President’s Club

The PRESIDENT’S CLUB recognizes donors who invested $2,000 or more in Hood College between July 1, 2022, and June 30, 2023.

Benefactors’ Roundtable

The Benefactors’ Roundtable recognizes donors who invested $100,000 or more in Hood College between July 1, 2022, and June 30, 2023.

Linda J. Allan ’70, M.S.’78 * +
Janet Hobbs Cotton ’59 and John C. Cotton *
George B. Delaplaine Jr. H’08 * +
The Hodson Trust *
The Kahlert Foundation
Judith E. Messina ’66, H’23 and David N. Fleischer ǂ * +
Nancy Miller Moorhouse ’55 ǂ +
Kathryn Zimmerman Nicodemus H’05 and Charles A. Nicodemus H’05 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, 2022, and June 30, 2023.

Cynthia Shafer Campbell ’69
Gale L. and Shelby M.C. Davis *
Mark E. Friis M.A.’82 *
Frederick J. Hebdon W’69
Robert G. Hooper H’20 *
Joslin Cook Ruffle ’65 * +
Gretchen R. Sills ’59 ǂ +
Mary Frances Gaver Trunk ’64 *

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, 2022, and June 30, 2023.

Julane and Arthur O. Anderson P’07 * +
The Ausherman Family Foundation
Robert E. Brenengen *
Community Foundation of Frederick County *
Cheryl Brown Dreiling ’69, H’13 * +
Mary Harvey Dunn ’50 ǂ +
Susan J. Gearey ’79 * +
Greater Washington Partnership
Bruce G. Holran W’60 ǂ
Myra L. Holsinger ’70 * +
Kittybelle A. and Michael F. Hosford
Elaine A. Hubert ’70 * +
Barbara B. Jones ’48 ǂ +
Sara Weaver Langie ’51, P’83 ǂ +
Elinor Herndon McCarty ’60 and Bill A. McCarty * +
Teresa and Daniel Murrin
Robert M. Reardon Jr. *
Sandy Spring Bank
The George L. Shields Foundation *
Donna and John H. Tisdale *
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, 2022, and June 30, 2023.

Association of Medical Diagnostics Manufacturers *
The Boyd Foundation *
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company *
Diane Campbell ’69 *
Andrea E. Chapdelaine and David Tetreault *
Margaret P. and John E. Chickering P’09, P’12 *
Mark D. Chilton P’11, P’17 *
Community Foundation of Washington County, MD Inc. *
Delaplaine Foundation, Inc. *
Gayle Marie Brown Driver ’89 +
Ernst & Young Foundation
Tonya Thomas Finton ’78 *
Alden E. Fisher ǂ
Maura C. Fisher and David B. Weisgerber
Marylou Herrmann Foley ’64 and James D. Foley * +
Joan Esselen Foot ’69 and S. B. Foot III * +
Robert D. and Barbara E. Hanson Fund of The Foundation for Enhancing Communities *
Susan Murawski Ganley ’79 and John P. Ganley * +
Jeanne Zimmerman Gearey ’52, P’79 +
John C. George * +
Ardine O. Gorden * +
Leslie A. Hawkins ’73 * +
Carole King Heine ’84 and Stephen K. Heine +
Carmen Hernandez and Manuel A. Casiano MBA’03, H’08 *
Elizabeth Jones Hesse ’47 +
M. Beth Costello Hobby ’67 * +
Ruth Whitaker Holmes ’55, H’93 * +
JoAnne McCune Horton ’53, P’78 ǂ +
Independent College Fund of Maryland *
Mary Rife James ’70 and Michael A. James * +
Karen Klisch and Anne L. Simonsen * +
Ruth LaBrie-Wilcox ’71 and Kenneth P. Wilcox * +
Elizabeth VanFossen Lambdin ’45, P’76 ǂ
Eleanor Chisholm Landauer ’86 and Peter A. Landauer * +
The Loats Foundation, Inc. *
Maryland Society for Disabled Children and Adults, Inc. *
Susan E. Matz ǂ
Amy J. and Matthew C. McGreevy P’21 *
Christine L. McHenry ’73 * +
Kimberly E. Meek ’91 +
Charlotte Blum Moors ’69 *
Mary Cockram Morse ’64 * +
The M&T Charitable Foundation *
Margaret A. Muncie ’70, H’21 * +
Mary C. Nace ’80 *
Cynthia Newby ’67 *
Janet Spaulding Nunn ’61, H’20, P’06 and John F. Nunn P’06 * +
Cheryl D. Parrott M.A.’06, C’05, H’09 and Jack N. Anderson * +
Anne and Dan Reaver
I. Carolyn Riefle ’57
Mary Carlson Ruos
Martha Hearn Shimano ’86 and Kozo Shimano
Patricia Fowler Smart ’56 *
Anne Merrick Vosti ’58 *
Carol Pointer Wanner ’84
Bethanne Warrack ’79 and Mark Bolgar *
Kathleen Weslock ’77 * +
Charlotte Sizoo Whitenight ’68 * +
The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company
Barbara Thomas Yinger ’57 * +
Jane Hively Zarfoss ’72 +

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, 2022, and June 30, 2023.

Cynthia Liebig Allen ’71 *
Martha Shortiss Allen ’59 * +
Sue M. Benitez *
Joy Miller Beveridge ’82 and Donald R. Beveridge * +
A. Karen Blair ’70 +
Judith Hammond Blatchford ’62 +
Jane Esselen Blocker ’72 *
Eleanor Gambrill Bowers ’46, P’83 and G. Hunter Bowers Jr. P’83 *
Elizabeth Bond Brennen ’85 *
Arlene Bujese ’75, M.A.’78 *
Bushwaller’s
D. Lloyd Chesley ’76 *
Hope Bober Corrigan ’81 * +
Martha DeNeen Cotten M.A.’85 ǂ and Whitworth W. Cotten Jr. ǂ
Joan C. Enterline ’58 *
Amy S. Falk ’80 *
Barbara Maly Fish ’64 * +
Nancy E. Gillece ’81 * +
The Isadore and Bertha Gudelsky Family Foundation *
Lynn E. Gutter and Stuart A. Freudberg ǂ
Margaret Jones Hayes ’62 and Edward J. Hayes
Brenda Sheaffer Hillard ’61
Barbara Taylor Hyde ’60 *
Jane McKenney Ingrey ’65
Robert L. Kaufmann ’06
Kiwanis Club of Frederick
Susan and Thomas A. Kleinhanzl *
Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc.
Deedee Randall Luttrell ’80, M.S.’86 *
Amy and Charles G. Mann P’17 *
Janet L. McDougall ’62 ǂ
Camela M. Meyer ’84 * +
Laura Lee Miller-Bowes ’73 +
Joan Bennett Moran ’58 * +
Amy White Morgan ’77 *
Marjorie Mumma Ohman ’67 *
PayPal Giving Fund
Brenda Eklund Pearson ’63
Donna J. Peterson ’79 +
Linda Hecklinger Procter ’81, P’08 * +
Susan Holtzmann Richardson ’69
Rebecca H. Riehl ’72 +
Susan E. Rivers ’76, M.A.’81 *
Doris Harwood Sabin ’64 and Frederick Sabin *
Lance W. Slaughter *
Jewel K. Smith ’96 *
Marcy Goldberg Taylor ’81, MBA’00 *
The G. Frank Thomas Foundation, Inc. *
Cherian Thomas MBA’12, H’17
Susan Alexander Warwick ’77 and Robert S. Warwick * +
Olivia G. White H’20, P’07, P’14 *
Jeanne LeRoy Williams ’69 * +
Marcia Gurwitt Wofsey ’48 ǂ * +
Stacey A. Zeno ’99, MBA’18 *
Sara E. Zimmerman ’62 * +
Helen Metzger Zumsteg ’73 *

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, 2022, and June 30, 2023.

AHI Travel
Angela and Bruce Almquist P’24
Valerie Bellamy Ausherman ’80, P’12 and Donald W. Ausherman P’12 *
Philip W. Bowers ’83 *
Brewer’s Alley
Philip J. Brown DBA’20
Donna and William J. Brown Jr. *
Susan Sheatsley Brubaker ’61
RaeAnn E. Butler ’89 and Stacey L. Collins ’89 *
Margaret Lewis Christensen ’52 * +
Elizabeth C. Cowperthwaite M.S.’04 and Scott Cowperthwaite
Linda Wicks Crites ’72 * +
Darlene F. DeMay ’72 *
Susan E. Edmiston ’87 * +
Shirley Dana Few ’53 +
Kathryn E. and Daniel T. Forgas P’25
Beverly Thompson Gardner ’68
Linda Cumber Gifkins ’72
Magaly Mauras Green ’74, M.A.’79 * +
Kathleen Owen Gurley ’70
Deborah Single Hays ’83 and Stephen R. Hays *
The Arlene Utz Hollinger Foundation *
Jeanne Duncan Jehl ’61 *
Virginia Wheeler Jones ’66, M.A.’88 and Charles R. Jones * +
Mary F. Kearney ’96, M.S.’01 *
Jennifer Stange Knieriem ’01 *
Diane Poole Laughlin and John R. Laughlin *
The Laughlin Family Foundation
Anntoinette D. Lucia ’73 * +
Lois Vars Mason ’51 * +
Julie Murray McCaffery ’79 *
R.J. McCullagh III *
Margaret L. Morse *
Diane R. Murray M.S.’96
New York Life Insurance Company *
Northwestern Mutual Financial Network *
Jeanette Fulkoski Petrides ’92
Susan Olpp Remsberg ’63 * +
Deborah D. Ricker *
Elizabeth Ward Ross ’80 and Jeffrey Ross *
Angela L. Sievers ’82 and Donald E. Beachley ’77 * +
Barbara Cummings Stacks ’67 * +
Mary M. Stevenson ’73 *
Sherry Bronski Waltz ’73
Mary E. Webb ’66 *
Deborah Christ Zourdos ’73 and Chris Zourdos *

Martha E. Church Society

The Martha E. Church Society, named for the College’s first woman president, recognizes donors who invested $2,000 to $2,999 in Hood College between July 1, 2022, and June 30, 2023.

Anonymous *
ACNB Bank
Susan Thomas Albrecht M.A.’76 *
Martha Homnack Armenti ’77 *
Susan A. Audino ’85, B.A.’99 * +
Laura S. Bathke ’74 * +
Aba G. Blankson ’99, H’22
Jane Kulla Boorstein ’49
Joan Victor Boos ’59 * +
Natalie Colbert Bowers ’52 *
Rebecca Eppers Byrd ’56, P’84 *
Patricia Warren Carlson ’69
Carolyn F. Clewell ’64 * +
Joan Develin Coley
Jennifer L. Cooper
Melanie Phillips Cox M.S.’82
Brian C. Crilly DBA’20
Krista McGowan Davisson and Bernard J. Davisson II * +
Margery Lesser Elfin *
Grace Elliott ’60 *
Enterprise Holdings Foundation
Patricia Kratz Freeman ’55 *
Gail L. Gamble ’69, H’93 *
Carol Crofoot Hayes ’69
Virginia Turnbull Hecklinger ’56, P’81, G’08 * +
Edith Howard Hogan ’59, P’86 *
Cassandra L. Horner ’69 *
Timothy M. Jacobsen
Anna Hart Johnson-Winegar ’76 *
Carol Anne Ford Kent ’65
Lucia Grabenstein Kline ’72
Nancy Ludder Koberlein ’71 *
John W. Lovell W’57 *
Ja’Bette Brown Lozupone ’05, MBA’10, DOL’20
Elizabeth Rudulph Lustenader ’69 * +
Sarah Kingman Matthews ’77, M.A.’80
Leigh Moomaw McBride ’81 and Patrick M. McBride *
The McCardell Family Scholarship Fund
Jane B. Olsen ’76, M.A.’78 * +
Sarah and C. James Olson *
PNC Bank *
Keisha Sykes Polk ’97 *
Susan H. Prince
Ellen B. Drogin Rodgers ’82 and R. Pierre Rodgers * +
Caroline Smith Russel ’59 * +
Barbara and Gordon B. Shelton
Nancy Frederickson Sherlin ’66 *
Marisa A. Shockley ’91 *
Shockley Honda *
Catherine Dietz Smith ’39 ǂ *
Ruth Ravitz Smith ’83 and Michael Smith * +
Brian Stamper
Barbara A. Steller ’72 *
Kathleen West Straight ’60, G’13 *
JoAnn Winer Sutton ’64 *
Beverley Swaim-Staley ’77, M.A.’82, H’10 *
Deborah Eaton Thackston ’79, P’11, P’20 and A. Michael Thackston *
Mary L. Townley ’83 and Carol Schall * +
Lucinda Tyson ’71 * +
Verizon Corporation *
Ronald J. Volpe H’15 *
Nancy Shelton Votel ’80 *
Nancy Fahnline Warren ’52 * +
Aldan T. Weinberg ’75 *
Frances Pickle Wetmore ’52 * +
Helen Ward Wheeler ’56 * +
Marcia Heister Wilcox ’78 * +