz
Thomas Robert Kitt and Rita Diana
Pietropinto-Kitt
Jean Pigozzi
Russell F. Pinkston
Olivia A. Pi-Sunyer
Richard Grant Ploetz
Kathleen Frances Potts
Jonathan Prince, D.D.S.
Nicholas T. Proferes
David George Prussin
Noah Matthew Raizman, M.D.
Jan C. Ralph
Federico Ramos-Yordan and Julianne Ramos
Camille Alicia Rankine
Elizabeth F. Ratliff
Michael James Rau
Michael Brian Rauch
Julia Margaret Raynor
James F. Reda
Candice Alycia Reffe
Victoria Rexer
Nancy Cooper Reyner
Nikki Richards
Dr. Carl Richardson
Diane M. Ridley-White, M.D.
Mr. John M. Rieck
Thanassis Rikakis
Sandra Joan Riley
Scott Barrie Snyder and
Dr. Jennifer Ripton-Snyder
Bold = loyal donors (2 or more gifts in fiscal years 2008 -2012), + = Bequest, * = Founding donor, Lenfest Center for the Arts
Jacob Daniel Robbins
Cynthia V. Roberts
William Gary Roberts, M.D.
Joel S. Rose
Arthur S. Rosenbaum
Martin J. Rosenthal
Salvador Edmundo Rosillo
Anna Veronica Quilligan Ross
Julie Dobrow Rossi
Adam Rothschild
Andrea Rounds
Brie Ruais
Howard Case Runyon
Kathleen Moira Ryan
Maureen Ann Ryan
Nancy Jo Sales
Gina G. Sangster
Dennis Santella
Christina Maria Saraceno
George Satran, M.D. and Karen Satran
William Joseph Saunders
Shelley Nadia Scaletta
Eliot Anthony Schain
Eric Anthony Chan and Heather S. Schatz
Kenneth A. Schept
Miriam Baker Schiffer
Joan Stein Schimke
Natalie Schoen
Barry Schoenfeld
Peter M. Schoenfeld and
Charlotte W. Schoenfeld
Benjamin H. Schore
Carrie Meyer Schrader
Steven E. Schrader
Christopher Matthew Schroeder
Amy Schultz
David George Schultz
Ira J. Schultz and Patricia M. Schultz
Erich Harris Erving and Mark Daniel Schultz
Jenny Schwartz
Jeannette J. Segel
James Curtis and Caroline Mary Sharp
Julie Anne Sheehan
Ashley Ward Shelby
Maureen Ann Sherry
Iman Louise Shervington
Ruth Lande Shuman
Gedi Sibony
Shirley G. Sievers
Brent Sikkema
Alan M. Silberstein
David R. Silver
Jane Simon, M.D.
Carl Vincent Sivo
David Lowell Skeist
Adele F. Slaughter
George E. Sledge III
Marion T. Smit
Alexandra M. Smith
Douglas W. Smith
Maura Claire Smith
Sandra S. Smith
Tara Bray Smith
William Jay Smith
Jon Robert Snyder, M.D. and Wendy Nan Snyder
Paul J. Solit
Stephen H. Goers and Mary Solon-Goers
Katherine S. Sonnenborn
Diana T. Soorikian
Jan Staller
Frances A. Stanton
Garth F. Stein and Andrea Jo Stein
Jacob Randolph Stein
Paul J. Stellato
Lorna Stevens
Brian E. Maas, Esq. and The Honorable
Carol A. Stokinger
Sally Stovall
Charles L. Strum and Rebecca W. Strum
John B. Stuppin
Zarvin Swerbilov
Robert Elbert Swigert
Karl Edgar Swingle
Adam Matthew Szymkowicz
Afshin Taber
Christopher Donlon Taggart
Gina Lola Taglieri
Kyoko Takahashi
Kathleen Ann Tarbell
Helene L. Taub
Eleanor M. Taylor
Patricia Ann Taylor
Peter Teschner and Gloria Teschner
The Meredith Corporation Foundation
Carolee B. Thea
Emily Beth Thomas
Eliza Thorne
Philip C. Thurston
Sally Wilson Tippman
Robert Totten and Carrie R. Totten
Reuben J. Trane Jr.
Eric Howard Tuchman
Susan Watson Turner
Deborah H. Tuthill
The Vanguard Group Foundation
Edward Jartin Vega
Rachel Elizabeth Victor
Christian Von Tippelskirch
Richard A. Vos
Christian Michael Warner
Dr. David A. Wasser and Andrea L. Wasser
Eleanor Humphreys Watts
Sandy Walker and Ellen Webb
Frances M. Webb
David B. Weber
Eric J. Johnson and Dr. Elke Weber
Joan L. Weber
Judith E. Weber
Simone B. Wehba
Carl R. Weis
Bold = loyal donors (2 or more gifts in fiscal years 2008 -2012), + = Bequest, * = Founding donor, Lenfest Center for the Arts
Matthew Weisman
Miranda Weiss
Roderick A. Wells
Carson Wen
Benjamin R. Wheeler
John Whelpley
John P. White
Harry A. Wiland
Elizabeth M. Williams
Beryl Wing
Jeffrey C. Wisotsky
Daniel Connor Wood
Elizabeth A. Wray
Peter Anthony Graham and Elizabeth D. Wright
Helene Kaplan Wright
Peter Lewis Brown and Jana Hart Wright
Richard Wright
Roger Brian Wyatt
Lori-Ann Wynter
X.J. and Dorothy M. Kennedy
Yahoo!
Charles J. Yeske
Susan Shiva Yoonessi
Joel Leon Young
Robert Wells Youngs
Anthony J. Zaza
James Wharton Zug, Jr.
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NAMED FELLOWSHIPS, AWARDS,
AND ENDOWMENTS
Academy Internship Program
David Crain Austin Award
George Raimes Beach Fund for Graphic Arts
Big Beach Award for Best Director
Martin Birnbaum Scholarship
Faber Birren Scholarship
Brevoort-Eickemeyer Fellowship and Prize
The Brick Company Producing Prize
James Bridges Development Award
Benjamin T. Burns Poetry Fellowship
Lucas T. Carlson Memorial Fund
Katherine Garrison Chapin
Seminars in Poetry
Clein/Lemann Esperanza Fellowship
Lewis Cole Memorial Award for Excellence
The Linda Corrente Poetry Fellowship
Gheorghe Costinescu Fund
Felipe P. De Alba Fund for Writers
Deluxe Development Award
Doddle Award for Collaborative Achievement
in the ASCAP/CU Film Scoring Workshop
Doddle Development Award
Helen R. Elser Scholarship
Entertainment Partners Producing Award
Everest Entertainment Development Award
Andrew Fisher Fellowship Fund
Film Manufacturer’s, Inc. Fellowships
Focus Features Best Film Award
Fondation Femme Debut Fellowship
Forman/Hausman Development Fund
Morty Frank Traveling Fund
Robert Gamblin Fellowship for Oil Painting
Estate of Ellen F. Gelman
Ellen Gelman Endowed Fellowship Fund
The Eve and Herman Gelman Professorship
of Visual Arts
The Eve and Herman Gelman Studio Visit Series
Herbert S. Germaise Endowed Fellowship
Marshall Glasier Endowed Fellowship for the
Study of Drawing
William Goldman Fellowship
Zaki Gordon Award for
Excellence in Screenwriting
Philip Guston Endowed Writing Fellowship
Oscar Hammerstein II Fund
Oscar Hammerstein II Prize in Theatre
Stuart Harris Memorial Lectureship
D’Arcy Hayman Fellowship Fund
HBO Development Award
Henfield Foundation Scholarship Fund
Henfield Prize Endowed Fund
Hertog Research Fellowships
DuBose and Dorothy Heyward Fellowship
Hollywood Foreign Press Association Fellowship
The Bob Hope Fellowships
Israel Artists Fund
David Jones Memorial Directing Award
Nikos S. Kefalidis Endowed Fellowship
Dong Kingman Visual Arts Fellowship
John W. Kluge Fellowship Challenge
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Bold = Endowment
Arthur Krim Memorial Award
Carla Kuhn Memorial Fund
Stanley Kunitz Fellowship Fund
Toby Devan Lewis Fellowship Award
Playwriting Liberace Scholar Award
The Ezra Litwak Award for
Distinction in Screenwriting
Ninah and Michael Lynne Fellowships
Visual Arts Program Fellowship
Agnes Martin Fellowship Fund
James Brander Matthews Fund for the
Dramatic Museum
The Lini Mazumdar Fellowship
Edward Mazzella Scholarship
Meisel-Kingman Endowed Chair in Painting
Kathryn and Gilbert Miller Fund
Felicia Montealegre Scholarship
National Board of Review Student Grants
National Board of Review
Marion Carter Green Award
LeRoy Neiman Fellowship Fund
LeRoy Neiman Print Studies Endowment
LeRoy Neiman Professorship Fund
LeRoy Neiman Special Programs and
Projects Fund
OFFHOLLYWOOD Development Awards
Peters-Futtner Fund
Columbia Poetry and Prose Magazine Gift
André W. Pollock Theatre Fellowship Fund
Reader’s Digest Endowed Scholarship Fund
Marguerite P. Roche Fund
Richard Rodgers Scholarship Fund
Harriet Savage Smith Fellowship
Schapiro Fund Models Gift
William Schuman Award Fund
Adrienne Shelly Foundation Award for
Best Female Director
William Shelley Scholarship
Shubert Internship Program
Shubert Presidential Scholars Program
SimonSays Entertainment Award for
Innovative Filmmaking
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Feature
Screenplay Award
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Short Film
Production Award
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Web Series Award
John and Jane Smith Fellowship
Sound Lounge Post-Production Sound &
Design Award
Joan Sovern Sculpture Award
Howard Stein Fellowship Fund
Aaron and Betty Lee Stern Fellowships
T Fellowship
Whitman Theatre Management Fellowship
Jesse Thompkins III Screenwriting Award
Three Arts Club Scholarship
Toby Fund Award
TOMS Fellowship
Twentieth Century Fox/Farrelly Brothers
Outstanding Achievement in Comedy Award
Visual Arts Graduate Fellowship Gift
Jacob P. Waletzky Fellowship Award
Thornton Wilder Prize
Paul Fiske Willard Fellowship
Writing Program Fellowship
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY’S
1754 SOCIETY
The 1754 Society honors and acknowledges alumni
and friends of Columbia who have made plans for the
University through trust, estate, or other future gifts.
Theodora Christie
Gheorghe Costinescu
Guoxi Fu
Thomas M. Garrett
Amy E. Gillen
Marjorie Greif
Charles Gruppe
Aaron I. Hamburger
Jerilyn J. Jurinek
Stephen Katz
Dr. Nobuko O. Kuhn
Roland F. Pease
Floyd Evan Sklaver
Marilyn L. Stasio
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FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT MAKING A GIFT TO
THE SCHOOL OF THE ARTS, PLEASE CONTACT:
Roberta W. Albert
Associate Dean for Development
Columbia University School of the Arts
2960 Broadway
305 Dodge Hall, MC 1803
New York, NY 10027
212-851-0275
givetosoa@columbia.edu
Visit SOA online at arts.columbia.edu
The gifts listed in this Donor Honor Roll were
made to the School of the Arts between
July 1, 2007 and June 30, 2012. Every effort
was made to ensure that these gifts were
listed accurately.
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