Hood College is honored to share this LIFETIME LEADERSHIP GIVING listing of distinguished donors who have generously given $100,000 or more to Hood College. Their investment has changed the trajectory of students and strengthened the College’s competitive position. This list reflects lifetime contributions from living individuals through June 30, 2024.

$3,000,000 and above
Gale L. and Shelby M.C. Davis *
George B. Delaplaine Jr. H’08 +
Ruth Whitaker Holmes ’55, H’93 § and G. Burtt Holmes +

$1,000,000 $2,999,999
Anonymous
William H. Browning Jr. H’14 +
Christine L. McHenry ’73, H’24 § * +
Judith E. Messina ’66, H’23 § * +
Cynthia Newby ’67 § *
Kathryn Zimmerman Nicodemus H’05 * +
Helen Beach Stull ’46 +
Susan L. Whaley ’74 §

$500,000 $999,999
Linda J. Allan ’70, M.S.’78 § * +
Carol Lumb Allen ’59 §
Sheila Seigal Asher ’53 +
Janet Hobbs Cotton ’59 § and John C. Cotton *
Nancy Rogers Huntsinger ’59 § +
Diane and Robert A. Levy
Janet Spaulding Nunn ’61, H’20, P’06 § and John F. Nunn P’06 * +
Martha Hearn Shimano ’86 § and Kozo Shimano
Marlene Grossnickle Young ’76, H’14, P’09 § and Michael S. Young P’09 * +

$250,000 $499,999
Julane and Arthur O. Anderson P’07 § * +
Jason Aufdem Brinke
Robert E. Brenengen *
Margaret Lewis Christensen ’52 * +
Mark E. Friis M.A.’82 § *
Ardine O. Gorden * +
Edith Howard Hogan ’59, P’86 § *
Robert G. Hooper H’20 § *
S. Deborah Jones Lash ’69 § +
Lois Vars Mason ’51 § * +
Elinor Herndon McCarty ’60 * +
Donna J. Peterson ’79 +
Joslin Cook Ruffle ’65 * +
Barbara and Gordon B. Shelton *
Donna and John H. Tisdale § *
Mary Frances Gaver Trunk ’64 *

$100,000 $249,999
Anonymous *
Martha Shortiss Allen ’59 § * +
Sue M. Benitez *
Marj Menchey Berkheimer ’70, P’19, G’22 and Philip A. Berkheimer G’22 § *
Gayle Hamilton Blakeslee ’59 § *
Judith Hammond Blatchford ’62 +
Natalie Colbert Bowers ’52 *
Agnes Smith Budd ’55 §
Amy K. Chan §
Andrea E. Chapdelaine H’24 and David Tetreault *
Mark D. Chilton P’11, P’17 *
Sarah Miller Coulson
Linda Wicks Crites ’72 * +
Rose and Edward D. Del Giorno P’95 §
Edward S. Delaplaine II and Todd M. Wilson
Joan Hays Dessloch ’49 +
Cheryl Brown Dreiling ’69, H’13 § * +
Tonya Thomas Finton ’78 § *
Marylou Herrmann Foley ’64 § and James D. Foley * +
Joan Esselen Foot ’69 § * +
Alan B. Furman
Gail L. Gamble ’69, H’93 § *
Susan Murawski Ganley ’79 § * +
Susan J. Gearey ’79 § * +
John C. George * +
Bernard C. Gerrard ’91, M.S.’00 * +
James S. Grimes §
Eva Sayegh Teig Hardy ’65 § +
Elizabeth Jones Hesse ’47 +
M. Beth Costello Hobby ’67 * +
Myra L. Holsinger ’70 § * +
Elaine A. Hubert ’70 * +
Virginia Hamilton Jago
Mary Rife James ’70 * +
Karen Klisch and Anne L. Simonsen +
Eleanor Chisholm Landauer ’86 § * +
M. Jacqueline McCurdy ’55 § +
Anne Gaines Miller ’49 §
Brigitte Oertel P’96 +
Susan Packie ’68
Cheryl D. Parrott M.A.’06, C’05, H’09 * +
Nancy Drew Picard ’58, P’80 +
Robert M. Reardon Jr. *
E. James Reinsch §
Audrey Heyman Rooney ’60
Joanne Kates Roos ’52
Malinda B. Small ’81 § * +
Christine Plankenhorn Tischer ’65, P’86 § and Joseph Tischer P’86 +
Mary Provan Tobi ’55 +
Ronald J. Volpe H’15 *
Anne Merrick Vosti ’58 *
Karen Faller Walton ’65 +
Matthew M. Warner
Mary E. Webb ’66 *
Aldan T. Weinberg ’75 § *
Kathleen Weslock ’77 § * +
Olivia G. White H’20, P’07, P’14 *
Charlotte Sizoo Whitenight ’68 § * +
Kathleen Turner Wickman ’67 *
Neal J. Wilson §
Barbara Thomas Yinger ’57 * +
Helen Metzger Zumsteg ’73 *