The PRESIDENT’S CLUB recognizes donors who invested $3,000 or more in Hood College between July 1, 2025, and June 30, 2026.

Benefactors’ Roundtable

The Benefactors’ Roundtable recognizes donors who invested $100,000 or more in Hood College between July 1, 2025, and June 30, 2026.

William H. Browning Jr. H’14 ǂ +
Elizabeth Chang ǂ *
Gale L. and Shelby M.C. Davis *
Joan Hays Dessloch ’49 ǂ +
Nancy Wade Garner
M. Fredrica Godshalk ’65 ǂ +
The Hodson Trust ǂ
Ruth Whitaker Holmes ’55, H’93 § and G. Burtt Holmes +
The Kahlert Foundation
Jacqueline Wakeling ’52 ǂ +

Coblentz Circle

The Coblentz Circle, named for the Coblentz family in honor of their noteworthy and enduring relationship with the College, recognizes donors who invested $50,000 to $99,999 in Hood College between July 1, 2025, and June 30, 2026.

Aramark
Margaret Crook Arnold ’52 ǂ *
Mark E. Friis M.A.’82 § *
Sally Bauman Palic ’81 +
Joslin Cook Ruffle ’65 * +
Helen Ward Wheeler ’56 * +

Whitaker Circle

The Whitaker Circle, named for the Whitaker family and Foundation whose philanthropy to Hood dates to the 1950s, recognizes donors who invested $25,000 to $49,999 in Hood College between July 1, 2025, and June 30, 2026.

Linda J. Allan ’70, M.S.’78, H’25 § * +
Julane and Arthur O. Anderson P’07 § * +
Julia A. Beall ’80, P’13 ǂ +
Gretchen A. Beckhelm ’60 ǂ * +
Robert E. Brenengen *
Community Foundation of Frederick County *
Greater Washington Partnership
Robert D. and Barbara E. Hanson Fund of The Foundation for Enhancing Communities *
Kittybelle A. and Michael F. Hosford § *
Mary Rife James ’70 * +
Walter C. Kinzinger W’55 ǂ
Judith E. Messina ’66, H’23 § * +
Robert M. Reardon Jr. *
The George L. Shields Foundation *
Mary Ann Guild Simmons ’59 ǂ +
Kathleen Weslock ’77 § * +
John E. Wilson ǂ
Marlene Grossnickle Young ’76, H’14, P’09 § and Michael S. Young P’09 * +

Founders’ Circle

The Founders’ Circle recognizes donors who invested $10,000 to $24,999 in Hood College between July 1, 2025, and June 30, 2026.

Angela and Bruce G. Almquist P’24 § *
Association of Medical Diagnostics Manufacturers *
Susan A. Audino ’85, B.A.’99 § * +
Jane Esselen Blocker ’72 § *
Blue Sky Capital Management
Jane Kulla Boorstein ’49 ǂ
Eleanor Gambrill Bowers ’46, P’83 *
The Boyd Foundation *
Mark D. Chilton P’11, P’17 *
The Common Market
Community Foundation of Washington County, MD Inc. *
Delaplaine Foundation, Inc. *
Jane Fruechtemeyer Dillon ’53 ǂ +
Cheryl Brown Dreiling ’69, H’13 § * +
Gayle Marie Brown Driver ’89 * +
Sheryl Engel M.A.’89
Ernst & Young Foundation *
Tonya Thomas Finton ’78 § *
Marylou Herrmann Foley ’64 § and James D. Foley * +
Joan Esselen Foot ’69 § and S. B. Foot III * +
Susan Murawski Ganley ’79 § * +
Susan J. Gearey ’79 § * +
John C. George * +
Ardine O. Gorden * +
The Isadore and Bertha Gudelsky Family Foundation
Howard F. Guest ǂ +
Louise Mistlebauer Harris ’51 ǂ
Leslie A. Hawkins ’73 * +
Katharine Crook Heidelbach ’56, G’15 ǂ *
Carole King Heine ’84 and Stephen K. Heine * +
Carmen Hernandez and Manuel A. Casiano MBA’03, H’08 § *
Brenda Sheaffer Hillard ’61
Mary Marburger Hoffman ’79 * +
Myra L. Holsinger ’70 § * +
Elaine A. Hubert ’70 * +
The Loats Foundation, Inc. *
Diana Beers Lobdell ’65 ǂ * +
Maryland Society for Disabled Children and Adults, Inc. *
Matthew C. McGreevy P’21 § *
Kimberly E. Meek ’91 +
Mid Maryland Musculoskeletal Institute
Charlotte Blum Moors ’69 *
The M&T Charitable Foundation
Margaret A. Muncie ’70, H’21 § * +
Mary C. Nace ’80 § *
Janet Spaulding Nunn ’61, H’20, P’06 § * +
Veleka R. Peeples Dyer §
Donna J. Peterson ’79 § * +
Douglas L. Peterson
Anne and Dan Reaver §
Wilma Diehl Robley ’74 +
Barbara and Robert C. Sanner
Cynthia Sternberg Schein ’56
Martha Hearn Shimano ’86 § and Kozo Shimano
Anne L. Simonsen +
Deborah Eaton Thackston ’79, P’11, P’20 *
The G. Frank Thomas Foundation, Inc. *
Donna and John H. Tisdale § *
Susan Gambrill Tremaine M.A.’77, P’06
Susan L. Whaley ’74 §
Charlotte Sizoo Whitenight ’68 § * +
Brooks K. Williston ’98
Kristen A. Zarfos ’75
Helen Metzger Zumsteg ’73 *

Margaret E.S. Hood Society

The Margaret E.S. Hood Society, honoring the benefactor for whom the College is named, recognizes donors who invested $5,000 to $9,999 in Hood College between July 1, 2025, and June 30, 2026.

Alison Drum Althouse ’86, P’12
Benevity Community Impact Fund *
Sue M. Benitez *
A. Karen Blair ’70 +
Judith Hammond Blatchford ’62 +
Cynthia Shafer Campbell ’69
Diane Campbell ’69 *
Margaret P. and John E. Chickering P’09, P’12 *
Hope Bober Corrigan ’81 * +
Susan E. Edmiston ’87 * +
Enterprise Holdings Foundation
Barbara Maly Fish ’64 and Peter G. Fish * +
Carol A. Fleming ’76, P’07, P’09
Nancy E. Gillece ’81 * +
Suzanne Gottert ’68
Kathleen Owen Gurley ’70 *
Margaret Jones Hayes ’62 and Edward J. Hayes
Barbara A. Hendricks
Deborah Davis Hewson ’77 * +
M. Beth Costello Hobby ’67 * +
Cassie L. Horner ’69 *
K. Dana Hulme ’83 * +
Robert L. Kaufmann ’06 *
Andy Kim
Kiwanis Club of Frederick *
Susan and Thomas A. Kleinhanzl § *
Eleanor Chisholm Landauer ’86 § and Peter A. Landauer * +
Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc.
John W. Lovell W’57 *
Deedee Randall Luttrell ’80, M.S.’86 and C. Jeffrey Luttrell ǂ * +
Susan E. Matz ǂ
Elinor Herndon McCarty ’60 * +
Tameka Haynes McCoy ’94
R.J. McCullagh III *
Christine L. McHenry ’73, H’24 § * +
Camela M. Meyer ’84 * +
Donna Trumbull Milewski ’82
Amy White Morgan ’77 *
AJ Nwoga
Marjorie Mumma Ohman ’67 *
Jane B. Olsen ’76, M.A.’78 * +
Christine Bradley Pecor ’70, M.A.’88, G’23
Edith D. Purdie ’71
Amy Seward Quinn ’89
James R. Racheff M.S.’93, MBA’02, H’12 *
Kavitha and Raj Ramesh
Philip S. Renaud II M.S.’83 § +
Susan E. Rivers ’76, M.A.’81 *
Doris Harwood Sabin ’64 and Frederick Sabin *
Barbara and Gordon B. Shelton *
Maureen Clancy Shiftan ’69
Patricia Fowler Smart ’56 *
Jewel K. Smith ’96 § *
Nancy Gunnet Tyler ’56 ǂ * +
Verizon Corporation *
Anne Merrick Vosti ’58 *
Susan Alexander Warwick ’77 and Robert S. Warwick * +
Mary E. Webb ’66 *
Jeanne LeRoy Williams ’69 * +
Roberta Wilson Lowman ’81 *

Joseph Henry Apple Society

The Joseph Henry Apple Society, named for the College’s first president, recognizes donors who invested $3,000 to $4,999 in Hood College between July 1, 2025, and June 30, 2026.

Anonymous *
Valerie Bellamy Ausherman ’80, P’12 and Donald W. Ausherman P’12 *
Susan Sheatsley Brubaker ’61
Arlene Bujese ’75, M.A.’78 *
RaeAnn E. Butler ’89 and Stacey L. Collins ’89 *
D. Lloyd Chesley ’76 *
Carolyn F. Clewell ’64 * +
Jennifer L. Cooper *
Elizabeth C. Cowperthwaite M.S.’04 *
Linda Wicks Crites ’72 * +
Darlene F. DeMay ’72 *
Margery Lesser Elfin ǂ §
Honey Elias P’26, P’29
Joy Swanson Ernst
Amy S. Falk ’80 *
Frederick Health
Linda Cumber Gifkins ’72 *
Magaly Mauras Green ’74, M.A.’79 * +
Virginia Turnbull Hecklinger ’56, P’81, G’08 * +
Deborah Dick Holbert ’69
Independent College Fund of Maryland *
Jane McKenney Ingrey ’65
Melissa White Johnson ’90
Mary F. Kearney ’96, M.S.’01 *
Linda Kincaid
Lucia Grabenstein Kline ’72 *
Jennifer Stange Knieriem ’01 *
Jacqueline L. Kreh M.A.’10, C’10, P’21 and Richard T. Kreh Jr. P’21 *
Brenda M. Main ’80 +
Julie Murray McCaffery ’79 *
Diane R. Murray M.S.’96
Northwestern Mutual Financial Network *
Cheryl D. Parrott M.A.’06, C’05, H’09 and Jack N. Anderson * +
Mary Alice Peeling ’76 * +
Linda Hecklinger Procter ’81, P’08, W’79 * +
Stephanie Qualls and Greg Pitts
Susan Olpp Remsberg ’63 * +
Sandra Borrelli Ricci ’64
Rice Family Foundation
Deborah D. Ricker and Chris Cunningham *
Ellen B. Drogin Rodgers ’82 and R. Pierre Rodgers * +
Elizabeth Ward Ross ’80 *
RS Will Wealth Management
Marlene McGibbon Santucci ’71 +
Nancy Frederickson Sherlin ’66 *
Angela L. Sievers ’82 and Donald E. Beachley ’77 * +
Catherine Dietz Smith ’39 ǂ *
Ruth Ravitz Smith ’83 * +
Barbara A. Steller ’72 *
Marcy Goldberg Taylor ’81, MBA’00 *
Johanna Van Wert Thompson ’67 and Michael K. Thompson * +
Mary Frances Gaver Trunk ’64 *
Ronald J. Volpe H’15 *
Bethanne Warrack ’79 *
Aldan T. Weinberg ’75 § *
Mary Anne Body Weiss ’53 +
Joan Emann Whitten ’64 *
Barbara Thomas Yinger ’57 * +
Stacey A. Zeno ’99, MBA’18 *
Sara E. Zimmerman ’62 * +
Lynne C. and Donald W. ZurWelle P’93 *